Good Story & Long Game vs Spiffy Graphics & Short Game

Do you prefer the long gameplay time and intreaguing story? Or the spiffy new graphics and a game you can beat in 1 night?

Created By:
chroniczhen
chroniczhen
Date Created: 11.16.07

Half-Life

classic graphics, very long and intreaguing story

Half-Life
VS

Halfe-Life 2

spiffy new graphics, very short and boring story...

Halfe-Life 2

This Battle:

31%
VS
69%

Comments [10 of 11]

wide84

And the original HalfLife online multi-player was the best FPS I've ever played. The added value of user-created downloadable skins made it that much more fun... something about blasting Kermit the Frog in the stomach with a shotgun and watching him backflip to his death was very entertaining. Plus someone made a Pringles can mod for the crowbar, it was amazing bludgeoning your enemies with such a tasty snack food. And who could forget the giant can of Kal-Kan!

 
wide84

I do... so you're under arrest for horrible spelling.

 
chroniczhen

thank you grammar police.... NO ONE GIVES A SHIT, its the internet....

 
chroniczhen

I'm going to have to eat my words on this one....after deciding to playing Half-Life 1, Half-Life 2, Hl2: episode 1 & 2 in succession again.(even though they are a ploy for more money by releasing them in parts) I have been sucked back into the story! I can't wait for episode 3 and then Half-Life 3, both of which are already confirmed but just who the hell knows when that will happen, we all know how long and how man excuses were pulled out by Valve during the production of HL2.

 
wide84

It's "intriguing".

 
chroniczhen

Exactly the reason I started this vote :D its a great game, even though I played FPS genre earlier than HL1, it got me into competitive online gaming, and into CS.

 
TheFirstDamned

The original Half-Life is one of the best FPS ever I think. Great story. Pretty good graphics and gameplay, even still today.

 
Sanchuk

The first one RULE...no one can say different..and the graphics in the HL2 is not so good...its suck..

 
chroniczhen

Yeah, the 2nd one is pretty cool but its just IMO having played the 1st one before, makes the 2nd a dissapointment of a sequal... and reason I beat it in 1 night is because I have no life and play to many games, and yes I did it on the hardest mode :P but HL1 took me weeks to beat. Its defindetly one to check out man if you enoyed HL2, and the first one is only like 5-10$ now so check it out man!

 
chrisvalls

never played the first one. my friend says it's absolutely amazing though. I have enjoyed the second enough to play/beat about 3 times now...
took more than 1 night though.