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Half-Life Pulse Detected

[Mar 26, 2010, 10:26 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

A post on Computer and Video Games talking with Valve's Gabe Newell actually touches upon Half-Life, the shooter series that has not been mentioned very often lately. They quote an Edge magazine article where Newell discusses the series, saying: "I feel like we've gotten away from genuinely scaring the player more than I'd like, and it's something we need to think about, in addition to broadening the emotional palette we can draw on." He doesn't actually mention Half-Life 2: Episode 3 by name.

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Re: Half-Life Pulse Detected

Mar 27, 2010, 00:26

Pigeon

So long as Gordon Freeman is the main character, you'll never be scared anymore. In HL1 you're Gordon Freeman hapless nerd PhD that gets caught in the middle of a shit storm full of monsters aliens and black-ops and they all want to kill you. Most of the time you're just trying to get the fuck out of there. There were some scary moments, as fit the character. Come HL2 you're Gordon Freeman fucking force of nature, so bad ass some crazy alien had to keep you in suspended animation until he decides to unleash you on his enemies. And then mow through countless monsters, super-troops and giant bug mechas until you end up blowing up an entire city in a massive explosion. Things felt tense as Gordon in HL2 but never scary because you're Gordon Freeman Destroyer of Worlds.

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Comment [quote="Pigeon"Mar 27, 2010, 00:26]So long as Gordon Freeman is the main character, you'll never be scared anymore. In HL1 you're Gordon Freeman hapless nerd PhD that gets caught in the middle of a shit storm full of monsters aliens and black-ops and they all want to kill you. Most of the time you're just trying to get the fuck out of there. There were some scary moments, as fit the character. Come HL2 you're Gordon Freeman fucking force of nature, so bad ass some crazy alien had to keep you in suspended animation until he decides to unleash you on his enemies. And then mow through countless monsters, super-troops and giant bug mechas until you end up blowing up an entire city in a massive explosion. Things felt tense as Gordon in HL2 but never scary because you're Gordon Freeman Destroyer of Worlds. [/quote]

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