OT: Half Life 2 (XBOX)

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 8:40 pm

Man, I forgot how super a game Half Life 2 was. I rented it for the XBOX today just to see the XBOX "translation" and damn did Valve do a superb job porting this thing! Bottom line, if you have never played HL2 on the PC and are looking for a phenominal single player experience get HL2. It might be the best XBOX FPS I have ever played. Really nice game. Anyone else played it yet?

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 10:29 pm

Diablo,

I've been playing this one for a few days now and am really glad I picked it up. I don't have a PC powerful enough to play the PC version so I was waiting for the Xbox port and I haven't been disapointed. The frame-rate does sometimes tip a bit but not enough to bother me yet and I just love the immersiveness (is that a word?).

Fantastic game.

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 10:36 pm

Macca00 wrote:Diablo,

I've been playing this one for a few days now and am really glad I picked it up. I don't have a PC powerful enough to play the PC version so I was waiting for the Xbox port and I haven't been disapointed. The frame-rate does sometimes tip a bit but not enough to bother me yet and I just love the immersiveness (is that a word?).

Fantastic game.

Yeah, a few stutters here and there but the game delivers. Just what the Dr. ordered for those who dont have a powerful PC. And yes, immersive is the the word

This game is a prototype of what games should be.

Feanor · Post by **Feanor** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:18 pm

I wonder if the frame rate will be any better on the 360.

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:22 pm

Feanor wrote:I wonder if the frame rate will be any better on the 360.

I'm sure it will be. HL2 was one of the 1st games I read about that would be upconverted pretty solidly on the 360.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:49 pm

Doesn't Db play HL on his PC? I'm curious how it compares.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:36 pm

sportdan30 wrote:Doesn't Db play HL on his PC? I'm curious how it compares.

Yes I do...that doesn't mean I'm going to play it on the Xbox. I can play it at 1920x1200 in all it's glory on my PC...why would I want to run it on the xbox? Diablo apparently has played it on both since he said the port was done pretty well.

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:29 pm

Yeah, I have it on my PC but I rented it for the XBOX just to see how Valve ported it. They did a solid job.

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:56 pm

Just wanted to give some updated impressions: this game just keeps getting more and more impressive! The vehicle stages are great - I'm now on the second vehicle stage (with the dune buggy). With the exception of the occasional slow-down I think this is probably one of the best looking FPS on the X-Box (the lighting is up there with Splinter Cell). The 5.1 sound is also great.

I'd totally recommend this to X-Box FPS'ers, especially if you're not lucky enough to be joining 360-dom tommorow.

Lavan

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:58 pm

Oh just wait, you'll be sick of the vehicles soon enough. That was the one downside I found...I just couldn't wait to get past those levels.

abates21 · Post by **abates21** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:59 pm

I was absolutely blown away by this game. I never played it on the PC, but had heard all the reviews about it.

I've quit playing it the past few days waiting on the 360, but it sure will be nice to see it in 720p

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:06 pm

abates21 wrote:I was absolutely blown away by this game. I never played it on the PC, but had heard all the reviews about it.

I've quit playing it the past few days waiting on the 360, but it sure will be nice to see it in 720p

Yeah, quiting might be a good call due to the fact that you cant transfer XBOX save files to the 360...or can you?

Feanor · Post by **Feanor** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:40 pm

I haven't read anywhere that you can transfer Xbox game saves to the 360. But surely a third party company can come up with a way? Xbox game saves obviously work fine on the 360's hard drive for all the backwards compatible games.

I stopped playing Ninja Gaiden two hours in because my Xbox gives me constant DDEs now, and Ninja Gaiden saves are locked to the hard drive, so I can't even put my saves on my Action Replay. So I either get a new Xbox or a 360 and start Ninja Gaiden Black again ... but if I get a 360 I can't play Winning Eleven 8 International anymore, and I certainly can't transfer over my option files and replay saves.

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:56 pm

Diablo25 wrote:Yeah, quiting might be a good call due to the fact that you cant transfer XBOX save files to the 360...or can you?

Everything I've read indicates you cannot transfer saves from the Xbox to the 360. I would imagine there would be some sort of AR solution at some point, however.

WillHunting · Post by **WillHunting** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 1:36 am

I really want to play HL2, and my PC sucks so this is great news. I can ask for that as a birthday gift... or I can ask for Guitar Hero... such decision.

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:40 pm

Just brought this thread back up as I finished this fabulous game this evening. The game took a total of around 11 hours to finish and is not only my favourite FPS of all time, but perhaps one of the best games I've ever played. The last 1/4 of the game is phenominal as you're leading squads in urban-based warefare.

The enemies are fantastic and I absolutely love the War of the Worlds-style Tripods - taking down one of those bad boys was one hell of a thrill -"eat THIS you son of a b*tch!"

I know this is probably old news with those who have good PCs but this is a must-have for FPS fans. I guess the only caveat is the loading times - not as long as Far Cry Instincts but occur a bit more often.

EDiddy · Post by **EDiddy** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 11:24 pm

Oh man, I tired to get into this. Just did not happen for me. Dont know why. Loved the first one though.