Doom 3 V Half-Life 2

[Super-ness]

yeah i agree with Crusher, Doom3 might pip the post, but what im REALLY looking forward to is CounterStrike Source

I hope RTW isnt in the top 2 Knah

[Khan]

:O

Well it's no. 1, with Far Cry at no. 2. so :P

[Cyborg]

Far Cry was really, and I mean really, good, but I expect Doom3 to be better.

I found the single player campaiign in Half-Life most entertaining and fun, so I also expect Half-Life 2 to be very good.

I don't know how to arrange them... :P

[Khan]

I always thought that half life had a really dull campaign, it was just: Go here, flick the switch, shoot some baddies, jump on a box, shoot some baddies, press a button, shoot some baddies, go to another world, shoot some baddies. :

[Cyborg]

No, it was one of the best single player campaigns ever.

It was one of the first to introduce the idea of thinking to the FPS genre...

[GUNWOUNDS]

No, it was one of the best single player campaigns ever.

It was one of the first to introduce the idea of thinking to the FPS genre...

i am not sure it added "thinking" to FPS ....

[Cyborg]

It was linear, yes...

But there were certain "mysteries" you had to solve.

And, of course, the scripted events... Very important part of today's FPS games!

[Khan]

That's true, but there wasn't any thinking invloved, it was just like ticking off a checklist. It was too methodical to be called a 'thinking' game.

[Cyborg]

Ok, I admit it was kind of straightforward.

But it wasn't just a shoot'em up...

Sometimes you had to figure out what to do to continue.

[Khan]

No you didn't, it was always just turn a valve, push a box, or press a button.

[Cyborg]

I remember being stuck in the game at least two times.

One of them was because of my graphics card, and I had to go underwater, and I couldn't see underwater...

[Khan]

LOL, so you really did have to think huh?

[Cyborg]

Yeah, I had to think quite hard to solve the graphics problem...

I didn't say it was the maps that made you think... ;)

[Jack Leaf]

Well hey, it is VALVE studios who made the game.  :D

[Khan]

What are you talking about??..... SHUT UP

[Cyborg]

He's referring to the rather rotten Steam system...

The whole thing stinks...

[Khan]

I quite like Steam.

[Cyborg]

It's slow

[Kiyouta]

Funny... Steam seems to be everything but slow for me. Maybe the fact that the Steam Support forum has more topics/replies than the General forum on the Steam website is more telling...

[Cyborg]

I only used it many months ago.

Then it took very long time just to connect to the Internet...

[Vanguard3000]

I quite liked HL's single player missions.  They might not be very cerebral, but they're a hell of a lot more interesting than many of its contemporaries.  There were also a number of places where there would be multiple ways of getting past a sticky situation.  Nothing major, but it was still a very very good game.

Personally, I think one of the first "thinker" FPS' is Deus Ex (I know it's a cross between an RPG, but I consider it more of an FPS).  Major plot changes weren't that often affected until the ending, but there were a lot of little areas with NPC's where you could change things later on in the game, like with the owner of the 'ton.  There were also a lot of places where you could choose between a gung-ho style of play, or a stealthy way of getting through a problem.  Do you multitool a keypad, pick a service hatch, hack a computer to find the passcode, or just blow the door of its hinges with a well-placed LAM?

[Necroticon]

Indeed. Deus Ex is easily the best game ive ever played. Finished it 5 times now, and every time, ive found a new path.

Personally, im waiting for Half Life 2 more than Doom 3. HL2 was supposed to be released last year, was it not?

[Jack Leaf]

Yes, it was supposed to be released last year.

I have only played Deus Ex's demo, but the freedom of choosing how to get from place A to place B is just what I love in RPGs.

[Dunenewt]

Protecting the Security Guards on HL was fun.

[Vanguard3000]

:O

Protecting the security guards???  As in not luring them into autoguns, barnacles, and other various traps?  Now that's a thought...