is it worth playing HL1 first ?

YES!!! You must. it makes more sense. Granted, everything but the graphics will seem less groundbreaking in 2 after playing 1, but hl1 is a "must play". its like doom and quake, your life isnt complete unless you have played them


Play it until it's conclusion, and in between games, preload and purchase Episode one. it makes the end of the main game feel more complete.

It also explains 1 or 2 things

good ... cause i only have #1 - dont have #2 yet ..


I played another cool game the other day - forget the name ... where you're a guy in some special weapons suit - trying to fend off aliens who have boarded the space station ... (x-box)

was kind of fun - even if i get killed a lot.

my strategy for any shooter is to go running pell mell into the fracas shooting the shit out of anything ..

if there is ever a real war and i'm conscripted, i'll be the 1st to die.

I wouldnt go so far as to say Hlaf-life 1 or 2 requires you to be more careful, but you do get rewarded for it. Some of the enemies will destroy you if you fight head-on.

The Garg (short for gargantua) can only be hurt with explosives, and it takes a shitload of them to kill them. A lot of both games require strategy when dealing with enemies. run and gun is a good way to get killed.

so i guess its another game where i'll never get past the 1st level.
i dont have the patience for it - my kid does ... but i get bored restarting things over and over again.

It flows nicely, though. And you can run headlong into some situations. others, if you run like hell, that is good enough :)

well, i only took a fast look at it so far ... didnt start playing it yet really.

i think i'll have trouble with the controls though .. like the jeep in Reign of Fire ...

It comes with a thing called the hazard course, its a training level. play through it a couple of times to get familiar with the controls

and the cool thingis that once you find a config you like in hl1, you can config hl2 the same way, they didnt change the interface in that regard

Halo?

thats what i was thinking.

Newb, get Episode 1 for HL2. trust me. Great Zombie action. And if you havent heard of it yet, i have a new word for you:
"Zombine"


Ep 1 also has a rather unique way of travelling at one point. i wont tell you what it is, but it involves Dog and a VW van.