Cool little things in HL2 that seemed to stand out.

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These are few things that I really noticed in the game that made me go
"cool" as I was playing along:

The neat distortion effect with the doors with the wavy glass.

The reflection in Dr. Kleiner's eyeglasses.

Dr. Kleiner's bulletin board in the lab. Check out the magazine cover
picture and the drawing from a young Alyx.

The adoring looks the Antlions give you when you have bugbait. They must
have motion-captured puppies or something.

These are a few of the minor cooler moments. Not the big wow stuff, just the
little things.
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James A. Cooley
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James A. Cooley wrote:

> These are few things that I really noticed in the game that made me go
> "cool" as I was playing along:
>
> The neat distortion effect with the doors with the wavy glass.
>
> The reflection in Dr. Kleiner's eyeglasses.
>
> Dr. Kleiner's bulletin board in the lab. Check out the magazine cover
> picture and the drawing from a young Alyx.
>
> The adoring looks the Antlions give you when you have bugbait. They must
> have motion-captured puppies or something.
>
> These are a few of the minor cooler moments. Not the big wow stuff, just the
> little things.

When a squadmember gets killed, and another squadmember picks up their
weapon and says "sweet".

Being able to stack boxes in order to backtrack to get at abundant
supplies/health that would have been impossible in HL1.

The little dance the combine soldiers do when hit with bugbait.

The glass doors in some of the apartments.

 

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Killah Gorillah wrote:
> James A. Cooley wrote:
>
> > These are few things that I really noticed in the game that made me
go
> > "cool" as I was playing along:
> >
> > The neat distortion effect with the doors with the wavy glass.
> >
> > The reflection in Dr. Kleiner's eyeglasses.
> >
> > Dr. Kleiner's bulletin board in the lab. Check out the magazine
cover
> > picture and the drawing from a young Alyx.
> >
> > The adoring looks the Antlions give you when you have bugbait. They
must
> > have motion-captured puppies or something.
> >
> > These are a few of the minor cooler moments. Not the big wow stuff,
just the
> > little things.
>
> When a squadmember gets killed, and another squadmember picks up
their
> weapon and says "sweet".
>
> Being able to stack boxes in order to backtrack to get at abundant
> supplies/health that would have been impossible in HL1.
>
> The little dance the combine soldiers do when hit with bugbait.
>
> The glass doors in some of the apartments.

The way their eyebrows move when they talk.

Cables blowing in the breeze.

If you throw a can of paint at a zombie, he gets covered in paint.

The magnifying glass in Kleiner's lab.

Striders and camera bots working together.
The little dance the soldiers do when hit by the super gravity gun.