Where to go after HL2?

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I've taken my time and savoured this game like a fine wine, but now I've
reached the final scene, There's going to be a big HL2-shaped hole in my
life - at least till Alyx comes to the rescue.

It was like this when I finished HL1. There was just no other action game of
the same class. I tried Quake II but just felt indifferent to it (id games
are very over-rated).

So what other game would you recommend to take its place for a while? I've
already finished Far Cry. Any more?

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Captain Black wrote:

> So what other game would you recommend to take its place for a while? I've
> already finished Far Cry. Any more?

Would you consider an action RPG like Vampire: the Masquerade -
Bloodlines? It's a RPG powered by Valve's Source engine. It's not
specifically a shooter, but you can opt to shoot your way through the
whole thing if you want to.

It's a really enjoyable game. It's gory and mature(sexy), with lots of
startle scares and fighting. It's fun to be a vampire. You should try it.

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On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 19:30:47 GMT, "Captain Black"
<j.black@REMOVETHISvirgin.net> wrote:

>So what other game would you recommend to take its place for a while? I've
>already finished Far Cry. Any more?

HL2, again. I enjoyed replaying it just as much as the first time, I
was able to savour it more. I am on my third replay now.
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Captain Black wrote:
> I've taken my time and savoured this game like a fine wine, but now I've
> reached the final scene, There's going to be a big HL2-shaped hole in my
> life - at least till Alyx comes to the rescue.
>
> It was like this when I finished HL1. There was just no other action game of
> the same class. I tried Quake II but just felt indifferent to it (id games
> are very over-rated).
>
> So what other game would you recommend to take its place for a while? I've
> already finished Far Cry. Any more?
>
>

Painkiller is also fun, if not entirely as riveting as HalfLife2. But
why stop playing HL2, right when the nude Alyx mod is about to come out >8-D

http://www.digitalutopia.tk/

What was that you said about Alyx coming to the rescue...

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> So what other game would you recommend

If you're in to WWII sims - Brothers in Arms could be a choice (Or Call
of Duty)
Riddick is out (soon?) but apparently a bit buggy?
Waiting for S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines
http://www.vampirebloodlines.com/

Waiting for HL2 Mods, some already out
http://mods.moddb.com/?search=true [...] sc&list=40

Play HL2 MP on the internet
Make maps for HL2

HL2 can keep me occupied for a decade
But I'm just fanboy :-)

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Peter [AGHL] wrote:
> Make maps for HL2

Yeah, then I'll have something to do when I've finished Far Cry

I had a great (IMHO) idea for a HL SP campaign. Made use of Spirit to
have soldiers fighting on your side and the Loader made a critical
appearance as well as some of the models that never made it into the
game. There was a train crash, a misty moor (populated by zombies), a
stand-off in a farmhouse, a deserted mountainside village, a frantic
gunfight in a large church, sewers, a quarry, an underground
'scientific research' complex (of course - it wouldn't be HL without
that), a real working cable car, a snowy mountain hideaway, two
factions of soldiers (one of whom was on your side), duplicity and
double crossing and, of course, an open-ended finale.

Incredibly ambitious for my first substantial map. I only built a few
of the maps. I might resurrect it in Source and try to finish it, but
now the game is set in the future, rather than the present, I don't
think my ideas work as well.

But making maps is engrossing and time-consuming and makes you feel you
got your money's worth out of the game, so I recommend it if you're the
patient type.

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Are you sure you are done?

http://www.levels4you.com/sections [...] 4y?cat=220

Mox

"Captain Black" <j.black@REMOVETHISvirgin.net> wrote in message
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> I've taken my time and savoured this game like a fine wine, but now I've
> reached the final scene, There's going to be a big HL2-shaped hole in my
> life - at least till Alyx comes to the rescue.
>
> It was like this when I finished HL1. There was just no other action game
> of the same class. I tried Quake II but just felt indifferent to it (id
> games are very over-rated).
>
> So what other game would you recommend to take its place for a while? I've
> already finished Far Cry. Any more?
>