Decode Society

Before I wrote this blog it had 760 words. So I’ll make it short and try making it sweet (haha). All I wanted to say was playing Half-Life 2 and Half Life 2 Episode One was an experience I will never forget. Fighting 30 foot tall Striders (Warning: some Major spoilers ahead)

armed only with a laser guided rocket launcher is satisfaction guaranteed. Likewise, throwing tables, paint buckets, and chairs with a Zero-Point Energy Field Manipulator (Gravity gun) is awweesoome. It’s so realistic, the paint splatters on their faces (as in what splattered-paint-on-a-zombie-face-would-have-looked-like-in-the-real-world real).

I love the story and the characters. I mean…they really feel like they’re your friends.

Yes…that’s how good these artificial intelligences act. EDIT: (That’s Alyx on the right and d0g on the left)…see i’m even introducing them.

Oh and Gordon Freeman (the character you control)

is a graduate of MIT with a PHd in Theoretical Physics. That’s because he worked in some secret scientific project in Black Mesa, Mexico that….okay…i’m getting carried away (again)..I assure you the story is really engaging..just look it up here .I also love the commentary on each section of the game where the developer tells you how they did a 1 minute sequence in 2 months , or how they had to do a level design over and over because they had to get the experience right. The physics engine of the game rocks big time. I think the gameplay is actually based on physics …less on just using the gun on your enemies…well…hehe..not really…come to think of it..it’s quite balanced…some gun slinging on the side and some gravity pulling (or pushing) on some. But of course..nothing beats the ever reliable crowbar (it’s always been the weapon icon of the series – characters would always ask where it was if you didn’t have it). Oh and purchasing this game is cool also…you can purchase it in steam either in the whole ..or in episodes! I love the concept of games in episodes. You really can’t get the entire series in one go because they release episodes as they are made.

Here are the top 5 most awesome moments for me

• 5. using the grav. gun
• 4. using the grav. gun and throwing a paint bucket on a zombie
• 3. d0g throwing us via a vehicle to the citadel
• 2. going up the rooftop and seeing the City 17 for the first time while being chased by soldiers
• 1. d0g beating up the Combine Soldiers and throwing an armored vehicle at them
• * i assure you this list is shorter than it should be

Anyway Half-Life is an awesome experience. This is something I’d rather go over again and again than…say..watching an entire season of..Alias :O

~Chimeritron

P.s. ..Half Life is like the amount of time for half of atoms to decay usually in a radioactive scenario….come to think of it..it’s really an appropriate title for a game that is in a pre-post apocalyptic scenario…but not that depressing..hehe.