Just finished Half-Life 2. What should I play next?

qwertz · 31-10-2005 3:45pm #1

Recommendations welcome!

HomesickAlien · 31-10-2005 3:48pm

far cry is pretty good. graphically, its up there with half life 2, plus i managed to pick it up for <20 euro at game.

rabbitinlights · 31-10-2005 3:49pm

F.E.A.R. or download lost coast, the new level of HL2.

madrab · 31-10-2005 3:50pm

fear, call of duty 1 & 2

Canis Lupus · 31-10-2005 4:32pm

Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay.

I'm on a mission to get as many people to buy and play this amazing game which was somehow overlooked by the majority of the gaming masses. It's dead cheap now and I rank it as one of my all time fave FPSs

Gwan.... Buy it..... you know you want to.

Creamy Goodness · 31-10-2005 4:37pm

it's because it's got that awful vin diesel in it

f.e.a.r is meant to be good, or quake 4 (haven't tried it myself but if you like doom3 you'll like this (it's doom3 with lights) )

Canis Lupus · 31-10-2005 5:03pm

Cremo wrote:

it's because it's got that awful vin diesel in it

f.e.a.r is meant to be good, or quake 4 (haven't tried it myself but if you like doom3 you'll like this (it's doom3 with lights) )

Well I reckon it's cos people automatically and usually correctly think games based on a movie are gonna be crap.

This is different.

Chronicles of Riddick was so good Eurogamer went to the trouble of reviewing it twice.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=57408

If you haven't played it give it a chance.

Sarky · 31-10-2005 9:28pm

Cremo wrote:

quake 4 (haven't tried it myself but if you like doom3 you'll like this (it's doom3 with lights) )

And it's actually fun, to boot. I seem to judge FPS on their shotguns, and I like Quake 4's shotgun.

I'll back up the Far Cry recommendations, 'tis rather nifty. And if you haven't gotten your hands on DoW: Winter Assault yet, give it a go. Good fun.

Ronan|Raven · 01-11-2005 9:41am

F.E.A.R, you wont regret it.

tman · 01-11-2005 9:49am

Serious Sam 2 is alright if you're in the mood for doing little more than blowing **** up...
F.E.A.R. is definitely worth getting if the demo is anything to go by
and another vote for Riddick here

Kiith · 01-11-2005 12:50pm

f.e.a.r is the best game out this year, imo. it also scared me more then any film i've ever seen before. excellent and definatly worth playing.

riddick is also good.

koneko · 01-11-2005 12:52pm

FEAR
Riddick
COD2

If you haven't played these yet, try 'em:
Alien Vs Predator 2
No One Lives Forever 2

They're older, obviously not as pretty, but very good.

K.O.Kiki · 01-11-2005 1:44pm

Deus Ex -- very cheap now. Yes, it's elderly, but for atmosphere, it is one of the very best!

monkeyfudge · 01-11-2005 4:27pm

How about Barbie And The Magic Of Pegasus?

Only 14.99 on Play.com.

ghost26ie · 01-11-2005 4:31pm

i'd get some F.E.A.R., some of the best a.i. i've every seen.

Jimi-Spandex · 01-11-2005 5:46pm

I'd recommend playing nothing until you've forgotten how good HL2 is.

All done? Okay,

FarCry, very beautiful, it's great fun up to a point but gets a bit crappy towards the end
Quake 4, Very solid FPS, Good fun, slightly disturbing,
System Shock 2 (It's abandonware now, and so god damned good.)Home of the Underdogs
Thief: Deadly Shadows, Top drawer sneak-em-up

projectmayhem · 01-11-2005 6:05pm

star wars battlefront

ShiverinEskimo · 01-11-2005 11:08pm

just finished half life 2 five minutes ago. I would have said it was the best ever only for valves completely bizarre ability to tell a great story right to the last and throw a shiite ending on it. My god i was so disappointed - sure that point is done to death by now tho - i'm a year too late for a rant i reckon.

But to my immediate left rests Fear and have far cry and doom 3 installed too - and Civ IV coming next week which i'm really happy about, i love FPS but nice to get away once in a while..big question is will i ever come back from civ??:eek:

Lex_Diamonds · 01-11-2005 11:13pm

Canis Lupus wrote:

Well I reckon it's cos people automatically and usually correctly think games based on a movie are gonna be crap.

This is different.

Chronicles of Riddick was so good Eurogamer went to the trouble of reviewing it twice.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=57408

If you haven't played it give it a chance.

Oh **** yes! Listen to this man. I got the game today (9.99 from play) and its amazing! SO much atmosphere, so much interactivity. Things like accidently finding out I could shoot out the lights and therefore take on several armed guards with nothing more than a rusty screwdriver was something special.

This is easily the best fps I have played in a long time. Perhaps even better than HL2 with regard to play mechanics.

Deadwing · 02-11-2005 8:28am

i tried to install the demo of riddick but it wouldnt let me cause i dont have sp2 on my pc

Canis Lupus · 02-11-2005 9:13am

Lex_Diamonds wrote:

Oh **** yes! Listen to this man. I got the game today (9.99 from play) and its amazing! SO much atmosphere, so much interactivity. Things like accidently finding out I could shoot out the lights and therefore take on several armed guards with nothing more than a rusty screwdriver was something special.

This is easily the best fps I have played in a long time. Perhaps even better than HL2 with regard to play mechanics.

Ah my work here is done.

Wait till you get your eye shine and it gets cooler.

One thing I really liked is when you complete the game you get to replay it but with commentary boxes describing why and how things work. Fascinating way to see how games are made and decisions that are made during the creation process.

R0ot · 02-11-2005 1:45pm

F.E.A.R. , Starship Troopers (Excellent Game)

Canis Lupus · 02-11-2005 2:13pm

R0ot wrote:

Starship Troopers (Excellent Game)

Ah you just reminded me of the demo I've been meaning to download. Is it really any good?

LoBo · 02-11-2005 2:39pm

Lex_Diamonds wrote:

Things like accidently finding out I could shoot out the lights and therefore take on several armed guards with nothing more than a rusty screwdriver was something special.

Why not use the bullets on them rather than the lightbulbs? Also keeps your screwdriver from further blood-induced rusting.

qwertz · 02-11-2005 8:15pm

Thanks for all the replies!

Lex_Diamonds · 03-11-2005 12:41am

LoBo wrote:

Why not use the bullets on them rather than the lightbulbs? Also keeps your screwdriver from further blood-induced rusting.

WELL my good man. You see I only had two in the clip, and versus a squad of battle tested guards with combat shotguns, I wasn't going to survive a direct encounter.

As for the screwdriver, simply hit "o" and he cleans it to prevent the rusting.

Just finished Half-Life 2. What should I play next?

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