Hl2, H2, Or D3

SwiftSwift Lost Keys Join Date: 2005-02-19 Member: 41683Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">Which is best, and why?</div> Half-Life 2, Halo 2, or Doom 3? Which is best, and why?

me: Half-Life 2. Weapons were fun, charactors had encredible depth and personality, main charactor is a badass geek, alyx, varyating levels, gravgun, alyx, and other cool things...
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  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    HL2, for many the same reasons as you.

    Halo 2 I couldn't get into, I still havn't gotten very far in it.

    Doom 3 scared the pants off me, I couldn't finish it, I'm weak.
  • ChronoChrono Local flyboy Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18989Members
    hl2 for same reasons

    halo 2 would have been the top one but the story cuts off in the middle so it sucks

    doom 3 was just old school doom with better graphics not much inovation
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
  • funbagsfunbags Join Date: 2003-06-08 Member: 17099Members
    edited June 2005
    I hate halo.

    Doom 3 sucked.

    HL2 was everything I've ever wanted in my sex life.
  • MedHeadMedHead Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11115Members, Constellation
    If Doom 3 had more light, more enemies, and more Serious Sam / Painkiller style killing, it would have been more entertaining. I've never played Half-Life 2 or Halo 2.
  • Crono5Crono5 Join Date: 2003-07-22 Member: 18357Members
    edited June 2005
    Half-Life 2 - Fun, satisfying shooting

    Doom 3 - Amazing to look at, some cool fights, some fun weapons, but unfortunately gets very boring at some parts

    Halo 2 - Halo 1 with dual wielding and the ability to steal someone else's vehicle.

    This is my list, from best to worst.
  • Black_ViperBlack_Viper Join Date: 2003-12-08 Member: 24157Members
    Hate Halo, so i hate halo 2 more.

    Doom3 got boring, though i was scared to finsih it, i wasnt scared into uninstalling it

    Half-Life 2 was the best thing that ever happened to me, i cant tell you how happy i am with this installed on my computer.
  • TestamentTestament Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4037Members
    I didn't play Halo, but both HL2 and Doom 3 were average to me.
  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    I'm still waiting for more HL2 mods in any case. But I guess it's Half Life 2 for me as well. Mostly a community thing.
  • ShoeboxShoebox Join Date: 2004-11-15 Member: 32817Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-funbags+Jun 9 2005, 09:07 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (funbags @ Jun 9 2005, 09:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I hate halo.

    Doom 3 sucked.

    HL2 was everything I've ever wanted in my sex life. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    what the hell...you have sex with HL2 or something?
  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    Halo 2 is ok...but I dont like FPS on consoles.


    Half-life 2 i liked more for the story, doom 3 had a awesome sense of atmosphere and was very creepy. The horror never became jaded for me. Flying crying baby/fly hybrids.... :O

    Combine look very sweet...


    Halo is...well, halo. The holy grail for consolers
  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    edited June 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-Shoebox+Jun 9 2005, 11:38 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Shoebox @ Jun 9 2005, 11:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-funbags+Jun 9 2005, 09:07 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (funbags @ Jun 9 2005, 09:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I hate halo.

    Doom 3 sucked.

    HL2 was everything I've ever wanted in my sex life. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    what the hell...you have sex with HL2 or something? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Some things are best not questioned. And on top of that, it's funbags, nothing can surprise me any longer with him.

    <!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+Jun 9 2005, 11:39 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Jun 9 2005, 11:39 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Halo is...well, halo. The holy grail for consolers<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Well, I mean, what else do they have? Goldeneye? Don't make me laugh. FPS will always be our domain, not theirs.
  • Invader_ScootInvader_Scoot Join Date: 2003-10-13 Member: 21669Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-Cold NiTe+Jun 9 2005, 11:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold NiTe @ Jun 9 2005, 11:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Well, I mean, what else do they have? Goldeneye? Don't make me laugh. FPS will always be our domain, not theirs. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    To this day I love going back to my N64 and playing some Goldeneye / Perfect Dark. Don't diss 'em.
  • PulsePulse To create, to create and escape. Join Date: 2002-08-29 Member: 1248Members, Constellation
    That's a hard one. Ok, not really.

    Half-Life 2's incredible atmosphere almost made up for its almost complete lack of gameplay and lackluster story. It wasn't really like I was playing a game, but I still managed to have lots of fun anyway.

    Doom 3 had better gameplay and a better story (how sad), but it just wasn't as enjoyable as HL2. Maybe if it had more straight up action scenes, which it does very well (see the "Trap" that Betruger springs on you about halfway through the game) instead of squandering its potential on poorly done horror it would've been better than HL2.

    Halo 2 I haven't actually played, but the cutscenes (<a href='http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/cutscenes/' target='_blank'>I've seen them all</a>) tell me that it had a better story than HL2 or D3. The gameplay is slightly better/slightly worse/exactly the same as Halo 1's depending on who I'm talking to, but I don't see how they could have possibly made the gameplay of Halo worse than that of HL2 or D3 so I'm going to assume that it wins in this category.

    The real winner is Far Cry, though, which you conveniently forgot to mention. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Invader Scoot+Jun 10 2005, 12:02 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Invader Scoot @ Jun 10 2005, 12:02 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Cold NiTe+Jun 9 2005, 11:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold NiTe @ Jun 9 2005, 11:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Well, I mean, what else do they have?  Goldeneye?  Don't make me laugh.  FPS will always be our domain, not theirs. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    To this day I love going back to my N64 and playing some Goldeneye / Perfect Dark. Don't diss 'em. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Hey I love it too man, but the year is 2005 and the answer was NO yesterday and it's NO today.
  • Vahn_PaktuVahn_Paktu Join Date: 2002-10-28 Member: 1666Members, Constellation
    edited June 2005
    I liked HL2. wee physics and stuff. Waiting for some quality mods to appear.
    Doom 3 scares the pance off me. Things popping out for the darkness scares me most.

    The game gets to a point. "Oh Armor down that hall, Let us take another route." Not done with it but the final boss is a pushover (cheated to get there :b) I do plan on finishing it sometime.

    Halo 2 I have issues with. Game felt cutoff at the end.
    Multi-player(4 person ffa): Vehicles are useless with rockets on the map and over-powered without rockets. I prefer the Halo 1 style rockets without the homing option. Vehicles need to kill things faster when you ram someone with it. Halo had an insta-kill which was fine(maybe a bit overpowered) but in Halo 2 you hit someone at 90mph and most of the time they bounce off the windshield.
    I haven't played the patch enough to get a good feel of the nades now.

    I would play Halo 2 for built in multi player. HL2 for the single player and D3 had some good immersion. I can play the game fine with god mode but take it off and I freak at the slightest pipe burst.
  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Vahn Paktu+Jun 10 2005, 12:57 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Vahn Paktu @ Jun 10 2005, 12:57 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> and D3 had some good immersion. I can play the game fine with god mode but take it off and I freak at the slightest pipe burst. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Would you say that's good or bad though? I mean, some people really hate that because they can't stand to play it if they think they are gonna get violently raped by the monsters. Especially if they want to go for the real deal and play it on Hard. (Playing it on normal or easy really takes the scare factor out when the damn monsters die from 3 quick hits.)
  • Vahn_PaktuVahn_Paktu Join Date: 2002-10-28 Member: 1666Members, Constellation
    edited June 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-Cold NiTe+Jun 10 2005, 12:00 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold NiTe @ Jun 10 2005, 12:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Vahn Paktu+Jun 10 2005, 12:57 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Vahn Paktu @ Jun 10 2005, 12:57 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> and D3 had some good immersion. I can play the game fine with god mode but take it off and I freak at the slightest pipe burst. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Would you say that's good or bad though? I mean, some people really hate that because they can't stand to play it if they think they are gonna get violentlyraped by the monsters. Especially if they want to go for the real deal and play it on Hard. (Playing it on normal or easy really takes the scare factor out when the damn monsters die from 3 quick hits.) <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It's good that it can immerse me enough to get violently freaked out yet the only reason I haven't beaten the game is because it does that. I am not the type of person that rents horror films. I don't think I have even seen a complete Aliens movie. "The Village" scared me 'til I figured out what was going on.

    It really depends on if you like that sort of thing.

    One problem I did have with D3 was the overall darkness.
    One mission was to restore power. With the power restored, IT WAS STILL DARK.
  • DubbilexDubbilex Chump Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9799Members
    Halo 2, duh.

    And I wasn't even a big fan - I much prefer Halo 1 - but HL2 was a little underwhelming and I haven't even bothered to, like, finish Doom 3 because it got pretty repetitive.
  • Mad_ivansMad_ivans Join Date: 2004-08-24 Member: 30849Members
    Neither i liked but the bast game i have ever played is deer hunter 2005
  • BreakthroughBreakthrough Texture Artist (ns_prometheus) Join Date: 2005-03-27 Member: 46620Members, Constellation
    Bean Farmer Extreme!

    Half-Life 2 is by far the best.

    Doom 3, for some odd reason, kept crashing at the menu, but I formatted my PC now, and I'll try installing it again.

    Halo 2 - Nice single player, multi-player isn't as good.
  • Status_QuoStatus_Quo Join Date: 2004-01-30 Member: 25749Members
    I didn't find Doom 3 scary at all. Maybe two or three times when something new came along. I walked down the corridors and, oops there's a sliding panel with a zombie behind it. Oh hey look, a new room, I wonder what monster will be teleported in behind me this time. I can't be scared if I know it's going to happen, and I always knew there was a sliding panel, monsters teleporting in behind me and a zombie behind that corner <i>because there always was</i>. HL2 was more scary than Doom 3, simply because I didn't know when a bunch of enemies would attack me.
    And what is up with all the darkness? It's not scary, it's just annoying.
  • SuitePeeSuitePee Join Date: 2004-11-18 Member: 32857Members
    Half-Life 2.
    Cos it has Source.
    And soon NS will get Source. And then everyone will smile. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Halo was good single-player, dunno about 2nd one.
    Doom 3 never played.
  • twoflowtwoflow Singing Drunk Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 1950Members, Constellation
    I'm quite surprised that many of you didn't consider HL2 to be revolutionary.

    Halo 2 didn't compare, but I only completed it on normal. I keep meaning to go back and finish it on heroic, but Resident Evil 4, you know..
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    HL2 because that's the only one I've played and I like that one best and I'm always right. The other two suck so much that I have momentarily forgotten which games we were talking about and I don't need to play them because I already know they suck because their main characters are not named Gordon Freeman. Gravity gun!
  • MerkabaMerkaba Digital Harmony Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 22Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester
    edited June 2005
    I couldn't really choose a winner (well I could [edit - and do] and it'd be HL2) but I would sum it up like this:

    Adventure/immersive action - HL2
    Arcade shoot-em-up - Halo (haven't played Halo2...but I would assume its basically more of the same but better)
    Atmospheric shoot-em-up - Doom3

    Basically, I would say HL2 is all about putting the player through a multi paced adventure and it really excels in immersivness thanks to the physics, style and character implementation.

    Halo, while a very good game I thought, lacks somewhat in the atmosphere department but makes up for it with the sheer fun of combat.

    Doom3 isn't really innovative in many ways but it is still a good trip to go through. Although it has a story, it doesn't really lend much to the direction of the game which is really just about succumbing (emotionally) to whatever monstrosities might happen to amble into your path.

    I think HL2 wins though because it's the only game I've played in a while which really makes you <i>think</i>. And not just about gameplay elements, but about the story - who you are, why you're doing what you're doing, how the world is the way it is, just what the hell is going on etc. The whole story of the HL universe is almost a game in itself, a riddle which still isn't answered. Everything in Doom3/Halo that I've seen is basically spelt out to the player so they can just get on with shooting stuff. Play HL2 and you'll see elements of the story refracting around the levels everywhere.
    [more edits]
    And not only that, but there's so much emotion at work in HL2 too. You can see it in the characters faces, in the dialogue, in the events...its just a work of art.
  • MausMaus Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5599Members
    edited June 2005
    I have no desire to play Halo 2 since the first one sucked so much, but that leaves me with a "lesser of two evils" choice:

    HL2 was way too short, buggy (did they ever fix the sound stutter bug?), had unforgivably long load times considering their frequency, a crappily "that's it?" ending, and <i>terrible</i> team AI. Oh, and the vehicles were pants and Source's graphics were ultimately a disappointment, especially when it came to shadows. It had only a handful of memorable sections too, and the way every chapter was a different style (starting out with no weapons, airboat, resident evil, buggy, antlions chums, etc) was jarring and badly-implemented.

    Doom 3 had splendid lighting and some very cool levels (the delta labs especially), the graphics engine shone throughout the game, and was only let down by low-poly models. However, it was re-pet-it-ive beyond what is forgivable, and quite in contrast to HL2 it was overlong - I was bored after I came back from Hell, and it also felt like the game wanted to change style after hell too, from something creepy with monsters in the darkness to simply something that throws lots of big bad guys at you.

    I think I enjoyed HL2 more than D3, but its flaws are pretty serious.

    Which is better out of HL2, H2, and D3? <b>Far Cry</b> <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    edit: /me high-fives Pulse
  • QuaunautQuaunaut The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Half Life 2 had incredible: everything. The story was also very good if you read into it, mostly because the story isn't explained to you- you LIVE it. Its like the story of your life.

    DOOM 3 is good if you like getting scared. Its FLIPPIN SCARY.

    Halo 2 was a sad dissappointment in every way. Not one fun mission, no story development, bad cutoff. It was just bad, unless you wanna get it purely for multiplay, of which, HL2's is better anyway.
  • KurtKurt Join Date: 2005-05-19 Member: 51960Members
    HL2 is better.

    Oh wait, i'm not a Valve/mod fanboy, Doom 3 it is.
  • PulsePulse To create, to create and escape. Join Date: 2002-08-29 Member: 1248Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-twoflow+Jun 10 2005, 05:37 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (twoflow @ Jun 10 2005, 05:37 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I'm quite surprised that many of you didn't consider HL2 to be revolutionary.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yeah, a revolution in physics that happened over a year before the game was released. <i>amazing</i>.
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