HL2 Weapons

[SS4_Gogeta]

what was your favorite weapon in the game? vote and discuss why you like it please.

[avatar_58]

The grav gun no contest. Why? I had never seen anything like it in another FPS before. I mean...I was amazed at being able to pick up objects and toss them and when I could shoot them with force I felt giddy.

The blue grav gun = orgasm.

[SS4_Gogeta]

heh heh crossbow got my vote because why? you get to stake people against the walls! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif and also it's a very good sniping weapon. i didn't like it much in the first game but it was awesome in HL2 no questions asked

[Mountain Man]

While the gravity gun was great fun to use, for laying serious smackdown on antlions and Combine soldiers, nothing beats the shotgun.

[SS4_Gogeta]

hell yeah that one is my second fav.

[FireFly]

I'm not sure, but I voted for the Gravity Gun. I love Shotgun, Pulse Rifle and Magnum, though.

[SS4_Gogeta]

i love the magnum as my Semi-long range weapon

[Vivi]

I'd like the magnum better if you could hold more ammo for it.

Little bugger runs out after like 12 shots.

[FireFly]

Yes, especially since on Hard it takes 2 shots to kill with it.

[SS4_Gogeta]

yeah i liked it better in HL1 because you had 36 reserve ammo for it http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Orochi Avlis]

Bugbait, no question about it.

[SS4_Gogeta]

ha ha! gotta have the love for controlling the antlions http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hhg.gif

[Dave-ros]

Crossbow - one shot, one kill - but I wish there had been more ammo for it like in the first game, where I could use it for more than just emergencies. At least this version glows uncannily... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Definitely like the Overwatch gun as well - that's the bigger of the two machine guns, right?

And I've never been able to master the Gravity Gun as an offensive weapon (except for flinging blades at zombies http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/icons/goofy.gif).

[Duoae]

Where's the "none" option?

Seriously though, the overwatch gun was the best and most fun IMO.

[Kev_Boy]

Gravity Gun. No contest for me http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Cerberus_e]

avatar_58 said:
The grav gun no contest. Why? I had never seen anything like it in another FPS before.



what about your old telecinetic power game you posted in "what have you played most recently"?

I voted for the laser guided rocket launcher, because it's so fun to steer the path of the rocket launcher. and to gun down gunships with it which try to shoot down your rocket.

[seregrail7]

Overwatch Pulse Rifle, it sounded great, was powerful, great alt-fire and cool reload.

[Hudson]

The .357 Magnum. Sure it wasn't anything new, however there was nothing like shooting a combine in the face and watching him slide across the floor backwards 10 feet http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[0marTheZealot]

Magnum first followed closely by the Overwatch.

Nothing beats a snap shot to the head with the Magnum. It just feels right.

[Corwin]

My favourite one is definitely the pistol... It's just a basic pistol ? And what ? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mryuck.gif
I love how it moves when you shoot with it, its sounds, its design... I played through the game with almost always this weapon in the hand, except when I had to switch because of the difficulty or because I needed the gravity gun or the rocket launcher to progress...

[SS4_Gogeta]

dang this thread grew since was gone http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif well anyway that's right it's cool. and i have target practice with it by shooting those camera bots

[Damien_Azreal]

Caught between the 357 and the shotgun... but the shotgun gets my vote.

I didn't vote for the Grav gun because I didn't use it that much. I really only used it when I first got it, and in the last level. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif Inbetween... I almost never touched it, and when I did it wasn't as a weapon.
Only to get things out of my reach.

[SS4_Gogeta]

Damien_Azreal said:
Caught between the 357 and the shotgun... but the shotgun gets my vote.

I didn't vote for the Grav gun because I didn't use it that much. I really only used it when I first got it, and in the last level. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif Inbetween... I almost never touched it, and when I did it wasn't as a weapon.
Only to get things out of my reach.



i only used it when i got it and when i wanted to have fun

[docded]

I voted for the Gravity Gun, because it was just pure fun.

But what I really like, when it comes to weapons in games, are shotguns that do heavy damage. Getting up close and just blasting enemies to pieces with one shot is my kind of game. A fat sound to go with that is naturally obligatory http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Drazula]

Can't vote. The first gravity gun was very good, but the second one was crap. The poll needed to make the distinction.

[Mountain Man]

Dude, how could not enjoy flinging Combine soldiers around with the blue gravity gun?

[Roger]

Them and anything they touch freakin' disappears. IMO that lone aspect screamed LAME!

The revolver was best. Accurate, instant, and a punch to be reckoned with.

[Water12356]

Grav gun + Saw Blade = Joygasm. (Explosive barrels work too, but that gets old. lol)

[Damien_Azreal]

Mountain Man said:
Dude, how could not enjoy flinging Combine soldiers around with the blue gravity gun?



Easily.

You were forced to use it, there was no choice. That was a great thing about the Orange Grav Gun. You could swithc to it if you wanted it.

The Blue one was just thrusted upon you... and it just didn't grab everyone like it did you. That simple.

While at first I thought it was fun... it got lame after a while and just wanted my damn pistol or shotgun back.

[Michelangelo]

I'm sticking with the bugbate

I just love swarming enemy's http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[cladinshadows]

Do you know how hard that choice is for me?!

It's a complete tie between the Grav Gun, Aint-Lion Bait, and Magnum.

[SS4_Gogeta]

oh yeah now that WAS very fun http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hhg.gif

[Cerberus_e]

Mountain Man said:
Dude, how could not enjoy flinging Combine soldiers around with the blue gravity gun?



after almost a year of HL2 discussions with us, you still don't know?
it makes the game too easy.
ok, if that part in the citadel was halfway in the game, OK, but having that as ENDING FIGHT?

[Blade Nightflame]

Definatily the H&K MP-7 PDW (Machinegun.)

[Malgon]

Gravity-gun, not because everyone else liked it, but cause `I' liked it. Simple and effective, and something beyond the norm of FPS weapons. The blue one was insane, but it did become a bit overused, and ordinary after a while. But it was still crazy to reap havoc (no pun intended) with it on the overwatch when it first appeared. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

The Overwatch heavy rifle (if that is what it is called) was a pretty chunky and awesome sounding weapon.

Shotgun and crossbow were pretty cool and very useful.

[SS4_Gogeta]

hell i simply hated the ending:

the teleporter exploded and the retarded G-man comes and only saves freeman and no one else..... if and when they make HL3 he better find a way to save alyx and Eli, don't forget mossman. otherwise i'm going to create a mod where you can kick his ass

[Duoae]

SS4_Gogeta said:
hell i simply hated the ending:

the teleporter exploded and the retarded G-man comes and only saves freeman and no one else..... if and when they make HL3 he better find a way to save alyx and Eli, don't forget mossman. otherwise i'm going to create a mod where you can kick his ass




Erm... Alyx is fine too.... she's in Aftermath.

[SS4_Gogeta]

Duoae said:

SS4_Gogeta said:
hell i simply hated the ending:

the teleporter exploded and the retarded G-man comes and only saves freeman and no one else..... if and when they make HL3 he better find a way to save alyx and Eli, don't forget mossman. otherwise i'm going to create a mod where you can kick his ass




Erm... Alyx is fine too.... she's in Aftermath.



good to hear but i still... don't really like the g-man

[Rider]

I loveth the shotgun...

effective at close AND mid-range targets!

[Dave-ros]

Hmm, seems no-one likes the grenade. I wonder why that could be? Perchance because they bounce around at random and never really seem to do much good? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Blade Nightflame]

I REALLY like the Magnum too, though the small amount of ammo you can have really gets on your #$!"%. I also like the grenades a bit.

[Cerberus_e]

I like the colored trail of grenades... I'm always frustrated about how grenades are stealth tools of enemies in some FPs.
you hear a teammate yelling: GRENADE, but you can't see it http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[jimbob]

Cerberus_e said:
I like the colored trail of grenades... I'm always frustrated about how grenades are stealth tools of enemies in some FPs.
you hear a teammate yelling: GRENADE, but you can't see it http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

yeah, i think thats kind of the point of grenades, else they would have made them bright yellow and attached a speaker saying "please be carefull, i`m gonna explode in 5. . .4. . ."

http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

i loved the combine heavy machine gun, felt just perfect, the sub machinegun felt cool too \o/

i dont like the shotgun sound though.

[Cerberus_e]

jimbob said:

Cerberus_e said:
I like the colored trail of grenades... I'm always frustrated about how grenades are stealth tools of enemies in some FPs.
you hear a teammate yelling: GRENADE, but you can't see it http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

yeah, i think thats kind of the point of grenades, else they would have made them bright yellow and attached a speaker saying "please be carefull, i`m gonna explode in 5. . .4. . ."

http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif



hehe http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif no, I think the point of grenades is more to flush you out of your hiding spot http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Dave-ros]

^^^ Have any of the Gravity Gun lovers managed to use it to fling live grenades back at the Combine? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/icons/devilish.gif

[0marTheZealot]

The first time, the blue gravity gun is fun as all hell. Second and third time through, its like meh.

[Beelze]

Dave-ros said:
^^^ Have any of the Gravity Gun lovers managed to use it to fling live grenades back at the Combine? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/icons/devilish.gif


Yes, of course. Sometimes I even wait for them to throw a grenade just so I can throw it back.

[Gatinater]

I don't think HL2 ever specified what caliber the Revolver is. But it's definitly a .357 or .44 Magnum. It looked like a lot like a colt Annaconda or Python to me. That would be appropriate since the Annacondas and Pythons match grade accuracy and smooth trigger action make them the Cadilacs of revolvers. .357 is for puss pusses. It's not that much more powerful than a .38 special. The .44 Magnum with Magnum shells is a man's gun. That's a gun with juice.

My Favorites where the Franchi Tactical, H&K subgun and the energy rifle. I didn't care for the revolving pistol for the same reasons other players don't. Limited ammunition overall.

[FullMetalJacket]

The revolver in Half-Life 1 and 2 is a .357 Colt Python.