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Article #81815Re: 25 Top Gaming Moments
From: Julie dAubigny
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 18:24
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 18:24
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Bill Silvey wrote: > > > I just got Blue Shift for my birthday. I haven't finished it, as I got > > annoyed with the underground tunnels. > > I hated that bit, too...it's like they were trying to recapture "On A Rail" > from HL but failed. They certainly failed at what they were trying to do. I hate dealing with insufficient ammo and health against a horde of teleporting-in lightning bastards. > > Cool. I did not like Opposing Force's ending. HL's ending is good. As > > noted above, I haven't seen BS's ending. > > I hated OF's ending because...well, it's silly but because during HL and OF > the first few times through I'd made sure I'd protected as many scientists > as I could (OF opens with them treating the Marine wounded, remember), > imagining ol' Gordo would leave them one of the spare Glocks he'd picked up. > Then there were the Barney's - figuring they'd be safe enough where I left > them... > > Then at the end of OF finding out there's no safe place at all! Yes. It's a bit annoying to go through all that trouble and have your efforts almost immediately negated. And then, the "reward" for finishing is to get trapped in limbo for all eternity. -- Elizabeth D. Brooks | kali.ma...@comcast.net | US2002021724 Listowner: Aberrants_Worldwide, Fading_Suns_Games, TrinityRPG AeonAdventure | "Dobby likes us!" -- Smeagol -- http://www.theonering.net/scrapbook/view/6856
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