did anyone feel like the half life set pieces where kinda over used?

i think that half life 1 was better than the rest... WOOT WOOT FOR HL1
oh and for your question.. no i dont

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No.

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well i kinda did i and im talking about who orange box counting half life 2 ep1+2

Set pieces? Do you mean scenery, physics objects or props?

The only things I think are overused in Half-Life are Alyx and the gravity gun.

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Veiled Duality

umm set piece = the see saw puzzel

He's reffering to Ben Yahtzee's Orange Box review and he's talking about the level puzzles.
For example, waiting for a slow moving elevator to arrive was used in Half-life 2 and all the episodes, also the see-saw puzzle etc. A common complaint for the Half-Life series is that they keep re-using these 'set-pieces' except in different ways.But I do agree with what your saying.



Also what's wrong with the gravity gun? It's t3h 1337! Although i would like to see it being used in other ways other than just grabbing stuff and throwing it.

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All puzzles: Solution = Gravity gun.
All non-standard enemies: Solution = Gravity gun.
90% of obstacles: Solution = Gravity gun.

See the recurring pattern?

Seriously they need to lay off it. I only use it when I need to and I still find it overused. Sure it was fun, new and innovative... But that only lasts so long and VALVe have gone way beyond so long.

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Veiled Duality

i agree