The Genius of Half-Life 2's Weapon Design

I feel like a lot of what yo usaid about half life 2 also applies to half life. The tau cannon is introduced this way, right before a mortar and helicopter you have to fight at the same time. The gluon gun is introduced right when you need to chew through the largest groups of tanky aliens. The mp5 is only given out as a reward for taking down an HECU with an inferior weapon. The only real offender is the grenade launcher on the mp5 giving it one-weapon itis for... idk, a 3rd of the game before it's outclassed, or starved of ammo until you have to switch? And even then, you're mostly gonna be using the shotgun for dealing with smaller fights.

Gaben and bill gates are probably the top 2 richest TRUE nerds on earth

Usage, which is how the weapon is used

The weapons fit so well to each other. I use the smg/ar2 with the shotgun. Shotgun for close range and the smg/ar2 for far away and you can’t deny it’s effectiveness

Can you do a similar video on F.E.A.R.'s weapons?

I love your video but half life 1 weapons just too nostalgic for me

Valve definitely did great making these weapons, there isn’t a single one where I never use it

Ok i seen enough ratlober video to come to the conclusion that he's just riding valve at this point

AR2's sound is one of the greatest weapon sound in the gaming history

Not really
Smg is worse than the ar even at close ranges, and especially worse than the shotgun at close ranges. Its main issue is the terrible ttk

The pistol is only good at blowing barrels and combine police (which you stop facing)

The AR is decent at medium ranges

The crossbow is goldfish at long range, I say ish because it’s slow projectile speed

The rest of the weapons are good

the arsenal isnt that good

video not very good:(

some problems i have with the guns
the pistol is so inaccurate and kinda useless after the start
the bugbait is only useful in one(i think) chapter
the crowbar is useless
but the gravity gun and shotgun make up for the bad

What about high on life

the only weapon that is not good ad design is smg. its ugly, ngl. ugly af

I hate hl2 smg and pistol so much

Frankly, the only thing that confuses me is what is the alt fire for the smg? It seems like it fires a grenade, but how? Or is gordon throwing it? It's not a bad thing it's stupid useful, and awesome (i also love the fact its on an smg and not an AR like literally every other FPS game in existence), but it does confuse me

The Black Mesa East Gravity Gun tutorial isn’t the full tutorial, because that role is in Ravenholm. There is an achievement where you beat the entire chapter with just the gravity gun for a reason.

instead of doom eternal I'd cite quake live. every weapon in ql has a situation it's suited for that ur constantly switching weapons for. I've even seen the machinegun u spawn with get some use in pro level play.

the shotgun in half life 2 is the gun i have use the most next to the ar2 pulse rifle

as much as I love this game
i have to disagree, Half life 2 is a game where even tho the guns are perfectly alling, none feel that good to use to be honest, and more often than not, the combine SMG overshadows the normal one

This video has the same energy as ones that say prequels are a cinematographic masterpiece

Lmao what, half-life 2 weapons are awful

Honestly, this video is quite the reach. The weapons in Half Life 2 are nothing special. The game is great, but that doesn't mean every little thing about it is profound or "genius".

The pistol is easily my least favorite of all the weapons.

I dunno.
Stripping out weapons like the Gauss Gun or Satchel Charges wasn't worth it.

valve was the genius to only model the gun from where we can see it. means the blind spots are invisible

Sorry fam but this award has to go to Halo. I will die on this hill.

I always disliked almost every single gun design in HL2 even though it is easily my top 3 game of all time. I always wanted father Grigori's lever action over the spas. Half Life 1 had such cool looking arsenal.

The only thing I would change about hl2’s weapons is the animations. They are dated. But although MMOD is great I’d prefer just a regular reanimation pack that uses the default models. Animations that resemble the default ones while still being updated to a higher standard.

Bro literally never played doom eternal , literally the starting shotgun is used even in the last lvl against cacodemons . The starting pistol in hf 2 is garbage in ep 2 against overwatch soldiers . Stop licking hf 2 boots .

I have been playing with the same Half Life 2 weapons in hundreds of hours of HL2 mods, Garrys Mod, rereleases of Half Life 2 and episodes. And in all that time these weapons never felt limiting or like they've gotten old. I think that really says so much about how perfect the HL2 arsenal is.

Ratlobber has the most unique intros

"...the gravity gun doesn't get much use after Ravenholm [...] you'll find yourself using it pretty damn often..."

That's a little contradictory, isn't it?

"Ay, take this cool ass shotgun brother"
- Human cookie monster

Your editing styles are insanely addictive

I think the halo 1 pistol might be the most iconic fps psitil of all time.

the USP not ejecting shells still bugs me, even half life 2 "update" didn';t fix it

I mean the weapons are good but they could have been a bit better like the smg having a tighter minimum spread when firing a 2 round burst the shotgun being stronger cause at like 10m it becomes quite bad against the combine and the rocket launcher could use a massive damage boost.I mean half life 1 suffered from these as well but not as bad as half life 2 and i know youre gonna say well if they make these changes then other weapons would be unused,my friend im a modder for the halo series and i tried to find ways for all weapons to be useful on almost everything so theyre not left out and this is why i say these chages would make these 3 guns way better.I mean the rocket launcher is really weak it takes up to 6+ rockets to kill a enemy gunship.I've just passed through the area where theres a lot of combine soldiers and you use the antlions to push through,2 gunships appear and my god how annoying it was,i must have died like 100 times there it literally took me a couple days to get it cause i kept dying and decided to quit cause i was mentally exhausted,if they made the rocket take half the ammo to kill a vtol then id say its ok its accetable

I would personally say Half-Life 2's arsenal is kind of unsatisfying but overall serviceable.
It's not the worst I've seen, but it's not as tightly designed (imo) as Doom 2's exceptional weapon sandbox.
The Gravity Gun is pretty amusing, though.
...I wish the weapons in HL2 were just a little bit more accurate, though.

The strider is still one of the greatest enemies in any game. It's so ominous and terrifying when you first encounter them.

this guys is too half life the way Elmaxo is to TF2

The only complaints i have with hl2 weapons are:

How few rockets gordon can carry (seriously it's annoying having to scavange for rockets while been shot at by gunships and striders)

And how the bug bait is only used in one chapter.

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Where do the grenades come from on the mp7