*spoiler*Ravenholm*spoiler* Created 19 years ago2005-03-10 13:31:06 UTC by PTS

I hope you have seen the warning so here I go.

What do you think of the "We don't go to Ravenholm" level? I think it's very well made, especially the moment where you come out on the main town street and you see the leaping zombies. It somehow reminds me of Resident Evil or even Silent Hill. The first time I played it I ran out of ammo on the very first map and then I used a radiator to kill the badies (duh!). So what's your opinion?

I liked it and I laugh at those who found it scary

The architecture is very boxy though :/

One of the best chapters in HL2 imo.
Liked the Zombie killing traps

I made an example of one

I'm sure you did you little perv

It was Hilarious!!
I just love the sick mindless zombie slaying. it was by far my favourite chapter. The ending mine bit was really boring though.

Ravenholm is the best chapter in HL2.. But it still sucks. The Beginning is good but rest of it sucks. Those crazy runnerjumper-zombies are evil!

Still I would have liked to have known how they made the zombies jump so high!

So i'm a pervert am I?

The speedy zombies scared me the first time I played it.

Me too, wasn't prepared for that

So i'm a pervert am I?

Indeed you are

I'm not the official TWHL-pervert anymore? Cries

Its just crazy how you watch em run up the walls.

I loved Ravenholm, so much that I begun a DM map of it.. I should probably get round to finishing it.

The architecture was boxy as hell: which is why I got a lot of critisism for my map :<.

The fact is: It was lovely because of its ambience and ultimate coolness.

Do none of you realize the theme of the chapter?

The architecture is boxy for a purpose. That purpose is high FPS and to keep the player focused on the entity setups, monsters, theme, etc - No need for a high-poly building right in the middle of the map, it just doesn't fit.

that map is awesome. so much like Resident Evil...in first person. i love torturing and brutally murdering all those zombies in so many sick and demented fashions.

I'm not the official TWHL-pervert anymore?

Yes you are, Habboi can be your apprentice, you will teach him how to be a better pervert

:/

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Anyway on further notice we can see that it was majorly loved!

I must make an example of the car trap where the lever caused it to fall on them but i'm too sad to do anything these days...

Yay Yay! Respect my man, Bob Goatse!

haha in HL1, everyone built scientist-killing machicines...now everyone is gonna be building zombie-killing machines...mmmmmmmmmm...zombie killing...

I would rather build a G-man killing machine

Ha ha

You Gman killing maniac

Who can honestly say they didn't want to torture him to death after playing HL1 for thwe first time?

I.

He is my fav, He is my hero, so damn evil and nasty!

But, he hates snarks.

I want to drop a car on him, personally.

I could arrange that as an example once I suss how to make it ...

Just gotta put a few entities together and hopes it works

Woa, I didn't expected such enthusiasm...

Really, it's the best chapter in HL2. Maybe just "Follow Freeman!" is a little bit better, because of the teamplay and stuff? Both city levels ("Anticitizen 1" & "Follow Freeman!") are really reminding me of the defense on Stalingrad.

Truely said, pretty much all levels are based on some other event or game:
"We don't go to Ravenholm" - Resident Evil
end of "Sandtraps" (where you aquire the Pheropod) - D-Day from the Second World War (all these machinegun nests and beach assoult and stuff...)
"Nova Prospekt" & "Entanglement" - Alcatraz prison (atleast in any movie where it can be seen)
end of "Nova Prospekt" (where your way gets cut off by the mechanical walls) - not sure where I've seen such huge machinery, but it reminds me of UFO:Aftermath in a way (just like the moving walls, the biomass crawls forward, overtaking new regions)
"Anticitizen 1" & "Follow Freeman" - already said it - Stalingrad's defense
"Dark Energy" & "Our Benefactors" - UFO series, the aliens coming from a portal and trying to enslave the human race. The scenery from the Citadel looks like the last mission from Aftermath
...and all these areas, where you have to avoid sniper fire - "Enemy At The Gates"

And if I tell ya that "Route Canal" and "Water Hazard" are based on my home city and surrounding areas you're not going to believe me...but wait to see the pictures!

Maybe just "Follow Freeman!" is a little bit better, because of the teamplay and stuff?

If you can call that a teamplay..

I meant leading a squad of 4 opposed to the 2 in HL1, but I couldn't find the proper word to describe it. It was much like Opposing Force.

Thats probably where they got the idea from

The team members piss me off, always insisting on following you after you wander off for ten seconds. Bloody idiots.

"Dr. Freeman, I'm coming with you..!"

In a rage i shot there heads, and a few minutes later they where already reporting for duty

"Dr. freeman, IM COMING!"

"Nova Prospekt" & "Entanglement" - Alcatraz prison

It's actually based off North State Pen if I can recall. From some pics I've seen I can identify like all of the props for the prison :<

Here's teh HL2 Trainyard in RL (Paris, apparently):

http://sammal.ton.tut.fi/paris/images/trainyard.jpg

Yah, you can match everything up if you wanted to.

I was pretty sure it was Alcatraz too, as VALVe hired it for a PR meeting?

the trainyard looks pretty similar to me. but at the same time it looks just like every other trainyard in the world. :

i liked those traps too, and i used a radiator too to kill them it's so fun.

I don't have any idea how so many people ran out of ammo anywhere in HL2! Ravenholm was great but it isn't the best chapter. Best chapters are anti-citizen one and the one after it.

Follow Freeman! thats it.

Oh and about annoyin team mates...KILL EM! LoL!

Anyway I am willing to make an example of the car trap but I wan't to know if you the people would actually use it!

We'll figure it out. Just stop bringing it up.

I ran out of ammo plenty of times in Ravenholm.

the trainyard looks pretty similar to me. but at the same time it looks just like every other trainyard in the world.

Exactly.

Oh, and re: ammo: noob.

I never ran out of ammo on Ravenholm. Actually, I saved all my ammo the whole game, only to be disapointed at the levelstrip inside of the citidel.

I must say that the Ravenholm chapter was very nicely done. It was a heart pounding, creepy, fun movie type chapter.

Same here, Bratty (excessive ammo conservation for a 'big push' which never materialised).

Eh?

Yah, why cant you just shoot Breen in the face with a rocket? That would be so awsome.

"Dr. freeman, IM COMING!"

Was that Alyx screaming in bed?

pervert

I was expecting a weaponstrip the entire game. Did you thought VALVe would miss the oportunity to make us angry?

Killing zonbies with a radiator was really fun indeed, I used it too. Hmm, have I already said that?

You don't need to save you ammo anywhere in the game. When you (possibly) run out in Ravenholm there comes Highway 17, where you have a recon buggy with installed ammo box. And in the city area you have weaponboxes all over the place. Only at Nova Prospekt things might get alittle tricky, but then you have endless raids from the Combine side.

Hell yeh...

I only had a small amount of ammo cause I shot those bastard fast zombies that swang on trees and trid to crush me with the branches :/

I just went mad and shot everywhere!