racketboy wrote:How does the PS2 version compare to the XBox version?
Xbox only saw a release of Half-Life 2. And from what I've read, it has some pretty serious framerate issues at times. So you'd obviously be much better off sticking with The Orange Box as far as that goes.
The PS2 version of Half-Life is excellent though. Some have even argued the graphics on the PS2 version were better than the PC. But I wouldn't know since I'm not a PC gamer. And I've never tried the Dreamcast version either, but the PS2 version does allow you to save at any place in the game which I think is really nice. Especially for an early PS2 title.
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racketboy wrote:How does the PS2 version compare to the XBox version?
Xbox only saw a release of Half-Life 2. And from what I've read, it has some pretty serious framerate issues at times. So you'd obviously be much better off sticking with The Orange Box as far as that goes.
The PS2 version of Half-Life is excellent though. Some have even argued the graphics on the PS2 version were better than the PC. But I wouldn't know since I'm not a PC gamer. And I've never tried the Dreamcast version either, but the PS2 version does allow you to save at any place in the game which I think is really nice. Especially for an early PS2 title.
In regards to HL2
The orange box is the better deal obviously.
However what surprised me was the difference between the xbox and 360 version was not as massive as you would think.
xbox HL2 in my experience with 2 pal 360's and 2 pal copies will only play on the 360 up to halfway through 'water hazard' then freeze.
So you then play it on the xbox, then the next glitch and tbh the only really annoying one is where near the end you have to walk on to a rotating thingymajig now on the pc and 360 you walk on jobs done. On the xbox version you have to strafe as you don't move with the moving platform therefore fall off and die unless you strafe.
The xbox graphics are pretty damn good, side by side yes the 360 is obviously better, but not the leap forward you would expect.
I never noticed any frame rate issues, certainly none that notably affected gameplay anyway.
I love HL2 and the Episodes (completed multiple times), however as often as I try I cannot get into Half-Life. I have the PS2 version, I try to play it and I just turn it off. Not sure why, I want to play it, I have even watched through video playthroughs of it, I just can't bear to play it though.
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Half Life is incredible on the PS2. My nephew and I played the coop mode quite a bit. The textures and models have been updated in the PS2 version, making it look better in some areas than the original PC release. Well, if you don't take higher PC resolutions into account...
emwearz wrote:Even with the keyboard and mouse the controls are really floaty, it is never precise.
Half Life has always felt a floaty to me, but HDTV lag would probably magnify that feeling. It plays razor sharp and precise on my SD CRT. I would put it next to the PC version any day. On my HD Samsung, not so much. 16:9 looks nice, though.
