New blood effects in Episode 2

Avatar
youme
937 Posts
Posted Nov 11, 2007
I was wondering what people think about the new blood spray efects when you shoot enemies in Episode 2

On the combine and zombies IMO I think it looks good, but it sprays way too much.
On the antlion guard and hunters i think the dribbling blood effect looks very nice and shouldn't really be changed much.

what do you think?

Advertisement
Registered users don't see ads! Register now!
Avatar
espen180
307 Posts
Posted Nov 11, 2007
Replied 24 minutes later
Good but exaggerated.
Avatar
Korjagun
122 Posts
Posted Nov 11, 2007
Replied 2 minutes later
I... hadn't even noticed.
Avatar
Fusi0n
108 Posts
Posted Nov 11, 2007
Replied 21 minutes later

espen180 wrote:
Good but exaggerated.

Couldn't put it better.

Avatar
Rivid31
152 Posts
Posted Nov 11, 2007
Replied 24 minutes later

Korjagun wrote:
I... hadn't even noticed.

Avatar
Hurricaaane
189 Posts
Posted Nov 11, 2007
Replied 17 minutes later

Korjagun wrote:
I... hadn't even noticed.

Avatar
Lorithad
240 Posts
Posted Nov 11, 2007
Replied 50 minutes later
I hadn't really noticed all that much at all.

The best blood splatter system for me was in Tactical Ops. Player was shot, normalish blood spray. But the player would drip blood for a while after he was injured. Not noticably from the model, but he would leave a trail of blood wherever he went. Made following and tracking a little easier.

Not that that really would have helped in HL2. Everything's pretty much "I see you! Oh, you're dead now."

Avatar
Fusi0n
108 Posts
Posted Nov 11, 2007
Replied 8 minutes later

Lorithad wrote:
The best blood splatter system for me was in Tactical Ops.

Good old days, I remember.

Avatar
Hober
1,180 Posts
Posted Nov 11, 2007
Replied 41 minutes later

Korjagun wrote:
I... hadn't even noticed.

Avatar
taco
504 Posts
Posted Nov 11, 2007
Replied 1 hour later
The blood splatter in ep 2 bothered me through the entire game - i thought it was perfect in hl2.
Avatar
Mapster
396 Posts
Posted Nov 11, 2007
Replied 17 minutes later
How can you all not notice one of the main things that appears on your screen.

Gosh your all a disgrace to hl2!

Nah...

It was one of the first things i noticed that it was more of an actual model than a sprite.

Avatar
espen180
307 Posts
Posted Nov 11, 2007
Replied 7 minutes later
It's a particle system, and you all fail for not noticing.
Avatar
Hober
1,180 Posts
Posted Nov 11, 2007
Replied 16 minutes later
In my defense, I've only played through once, and halfway through the dev commentary.

Also, I just came from playing Bioshock, which is not exactly blood-conservative.

Avatar
Lorithad
240 Posts
Posted Nov 11, 2007
Replied 12 minutes later
Yeah, i'm going to use the Hober defense on it as well.

I had never played any half life before the orange box.

Avatar
Mapster
396 Posts
Posted Nov 11, 2007
Replied 16 minutes later

Lorithad wrote:
Yeah, i'm going to use the Hober defense on it as well.

I had never played any half life before the orange box.

TRAITOR!

Sacrifice the non-believer!

Play the half-life series from half-life - half-life 2 - episode 1 - episode 2.

I am doing that now on the hardest... half-life 1 is pretty easy lmao.

Avatar
youme
937 Posts
Posted Nov 11, 2007
Replied 1 hour later

Mapster wrote:
Play the half-life series from half-life - half-life 2 - episode 1 - episode 2.

my play order:

1) Half Life 2: Episode 1
2) Half Life 2
3) Half Life: source
4) Half Life 2: Episode 2

Avatar
Mapster
396 Posts
Posted Nov 11, 2007
Replied 21 minutes later
Half-life / Half-life Source happened Before half-life 2 and episodes.

So plays that first

Avatar
Lorithad
240 Posts
Posted Nov 11, 2007
Replied 14 minutes later
At least I went:

HL2
HL2 EP1
HL2 EP2

Both HL2 and EP1 I went through on the hardest difficulty. EP2 was on normal just becuase I was lazy.

I'll get around to getting Half life: Source eventually. I'd have played it first if I had it.

Advertisement
Registered users don't see ads! Register now!
Avatar
Mapster
396 Posts
Posted Nov 11, 2007
Replied 2 minutes later
I want them to release it in stores so i don't have to download another 1gb for a game i already have lmao.