Favourite Enemy?

[ziahclonex]

Although we shoot them down and kick them about,we all have our favourite enemies that we like to shoot at most with our favourite guns.I like all the combines,because they make me feel like I'm killing and running away at the same time and they just keep coming and coming at you,unlike the zombies,which some of them just linger towards you slowly,or those that charge at you,or those that bend over,allow headcrabs to ride them,and lumber towards you,all the same,zombies probably have an IQ of 1,unlike Combines who probably have an IQ of 300,I feel more superior when I kill the combine.What is yours?

[Naudian]

I think I like killing manhacks...

1. Grab manhack with manipulator
2. Watch it squirm a little
3. Smash manhack into object of choice (even other manhacks! :D)
4. Repeat

Good fun, and the fact that manhacks really piss me off when they manage to get me makes it even better.

So robots it is.

[Planetary]

The shield scanners.

They're probably the only cute things the Combine ever made. When you grab them with your gravity gun and the little eye blinks, it's just adorable, somehow.

Though they do drop hoppermines, and flash at you, and help the Striders find you.

Question: Why are they called "Shield Scanners" if they have the exact same health as normal scanners!!! What's the difference other then that the Shield Scanner is obviously a Synth while the city-scanner seems somehow mass-produced by humans in a labor camp.

[ziahclonex]

I think I like killing manhacks...

1. Grab manhack with manipulator
2. Watch it squirm a little
3. Smash manhack into object of choice (even other manhacks! :D)
4. Repeat

Good fun, and the fact that manhacks really piss me off when they manage to get me makes it even better.

So robots it is.

lol yeah I guess grabbing manhacks with the grav gun is fun XD I was once in a custom HL2DM map and outside the spawn base there were hundreds of manhacks and everyone was crazy and grabbing manhacks with the grav gun and shooting eachother with em!!

The shield scanners.

They're probably the only cute things the Combine ever made. When you grab them with your gravity gun and the little eye blinks, it's just adorable, somehow.

Though they do drop hoppermines, and flash at you, and help the Striders find you.

Question: Why are they called "Shield Scanners" if they have the exact same health as normal scanners!!! What's the difference other then that the Shield Scanner is obviously a Synth while the city-scanner seems somehow mass-produced by humans in a labor camp.

Headcrabs are cute - too bad you can't grab them with the grav gun...or can you do so with the super grav gun?I've never tried :O

[Corp. Sheepo]

You didn't put rollermines but I really like them... perfect size for shooting at combine, can change from friend to enemy, comes in blue AND orange (UVA), sometimes explode (yay explosions!), and sticks to cars (am I the only person who allowed every single rollermine in HL2, "Highway 17", to stick to my car and use them as hydraulics?).

[ziahclonex]

You didn't put rollermines but I really like them... perfect size for shooting at combine, can change from friend to enemy, comes in blue AND orange (UVA), sometimes explode (yay explosions!), and sticks to cars (am I the only person who allowed every single rollermine in HL2, "Highway 17", to stick to my car and use them as hydraulics?).

There's Robots on the poll,and I did put "etc" in the brackets ;)

lol in DM there was a custom co-op map where the whole team,meaning all of us,were standing on a narrow bridge,avoiding rollermines coming down from either side,and we were supposed to grab them with the grav gun and shoot them into the toxic liquid river under and around the bridge,but some of us were grabbing the rollermines and shooting them at our teammates so they fall into the toxic substance and die! XD

[Planetary]

Headcrabs are cute - too bad you can't grab them with the grav gun...or can you do so with the super grav gun?I've never tried :O

I think with the super gravity gun only, but you can still punt them with the primary fire. I believe it's 3 hits to kill them that way. You can do it to antlions as well, but they take something like 9 or 10.

Wonder what would happened if you grabbed a poison-zombie with the super gravity gun... what would happened to the headcrabs on it?

[ziahclonex]

I think with the super gravity gun only, but you can still punt them with the primary fire. I believe it's 3 hits to kill them that way. You can do it to antlions as well, but they take something like 9 or 10.

Wonder what would happened if you grabbed a poison-zombie with the super gravity gun... what would happened to the headcrabs on it?

I'd hold on to it with the grav gun until I find a lake or a river and then I'd throw it down there and watch it drown and squirm XD

[Jintor]

Zombies. Stupid and much less deadly than most other zombies.

[ziahclonex]

Zombies. Stupid and much less deadly than most other zombies.

Easy to kill,but I'd feel more powerful killing combines with one-hit-kill weapons ;)

[i am HOLLYWOOD]

Combines are just fun to fight, especially because of the AI.

[ziahclonex]

I totally agree with you,Hollywood :cheers:

[Samon]

Striders.

[Remus]

Striders.

Yes, I wish there were more fights in the city with Striders..

[Xendance]

Striders yeah.

[xirow]

Striders.

Definitely

[Samon]

Yes, I wish there were more fights in the city with Striders..

Maybe. I think it's one of those things you don't want to see overdone, and I think the three Strider segments varied greatly between each other and that the gameplay was absolutely sound - my favourite bits in the entire game. That said I think a slightly more open area -with some ruined buildings to run in and out of- , would have played very well.

So hooray for Episode 2.

[ziahclonex]

I like the sound Striders make,but they are basically the equivelent of walking choppers,except they take a few more rockets to take down.

Guess y'all like the strider best :frog:

[Slug Advisor]

Antlion Guards.
Strider are a close second.

[Jintor]

Not enough Striders, true.

[ziahclonex]

So you all like enemies that are harder to kill?I don't really find the rocket-shooting appealing,it bores me sometimes =/

[ríomhaire]

It all depends on the situation. I'll go with combine soldiers simply because there is suck a variety of ways to enjoy killing them.

[Narvi]

Never really liked the enemies in HL2. I mean, they look nice, but I never really felt good killing them.

I suppose the ones I like fighting the most are the Combine soldiers. They've got snazzy uniforms, and make nice sounds as you slaughter them. Now if only they were an actual challenge... :|

[heer0]

Zombies, this plague should be exterminated! Nothing better than a nice bloody headshot from my shotgun into the 'head' of one of those things, then watch it fallin' :)

[Wanted Bob]

Combine. From getting headshots with a pistol on CPs, to fending off waves of Overwatch with your shotgun, to nailing an Elite to the wall with a Crossbow, these guys are the best.

[kupocake]

Striders are cool (certainly in terms of looks), but Gunships give the best gameplay situations due to their ability to destroy player rockets and take evasive action. Striders just stand there and soak it all up. Not so very interesting.

[darkeye92]

I really like the Zombines. They are scary, cause they are faster then regular zombies, and they carry grenades (which makes them REALLY dangerous) :naughty:
So I voted zombies

[dumba$$]

Super zombies. Its nice to have one running up and jumping, only to be met with a hale of shotgun pellets in mid-air. this usually either blows it head over heels, or blows it in half:P
oooh yeah....

[Samon]

Zombines deserve a mention for being the second best.

[Jintor]

Striders would be cooler if they had more AI, and did more than simply go from point to point pouring firepower into you.

[ziahclonex]

I guess Zombies are my second favourite,the regular normal zombies,that is - because if there are hordes of those regular zombies slowly coming at you,you can use different weapons to shoot them and test your strength while they are still slowly coming at you lmao

[Dr. Breen]

The shield scanners.

They're probably the only cute things the Combine ever made. When you grab them with your gravity gun and the little eye blinks, it's just adorable, somehow.


In a way, Combine soldiers are cute. If you play a chapter such as, let's say, Nova Prospekt and view them from the other side of a window that has that embedded wire in it, move from side to side and just watch them look at you. They just stay there. Looking at you. With those cute, little gas masks. And whenever they die, that's cute too. And don't forget whenever you pwn them and they make that yell in pain. Really cute.




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[Narvi]

Hunters should add an interesting new dynamic to Strider fights. Calling for big brother FTW.

[highlander]

Zombine. Those Muffled radio calls... are just too awesome.

[Atomic_Piggy]

Striders on hard.

[the show 1347]

striders are always fun and antlion guards.

[the_rebel_medic]

Combine, I never got over the squeel and radio call when you killed a CP. That, and fast headcrabs in an open area. In an enclosed space it's just to easy.

[ziahclonex]

I guess you all like those hard-to-kill baddies XD

In a way, Combine soldiers are cute. If you play a chapter such as, let's say, Nova Prospekt and view them from the other side of a window that has that embedded wire in it, move from side to side and just watch them look at you. They just stay there. Looking at you. With those cute, little gas masks. And whenever they die, that's cute too. And don't forget whenever you pwn them and they make that yell in pain. Really cute.

lol they're not cute if they come at you with pulse rifles.

[JFK]

The may not be the hardest to kill, but zombies are really fun to kill. Blowing their dumb heads off are much better than shooting at the Combine. Sadistic pleasure I guess...:cheese:

[ziahclonex]

Killing combines give me the feeling that I'm in a real war.Sadistic pleasure?That's a different thing...:)

[Jintor]

Right, being in a real war is fun. *rollseyes*

[ziahclonex]

Right, being in a real war is fun. *rollseyes*

Who says it was fun?Not me.I said it makes me feel like I'm in a real war.Who said anything about fun?The feeling of being in a real war adds to the tension and nerve and makes you,you know,jump when enemies suddenly jump out at you.Don't you like that?Or do you actually think wars are fun? *rolls eyes* :sleep:

[oleksiy]

my favriot to kill were the zombies and zombinbes ,beacause man thats so orinagal and origanal rules.

[Jintor]

Who says it was fun?Not me.I said it makes me feel like I'm in a real war.Who said anything about fun?The feeling of being in a real war adds to the tension and nerve and makes you,you know,jump when enemies suddenly jump out at you.Don't you like that?Or do you actually think wars are fun? *rolls eyes* :sleep:

Argh, quote rebound!

*dies*

Nevertheless, you're still enjoying the sensation, right?

[ziahclonex]

lol I guess they are original - they're in all the HL games XD

[Rapstah]

My vote was either Zombies or Striders, but after remembering my first Zombine battle I had to vote for the first.

Headcrab Striders, anyone?

[ziahclonex]

Headcrab Striders?That headcrab must be one helluva big one :laugh:

[Rapstah]

Small Strider.

[Frentzen]

I voted for a Strider seeing as there is no Gunship in there.

[scotland1]

I voted for a Strider seeing as there is no Gunship in there.

there is a dropship, in the choppers category.

[Frentzen]

Dropship != Gunship.

[Wanted Bob]

I found gunships kinda boring to fight, cause they just sorta blew up in midair and you almost never got to closely examine them. In episode 1 however, there is that excellent boss fight (well, as much as HL2 does give you a boss fight) and the gunship just careens into the building.

[Narvi]

Was I the only one to have that second gunship on Highway 17 crash into the highway?

[ziahclonex]

Choppers include all things that are big and that fly.Including gunships. :)

[kupocake]

I found gunships kinda boring to fight, cause they just sorta blew up in midair and you almost never got to closely examine them. In episode 1 however, there is that excellent boss fight (well, as much as HL2 does give you a boss fight) and the gunship just careens into the building.
So... something is boring to fight because it doesn't stick around when you've killed it? Wha?
Was I the only one to have that second gunship on Highway 17 crash into the highway?
It's scripted too, just like the Episode One Gunship, and it's highway death had been in since E3 2003.

[Planetary]

It depends on whether you kill it while over the ocean, or at the end of its "flightpath", above the highway as it loops around you.

[GreatEmperor]

I found gunships kinda boring to fight, cause they just sorta blew up in midair and you almost never got to closely examine them. In episode 1 however, there is that excellent boss fight (well, as much as HL2 does give you a boss fight) and the gunship just careens into the building.

I love a good corpse but not very important

[Bulletbrain]

Gunships by far. What I do is send a spiraling rocket and watch those poor bastards desperately twisting this way and that... in vain. Brings out tears of joy. Toying with those giant half mechanical flying bugs never gets old.

A would have voted for Strides if there was a different way to bring them down instead of hide-rocket-hide method. Now if valve could just fit a grappling hook to the new buggy in episode 2... think Empire Strikes Back. Would be awesome!

[DEATHMASTER]

All the above! But I voted combine soldier, I also love the noise the gunship meatchunks make when u zap'm with the gravity gun!

[ziahclonex]

I like the sound combine soldiers make when you kill them XD

[Dr. Breen]

I like the sound combine soldiers make when you kill them XD

z0mg reiteration!!1!

[ziahclonex]

I...I don't get it :|

[Jintor]

To reiterate means to repeat repetatively redundant information repetatively, reduntantly or to retieterate. Reiterating can also mean to say things over and over, to repeat what has come before (repetative and redundant information, for example) or to repeat repetative and redundant information. To reiterate, to reiterate means to repeat redundant or repetative information (that is to say, information that has been said before), in order to reinforce the original point (by reiterating the redunant and repetative information).

[ziahclonex]

To reiterate means to repeat repetatively redundant information repetatively, reduntantly or to retieterate. Reiterating can also mean to say things over and over, to repeat what has come before (repetative and redundant information, for example) or to repeat repetative and redundant information. To reiterate, to reiterate means to repeat redundant or repetative information (that is to say, information that has been said before), in order to reinforce the original point (by reiterating the redunant and repetative information).

A very thorough and understandable explanation.I like that...but does that means that he means that I was repeating myself?

[Jintor]

I suppose.

I was just explaining what reiterate means.

[bigburpco]

Zombines for sure.

[ziahclonex]

lol I prefer the regular zombies to zombines.

[Tagaziel]

Combine Overwatch. Highly rewarding and they look great. Especially the gear.