General Chat

[Blue]

The one in HL2 is probably made out of a light metal, like aluminum. Either that or Gordon's HEV suit seriously augments his muscle power.

 

Probably initially did look like a proper sort of crowbar swing, but dispensed with animatonal realism for weapon usage balance, and just said "screw it, you have to be able to hit this fast" and the weapon design preferred that over realistic movement or weight. It's the same with the baseball bat for the Scout in Team Fortress 2. Have you ever tried swinging a bat like he does, or that fast? How about a solid steel monkey wrench ala the Engineer?

[Alyxx Thorne]

Yeah, games are made to be fun, so there has to be a balance between fun and realism.

[Twilight Sparkle]

Yeah, games are made to be fun, so there has to be a balance between fun and realism.

 

There's even a term for it: Acceptable Breaks from Reality

[Alyxx Thorne]

Don't care about tropes, to be frank.

[Blue]

Franks don't trope to care about.

[Humin]

Blatant Item Placement

What's a medkit doing here anyway?

 

I lol'd.

[Alyxx Thorne]

Franks don't trope to care about.

That does not even make sense...

[Collective Foal]

Read down to R. Holy shit, I'm bored...

[Obsidian]

The one in HL2 is probably made out of a light metal, like aluminum. Either that or Gordon's HEV suit seriously augments his muscle power.

 

I think Opposing Force took the most realistic approach to melee weapon use in the HL-verse. It even took it to a point where you had two melee weapons: the knife, quick but meh on damage, and the pipe-wrench (I own several of these in honor of Mr. Shepard, haha), which was slow but hit pretty fricking hard.

[Alyxx Thorne]

Yeah, I've wanted a pipe wrench since I played Opposing Force as well.

[Blue]

I miss Metal Slug.

[Collective Foal]

Personally, I don't even use melee weapons in most games (I'm surprisingly good at conserving ammo.) I prefer to throw alien insectozoids and have them crawl up the pants of my enemies and bite them to death.

[Alyxx Thorne]

Personally, I don't even use melee weapons in most games (I'm surprisingly good at conserving ammo.) I prefer to throw alien insectozoids and have them crawl up the pants of my enemies and bite them to death.

That's the third option.

[Mr. ShinyObject]

I will always, always use melee if I can. It's such a fun way of changing the way you play the game, and if done right can be more fun.

 

Same reason why I opt for ranged weapons in melee-focused games.

[Jek Jek Roo]

Swords are overrated. You can only use them properly if you're a jedi, and can throw them at enemies by the force.

[Collective Foal]

I can't imagine the humiliation of being a highly trained military agent and my demise being some MIT nerd smacking me to death with a crowbar...

[Alyxx Thorne]

I can't imagine the humiliation of being a highly trained military agent and my demise being some MIT nerd smacking me to death with a crowbar...

HUMILIATION

[Collective Foal]

Getting knifed in CounterStrike never happens... Like I've never ever had it happen to me or done it to anybody before.

[Alyxx Thorne]

Getting knifed in CounterStrike never happens... Like I've never ever had it happen to me or done it to anybody before.

I tried doing it in Blacklight. Didn't work out. Just doesn't feel that intuitive, I guess.

[Martin]

Getting knifed in CounterStrike never happens... Like I've never ever had it happen to me or done it to anybody before.

I'm no good at that game, but I can always sneak in a melee kill when I'm playing with some friends.