Kyronea

Aargh, not the Five Stages of Grief...those annoy me so much...mostly because I've read at least three different books that were essentially the five stages of grief writ large onto a society and the events that happened in the book. (The principle one to come to mind is the "I, Q" Star Trek novel written by Peter David and John de Lancie...give it a pass if you ever see it because it's bad.)

Incidentally, if it helps, they do something almost identical in Half-Life II: Episode II, at the end...I think they even mention in the dialog that it's being done for the same reasons.

It's been recovering because I've been intentionally giving you positive rep on every post to try to counter the undeserved negative rep.

Again, he's right people. Freeman's a smart man...and I ALWAYS appreciate intelligent humour. Also, would you guys stop giving Mako negative reputation just because he disagrees with you? That's rather petty.

"Runescape: Gaming can be fun?!"" Yep, couldn't live without THAT in my daily life, huh?

Well, if I may say, to a certain extent there IS some sense in making moderators people who are around all the time. After all, if they're not around all the time, how can they be effective moderators? Why would they care about their duties? At the same time it's not the ONLY requirement nor should it be.

What the hell...apparently it's more important to constantly try and advertise Mortal Kombat Legacy and upload things like "Shadow of the Damned: Enlarge Your Johnson!" trailers. Especially that last one I don't get...suddenly Machinima is producing e-mail penis enlargment scam videos?

Oh, I'm uptight alright. I don't get nearly enough sex and spend most of my time cramped up in a single room. But really it just didn't grab me like Freeman's Mind did from the get-go, so I decided not to bother with it beyond that. I MIGHT change my mind and try it again at some point.

I never bothered with Shephard's mind beyond the first episode because of certain issues...like how the game's HUD was still present and such... In fact I haven't watched a single mind series other than the original.

That wouldn't solve the problem, because if they won't attack, how will he fight? Or will it just be a staring contest until he changes his mind? I really like this idea...it just seems to me like it would take some modding work to become doable, is all.

There's a significant problem with the notion of him actually fighting that that unwinnable battle for a time: the game fades out almost immediately after transport, and in fades the credits. The game doesn't LET you try to fight the battle, and I don't think it's possible to overcome this without some serious reprogramming, something that doesn't strike me as worth doing for just an April Fool's/What If episode. If it weren't for that I'd be for the idea totally, but since that happens...

Yeah, that's more than a little annoying. And you've got a point there, Mako. But I maintain a significant amount of it has to do with how exhausted and hungry the poor man is. He should find an MRE on one of the next blackout pauses at least. Mmmm...MREs...

The original poster has some fair points, but at the same time, as others have said, this is the whole point to the series. Plus, as pointed out excellently by Frostiken, so much of what goes on in HL1 is ridiculous and nonsensical anyway, so Freeman's reactions in a lot of places make sense. I'd also argue that, at this point in the game, given that Freeman has had absolutely zero rest and ONE thing to eat since--if the dialogue in the first few episodes is any indication--the night before he came to work that morning, he's EXHAUSTED. He's running around on adrenalin, barely able to concentrate on what he's doing, and his ability to think things through rationally and care are, naturally, degrading quite rapidly, as happens to anyone who gets overly tired and hungry. The poor man needs some decent sleep and a decent meal before he goes any further. Ultimately, though, I will be, like the original poster, more than a little annoyed if he doesn't get at least a LITTLE bit serious upon reaching the Lambda complex. One other thing I'd like to point out that may be the case for many people as well...I didn't like Half Life until this series. When I first played the game I considered it not all that great and in fact nowhere near as good as the hype I'd been given about it was. (Granted I played it first in 2007, but that's only because I missed it when it first came out--at the time I was too busy playing Duke Nukem 3D and things like Age of Empires.) This series enabled me to appreciate the game much more than I ever could have otherwise, because it lets me play through it with an MST3K Mantra like feel, making fun of it where I go, instead of just being bored.

Sturgeon's Law, people. Remember it, and you will feel much better about having to wait and sift through the awful stuff.

Actually, as far as Freeman is really concerned, it's 200X. Not a decade later, or earlier. Oh, right, the backstory. Forgot about that. EDIT: Also, seriously people? Why do you care where Ross lives? How is that any of your business whatsoever? Why did that even come up?

Yes but remember, as far as Freeman is concerned, it's 1998. Mythbusters doesn't exist yet.

I think at this point Freeman is tired and more than a little hunger-crazed, given how long he's been going around without food or water. (One bag of chips in a whole day does not a meal count.) Here's hoping he finds an MRE on one of the dead Marines. Poor guy could use some food.

That struck me as a bit of an odd way to go about that sequence, but then there's nothing about that sequence that's organic or really all that much in the way of sense-making given that it comes out of nowhere. I can't wait till he finally tries out the crossbow though. That thing is the only sniper rifle he's going to get, so hopefully he makes good use of it.

Oh ye gods, yes. That was what settled my fandom of this series for me from then on.

I don't know if it's my favorite so to speak, but I've taken to using this whenever it's appropriate ever since I first heard it: "Oh, look who called it!" I don't even remember which episode it's from and for the longest time I couldn't even figure out where I'd gotten it from until I rewatched Freeman's Mind.