I... can't... this is undeniably WEIRD. Very bizarre concept. Something I'd actually like to get my hands on so as to give it a whirl, see how she runs.
I'll admit, it's not something I would've seen coming; I'm surprised Taito's attempting it. Fine, so I've already played the game before, but that just makes it all the more boggling. It's not the sort of game you'd expect to wind up being an arcade game. It's not even the sort of GENRE you'd expect to become an arcade game, but this one's something of an exception; the game, last I played it, takes somewhere around a day to complete (assuming you're playing constantly with no food, drink, sleep, other obligations, or the like). That's a lot of quarters. Heck, I'm curious as to how Taito intends to work out that payment deal.
I suppose, though, it could work out in multiplayer. I'll admit, its predecessors were supposed to have better multiplayer than this, just as some of its current competitors do, but that hardly matters; multiplayer in this kind of game is always kind of fun, given the proper balance of weapons. Which the single-player had.
All-in-all, I'm a little ashamed to know that this isn't coming to an arcade near me (Japan only, for now). Then again, the arcade industry is more than dead over here, so I guess it makes sense... but this was a HUGELY popular game, and it's now becoming an arcade game. Certainly this would turn heads.
Oh, silly me, I don't believe I've actually named the game yet. Allow me to rectify this.
...
...I'll bet you can't guess before you actually see it.
...You REALLY wouldn't have seen this coming.
...unless you read gaming news a lot. In which case, you probably already know what game I'm on about.
...a hint, then: orange.
...wavelength.
...exponential decay.
...crowbar.
...getting it yet?
...alright, enough with the suspense. Just one more page of line breaks, aaaand...
Yeah. Half-Life 2. THE ARCADE GAME. What the Dickens...
I got the hint with crowbar.
Still...wha? o.o
I heard about this before Half-Life 2 had even come out. Seriously, man, I'd have thought you of all people would read gaming magazines.
(browses IGN, reads Game Informer, and EGM on occaison)
First I've heard of it. o.o
It IS the first I've heard of it, actually, even though I've noticed some HL2-exclusive news sites have apparently known about this for a few months.
So I don't browse HL-exclusive news sites. Sue me. I'm guessing most people still hadn't heard of it, though.
I've heard of HL2 being an arcade game, too bad it's not coming to our side of the woods.
This was a light gun game wasnt it? But now it has duel joysticks and pedals.
This is mainly because FPS's sell about as well in Japan as well as Horse Racing sims in the rest of the world.
I think its a good idea really.
No, it's a bona fide FPS. No light-guns. Like... at all.
Of course, we're also talking Japan, the country where they have arcade Counter-Strike, apparently.
ooooooh... they put the female assassins in it. too bad they took them out in the orig hl2 🙁
but translating it... it seems even the japanese are slightly confused over this.
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And i DONT read gaming mgazines, not even the cheap ones that come out in the UK...
*Raises eyebrow*
Meh, Half-Life 2. Doesn't shock me at all.
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Meh, Half-Life 2. Doesn't shock me at all.
Just out of curiosity, what WOULD shock you?
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Just out of curiosity, what WOULD shock you?
Getting struck by lightning! 
So I don't browse HL-exclusive news sites. Sue me.
Dude, we're talking PC Gamer here.
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Dude, we're talking PC Gamer here.
Well that explains it. (doesn't read PC Gamer) Never was much of a computer gamer; only games I've played on my laptop recently were Halo, Call of Duty, and America's Army.
Speaking of America's Army, I can't the game to start. How can I fix this?
Your computer might not be powerful enough. What's your computer's specs?
I have no idea, but I tried deleting my ArmyOps.ini file, 'cause apparently that's what's causing the error.
The Uk PC Gamer didn't mention it.
I don't think.
Suprised you can't imagine what it'll be like, sounds to me that the answer is in the title. Have you never been to an arcade and played Resident Evil Gun Survivor? It's a SORT of FPS game where you use the gun you're holding as a joystick (which means aiming straight is your only option, but that's a small complaint) and you break crates to get extra weapons otherwise you're stuck with the combat knife (or crowbar ^^).
It's an interesting game to play and obnoxiously difficult.
I only ever played Gun Survivor 2 which was made entirely of areas and enemies from Resident Evil Code Veronica. I loved it, one of the few arcade experiences I could just up and play without wasting too much money. Here's hoping Half Life is like this.
