HL...Too many jump puzzles?

I just finished Half-Life last night. While I enjoyed the game, and was beginning to think it was almost too long, my biggest complaint are the number of jump puzzles in the game. I don't mind the occasional jump puzzle, but this game just had too many for my liking. What are you thoughts?

You know what, it's been so long since I've played it, that I don't remember any jump puzzles. At least I didn't get stuck on any long enough to remember. I guess that's a good thing, so I put just enough. :)

I hear HL2 won't have many jump puzzles at all. Good stuff.

I loved HL, but there were to many jump puzzles, particularly in Xen. Valve could of paired down Xen by a few chapters/jump puzzles and it would have improved the game. I don't think this will be a problem for HL2.

I dont think the game was too long. I finished both HL and Hl OF in two weeks of on and off playing. The jumping in the game wasnt too bad after I got used to it. Now I am playing blue shift. This has been the best $25 bucks I have ever spent on a game. If anyone hasnt played HL get the platinum pack for $25 at newegg. It is well worth it...

Oh I was playing on medium if anyone cares :)

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Originally posted by rhettro
I loved HL, but there were to many jump puzzles, particularly in Xen. Valve could of paired down Xen by a few chapters/jump puzzles and it would have improved the game. I don't think this will be a problem for HL2.

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Ya, Xen had a lot of them, and overall I felt the game could have been better with a few less jump puzzles.

Yup, it's been quite some time since I finished HL. But I do remember something (bad) :D about jumps, it's just part of the game after all

Don't forget the lambda core.

As I recall, the last part of the game was ALL jump puzzles :p

I clicked on 'no'

until I rememberd xen... :p
can I change my answer?

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Originally posted by EverlastingGod
Don't forget the lambda core.

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Ya, I actually started writing down the portal number, in the Lamda Core level, that I went through when I got the right one, so if I fell or had to go back I didn't have to go through trial and error again.

I thought Half-Life had a "just right" amount of jump puzzles, but Xen kind of overdid it. I didn't take that into account in my voting though. I think Xen was a step down in the gameplay quality compared to earlier levels in Half-Life.

It just didn't seem very polished and the game started to feel like a violent, first person version of Mario with all the jumping.

I certainly hope HL2 is more combat oriented (with allies helping you in the fray). I got goosebumps when I saw that last part of the HL2 video - the part where your're in that town, and those huge tripod walkers are around destroying buildings and such...Then you see a bunch of guys all running from one area screaming, shooting back at where they came from...then you see another walker blast a building section in half....God that was so cool looking...Even the sign was dangling and swaying realistically....The lighting looks so good....Mmmmm....I can't wait..

-Ryan