When comparing Half-Life 2 (and episodes) vs Radial-G : Racing Revolved, the Slant community recommends Half-Life 2 (and episodes) for most people. In the question“What are the best Oculus Rift games?” Half-Life 2 (and episodes) is ranked 1st while Radial-G : Racing Revolved is ranked 25th. The most important reason people chose Half-Life 2 (and episodes) is:
When Half Life 2 came out it set the bar super high for character animation that still rivals some games today.
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Pros
Pro Amazing character animation
When Half Life 2 came out it set the bar super high for character animation that still rivals some games today.
Pro Guns are varied and interesting
Almost every gun is fun to shoot and is distinct. The crossbow is super awesome for it’s power and the gravity gun offers variety in puzzles and what you can shoot with. Want to hit someone with an explosive barrel? Pick it up and throw it with the gravity gun!
Pro Great Sci-Fi story
Aliens, portals to other dimensions, oppressive regimes, oh my! This game brings a great flavor of dystopian sci-fi as you fight part of the rebel cause to deliver justice with your Gravity Gun to the many species afflicted by the evil Combine. Also Half Life ties in somehow with the Portal series which makes it even more awesome.
Pro Commentaries
Hear from the creators about the making of Half Life 2 Ep1 and 2. Everything from level design to technical details are discussed. More developers need to use this.
Pro Very moddable
Entire games have been made from Half Life (such as Counter Strike) and the tradition continues with it’s sequel! In fact there’s a game essentially about making your own things made from a modded Half Life 2 and that game is called Garry’s Mod.
Pro VR adds an incredible amount of immersion
The game adds excellent immersion in VR mode and even provides a gameplay advantage since it allows peeking around the corner.
Pro Almost no VR sickness
Even with the high speed movement most people don't have issues with motion sickness. Mostly due to the frame of reference that's created by the cockpit, precision controls and level design with intentional ambiguity of what is up and what is down.
Pro 32-player multiplayer
With up to 31 other players on the same track as you, the races can get pretty hectic. Being in the middle of all that really gets you in the zone.
Pro Great soundtrack
Cons
Con Content can get repetitive
No matter the track being played on, the concept is the same, avoid objects and get the fastest time. This can get boring after a while. If the devs added more, perhaps weapons or a points system that reduced your time or something , the game would be more interesting when playing a few rounds in a row.
Con Multiplayer is completely dead
It is difficult if not impossible to find other players to play against. Unless you have friends with the same game that you can play with, there will be no one in the lobbies to play against randomly.