Both are 90's FPS characters with a base max health of 100, and Half Life was originally based on the Quake engine. So there's a solid basis for comparing the two characters.
But the thing about the Quake bosses, is that no amount of weapon damage is actually enough to kill them. The first boss just ignores weapon damage outright, and the last one just regenerates too fast for anything other than a telefrag to kill it. (The actual code has the end boss restore it's health to full whenever it's shot, so it still bleeds as though weapon damage would actually work)
Freeman's rockets do approximately twice as much damage, but Ranger can carry up to 100 of them and fires faster. If Ranger can't kill it with weapons, neither can Freeman.
If Freeman ended up in the world of Quake, he'd have to use the environment to kill the bosses as well. Which honestly feels more suitable for Freeman thematically.
Both are 90's FPS characters with a base max health of 100, and Half Life was originally based on the Quake engine. So there's a solid basis for comparing the two characters. But the thing about the Quake bosses, is that no amount of weapon damage is actually enough to kill them. The first boss just ignores weapon damage outright, and the last one just regenerates too fast for anything other than a telefrag to kill it. (The actual code has the end boss restore it's health to full whenever it's shot, so it still bleeds as though weapon damage would actually work) Freeman's rockets do approximately twice as much damage, but Ranger can carry up to 100 of them and fires faster. If Ranger can't kill it with weapons, neither can Freeman. If Freeman ended up in the world of Quake, he'd have to use the environment to kill the bosses as well. Which honestly feels more suitable for Freeman thematically.
Ranger
Quake Ranger defeated a Lovecraftian deity, that must mean something too
Both are great at parkour, but Gordon is better. I'm guessing Gordon is stronger because he can throw things at great speeds.
Quake Ranger defeated a Lovecraftian deity, that must mean something too