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Valve has posted news that they are looking into that problem.

There's a video that is quite similar to the stutter experiences I had with Half-Life 2: http://home.broadpark.no/~krhagen/ I didn't notice it that much, so I guess in my case it was not quite as bad... But that problem was present throughout the game.

Marek's sig was much worse...

Yuck! That picture would be improved 10 times simply by rotating the floor texture.

Didn't actually read the GS review, only watched the video, and yeah they seemed too nitpicking. But what I said above don't look at as critisism but actually praise -- the whole game world and characters were just so well done that it was more than just levels in a shooter -- not even Half-Life 1 really achieved that in my opinion.

Just finished it. It's definitely the best shooter I've played. Doom 3, FarCry etc. have nothing to hold against all the greatness of Half-Life 2. I could also talk a whole lot of time about how great it is. But I also think GameSpot is kind of right about it being too much like Half-Life 1 still (or how did they put it? not innovating enough?). I mean -- they had things here that were completely different from Half-Life 1 and awesome, but it seems like they didn't have the guts to take that one extra step or something... But that's my subjective opinion and mostly because I'm not that big a shooter player and I was having a hard time with and got bored by the combat occasionally. HL2 actually never pretended to be more than a shooter but I'm wishing it was less of a shooter and more like an action/adventure so I could enjoy it more. -- good, now I finally figured out what was bugging me about it. Posting here is therapeutic... And also the load times... and sound issues... (but they're working on fixing that). But everything else about it was bloody marvelous.

I just finished it too, and at the moment I'm disappointed with the story and that so much was unanswered... Maybe I'll come to like it later as toblix did... I don't think Breen orchestrated the Black Mesa incident. I think he implies somewhere that Gordon created that mess. BTW. Is there a short summary of Half-Life 1's story around somewhere? I don't remember all the details, especially the end.

As I was saying before, that doesn't always last very long. I'm talking about those turrets that come out of the floor. And especially when Barney is also with me. Had to time it very well for them not getting hit by thems turretses.

I just finished it too. Kolzig, did you try all the upgrades? When I had only a few races to go I upgraded the suspension of my Bonecracker (to the best available) and the car started hopping like a bunny when it had taken some damage. It felt more like a downgrade... Or maybe it was just that some of the last races were the most bumpy. Though I don't remember the Finchley Challenge in the demo being as bumpy as it seemed now...

Well yeah, mostly they're not that bad, but when it comes to attacking Striders with weak weapons and standing in front of traps/setting off traps while I try to disarm them, they could act better. And failing to hide behind cover when being sniped etc.

Those squad members are the dumbest fucks I've ever had to deal with in a game. They won't even follow orders. And I don't really see why Valve made them go "let's follow freeman" only 10-15 seconds after I've ordered them to go somewhere else. It's more of a trouble to keep them alive than it would be playing solo. I'm currently trying to keep them alive while running from striders and we have no rockets.

Man, I must be the slowest player ever. It has taken me about 7-8 hours to get from where you to that museum-looking place. Managed to get my whole team through that hell in the front yard of the building though... I very often reload though, want to do everything near-perfectly. And I suck too. I think I died 6-8 times in the place where Alyx was hacking some thing to open a gate.

I think it has 14 or 15 chapters (see previous post). And if memory servers correctly, the first 3 chapters are a lot shorter than the others.

If you click "new game" in the menu, you can see which chapters you have completed and how many chapters there are. If you play anywhere as slowly as I do, you'll probably not complete it today. The "Sandtraps" chapter is my favourite so far...

I got stuck there too, edit 2: doh, i totally clicked 'edit' instead of 'reply' and fuXored your post, i am half asleep.. SORRY!! >_<

I know, I had a secret camera set up there. I'm planning to release this great new video material of him when he actually dies.

Yeah, I hate those too. I'm sure there are ways to make good DVD boxes, but they probably don't apply to game boxes

I think I'm almost done too. Just 5-6 races to go. The Gold class is the final right? Or you have to complete the Bonus class too? Some of the races seem to go really easy for me, while some are quite difficult. I think it depends on how much the AI crashes or something... Is that the guy who was CEO or something at LucasArts for a while?

It should be possible with the password manager... Or maybe not. Did you check Advanced Options-> Passwords blablabla

To keep this Dog discussion going, I'll state that I'm almost certain I read "Dog" from the subtitles. I always turn on the subtitles for some reason. Even when watching DivX movies, I go through a lot of trouble to download and adjust (if needed) English subtitles for English films.

I like DVD boxes. Except that it's so fucking hard to get the discs out. But I like their size, and most big boxes I've thrown away. There are only 3 big game boxes that I've kept for some reason: Omikron: The Nomad Soul The Longest Journey The Last Express

I'm pretty sure Alyx called her Dog.

So you'll get both at the same time after all? Good choice, and who said you can't play two games at the same time. Whenever I get enough of half-life (it's great, but I want to enjoy it slowly ) I'll drive a few races in FlatOut. or a few tens of races...

My record is only about 105. Haven't tried much in the full game. This game is getting better and better, but also I'm starting to notice little flaws. Like when you get off the road for whatever reason and drive a little distance by sometimes the game says 'off the road' and you have to drive back a bit... It's not clear which shortcuts are 'ok' and which aren't. And in some rare cases, there are bugs with the physics. One is in the small town map where you can drive up to the sidewalk but if you're not precice you crash badly even though there wasn't a high enough edge. If Empire hadn't rushed this game for Christmas it could have been the best driving game ever.

Which dichotomy is that?