LOPcagney

OK LISTEN UP my personal oppinion is to play through half life the original and op. force (i loved the new weapons) and blue shift. i'd say, DO NOT (theres no perticular emphasis he, i just capitalized it to get your attention) do half life source first. its ugly. the only thing really source in the whole game is the water and the physics. which seem out of place in the amazing albiet dated game. play it the way it was roiginally meant to be played, and go back to half life source as a novelty. as far as the valve complete pack goes, i can only say, think before buying. most of my favorite mods (i.e. source forts) are available free, and the complete pack is basically for those of you who think you'll actually play counterstrike and day of defeat more that once.

My favorite segment was, too, a part without many enemies at all I loved climbing under the bridge I thought it was so cool to look through all the scaffolding and metalwork and to look down to the ocean It really gave me a sense of the dizzying height The height felt more real than in the citadel at then end (which, lets be honest, could have been done better) But the experience of scaling and sneaking under the bridge with the trains rattling overhead and the accidental slips of your wrist that would find you wedged in between two procarious beams just inches from a fatal fall was far more thrilling than the traditional turn-a-corner-and-shoot action of the rest of the game. My other favorite segment was the openning chase across the rooftops, which says something, as those were two parts that were almost devoid of confrontation.

"With boney hands I hold my partner; With soulless feet I cross the floor. The music stops as if to answer, The empty knocking at the door. It seems his skin was sweet as mango, When last I held him to my breast. But now we dance this grim fandango, And will four years befor we rest." -Olivia Ofrenda, Grim Fandango