Quote Originally Posted by Syn. View Post
Yes i got that from playing the first level in the game yes. No i would not consider it premature no. I recently played the original HL and that had more complex gameplay then this game. So yea stone age.
Well in that case Valve have really screwed up with HL2 Episode 1 and 2 because it's just one long interactive cut scene. You listen to Alex, you go to the lever and pull it, you listen to Alex, you go to the button and push it, you listen to Alex, you have to go and get her tampons, you listen to Alex and then you ask Alex whether she will shut up for a minute so you can actually shoot something in a firefight that is not too scripted. She says no and tells you to go and get the energy barrier down ....

As for people complaining about the graphics this is very similar to Far Cry as said. Someone said " But Far Cry played well on my 9700" yeah well that was a top card then and people complaining now seem to have last generation graphics cards and cpu'd and forget they can turn the settings down.

I think this is just a lot of people complaining they cannot run at High at their LCD's natural resolution I think people have been too spoiled for the last year with games, the hardware beat up the software but now the tables are turned and people are blabbing.

I have an 8800U at 650/2200/1750 and I have had to go down to 1280x960 from 1920x1200 and therefore have to make a sacrifice, however I know when I play it in 3 years time at full whack it will still look good. Especially as they tend to make it better looking over time as well a la Far Cry.

The actual effects are stunning, the explosions and lighting effects really good. The actual map is huge too, think of the small rooms in Bioshock for comparison.

Regards

Andy