Half-Life 2

[tnyhwk900]

No, the reason it recieved 98% instead of 100 is because PCG is one of the only non-retarded magazines out there. To give it 100% would be saying that it's completely perfect, nothing could be improved on it whatsoever. Which is clearly not true. That's why mags that give games 5/5 or 10/10 suck.

I agree, but mags that go by low denominators like that can only rate a game by .5's. so a 98% rounds up to a 10, not down to a 9.5.

[Anticrombie0909]

MORE HL2 SCREENIE AWESOMENESS

[Omeganitros]

Mmmm...That's Toasty.

Except on the first picture you forgot to snap a screenshot while they're expressing a certain facial expression. Their "suspicious" look is downright beautiful.

[evilbutterfly]

Yeah, it'll definitly run on computers pretty easily. The leaked version even ran well, and that was what, a year ago? Probably not very optimized at that point.

And yeah, I'm definitly getting this for Christmas / buying it after being disappointed that nobody got it for me.

[Moogy]

[Verruckter]

lol, and then you see Gordon slitting his wrists with this crowbar...

Seriously Anti, with what specs do you run HL²?

[Anticrombie0909]

Athlon 3000+ (Barton core, OC'd @ 2250 Mhz), 512 Mb PC2700, Radeon 9800 Pro (OC'd @ 400/700 Mhz). Very modest. Yet I'm still able to max it out (including 6x FSAA, 16x Anisotropic Filtering) at 1024x768 and average 70 fps. I found I could actually bump it to 1280x1024 and still get very playable framerates (around 30-40 fps) but I'd rather have the increased framerate and reduced resolution, since I prefer playability and constant smoothness over graphical quality.

[Verruckter]

Oh... because your graphics kinda look as good as mine. I guess it's because it's only a screenshot.

[evilbutterfly]

Get these guys some shots of the water and the gravity gun. There's no better screenshot than a guy getting hit in the hit with a bucket at high speed with HL2 water all around.

[Anticrombie0909]

Just for EB, here's a few delicious water shots:








Mmm, toasty indeed. Here's some zombie ownage as well, for those of you hungering for it:

[Omeganitros]

I finally got to play it today.
Notes:
Ravenholm is a place only Bruce Campbell could withstand without dying or emotionally breaking down. Therefore, it can be assumed that both Gordon Freeman and Father Grigori are descendants of Bruce Campbell and are somehow related to each other. Even with the Gravity Gun, it was nothing like Painkiller as I thought it would be. God, that was scary. I couldn't stop cussing every time I thought I heard something, and my friend could stop spazzing out every time he thought he saw something.

The hovercraft owns more than the buggy, even if the hovercraft has worse controls. It's just a lot more exciting.

And last, the spears rock. If you haven't taken the time try a spear with a gravity gun, you are missing out. Try spawning one in the console if you missed the chance to use one. They kill Antlion Queens in one hit, and do even better to Combine.

[Omeganitros]

oh, and one last thingy I found: http://img49.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img49...ast_010003.jpg

Citizens armed with RPGs versus Striders. That shot looks better than C&C: Generals.

[Omeganitros]

Oh, and one last ONE LAST thing: Cliche' or not, Bullet Time is fun.

[Verruckter]

I wish my card had DX9. THat would totally pwn.

Huuray for the striders! And yeah, Ravenholm was pretty scary. Pwned D3

BTW, nice triple post.

[Anticrombie0909]

Ravenholm wasn't actually that scary, but GODAMN was it fun. Gravity gun + sawblade/exploding can + zombie = fun. That's math I can really learn.