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I know myself that I would prefer to play a game on its harder difficulties first, so as not to ruin the excitement/intensity on my first time through. Personally, I hate playing games on Easy only to beat it in 2-3 hours and not be interested enough to play through it again. So what would you...

Actually, the AI can hit things. Didn't you find it odd that the character wasn't taking any damage in the earlier Half Life 2 movies? The reason the enemies are failing to hit you/do damage is because the developers wanted to show what firefights could look like, without having to take cover...

Assuming it isn't Valve making it... ;)

I swear, if someone makes another release-date speculation post....

I'm not going to bother to read that, but I will say this: Congradulations on stating the obvious. Happy now?

Please, try correcting your own grammar before you go nit-picking on that of others. Ever heard of a capital letter, let alone proper spelling? Oh, the irony is just too much....

You might not be far from the truth. Think about it, the whole reason for the Combine placing the world under a translucent martial law and limiting the birth of new humans is to change and reshape the world as they want. What better way to improve it than demolish the old and replace it with...

Half Life 2's graphics aren't so much about realism (Although I agree they do appear quite lifelike), but are more so geared towards the immersion of the player into the world. The little details, like street signs, intricately rendered textures, the grime/dirty feel of the game all help to...

Nobody knows when the game will be released until it goes Gold, which could be anywhere between now and next year (or as long as Valve wants, really). So please, enough of these redundant threads speculating when Half Life 2 is being release/going Gold, otherwise I fear I may snap.

1.) The magazine confirmed that they would not be reviewing Half Life 2 this month. 2.) The bandwidth was most likely changed to cope with the people that will be downloading the latest CS:S update. 3.) I heard nothing of this, but it could just be the admins/mods testing out features on...

Wow, I'm almost afraid to visit these boards now at the risk of possibly spoiling the game. I've tried very hard up to this point to stay away from them (reminds me of what I did with Knights of the Old Republic- which I must say was amazing thanks to not having the shocking twist spoiled), and...

Yes, but the fact remains that you bought the CE edition. Just as you would be pissed while waiting for a boxed copy to arrive while people downloaded off of Steam (if that ever happened), so would other people be pissed waiting for you to get your fancy-extras even though the game is...

Here, here! :cheers:

Yeah, I think there was a whole thread about this asking people who are preloading but are planning to buy it in stores stop to save bandwidth.

I know, it's just fun to think of what could be. :)

Collector Editions are usually no different in terms of production numbers than the regular games. Valve/Vivendi knows there is profit to be made in these things, so do you honestly expect them to produce too few when they could be making so much more money? And just for the sake of argument...

I'd prefer to own a hard copy of the game, so no, I didn't preload. What I can't stand are the people that preload just for the sake of it, even though they're planning to buy it in stores...

Probably long after the release, too....

Technically, Half Life 2 could go Gold and be preloaded onto Steam the same day. Valve would make all the profits, seeing as it would be weeks before retailers could begin selling hard copies in stores...

Why are you all so concerned about the retailers not having enough copies of the game in stock? I've purchased many highly anticipated games (and other things) on their release date, but I have not once had a store run out of copies. Doom III was just as anticipated as Half Life 2 is (As for...