yes u r missing something.
a) people can buy hl2 through steam and play cs:s next week, if ppl buy it retail they cant play cs:s until hl2 comes out (could be 6 months)
b) the steam packages offer more than the retail packages.
taking this into account, more people ( i have ) will...
haha, this amusing as i remember from the e3 video that gabe said cs:s would be the only mp with HL2, when i said this ppl told me i was talking shit. look whos got the last laugh :P
cancelled my order and buying through steam as i am an avid cs player and cs:s will be available next week where as i will have to wait for it if i buy hl2 retail :|
1) when u preload half life 2 u will preload all 3 automatically. if it says u have finished preloading u will have all 3
2) nobody knows the answer to this yet
i personally i couldnt give a flying **** about the graphics. i dont care if the graphics were like HL1, i just wanna find out what happens next. its the story im bothered about not the physics or the water.
as u can tell i play cs, where there are far better games in terms of graphics but...
im from UK but living in germany working for a software company as part of my degree. i was unsure about this question myself. to avoid this problem ive ordered my copy of HL2 from amazon.co.uk and having someone send it to me :P
LOL, testers do NOT change code. developers dont send test versions to random ppl and get them to write code and fix bugs. when bugs are found, if u can replicate the bug then u would make a run down of the exact steps of what u did to recreate the bug etc. more than likely u wouldnt even have...