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Two important diferences: 1. A release period had been given, but no specific date. 2. The delay was announced much farther in advance

I've always liked the overall visual design of HL2 and the decision not to go the unified lighting route (or however you would call it) of a DooM 3 or Riddick, but I'm still puzzled why Valve didn't correct the 'square box with simple, flat texture' look of much of the building exteriors...

It was a date on which we would be required to purchase the game (in my case this means going somewhere), install it, play it and have lots of fun. Not too dissimilar to the biggest party ever where, depending on the 'rules', you could arguably feel compelled to acquire some sharp clothing or a...

I don't care about the techniques in use, I care about the end result. When I compare the 2003 E3 movies to the 2004 ones, for example, I don't exactly see a world of difference. For what it's worth, there's evidence of bumpmapping in the early screenshot/movie footage. Not that this is...

What marked visual improvements? If anything, I'd say the looks of the game have stayed remarkably similar over an 18 month period.

Now that's just funny. Imagine I invite you to the biggest party ever on December 15th. Of course there's still lots of preparation work to do and there's always a chance things won't work out as planned, but do you expect me to give you a call every week to confirm the date? You don't...

I just went through a couple of the DVD case games on my shelf randomly, all of them include a booklet a lot more substantial than some 3-page instruction manual. It's just nice to have something to read that provides a bit of backgound information and/or ambiance for the game that I'm about to...

Sometimes pretty certain ain't certain enough. http://www.*************/bbs/memberlist.php?mode=username&order=DESC&start=350 (you know where the little stars go)

You allow links to magazine scans in your forum. As for the moderation, it was probably the "moderators: none" text on the main forum pages that threw me off track. The juvenile argument is probably one of perspective; the overall HL2 World style is too 'PC Acceleratorish' for my taste...

Half-Life was great, but it didn't ruin me for older games. In fact, I played some Dark Forces and Duke3D a couple of days ago. I don't believe it will be any different with HL2; conceivably it will take up my playing time for the first week or so, but after that I fully expect to mix a good...

HL2.net: + uncluttered, readable layout + fairly to-the-point writing style + moderately 'clean' forum look (no giant sigs and avatars, but animated avatars and coloured sigs are a drawback) + some level-headed moderators + Valve info thread - forum is too busy - too many nonsense and...

Edge is a multi-format mag that, as pointed out earlier, usually does *not* put artwork related to reviewed games on the cover. I think it's unwise to use the mag as an 'anti-PCGS' argument though, because it's more an object of prestige than a commercially interesting entity and as such the...

Wouldn't be a sequel without some cute snarks either. So where the hell are they?

I have that issue (it's the one with the Q2 logo on the cover), nice to flick through the older stuff once in a while. I also have the November '97 issue of PCG which includes a 10-page DNF preview, what I think are the earliest screenshots of Max Payne and a bit on Prey - those were the days.

I get that impression as well; perhaps it would have been better for this review to have come out after the release of the game, which would have been standard practice for Edge I think. The relative earliness worries me a bit, to be honest.

Seven out of ten. Nope, it got 'only' nine out of ten, although it was a close call.

I wouldn't sweat it too much; your system specs are OK and HL2 supports win98, so you should be fine. I suggest that you upgrade only if you detect a genuine need to do so, not because of the usual tiresome ranting about how antiquated win98 supposedly is. If it works, it works.

While this may be true for the majority of titles, I fail to see how this is of any use concerning a product so shrouded in uncertainty as HL2 is. Of course the retailers will eventually get it right and there is a probability they will do so before the official word, but how are people to...

The esteemed Master of the Obvious should visit this forum more often to beat some sense into people's skulls.

The only party to trust on the matter is the only party that has authority over HL2's release date - Vivendi.