I agree, but I thought half-life 1's outdoor environments were also great with the smart gov soldiers and helicopters coming for you, and the part where you climb out of the pipe and are at the edge of a huge canyon looking down seeing a jet pass by with marines below you and automated turrets...
I don't know when I first played the half-life uplink demo I was simply amazed and knew half-life would win GOTY. I'm skeptical if valve can really restore and bring more and advance from the masterpeice they offered at the end of 1998. :(
Personally, i think half-life is the greatest single player shooter, no, greatest single player game I've played, enough said, but I'm wondering if half-life 2 will faithfully restore the atmosphere the original half-life offered while still blending in new technologies and such, I mean from the...
Hmmm.
The last game I was excited about:
Unreal II: the awakening
but of course, that was a let down.
The last expansion pack I was excited about:
The Elder Scrolls 3: Bloodmoon. And that was no disapointement!
The games I'm currently most excited about:
1. Half-Life 2.
2...
I tried the demo dx9 thingy.....it looks so awesome but runs pretty slow...like 10-20fps and below...and around there...but whoah man it look so....PIXAR LIFELIKE....!!!
There is a difference between what the direct-x 8 vs direct-x 9 shaders are capable of in direct-x 9.0 games such as half-life 2. The Direct-x 8 shaders are pretty good at bump mapping, allowing transparent and reflective with ripples, high-res water to be appleid in half-life 2, but the...
On september 30th, i'm going to lock myself in my room, call in sick for school, and play half-life 2 until i get bored with it. That would qualify as 36000 hours! :D