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Alec-Eiffel

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Shouldn't the PC GamePlay magazine review for HL2 not count yet? I mean, the person who said it scored a 90% gave the most ridiculous reasons. Thus, I don't think it should count as of yet on the front page of this site.
 
It's still an official review of the game regardless of whether or not you think the reviewer's points are legitimate.
 
Alec-Eiffel said:
Shouldn't the PC GamePlay magazine review for HL2 not count yet?
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"not count"? what on earth could you possibly mean?
 
Because we all know that 90% is bad... *sigh* Some people....
 
Mountain Man said:
It's still an official review of the game regardless of whether or not you think the reviewer's points are legitimate.
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No respectable review source says the pros of the game are "Its good physics engine and gameplay". Especially what I've heard from this magazine, they just don't appear to be the kind of guys who write that as a brief explanation of why it's good.
 
remember it's all just opinion!! If you asked the guy he probably couldn't justify his reason's very well, most reviewers believe it or not sometimes pick a score from out of the air depending on where abouts they think the game should be placed.

It's not a bad review either, he was obviously bothered more by the fact that there was no HL2DM than many of us will be, although I'd love to see it.
 
I think having harsher reviews is good - really shows the real quality of the game. 90% is a damn good score, and PC Gameplay themselves admit that HL2 is better than the current next gen titles (FC and D3)
 
Why do guys think it should be removed because it didn't score as good as the other two mags? That's not the reason at all. In fact, I'm not sure that Slovenian mag should count either.
 
lans said:
I think having harsher reviews is good - really shows the real quality of the game. 90% is a damn good score, and PC Gameplay themselves admit that HL2 is better than the current next gen titles (FC and D3)
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I missed that I guess...wait...did PC GamePlay confirm this score?
 
mortiz said:
remember it's all just opinion!!
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Exactly. All opinions are valid because they are just that...opinions. No one is saying they are right or wrong in any of these reviews, just that this is the way they feel about something.

That's why I don't really judge too much from reviews...who says they would have the same opinion as I would, after all.
 
*hits head on a wall*....I should probably look at the rest of the threads before I make one denouncing its credibilty...Alright, proceed in the lockage of this.
 
Alec-Eiffel said:
I missed that I guess...wait...did PC GamePlay confirm this score?
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Oh, you thought it was unconfirmed?

There are 3 threads that have PROOF from more than 5 people. I myself have seen the mag - HL2 DID get 90%
 
So, you get your exam back at school. You seem to have gotten only 9 out of 10, or just an A instead of an A+. You're dissappointed? Hell no! So, why should you be if HL2 gets "only" 90%?
 
It's so funny that people judge this review without having actually read it. The reviewer speaks very highly of hl2, but is dissapointed for lacking something we were promised.

What's also funny is that nobody actually played the game and are discussing different scores.

Carry on.
 
valve never promised a hl2 themed mp. they announced a few months back cs:s is the official mp.
 
Alec-Eiffel said:
Shouldn't the PC GamePlay magazine review for HL2 not count yet? I mean, the person who said it scored a 90% gave the most ridiculous reasons. Thus, I don't think it should count as of yet on the front page of this site.
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Its nothing fake if thats what you are trying to say.

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=40415
I read the orriginal, he did a good summary in english for the people what were dying to know a little more.

*edit* Had wrong thread linked :)
And see am a bit late I should hit reply before watching the movie ;)
 
Gees guys, it's not a bad review, it's an excellent review. However, they take the lack of MP highly, because they think that Valve got away easy and find it incredible that Valve didn't include the thing that made HL big and shoved all the work to the mod makers. While I don't agree with that, it's still a valid opinion and kudo's to them for showing objectivity and putting their foot down.
They also said that if HL2 included MP, it would have been their best scoring game ever. It's an opinion, doesn't make the review bad, it's just because you're a bunch of goddamn fanboys.
 
HL2MP probably is in there somewhere just not implemented by VALVe, and even if it isn't, it should be easily activated with a MOD.
 
If it was so easy to do, then Valve should have done it. Personally, I think that a MOD game like CS should have been done by a MOD maker, not the MP game that was included with HL1, by Valve.

But all my rants and raves aren't going to get the MP game inlcuded so I should proabably just let it go and forget about the game.
 
LETS FLAME !!!! wow some people here just love it.
 
In the Olympics, they take the middle scores. They remove the best score and the worst score, tally up what remains, and give an average.

This would mean that Half-Life 2 is averaging 96% (if you use this logic).

90% is still quite high for a First-Person Shooter. I view FPS's as action movies. When was the last time you saw an action movie win an Oscar? All the other games (such as Sports, Driving, and RPG's for example) end up getting the awards since they are generally liked by a larger core of gamers.

Call Of Duty did win game of the year, last year. That would be like the Saving Private Ryan of games.

Hopefully that put things into perspective and I didn't rant on and on like crazy.
 
The guys at PC gameplay also wrote in the magazine, that if HL2 had its own MP, they would probably give it the highest rating ever.

Now that they gave it a 90% doesnt mean that they didn't like the single player. The rating dropped because of te lack of MP.
 
They gave it 90% because it doesn't have original mp, if it had it would recive the highest score.

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I have to admit, yesterday I ran into a site with scans of the PC Gamer UK review. The fact is that this site had illegal scans and was breaking copyrights, but I couldn't resist reading the review (I blaim my human curiosity). Today I also read the PC Gameplay review and I have to say, the reviewer from PC Gamer UK doesn't write better reviews than the PC Gameplay (PCGP) reviewer.
The guys from PCGP are more objective in their review by subtracting points for the lack of multiplayer and I agree with them. I'm also very eager of playing HL² and I can't wait till it's released, but I think you still should remain objective and see that HL² indeed misses something that other games do have. Of course, HL² offers amazing mod-capabilities, more than other games, but still I remain with the feeling that VALVe should've added their own multiplayer version instead of updating CS with new graphics and physics. If you would compare FPS only for their singleplayer part, then HL² would score best.

It really would surprise me that PC Gamer UK did take the lack of mp into account in their score. Imagine HL² would've included multiplayer, then the game would've scored about 100%. If that isn't ridiculous, then I'm the pope. No game is perfect (in fact, nothing is perfect). IMO PCGP did a good job with giving HL² 90%, and it's not because the score isn't as high as that of other mags that you should exclude it.

P.S.: don't ask me for the scans or for the URL of the site, I didn't save the images and I won't give you the URL.
 
90%??
i knew HL2 would suck..
im not buying a 90% game.. Valve sucks..
 
Moderators pls close this ... this is .... pointless.
 
The fact that far cry with it's lame MP got a 93% (or was it 93%?) makes me think that pcgameplay gave hl2 a too low score.


Very good mag btw
 
How many times does it have to be repeated, PCGP gave Far Cry 91%, not 93%.
 
That is one of the reasons I vote for 2 different ratings:
One for Singeplayer
One for Multiplayer

So you basicly can decide by your own whatever is the most important thing for you.
 
|Jz| said:
That is one of the reasons I vote for 2 different ratings:
One for Singeplayer
One for Multiplayer

So you basicly can decide by your own whatever is the most important thing for you.
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Quoted for emphasis.
 
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