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NOLF in particular. Apart from the cutscenes it's very much an improved, more varied HL1. It's much, much better than HL2. Far Cry has its faults but has much, much better combat. Does Undying count?

What are you doing posting here while children are dying in Africa? Run to the airport and get on a plane to Biafra, now!!!!

The pacing was pretty much perfect, you never did the same thing for to long(I agree about the driving sections being too long, though). As I said the storytelling style isn't for everyone, but what's wrong with the plot itself? You screw up, aliens come to earth then other aliens come and pretty much occupy earth, establish a totalitarian regime and drain earth's resources. People make a resistance movement and you'll become a part of it. He's already back in ep 2 (even the devs say it in the commentary), and why would he kick Gordon's ass? He is still G-Baby's subordinate, and didn't do anything "bad" per se. In EP2 you are still pretty much acting on your own. I mean he'll be back and at least attempt to put you back in the box. How is the pacing perfect? Some sections are just drawn on and on and on. "aliens come to earth then other aliens come and pretty much occupy earth, establish a totalitarian regime" My original reaction to that was "wat". Regarding the storytelling style, I would say it ins't really all that different, it's just like every other game, where the game stops to do exposition. The difference is that you control the camera during the cutscenes.

No, just better plot and better combat and better pacing and better plot exposition. Edit: One thing that really bothers me about the linearity is how city 17 seems like a city but it never is. The introductory chase sequence is atrocious and pointless because of it.

The game doesn't offer anything to compensate the linearity. Not combat, not plot, not anything.

I found it to be a pretty bad FPS. The endless cutscenes pretending not to be cutscenes were a highlight in awfulness, and ditto for the vehicle sessions. The maps were very, very linear, the combat was dull. The only thing I really liked was the engine. Very pretty, very well optimized and physics. I didn't touch the episodes, for obvious reasons.

Awesomeness.

I remember reading one online review at the time of release which said Daggerfall had awesome graphics. And it wasn't even that positive about the game. It was weird.

hahahahahahahaha. Well, carrying on. KOTOR was a product specifically designed to get a bigger number of people than previous Bioware RPGs to part with their money. Just like TOR.

Again, game content not awards is what matters.

I beat it twice. Not a bad game. It is a watered down BG2, after all.

Oh, yeah, forgot Open Range.

How about discussing a game's merits based on its content instead of its awards? BG2 got plenty of awards, too. Best RPG of the year for about everyone.

And KOTOR turned out a worse game than BG2 and it was a move by Bioware to just make more money. Do you see how the MMO naysayers are completely right, Alan? Well, do you?

The problem with Costner is that other than Mr. Brooks, all he has ever been in for the past 15 years has been crap. Madsen on the other hand, isn't a very good actor but does certain characters very well. If well cast, he can be awesome.

Some of those screens are pretty sweet. I like the way Mike looks. It's really starting to become apparent that head and face customization is really powerful. It's always the same basic structure, but the different choices make for really different Mikes. Much better than customized Pete Postlethwaite. P.S.: I spelled "Postlethwaite" correctly without checking. Because I'm awesome.

Had the system requirements been released already? AP's Steam page has them. Supported OS: Microsoft Windows XP

Bioware was on of my favourite developers 9 years ago. Bethesda was one of my favourite developers 12 years ago. I'm not sure if these are positive, though....

Does that mean Grey DeLisle won't be in the game?

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Other than that the pacing was perfect, the action far more fluid than in the games you mention, it introduced usable NPCs to FPS, graphically it was a step above everything else. The AI was not just better, it has never been really surpassed. Add to that outstanding multiplayer functionality... No One Lives Forever, Unreal Tournament and Stalker have better AI than Half Life. Unreal wiped the floor graphically back in 1998. If you're going to talk about the flow of the action, STALKER, TRON, Serious Sam, Painkiller, Unreal Tournament all have better action than Half Life.

Interesting. I also like my humor like I like my women. Only I like them sharp and to the point. Was the relationship between Herzog and Kinski homoerotic?

Instead of a womanizing, heterosexual god?

No

Done.