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PC Gamer Reviews Half-Life 2
SnprBoB86 writes "Planet HalfLife reports that latest issue of the UK PC Gamer been release with a review of Half-Life 2. The game scored a 96% (the same score as the original Half-Life and 6 points higher than Doom 3). This is just after Valve announced the Steam packages that will be available for purchase and that people who buy Half-Life 2 over Steam will be the first to play the final release of the new Counter-Strike: Source."
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That's really not saying much, since Doom 3 was such a poor game. But I think it will be good, I am really looking forward to this game.
I will give you the news on the Xbox version. there isn't one you are looking at at least a year or more before any progress on the version for xbox. HL2 for Xbox is not looking too good right now because valve wants to focus on the steam engine and in order to do that they have to hold off on any development of a port for any system. Besides lets face it I dont think there is any console out right now modified or otherwise that could handle any version of HL2 maybe they will wait till Xbox-2. Who knows?
Not only is the final score higher than Doom 3 but, more importantly, the text of the review is far more positive. The Doom 3 review, while ending in a high score, was full of caveats (fully justified by what is, in the end, a rather dull trudge through corridors); the Half-Life 2 review is basically 8 pages of "man, this is beautiful".
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Duke Nukem Forever. And you will still be looking forward to it when you're sitting on the porch of the Shady Pines Retirement Home, complaining about how everything was much better back in the old days.
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Gee, imagine that... PC Gamer reviews a blockbuster title in an overwhelmingly positive way!
Wow, I do hope it's as good as they say though. Would be nice for a game to come out that doesn't suck dog balls. Or maybe I'm getting old.
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The U.K. magazine PC Zone also reviewed HL2 in their latest issue.
They gave it a score of 97%, which is the best score they've ever given a game.
having played pc games for 15+ years(from a kid, basically)..
they will get "this good" again and again.
magazines are just now _AGAIN_ at the point where they need to re-adjust totally. but since the mags are dead as a good source for information anyways..
in the '90s there were couple of games that scored 99% in nearly everywhere.
and yes, games have been playable since. and don't forget that even then MOST GAMES WERE CRAP. they still are.
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I work in the videogame mag industry, and you should be weary of any early review exclusives like this. I am not suggesting that Half Life 2 is a 50% instead of a 96%, but anytime a magazine snags a review copy of a game far earlier than everyone else, you can bet there's a price.
Heads up is all I'm saying.
Face it, the Half Life franchise is well worth Half-Life 3. I think the big companies may go down in DRM flames, but somewhere, someone will make video games. Indie gaming is the future! Look how well it worked for music!
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What a load of sentimental bullshit. For the last couple of years game publishers have been obsessed with just making a good looking game but now that the technology is there they can focus on improving story lines.
Personally I am looking forward to Civ 4, AOE 3, maybe Dungeon Siege 2, KotOR 2, maybe Sid Meiers Pirates.
And I really don't see how the pirating and anti-piracy moves has done anything to the game. If anything the game industry has been pretty sedate compared to some other software companies (i.e. Intuit).