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Source SDK Released Soon, HL2 High in Gamerankings

Posted by Zonk on from the gift-for-the-community,-gift-for-the-developers dept.

Biomemetic writes "Valve announced yesterday that they'll be releasing the Source SDK next week, along with a "surprise for the community". Incidentally, the sound stuttering bug (actually three bugs, to do with texture loading problems), has been solved and an update released through Steam." Relatedly, Highpriest writes "According to gamerankings.com, Half Life 2's average review is higher than Halo 2's. Half Life 2 has recieved a 96.6% overall rating wheras Halo 2 came in with a 95.1%."

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  1. Gamerankings.com is meaningless by stratjakt · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's skewed towards the PC demographic anyways. How did HL2 fare against Doom 3?

    I wish people wouldn't compare Halo to PC FPS's, it's a completely different sub-genre, IMO.

    Yeah, sure, you can be more accurate shooting with a mouse and keyboard. But who the hell wants to drive a warthog or fly a banshee with a mouse? My point being, the FPS legacy is only part of Halo's overall gameplay.

    Of course, I should point out that it's entirely possible for more than one game to be good. Just because you like HL2 doesn't mean you have to hate on everything else.

    Halo 2 is what it is, a great console game. Just like HL2 is what it is, forced anal penetration from Gabe Newell himself.

    Now grab your ankles and install steam, bitches.

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  2. That's good... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Half Life 2's average review is higher than Halo 2's.

    That's good, because we hate anything associated with Microsoft 'round these here parts...

    Jesus.

  3. The Surprise by Lord+Bitman · · Score: 5, Funny

    "We're just kidding, that was only half the game. Log in to Steam for the rest of it, now."

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  4. I have still not been able to play due to crashes by _wintermute · · Score: 2, Funny

    Like hundreds (if not thousands) of others, I am suffering from a "Memeory read error" that appears to be related to the stuttering bug we saw earlier. Half Life 2 crashes immediately after the intro sequence, and often at the menu screen itself! I haven't even seen the game yet ...

    While I we're waiting for a patch to make this game usable, anyone want to buy a set of coasters?

    http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem &i tem=4339088136

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  5. Re:The game got high rankings, but... by Joff_NZ · · Score: 3, Funny

    That would be like comparing M$ Word with Eclipse: "Best software to type text with".

    Of course, we all know that the best one of those is vi..... or emacs... nope, definetely vi :)

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  6. Re:Keanu Reeves should play Half-Life 2 by RsG · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's not true! Keanu Reeves has at least two facial expressions (two and a half if he grows a beard). :-)

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