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Half-Life 2 - Aftermath
Eurogamer.com has word that the expected expansion pack for Half-Life 2 is already in the works. Reporting on information gleaned from PC Gamer UK, the site has learned that the expansion will be entitled 'Aftermath' and is currently slated for a summer release. Aftermath will deal with the fallout from the events at the close of the PC title as the residents of City 17 make for the hills in an attempt to get to safety. Alyx Vance, heroine and robot wrangler, will play a larger role in the expansion, but the article doesn't give specific details on what exactly her relationship to you as the player will be. From the article: "The reason we're able to do this, and why it's so exciting is because of Steam. If we were doing this without Steam we'd have to put it in a box, we'd have to start figuring out shelf space over a year beforehand. You'd see it six years from now..."
yup. and their "bullshit" steam and selling you nothing in the retail box on the shelf coupled with their crappy content protection means that I will not ever buy it, nor do I reccomend to anyone to buy halflife or any game from valve.
I inform everyone I know that asks about it to not buy it and tell them the underhanded tricks they play, and that they can take it from you when they want or feel you need to no longer have it.
yes they can, dont try to lie and say they cant.
as soon as I can buy it on a disc and it does not have to call home, then I'll consider it.
Doom III can be that way and is 20 times the game.
You FUCKING WOMAN
Ah but they can't take away something that has been untangled from their precious steam now can they...
Then you wouldn't mind giving me a shell login on your box, with administrative rights? Unless you're a kook and think I'm part of some "vast conspiracy," that is.
Yeah, just what I want: a game where I have to ask *permission* from the developers to play it despite the fact that I've already bought and installed the damned thing on MY computer. Fanboys seem to think this is the greatest thing since sliced bread, the utter inability to decide for yourself what happens on your computer simply because the fucks at Valve laid it out as holy scripture.
Downloadable HL2? Sure, no problem. Steam as an absolute requirement for downloadable HL2? You can eat shit on that one. Steam and an internet connection as an absolute requirement to play a game you've already bought and paid for? Not only can you eat shit, but please - just die already.
Get a clue and stop wrapping your lips around Valve cock while pretending to everyone around you it tastes as sweet as chocolate. Next up you'll be lobbying for "The Church of Valve", you idiots.
Max
My god carries a hammer. Your god died nailed to a tree. Any questions?