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Xbox Half-Life 2 Late Summer Release
GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that Valve plans to have Half-Life 2 available on the Xbox during late summer in the U.S., and early fall in Europe. From the article: "The content of the game for Xbox is now thought to be exactly the same as the PC outing, although some dilution of texture detail and auto-aiming are likely to grace the port." The article also mentioned that, at the moment, Aftermath is likely to be PC only.
Doom 3, Jade Empire, Unreal Championship 2, Forza Motorsport, Splinter Cell 3, Black Hawk Down(I'm excited about its 50 player online play) and now Half Life 2!!! I can't possibly afford to get all these games :(.
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Well? Or will you require Live to play it?
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but I refused to play it because of the whole Steam activation controversy
Be happy you have an option. My new home (a student home) has internet that requires a proxy. Try telling Steam that. Even if there is such an option somewhere I can't see it because Steam quits immediately when I start it.
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I think it depends on how the auto-aim is implemented. Halo has quite a bit of assistance with aiming (I'm not sure if it counts fully as auto-aim), but you generally don't notice it unless you're messed around betraying people[1], as you don't get as much help to shoot your own teammates.
On the other hand the auto-aim in Half-Life (1) for PC (and DC IIRC) seems terribly unsubtle, and I turned it off immediately, as it just seemed stupid. The crosshair moved massively every time you looked vaguely in the direction of an enemy...
I've not played Star Wars: Battlefront, so I don't know what camp it's auto-aim comes under. if it was more like Half-Life's, I can see why you wouldn't want it...
[1] I was betraying friends, and everyone had agreed to have a betray-a-thon in an unranked game before we started.
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I'll give them credit. They went from having no presence in the console world to being an almost solid #2 (Japan aside.) They launched a brilliant console and online service in a ridiculously short timetable.
That said, I bought a used Xbox and I've played like 6 games on it. It's currently unplugged since it's too bulky to fit in my entertainment center if I'm not going to use it. There's just too much better content on the other two consoles I own. So it's a 'meh' thing for me. Maybe once I feel like running an ethernet cable under a rug into the living room and hook up XBox live I'll be addicted, but I don't think it'll get that far.
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