Half Life 2 is Released!!

[Jonbo298]

Never have I seen a more prettier site then in the image included. Validation is taking awhile but just knowing the fact that any minute now I'm immersed in the world of HL2 is killing me >_<

[Canyarion]

Haha, have fun! You and Jason have been looking forward to this.

[Jonbo298]

First impressions playing from 2am-5am is awesome. The "cut scenes" are done very nice, the graphics are superb, sound is superb also (5.1, although I wanna hear it in 7.1 if I could), storyline is good so far even though sometimes I seem to "forget" a part of a story or what I'm supposed to do since its been awhile since I remember getting the next "part".

But overall, first impressions are excellent. Easily a 9.8 in my books. My only small complaint is that some of the textures indoors are kind of bland (ie: needs higher quality textures indoors). But other then that small complaint, it's gone very well so far.

[Jason1]

Yea, Authentication did take awhile, got me a little worried. But it worked, and Ive played for about 2 hours so far.

I had high hopes. Very high hopes. And so far, those hopes have been met and just about exceeded. The source engine is amazing. Just amazing. I had some slight worries that it wouldnt run so well on my system...Boy was I wrong. Ive got everything on medium settings, looks fantastic, and it runs great. Character models are by far the best ive seen, nothing else even comes close really. Physics are perfect...and the game actually makes you use them, which is an absolute treat instead of the hassle it couldve been. But what good are all the amasing technical aspects if it isnt any fun to play right? Well, it is fun to play. Very. Granted the standard formula dosent seem to stray too far from the origional so far, its still almost perfect. You really cant beat crawling around through pipes, through the winding underbelly of city 17, blasting combine soilders and other things as you progress. Game sounds fantastic too, uses that awsome technoish music at just the right times. If I have one complaint so far its a very minor gripe of the game stuttering a bit when a new important background noise is about to happen, or a huge explosion is about to go off. This could be just because im using integrated sound though.

Anyways, if your computer can handle it: GET THIS GAME.

Best 55 dollars ive ever spent so far, and ive barely touched the surface.

[Null]

first game in a long long time that has me itching and itching to play more. loving it. So far... Game of the Year EASILY.

btw. Jason, try turning sound quality down any? i tried on medium and it still sounds just as good really.

[Jonbo298]

This is the first game since City of Heroes that gets me to play for hours on end. Easily GOTY in my books