Half Life 2 Review Already? 98%!!!

[Huxley]

Thanks for the advice!

I'll pick myself up a 6800GT and a copy of HL2 sometime soon.

 

[Axeman]

Yeah - had 98% in another mag too....

Gotta say that if this is the general concensus, could we be looking at the most nigh-on perfect game ever made?

 

[Shadow of Chaos]

Thanks for the advice!

I'll pick myself up a 6800GT and a copy of HL2 sometime soon.

​

no problem , you can overclock that GT to near ultra levels aswell, which is a welcomed boost in performance.

you made the right choice if you ask me, best to save money.. and closest to the more expensive XT / Ultra cards.

Dont be worried because its a Nvidia card, they may have done bad with their last set of cards (FX series) compared to ATI but this series is doing very well and performance is a close call between both.

Only upgrade that processor when you really need it, if you can afford it then any time is good.. either that or overclock that 2.4 P4 you have, if its the 800mhz FSB version it can reach 3.0ghz easily on stock cooling if i remember correctly.

 

[andius]

I just noticed that it says December w3rd, I think the reason is that they are having a holiday issue as well. At least thats what it says in the magazine

 

[Wolfsclaw]

yup, heres another proof that HL² has gone gold :
http://www.vugames.com/news_story.do?storyId=1963

 

[Ernest]

Shit,shit,shit. I need a new pc, P3 500mhz-Matrox G400 32mb- 256mb ram just wont cut it.

 

[Shadow of Chaos]

Hmm.. i am even scared it wont run well on my PC.. i have 512mb ram but i want 1GB, my vid card is good enough but i dunno how well its gonna run

 

[Twinbee]

This makes me a VERY HAPPY MAN INDEED!

 

[Protoss]

Mine should run it pretty smoothly...I downloaded the Leaked version of it, and it ran decent. Me and my friend even played multiplayer

 

[andius]

Hmm.. i am even scared it wont run well on my PC.. i have 512mb ram but i want 1GB, my vid card is good enough but i dunno how well its gonna run

​

I would buy the game 1st then upgrade if necesary.

 

[thebluenewt]

It got a 10/10 in Edge. I believe it's only the fourth game ever to get that after Mario 64, Zelda: Oracle of Time and Halo (Sensible World of Soccer was robbed).

Edit: Oh, and Gran Turismo.

Not too shabby

 

[Huxley]

Nice...and Halo was lucky.

 

[finty]

SomethingAwful review was quality, as was their GTA:SA one. Spot on.

 

[Huxley]

Any links?

 

[thebluenewt]

But thanks to the positives, such as the thrill of using the gravity gun to hurl things around like an emotionally troubled child, it provides the most fun in a video game since Adventure Island for the NES, which was the first game to combine tomahawks and skateboards.

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2441

 

[Huxley]

Cheers...hmm, the HL2 review is nice, but the GTA:SA 'review' is badly written. I just hate sarcastic reviews.

 

[Phil]

Nice...and Halo was lucky.

​

extremely.

 

[finty]

Everything on SomethingAwful is sarcastic.

 

[Rico]

It's hit and miss when it comes to amusement. Sometimes the editors get so carried away in their own ego that they forget what's funny.

 

[finty]

Everyone has to read about the man in the mental home though, it is just too damn funny.