Recent content by NB.

I don't understand your point at all, how is episodic content going to stop the games industry stagnating? It does'nt matter one iota how a game is delivered, the only thing that matters is whether a game is fun. Just because you spread one games worth of content over 5 'episodes' does'nt make...

Looks very average to me, aside from the water, that could have been from a game a couple of years old. The world geometry especially looks way too simple.

Those are not bugs in any way, if you read the article you'll see that they are intentionally taken with the left hand side of the screen without any effects applied so you can get a comparison. Thats why the dividing line is perfectly central on every shot.

Motion Blur and DoF look really nice, but i will definately turn off the 'film' effect, because a) it looks like shit. and b) it looks nothing like old film footage anyway.

I really think this game looks like shit, i was expecting something much more visually impressive. The best way i can describe the look of it is 'flat', and i think that everything i have ever seen produced on source suffers from that to a certain extent :( Oh well maybe the gameplay will redeem...

The faces look like they have been pulled straight from Facegen Modeller

I dont like it, bloom looks terrible imo. I hated it in DX2, i hated it in thief3 and i hate it in this. I dont get what the hell its supposed to replicate? At least HDR is trying to replicate something that actually happens in human eyesight, what is bloom supposed to be doing? I sure have...

None of those are in game, they are all concept art. So its hard to judge what they will be like.

Ive been reading up on Steampowered about this problem and one guy thinks the issue is with CS:S & Zonealarm firewall. I use Zonealarm but i havent had a chance to test his theory out yet. If anyone else uses Zonealarm and gets the problem, try it yourself and post results. There seem to...

Does for me too, i had one brief period of 2-3 days when HL2 didnt work offline, but thats was a long time ago and its been fine ever since.

Jesus, you're right!!! This is INCREDIBLE news :bounce: :eek:

Ive had this happen many times, also worse than what you are describing. Like yesterday i was defusing a bomb and it freezes for a second midway through, then around 10 bodies all fall down right around me. I have no idea if anyone else saw it, i'm guessing its just something going on my end. I...

Do you have texture detail on low in that screen? Because it looks pretty awefull tbh.

Very nice map, i cant really fault it at the moment (other than one part where i could see out of the level, but i assume you already know about it). I'll give some more feedback when ive played a few games against others on it, but looks wise its great. Good Job :thumbs:

No. If there is an expansion with Alyx and Dog (like i hear there is in developement, possibly?) i wont buy it, i cant think of a less interesting idea for an expansion. Alyx irritated me immensely in HL2.