Hahaha!
That's my email! I originally wrote to Doug Lombardi to settle a stupid argument on GameFAQs, I just threw the pre-load question in for the hell of it.
Screenshot of the full email
Heh, Introversion hitting a release date, that's a good one.
Seriously though, looking very nice. I was wondering how it'd actually play, hard to learn much about the game play watching NPCs Nuke it out.
Valve has already said:
1. You do spend practically the whole game with Alyx
2. They've spent a lot of time improving the AI for her (I would also assume that some of those improvements would carry over to enemies and allies)
EDIT: Gah, beaten
Basically, he used a shit load of spells and items to boost his Athletics and Acrobatics skills to such high levels the game engine went nuts and let him do jumps like that
Woah, that one came out of nowhere. Was there any announcement about the game coming to Steam before it was released last night?
EDIT: Hm, looks kinda cool from the shots in the Steam Store. Might try a demo if I can find one
No, you most certainly do not. The 'Achievement Points' are just shitty little points you get for doing things in a game to show that you are 'better' than other people. They have as much use a forum post count
I was in the Arcane Universaty at the time when he attacked me. In the Arch-Mage's lobby-thing (second floor, below his bedroom) at 2pm.
Let's just say the light show was pretty. Didn't even have time to draw my sword