Recent content by vorinoch

God, I was so disappointed when I saw those traps in Ravenholm that had been taken out (the swinging log, the falling dumpster thing.) I figured I'd just missed them the first time around, but no, they're gone. Just the car cranes, gas and ignitors, and spinny blades, as I recall. Nothing...

Those books were *great.* At least... I remember them being great, back when I was 13. The City of Gold and Lead? Oh man.

If you don't feel like digging around, just play through the speeches with subtitles on. I needed to to hear what the hell he was saying in the Citadel, both to Eli Vance and the, ah, Benefactor.

I thought that that ~2 mil figure was the approximate amount of steam preloads. VALVe hasn't made any official announcement?

Forgive me if this has already been talked about ad nauseum, I just don't feel too keen on wading through hundreds of posts right now. Has VALVe released total sales figures (retail + steam) for the game? How's it doing? I assume (hope) they've made their 20+ million back.

I really was looking forward to fighting stalkers... the way they made them sound in RTB was genuinely horrific, and it's a shame that you only get to see them ambling around in the Citadel without any actual combat. By the way, on your ride through the Citadel, I remember a couple of very...

If Gamespot's criticisms (especially in light of other reviews) seemed fair and balanced, a 9.2 would have people more upset about HalfLife2's quality (even though that's a bit silly) than upset at Gamespot. As it stands, it seems apparant that if games like Halo2 and San Andreas (both fabulous...

I don't have anything against console games or console FPSs in the least... I played and loved Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Metroid Prime, etc. But when I got around to grabbing a friend's XBox and loaded up Halo for the first time, (and again when it came out on PC) I was really... underwhelmed...

Eh, chill guys. Knickknacks aside, yeah it would've been nice to have the Raising the Bar book in there, but it isn't done, is it? Making of DVD, also would be nice. But HalfLife Source, and Day of Defeat Source make decent consolation prizes.

Track names sound like potential spoiler heaven. :) Eh, as long as it's camouflaged.

Is it the complete strat guide or just something to torment people who wanted the entire thing? It says "sampler", makes me kind of worried. On one hand, I never use strat guides, but on the other hand, with certain games they're worth having just to pore over later for nostalgia.

Downloading a ripped CD is illegal even if you own the media with the music in it in the first place? I've never used an SDK before, and I lack expertise, but eh, good point. I'm sure there'll be tutorials on how to use it out soon after release, and either way I don't want the music ruined...

Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see the big deal about downloading the soundtrack, unless VALVe offers it seperately. As it stands, the only way to get it is to buy the Gold package, which I didn't want to do. I haven't heard anything about VALVe releasing the soundtrack as a stand alone item, if...

Okay guys, I read this on the forum several days ago and now I can't seem to find the threads, so I'm assuming this was a false rumor and they were deleted, but let me verify: will the collector's edition ship with the standard retail version, or is there a 2-week delay for the CE?

Physics aside (I really don't understand how the decay constant figures into the theme of the game, other than drawing attention to the fact that its writing is much more scientifically literate than the average game), I always figured it was kind of a braggy joke, talking about how lifelike the...