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Because I didn't know it at the time, but HL2 automatically set optimum settings for my system, which were frankly, shit.
So whilst others were raving about the normal mapping on HL2, I was thinking they were fibbing, because I couldn't see such effects. Even the little magnifying glass in Kleiner's office didn't work. I figured it was because my card was nVidia, not ATI.
When I finally battle Breen in the Citadel, he's preparing to escape, yet I don't see him, only hear his disembodied voice. Only when I put my GFX settings to max do I see him.
Frankly, I think it's crap design where some crucial element of the game totally disappears because of lowered GFX settings, but then again, that's me.