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Jekht
10-16-2007, 02:11 PM
Anyone else finished epi 2 yet?

The ending was a completely different tone from HL2 and epi 1... very dramatic!

Likewise the final battle was pretty epic and enjoyable. They defantly seem to be pushing the physics engine to the max. There were alot of times when there were easily 200 pieces of flying bits of wood on my screen. Playing with a 8800gtx made me pretty chuffed, especially as the game has an option for the highest end AA, so high end that even wire fencing becomes smooth. The advanced AA made me feel like I was playing something closer to a early 2000 fmv :p

G0rF
10-16-2007, 02:26 PM
No I haven't, no spoilers please!

NovaBlack
10-16-2007, 02:27 PM
yeah completed it tother day!


technically... yeah 10 outta 10. nice shinies, effects, and lovely physics.

the ending sequence i thought was really great, definetely an unexpected tone to end the episode on.

and fighting with the vortigaunts at your side was a nice change.




However.. i kinda just felt a bit....well.. meh... same as episode 1... .which was also a bit.. meh.. same as half life 2 itself...

YET MORE antlions...

YET MORE 'trapped in a forcefield and find the power source to escape before combine attack again'

YET MORE ooh its the 'drive the car' section...



i dunno.. i just guess i expected something .. i dunno... more original... i mean in two episodes we have had ONE new weapon.. n it was really just an object not really a proper weapon.. (you know what i mean it booms striders!). plus it was kinda unneeded... i mean rocket launchers probably took the same time to kill em overall... after the time it took to kill the hunters gaurding them n then launch it , stick it n explode it... although it was kinda fun...



i dunno just more of the same. one or two good 5 minute moments , just a shame the other 5 hours were same old generic fps grind.... hmm

G0rF
10-16-2007, 02:28 PM
Oh.... thanks...

NovaBlack
10-16-2007, 02:34 PM
lol i havent spoiled anything i hope!

only mentioned antlions, striders, combine and a car.... lol which are ALWAYS in half life lol... in fact my description could be any of ther games in the series so far lol