HL2: First Thoughts
1. It’s pretty, even on my crappy $94 video card (Radeon 9550 SE). The water refraction is awesome, I can’t wait to see it in all it’s glory on a 9800 or similar. Character models are nicely constructed, good textures, but graphics wise it doesn’t have that “sheen” that Doom 3 has. The physics engine is fucking awesome — everything in the demo and more! You can pick up most items in the game, and it’s very handy to pick up a nearby crate or barrel to use as a shield. It is a little inconsistent, you can pick up boxes and crates and the like, but not corpses. Not quite as free to play with stuff as Valve had made it out to be.
2. Can’t comment on the story yet, only been a couple hours, but it moves with the same pace as Half Life, the action comes in concentrated packs with enough time in between to have a look around. There’s an awesome set of levels where the player gets to drive an airboat around, making jumps and all sorts of crazy shit.
3. In short, I’m enjoying myself 
4. To illustrate how pretty the game is even with my cheap ass hardware, check out the screenies below:
- Posted in RightBrain on the 17.11.2004 @ 1:10:20 AM, Permanent Link
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