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#1 Edited by TheSquarePear (124 posts) - 2 months, 14 days ago

Half-life is a great linear FPS with little story (how I remember it) and few "cutscenes" (pretty slow start) and it is marred by platforming and the ending.

Half-life 2 is a "rollercoaster" that is highly dependent on the physics "gimmicks" and driving sequences. It has a great ending and it is probably the best post-2000 PC single player FPS experience ever (along with Far Cry and Bioshock). I'm not sure if we'll ever see a single player campaign like that again (CoD doesn't count).

So if you hate challenging shooting and/or platforming skip Half-life but don't miss HL2 (the episodes are kind of forgettable).

#2 Posted by TheSquarePear (124 posts) - 2 months, 21 days ago

I don't know about the rest of Europe (they all seem to have native speaking sites e.g. giga.de ) but Scandanavia is pretty well represented.

#3 Edited by TheSquarePear (124 posts) - 2 months, 21 days ago

Here is a useful overview/guide (a little old)

http://www.overclock.net/t/491752/mechanical-keyboard-guide#post_6025204

If you need international layout get a 'Das'. It is in the expensive part of the middle range but it is built like a fort. I have the brown cherry version and I bottomed out a lot in the beginning with my stumpy finger coordination (maybe the blues are better) but I guess you get used to it, it gets pretty comfortable in the long run and it will last you many years. I also have a Steelseries 6v2 and the black keys are mostly only useful for platformers.

In the unlikely occasion that your mechanical keyboard might break you can just retire it as a pretty sturdy blunt weapon.

#4 Posted by TheSquarePear (124 posts) - 2 months, 22 days ago
#5 Edited by TheSquarePear (124 posts) - 2 months, 24 days ago

Bugbear is on PS4's developer announcement and this is their new trailer.

Damn video won't embed.

link

Site

I'm pretty excited to see what they can do for next gen.

#6 Edited by TheSquarePear (124 posts) - 2 months, 24 days ago

It's a benchmark game?

Would you rather just play another Unreal Engine port?

#7 Posted by TheSquarePear (124 posts) - 2 months, 28 days ago

You let Drew down you monsters...

#8 Edited by TheSquarePear (124 posts) - 2 months, 29 days ago

Go here

RSS

and look at the times (they vary by about 7 hours) which should be localized.

#9 Posted by TheSquarePear (124 posts) - 2 months, 29 days ago

The beta looked beautiful (more shader effects than dynamic lighting though) and it seems to be on par or harder on my PC than Crysis 2 with the DX11 patch and hi-res textures (which I can't run on Ultra). The sound has improved as well.

The style just seems really bland and it will never be "art" which I guess all games have to be these days.

The only appeal to me seems to be that it's the only sci-fi FPS around but all Crysis games have slow and awkward movement (turning seems to accelerate and have momentum) which really kills the fun.

#10 Posted by TheSquarePear (124 posts) - 3 months, 11 days ago

Controller cause my elbow hurts and arrows for Super Meatboy.

Use your keyboard!

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