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Homina homina homina.

While I absolutely hate putting down a game before I'm finished with it, I made an exception this evening after deciding that the unnamable game I was playing was so long (but so good) that I didn't want to simply rush through it so I could play Half-Life 2. I was able to hold out for Halo 2 (and will continue to do so -- once I'm done with Half-Life, I intend to go back to that other game), but the call of Half-Life 2 was too much to ignore. So I spent a couple of hours playing it this evening.

By now you've already heard this a billion times, but I'm going to say it again anyway: this game is amazing. Simply amazing. Doom 3 looked great on my new video card and certainly justified getting it, but the framerate wavered a lot, especially when there were multiple enemies on screen. Half-Life 2 doesn't have that problem. It doesn't run at 60 all the time, but I'd say at least 75% of the time it is. And good god, is it ever stunning to look at.

I'll refrain from any more impressions...after all, I'm just a couple of hours in. But it's something special, that much I can safely say already.

Posted by jason at November 16, 2004 11:35 PM | TrackBack | Read more: Games , Reviews