Haven't played HL2, and I might when it falls to $15. It seems fun, especially since I played the first one and enjoyed it; but I didn't get excited hearing about it coming out. Doom 3 on the other hand, I wish people would get off making it out to be something it was NEVER supposed to be. If anyone read what was originally inteded for, they'd know it was ALL about ATMOSPHERE. And as far as I'm concerned, visuals still blows me away on my mid-ranged card. They wanted to make you jump, and it does. Several times. They wanted shadows to prevail in a claustrophobic environment where sounds and lights immerse you to be constantly on edge. It was never supposed to be an all out fps slugfest. If anyone has a legitimate gripe, I can see two areas that annoyed me. I wish they'd have put a little more effort into animatronics and reactions to bullets and the environment. You'd think nowadays that an enemy would be able to react when something explodes nearby or is hit by a bullet or object. It's a start that they take cover, and in farcry they converge on you tactically, but jeez, a little more enemy attitude would be nice for once. The other gripe is the PDAs. I liked the idea, but I feel they failed to keep many of them from pulling you out of the mood at times. Anyway, that's my hype.
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