hl2 aftermath and hockey

from Doom world forums -
Topic - "...drives me crazy"
The Happy Friat wrote -
"half life fans, half life & valve."

Then BKT wrote -

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 2:24 am Post subject: I couldn't agree more friar. Here's an example of why it feels like valve are just trying to yank us all by the short hairs. Key Features of HL2: Aftermath - A new episode for one of the best-selling action games of all time. - Reveals new secrets - Franchise of over 18 million units sold worldwide - Incredibly advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Highly detailed environments provide amazing gameplay settings - Digital Actors: The most sophisticated in-game characters ever witnessed - Physical Gameplay: Objects obey the laws of gravity, friction and buoyancy. - Intense story line will appeal to those seeking more than another shooting gallery experience The fact that a game has sold more copies than another doesnt equal revolutionairy gameplay. It's 2006, highly detailed environments are generally a given. Last I checked, hl2 had physics, so how's it a selling point now? And story driven gameplay? Cutscenes don't add a new level of depth to shooting combine soldiers. Vavles spin cycle just irritates the hell out of me. I mean, we've played hl2 before, so stop trying to sell us physics! That on it's own shits me, they didn't even write the physics engine damnit! _________________ -bkt

hehe i totally agree, and their statement about
"Incredibly advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI)" cracks me up,
more retarded AI I have never seen in any game before
or after HL2, how the hell can they claim that??!
" Highly detailed environments provide amazing gameplay settings"
- hmm no, HL2 looks only a tad better than the original, released
1998, if the think HL2 looks good then they should checkout
Doom3 or Far Cry, both those games looks 100 x times more awesome,
I think even Return to Castle Woflenstein looks better than HL2,
and thats a game, released 2001, based on the Quake 3 engine,
so in fact Quake 3 looks better than HL2.

They also have THIS post

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Canada - Switzerland - 0-2 (!)
Wayne "ummm wanna bet?!?" Gretzkys team
sucks hehehe : ) Really tho, the Swiss isnt the
blueberry team they used to be, ive been
fairly impressed of what ive seen of them,
they prob wont win the gold but still, theyre a lot better
than what people tend to think