Overrated?  Not at all. 

They took everthing great from Gears and made it better, while fine tuning and tweaking things I found to be broken.  That added onto Horde and Bot support makes it great.  

I think it deserves more than a mere 9.

Deus Ex absolutely rapes Half-Life 2 in gameplay and story.aliblabla2007

Rapes?  not even close.  Deus Ex was a great game, but saying it rapes Half-Life is just isn't true.

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[QUOTE="ninjaxams"]valve as a whole is grossly overated...Gaming_Guru_Guy

Says the one with the Call of Duty avatar...

Is a Crysis avatar alot more hardcore? 

Compared to Call of Duty, yes....by a long shot.

But on to topic.  Half-Life 2 is indeed great, along with the orange box.  However I will say that Half-life 1 is better.  I loved the entire Black Mesa research facility, and Surface Tension is my favorite videogame level of all time.  

I would whole heartidly agree. 

Oot, Half-Life, and Starcraft.  Can't beat that.

It's obvious that Randy is the better fighter, he just couldn't counter the size difference.  Even when he nailed Brock with hits he wore every one of them. 

I would love to see Fedor vs Brock.  My money would def be on Fedor.

and again I have NOTHING against a great story.  I just find it really difficult to really call a story truly great when there's no character development.

Nedemis

Character development isn't needed for a game like Homeworld, considering it doesn't have any characters what so ever.

It's an RTS, and it focus' on the journey of a PEOPLE, not individuals as a whole.  Again, play the game and you'll understand.

However if you're hung up on character development, look no further than Half-life 2 and the episodes.  Again, it puts Gears to shame.  No matter how much I love gears, it merely does an OK job at stuff like character developement and story; that's it.  The maria scene was written well, but fleshed out poorly before hand.

it's great to have a great story over all,  but to have a great story with an incredibly charged moment such as the one in Gears 2 only makes the over all experience even better.  

Nedemis

Seriously, Homeworld 1 and 2 crush Gears 2 into obvlivion cutscene wise and story wise.  This is coming from a HUGE Gears fan.  It's just that simple.

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No it does not.

 

Nedemis

wow.....that is quite possibly the most boring filth I've ever had to suffer through....you call that a great story? :lol:

Homeworld is one the few gems that slipped through cracks of PC gaming.  It's a beautiful game from start to finish, the story being the main point.  You've obviously never touched the game, because if you had you'd understand just how great a game it was and how amazing the story telling was.

Charged moment in Gears 2?  No.  My fav game this year for sure, but I can't agree. 

If you wan't an emotionally charged moment play the final part of Episode 2 (Half-Life 2).  

 American beer is trash!

Austraian beer is some of the best in the world, my favourite is Cascade Draught. from the oldest brewery in Australia

sAndroid17

BS.  

America has great micro breweries.  Forget Bud and Miller.  That IS TRASH.  But saying american beer is trash is moronic.  

On to topic though, try out anything from Bell brewing company.  Two hearted Ale, best Indian pale Ale ever made.  That or luganitas IPA.  Great stuff.