Never had a problem...well I hate Steam on occasion, maybe that's your problem instead of the actual engine. Once in a while Steam has a hiccup for me but that is all I've ever experienced. I have CS:S, HL:S, HL2, HL2 EP1, HL2 LC, DOD:S, TF2 (BETA), and even Dark Messiah and that game wasn't even that good but it still ran fine on my machine. I was also playing most of these games a machine way below yours and it still worked like a charm, so I really don't know what the issue is, but I don't think it's the engine my friend.
Personally I couldn't get into it. I think the graphics were, hmmmmm nice, but your team looks like the grown up versions of stereotypical high-school students. The combat was also very simplistic to me, and I really didn't feel like I was in some creepy demonic cave, I just was like strolling around killing freaky things. I think what really turned me off to the game was the explanation that they give, the little story summary. It was about the lamest attempt at a story that I have ever heard. The captain dies but he was psychic and he possesses his team and heals them, oh and the priest can heal too, when he's not laying waste to baddies with his dual automatic Desert Eagles. Let's not forget the minorities, because all Asians use swords instead of guns, even when they have both, and big white guys are always behavior cases, so giving them a huge machine gun and making them part of a secret squad is the best thing for them. Also I never understood how the snipers bullets can make like 90 degree turns to kill everything in the room. Personally I felt a little bit like I walked into an Adult rated version of captain planet "Fire, Wind, Water, Earth, Heart!" only we got screwed because there is no monkey, I think Jericho's monkey was cast in MGS4 though, so he's still around. I just really wasn't feeling this game.
Peraonally I'm just glad to see that Sony is finally delivering on what fans want, that's a trend I would like to see continue. Lord knows they don't need to make any more mistakes.
I used to have a 60g but I was afraid I would fill it too quickly, I upgraded to a 200g once I formated the drive (and also you have to take into account that there is a formula for converting the HDD space accuratly, but whatever I don't feel like getting technical) anyway I think I had about 186 to start, and I have a bunch of crap on there now. Warhawk, Resistance, Sigma, Darkness, bunch of demos, lots of movies, I think I'm down to like 148g now. So it does add up after a while. I picked up a $10 eternal case for my old 60g drive and use that as external storage for my PS3 now... If you can I would say upgrade, check newegg.com or tigerdirect.com for really good prices, just keep in mind you need a laptop HD (2.5 inch) for the PS3, you won't regret having more space.
Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy 8, Metal Gear Solid, maybe some of the old Tomb Raiders would be cool to see, I'd like to see the original Warhawk just for the fun of it. As a side note.... Crash Bandicoot is in the Playstation Store....
Yea this is really something thats been getting to me. How the F did microsoft get exclusive rights? Oh yea they bought them... nothing M$ does is becasue they have a better system, it's just money. Well all I can say is I'm dissapointed, I love NG but not nearly enough to buy into this corprate **** that is raping the video game industry. Last gen I pulled for the box this time around I can't stand it.... oh well.... BTW Halo is not god, god was around when pressing left, right, A, B, was fun, M$ killed god ala Nitzche, I miss the good old days when a game release didn't cost $10,000,000.00 and your favorite characters were not being whored out to 7-Elevens and painted on cars. oh well.
I was arguing with a cable company while trying to do that part of the game.... I died so many times, once I told the guy I was talking to it was his fault, he got confused. Anyway.... Yea it does get better, but you really can't take much damage, it's supposed to be realistic, once you get used to how the game plays it becomes alot more fun. To be honest, I don't think the gameplay is really suited to outdoor parts of the game, it's so much better in Vegas!
I love video games, every system and every kind, don't get me wrong but really next-gen gaming is pissing me off.... Next-gen isn't really next in anything but the graphics. When we went from N64 and PSone to XBOX and PS2 gameplay actually changed with it. Halo redefined the FPS experience, we saw the evolution of Metal Gear and the Final Fantasy series Gamecube brought us Mario party, and revitalized Resident Evil and even added a fantastic new chapter to RE. But now we have had 360 for coming up on 2 years and nothing really revolutionary. Most of the available games stem off of other gameplay mechanics from older games. Even Gears of War which was hailed for its seamless use of cover wasn't really original in that respect because years before a game called Killswitch came out using a similar cover and blind fire tactic. I love Gears I've played through it several times on ever difficulty and am hopelessly addicted to live play but it just seems..... like its already been done. Even live was from the old xbox. Sony is going in a new direction with Home for an online service... which is neat in the online gaming service aspect and yet has been done as just an online game.... *cough* *cough* SecondLife. Now the Wii is doing something entirely different, it's interactive gaming. And yet I can't shake the feeling that Nintendo didn't go for the gusto on this system. I think motions sensing gameplay is unique and exciting but it will make it so a lot of genres don't play well one the Wii. As for my biggest gripe, why didn't Nintendo even try to make the graphics better? I know graphics aren't everything but if I am going to be playing a game for any extended period of time I want to look at something at least sort of "pretty". It seems like Nintendo was trying to get into the next-gen race without actually doing too much. PS3 is yet to deliver a game that is anything special, and is losing all of their exclusives like there is no tomorrow. 360 thought it would be brilliant to make a new 360 and oust all of the people who already bought one and are now outdated on their own system less than 2 years later. And Nintendo well they are doing their thing but in my opinion it isn't very exciting, nonetheless they still are doing the best job brining us real next-gen. I think that the systems available all in their own aspect are phenomenal and all have a lot to offer, so game designers really need to step up and make it happen for us gamers.
Huxley looks interesting but I haven't the faintest idea how that will really work..... hopefully they don't screw it up, but it does look impressive. As for Heavy Duty... I don't know, I want a mech games that goes beyond every other mech game. I'm getting sick of all the next gen games being the same as older games with new graphics. I'll wait to find out more about Heavy Duty before making a call on that. I just really want an innovative game.
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