I have always wished that there were some movies that were actually good that pertained to events in the Bible. I'm not only talking about the life of Jesus (though Passion of the Christ was indeed made) but events throughout the Bible. Why not more movies about the many battles in Scripture for example?mindstorm

Thats a trick question.. If you got AIDS.. It doesn't kill you.. It wrecks your immune system, so those little ones kill you.. Furthermore I would argue that some of the "little" illnesses aren't reallly little.. Some of the largest deaths are to things like influenza, something we take forgranted... sSubZerOo

[QUOTE="UCF_Knight"]

More people die from cardiovascular disease than cancer!

markop2003

[QUOTE="-Renegade"]

[QUOTE="dommeus"]

The atmosphere and the pacing was what completed the experience for me. I think whenever there were parts I didn't like (some of the weapons having no ummph. the shoddy combine soldier AI, the finicky car sections, the cliffhanger ending etc), the overall atmosphere of the whole game kept me undeniably hooked, and the pacing for me was nigh on perfect.

They nailed the setting so well, and every element of the game, from music to sound effects to locations... hard to explain really. It is still to this day the best game I have ever played.

clone01

I am going to take a wild guess then and say you haven't played that many games. Half Life 2 had to be the most boring game I have ever finished.

The game felt huge and epic.

As you're running thru the world, going thru so many different environments, it feels like the game goes on forever.

The puzzles.

You know how every FPS these days is just "shoot faster, shoot longer, shoot more."

HL2 rewards you for playing smarter, for figuring out puzzles, you don't have to go mano-a-mano against everything, you can be smart and use the environment against itself.

Intelligence beats aim.

I like the populist theme. Most games have you as "soldier" or "special forces" working for some big government and given "mission objectives."

I prefer to be guerilla, freedom fighter, scientist, man of the people.

The controls.

They feel fast and agile, I don't like syruppy shooters where it takes you two hours to go down a corridor.

Overall Orange Box just felt "good."

I felt like it was old school, classic hardcore gaming, with more focus on the gameplay and story than the graphics.

More popular games, they are like "ooooh look at the visuals" and the gameplay and story is garbage.

In this the gameplay and story is perfect, the graphics are mediocre.

Ravenholm was one of the coolest experiences ever in gaming.

ZombieKiller7

[QUOTE="Heil68"][QUOTE="USBxDVD"] You cant be helped now. You were too slow. Youll have to wait until Steam sells it. Or get it on Origin.USBxDVD

Gotta agree, steams non sale prices are much more expensive where i live than retail, which makes no sense when you think about it. Ofcourse half of system wars has a love affair with steam so are completely unable to see any of its faults at all.... heres a few examples just off the top of the steam best sellers list- Portal 2 Steam : £20 Amazon: £12 Brink Steam (HALF PRICE SALE!!!) £15 Brink Amazon: £8 (yup steam absolutely rocks....) Rage Steam: £30 Amazon: £25 etc etc Some steam sales on older games are mindblowingly brilliant like Batman AA for £1.50 or something but for newer games its not cheap...no where near! And a extra hat for tf2 is hardly worth paying up to £10 extra for the same game espically if the game can be steam activated. And to the people talking about scratching disks as a disadvantage of retail....all i gotta say is lol! I have never scratched a disk in my life and i have 100s of games and i dont exactly take great care of some of the older ones...you would have to go out of your way to scratch it to the extent that it does not work!