the team behind portal didn't expect the cake is a lie to be used like that. Portal is just unique, that's what makes it so great.

1998-2002. No contest. :) PC Gaming was pretty solid up until 2004/2005, and has been sort of sliding downhill for me since. Game developers just have different priorities these days. Instead of appealing to a niche of gamers, every game is now trying to be as streamlined and barebone as possible in an attempt to appeal to everyone. And as a result we're just left with a generation of dumbed-down games with weak stories and tired gameplay.KHAndAnime

Well this pretty much sums up what I wanted to say. But I'm looking forward to the upcoming games of this year, especialyl Portal 2 and Red Orchestra 2

GFWL built in.. yeah, no thanks.

Dohoho just wait until you're getting further into the game. the main part, will be disappointing. (no koreans either)

For the crate and key, was there any other way to get them?b-u-r-p

You got a free key which could open any crate, what are you talking about?

Ah cool. Is it open fully or is that map and mode restricted to Christmas/New Years?Garfield360UK

Fully open, none of the maps were ever restricted before.

There's no first person medieval games that are decent online, your best bet would be Mount and Blade: Warband or Pirates Vikings and Knights II if it has to be first person.

Was there no special map like at Haloween? Its a shame if not as I really liked that mode. I had a try going on the game a couple of times over Christmas to see if there was any special modes but all I could find was a map named or similar titled to "cold front" (I cant remember if thats the correct name or not) so I was not sure if that was a special map or just a new one in general.Garfield360UK

There was a map and new gamemode, but it isn't christmas related at all, medieval mode.

Get the expansions.

What TF2 christmas thing?

The only thing that ever happened was all users getting a free key which could open a crate. Even if you didn't log in you'll still get it.