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I never thought I'd see the day. Development since 2005? Wow. I know I'm excited! I tried to play the original, but it's age showed.

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And have you found your joy, in this near dead world of ours?

Sure, the original is very old, but I've played HL and Blue Shift quite recently and think they're still very playable games. That said, I'm happy that this is coming out, even though it's going to be pretty dated itself by the time it comes out, since Source isn't exactly novel.

I don't know if it will be as enjoyable as the original. I definitely want to check it out.

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"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?

Got more than a few hours under my belt and already my reaction is pretty mixed.

Most of my problems so far were just getting adjusted to it's old-school FPS nature. I really had forgotten just how fast you were in those games. I spent the first hour or so thinking the 'walk' button didn't work before I realized auto-run was off and I was walking.

The source engine looks as pretty as it's probably ever going to at this point, but man...it has not aged well performance wise. In terms of a smooth ride it's...well, it's not. Dealing with the loading screens was a rude awakening I'll tell ya that much!

But my biggest issue by a significant margin is the jumping mechanics. Either my game's bugged, but it is not possible for Gordon to leap more than a foot off the ground...which is understandable IRL for someone wearing a heavy-ass bio-suit. But IRL you can still leap yer whole body over a railing or climb up on a crate if you need to. In vid'ja games - FPS specifically - ya gotta jump button to cover those bases...but not here. I have not met one jump yet this game has given me that didn't require the jump/crouch trick and that is ridiculous. Ri-goddamn-diculous.

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I was one of those people who was waiting a very long time for this to be released. I haven't finished torrenting this yet, but I'll start playing it asap!

Also of note: I finished playing the original HL not that long ago for the first time. Someone nice bought me the Orange Box two years ago and that's when I was introduced to this marvelous collection of game.

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