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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Da_bang80: [qb] Yeah man, I totally agree. Few games reach such a perfect balance of story, gameplay, and graphics, as the ones Valve have created. The bells and whistles graphics options you mentioned do take a hit if your running on a bad rig. But that hit is significantly reduced when compared to say Oblivion. What are you running on that new PC? [/qb][/QUOTE]The new one is an Intel Core Duo 2.67GHz with 4GB of RAM and a GForce 8600 GT. Not the fastest piece of kit going, but it's better than what I had. I should probably mention that all the parts were ordered under close instruction from out own "Axeman" who's much more savvy than yours truly. Still having some teething problems with the occasional and apparantly random restart, but she runs good and can handle the chaos of Team Fortress 2 without so much as a stutter. I'm not much of a gamer so I've never played most of the recent games going, I just stick to the likes of Half Life and Metal Gear Solid. Back in the day I was an old school LucasArts adventure gamer (before they began to exclusively produce Star Wars titles) and thanks to ScummVM I still occasionally have a quick go on Monkey Island, Full Throttle and Grim Fandango. It's a shame they don't make games like that anymore, unless you count the newer Broken Sword games, Dreamfall or Beyond Good and Evil, which are good, don't get me wrong, but tend to be a little stale and linear. BG&E least so. [QUOTE]Although I admit that the open-ended gameplay (like Far Cry and Stalker) usually turns me into an over-cautious carebear.[/QUOTE]Agreed, FarCry shit me right up to the point where it wasn't so much fun as exhausting. That's another thing Valve takes into account; player fatigue. It's actually possible to play through one of their games without getting bored or tired of the endless running and shooting, usually by breaking up the gameplay with little physics puzzles, scripted scenes or a stint riding around on a airboat/dunebuggy/'69 dodge charger (which I hereby dub the Colonel Lee) or just a nice "calm" moment. Speaking of Valve games, has anyone heard about the upcoming [URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_4_Dead]Left 4 Dead[/URL]? That looks like a keeper! (video [URL=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSSHqNicKSs]here[/URL]) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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