You got a while...

That would make sense but I'm still unimpressed with my PS3.

It would have to pleasure me sexually to deliver $600 (more like $1000 if you buy games and accessories) worth of initial value. If they were $400 I'd have one by now... but not at $600.

It looks pretty good on a 1080P display.
I have the HDMI fed into my receiver then HDMI out to the TV.

PS3 is definately selling slow because of the lack of kick ass games. They're already talking about smaller die manufacturing so that should help bring the costs down sometime.

First XBox stole the Oddworld series. Now the Wii has SSX. :cries:

Does that mean no new SSX for PS2? :(

Half Life 2 - Episode 2??

Anyone have it?

Its not out yet.

I meant Episode 1, LOL.

Been watching the game play vids of Ep2 on You-tube.

I've had Episode 1 since it came out. Its a pretty fun, adds another 6-8 hours of gameplay, and the gameplay is very solid, no filler material. I've been meaning to go back and play it again with the directors commentary turned on, just for fun. Its actually been so long, I don't remember many specifics. But, I do remember the game actually lasting longer than I thought it would. I was pretty wary of the idea of episodic gaming ($20 bucks seemed a lot for what sounded like a short amount of gaming) but in the end I was satisfied. I'm definitely looking forward to Ep2, when it finally comes out.

I'm waiting for the Half Life combo pack or whatever to come out for the Box.

Last I read it will be out at the end of the year ... link :(

I am waiting for it too, just because I want team fortress 2.

And Portal also looks pretty sweet. The Episode 2 bundle should be pretty good. the problem is, though, the rumor is since there is so much stuff bundled, they may raise the price to $40.

So, $50 HL2 basic + $20 on Ep1 + $40 on Ep2 + $20 on Ep3 (maybe more) versus $60 for HL2 Orange with all the same stuff on X360.

But then again, I'm still a purist who doesn't like to play FPS games on a console.

Yeah, mouse and keyboard is always better, but I have gotten used to playing FPSs with a controller. And I think the developers have figured out how to keep the controls tight. Most of the console shooters I have played didn't bother me.

I know, I hate it! They keep pushing release dates back farther and farther. Forza 2, BioShock, Half-Life 2, Halo 3. They better be doing good things with all that extra time.

Also I do like the direction they are going with the design of TF2.

I have HL2:EP1 I liked it. I was recently playing a mod called Coastline to Atmosphere. It's friggen hard. Then I blew up my machine when I put 64bit vista on and forgot about my saved games. oops.


BTW. the commentary in EP1 is mostly at the very beginning. I liked the commentary in Lost Coast better because it contained more technical info.

Lost Coast hoses my rig. :(

I nearly started frothing at the mouth when I found out HL2:ep2 got bumped to october. I can deal with all the other stuff changing dates, but ep2 is the one I want now.

Speaking of HL2 Ep1, does anyone else run into a hang error while loading a game from the title screen? It hangs at about 2/3 loaded.

nope.

Core 2 Duo E6600
1GB RAM
ATI X1950X (1600x1200 all in game video settings maxed)
Vista Ultimate x64
Experience score:
5.2 stock (2.4GHz)
5.7 mild air overclock (2.9GHz)

Previous system was a P4 1.8GHz with 512MB RAM, ATI radeon 9800pro on WinXP. It didn't have that problem either. Video was set to 1024x768 with most settings in the middle.

It hangs on me if I have it running in DX9. Judging by the Valve forums, it's not an uncommon problem on ATI notebook GPUs.

Forcing DX8.1 seems to fix it, so I guess I'll have to give up some of my fancy water reflections. . . :P

Ooh, Titan Quest expansion pack due in the first week of March and Oblivion expansion pack due towards the end of March.

I like Titan Quest.

:liljon:

I think I'm actually looking forward to the Titan Quest expansion more than the Oblivion one. Both look cool, but I've still got such a bad taste in my mouth about Oblivion.

Why's that? :?:


<-----is all about Elder Scrolls :P

Oh, I loved Daggerfall and Morrowind.

But the scaled leveling in Oblivion kind of ruined it for me. I went up in levels too fast with non-combat primary skills, and now all the monsters are about 5 levels higher than my combat skills are. And in my opinion, the story in Oblivion is a little more bland than the past.