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Posts tagged half-life
Half-Life 2: The Lost Coast
Jan 20th
Well, it now looks about 24% prettier and 72% smoother and the stress test averaged 67.8 frames per second.
Somewhat more importantly, it’s still ten minutes of pure gaming goodness.
Rather like the demo of the original Half-Life which was a concentrated shot of pure excellence and better than the full game.
(Oh, and, yes, I played a lot of Animal Crossing this evening, too.)
Half-Life 2: The Lost Coast
Oct 29th
It’s a free extra level to Half-Life 2! Which uses incredible new technology to improve the lighting in the game by about a billion percent!
Really, it looks lovely. Gorgeous, even. I always thought Half-Life 2′s visuals looked a bit sterile and lifeless, especially in the outdoor scenes, but this adds the missing life.
Didn’t like my PC much and eventually just crashed horribly, but I’ve not seen a better argument for upgrading in quite some time.
I really am off to bed now. Really.
