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Posted May 26, 2010
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ignus: DO NOT WANT
i finished hl2 three times and i don't want to play it again. ever. that includes the episodes.

Funny, that's how I feel about Mass Effect 2, and I've only played through that once. I don't care how much DLC they make, even if it's free. Unless they make a DLC that removes planet scanning from the game, I am NEVER playing it again. The person who designed that particular game mechanic ought to be trampled to death by ducks.
Posted May 26, 2010
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Wishbone: The person who designed that particular game mechanic ought to be trampled to death by ducks.
I had more fun doing that than anything else in the game. It's because of Scanning that I consider it the best RPG of this year.
Posted May 26, 2010
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Wishbone: Funny, that's how I feel about Mass Effect 2, and I've only played through that once. I don't care how much DLC they make, even if it's free. Unless they make a DLC that removes planet scanning from the game, I am NEVER playing it again. The person who designed that particular game mechanic ought to be trampled to death by ducks.

The new patch apparently improves planet scanning a lot. The 360 already got it but BioWare are making us wait.
Posted May 26, 2010
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Wishbone: Funny, that's how I feel about Mass Effect 2, and I've only played through that once. I don't care how much DLC they make, even if it's free. Unless they make a DLC that removes planet scanning from the game, I am NEVER playing it again. The person who designed that particular game mechanic ought to be trampled to death by ducks.
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Delixe: The new patch apparently improves planet scanning a lot. The 360 already got it but BioWare are making us wait.

Improve planet scanning? By not existing anymore?
Posted May 26, 2010
Anyone did the Gnome achievement in EP2? That one was fun! :)
Posted May 26, 2010
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KavazovAngel: Anyone did the Gnome achievement in EP2? That one was fun! :)

No! When I did spot the gnome, I had no idea how to get out of the launch site, or close enough to stick that little bastard on the rocket.
Posted May 26, 2010
Expect a new update in the coming week or so... This update introduced quite a few new bugs, some of which are listed here:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1284111
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New update:
Updates to Portal, Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One and Half-Life 2: Episode Two have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Engine
Fixed fonts sometimes not displaying when the game is loaded (Mac)
Fixed crash on launch in rendering subsystem (Mac)
Portal
Optimized particle rendering for lowend GPU's, made acid pits more performant (Mac)
Expect more to come...
Post edited May 26, 2010 by KavazovAngel
Posted May 26, 2010
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KavazovAngel: Expect a new update in the coming week or so... This update introduced quite a few new bugs, some of which are listed here:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1284111

Well they can fix that when they add TF2 for Mac.
Posted May 26, 2010
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KavazovAngel: Expect a new update in the coming week or so... This update introduced quite a few new bugs, some of which are listed here:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1284111
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Delixe: Well they can fix that when they add TF2 for Mac.

Which will cause even more mess. I think it would be better if they fix their currently released games for both platforms, then release new games.
Also, HL2: DM is coming together with TF2 or? Anyone has some info about this?
EDIT: I've contacted Gabe. I'm sure others did that too, so hopefully the issues will be worked out a little faster.
Post edited May 27, 2010 by KavazovAngel
Posted May 27, 2010
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Wishbone: Huge update! Added tons of stuff... that I don't care about :-(
How about they use their efforts on EP3 instead?

I agree with this. Come on, it's been what... 3 years since EP2? Don't leave us hangin', Valve.
Posted May 27, 2010
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cogadh: Just curious: are the added achievements retroactive?

I earned the Achievements through the HL2 Update Mod and got them on this new update too. But if you committed the required actions in vanilla HL2, no, you won't get them.
Posted May 27, 2010
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Wishbone: Huge update! Added tons of stuff... that I don't care about :-(
How about they use their efforts on EP3 instead?
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PimPamPet: I agree with this. Come on, it's been what... 3 years since EP2? Don't leave us hangin', Valve.

Yeah, the whole "episodic gaming" thing seems rather pointless after so long, doesn't it?
Posted May 27, 2010
Hey Angel,
We are watching the release and fixing up problems as we find them, thanks for making sure we are watching :)

What Alfred from Valve Software told me. I guess its kool. :)
Posted May 27, 2010
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PimPamPet: I agree with this. Come on, it's been what... 3 years since EP2? Don't leave us hangin', Valve.
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Wishbone: Yeah, the whole "episodic gaming" thing seems rather pointless after so long, doesn't it?

Maybe they're using more of a Star Wars-episode release schedule. :)
Posted May 27, 2010
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Wishbone: Yeah, the whole "episodic gaming" thing seems rather pointless after so long, doesn't it?

Well at least their schedule is a little better than SiN Episodes's one.
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