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You might think, what is that topic subject all about. :lol:
Well it has to do with the following article on Gamespot.

Valve Reveals.... :wink:

Some wicked new games on the program from Valve.

First of all offcourse HalfLife 2 - Episode 2. Next a new game in the HL universe called Portals. Also Team Fortress 2 was announced.

Read the article for more info. :)

You forgot to mention HL2 + Episode 1 were coming to the 360 and PS3 :P.

goddamnit...why do they ruin everything by making it for consoles....

goddamnit...why do they ruin everything by making it for consoles....

Well, they've already made HL2 for Xbox, so what confuses me most is why even bother remaking it for the 360 (Even if it does include Episode 1).

Sounds great, ctrlsteef. 8)

I was especially suprised to hear about Team Fortress 2. I never really got into that particular game, but I remember my old colleagues at PC Gamer wining endlessly about how it was never released.

I'm looking forward to see what they do with it this time around!

goddamnit...why do they ruin everything by making it for consoles....

And this is wrong because?

[quote]goddamnit...why do they ruin everything by making it for consoles....

And this is wrong because?

The downside is that the future titles that are launched for both platforms are often dumbed down to the lowest common denominator (consoles) and leave the PC with often clunky interfaces. (eg. Deus Ex: Invisible War)

Consolitis as it is called.

Regardless, I am pretty excited about this. I loved the original Team Fortress for Quake1 and was always anticipating TF2. Once BF1942 came out and stole TF2's thunder, I figured the project was dead. I am glad this is not the case. The new art direction looks really cool as well. It looks like the style of Evil Genius as far as character models go. Campy cartoony characters.

I also finally got Episode 1 and must be pretty damn close to finishing it. So I will be ready for Ep2.

Regardless, I am pretty excited about this. I loved the original Team Fortress for Quake1 and was always anticipating TF2. Once BF1942 came out and stole TF2's thunder, I figured the project was dead. I am glad this is not the case. The new art direction looks really cool as well. It looks like the style of Evil Genius as far as character models go. Campy cartoony characters.

My thoughts exactly, Gabbo - in fact I was just going to comment on that promotional screenshot over at Gamespy. If they do decide to take a more cartoonish/campy approach it may help distinguish it in the overcrowded online market.

[quote]goddamnit...why do they ruin everything by making it for consoles....

And this is wrong because?
Someone get shorted, thats just what happens, they cannot write something that will intergrate into EVERY system perfectly. (I know enough programing to know this.) It just seems like they downgrade quality for the consoles (think I'm kidding...look at Doom 3 for Xbox) and because they will write it for consoles, they just patch it over to PC and except us to be happy.

And mostly because I cannot use a console because I grew up playing Quake on a 486.

I didn't mention it because i was so sad about it that i just couldn't get it out of my fingers. :cry:
Why do they have to port my beloved HL to the console. :cry: :cry:
That will just mean they put less time in the PC version. :cry: :cry: :cry: