I would hate a lower player cap in this, smaller games are rather rubbish imo.

I'd be very happy if it was capped at 8 players, never been a fan of Big team battles, its just choatic skilless mayhem!

Im pissed, i got it about a week ago, beat portal, Epi 1 + 2 so all i got is TF2, which should be great.

yeah i was getting great FPS's, then steam released the most redundant update ever, which took my constant FPS of around 30-40 down to 10, so now that was a complete waste. Thanks valve.

What update was that? TF2 etc still run fine on my PC..

just finished both Portal and Ep2 (had already played HL2 and EP1 when they came out) and want to show some love to these two games, which are in my opinion absolute marvels.
Portal for being, as a bonus gimmick, such a huge surprise. Unrivaled humor, very creative and inventive, truly truly original. And what pleased me most was seeing an underlying "story" in what simply appeared a bunch of puzzles, which was hinted here and there, and then gracefully unveiled in a grand finale. Top, really top stuff that should go down in this year's history as a breath of fresh air in the midst of this "next-gen" craze.

EP2, the second gem of the pack. Interactive storytelling like rarely i've seen. The acting of the actors is so so incredible, the emotions in their faces just so real and human! And it's all ingame (as it always has been). Look, at one point i was driving with alyx, and i looked at her and she looked back and winked! So human and natural. Or some other occasion Doc. Magnunnsen was saying some nasty inconvenient stuff and Alyx was looking back at me when i looked at her with a scornful expression. Little details, but all ingame and at the pace of the game, super natural and emotional conveying.

Other than that, the action very well distributed, always marked with antecipation (not this boring shooting orgy so many times seen), and a astounding use of music too.

Too sum it up, two great gems. Valve is surely on the right track to take games closer to a art form. Others are trying (Bioshock...) but failing a bit short, but EP2 and Portal are surely there.

Great comments, I've still only got Portal but I already own HL2 & EP1.

Hoping to get the O'Box for xmas on 360 as Ep2 looks superb and TF2 looks interesting!

EP1 is the least of the 3 HL2 games, I'll agree on that.. EP2 is the best.. Good thing EP1 is also the shortest, you should be able to finish it in 5-6 hours..

To bad you cannot finish HL2 because of a bug (Xbox 360 version I presume?), but it bassicly ends with you blowing up the citadel, and that's where EP1 starts..

Episode 1 is probably the worst out of the three but I still think its a damn fine game. Its really short though. Only takes about 3 hours. There are some great moments in it though. The elevator fight is awesome. The end sequence is amazing to look at.

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TF2 FTW! :)