You all cost me $85

[Glaynor]

So, there I was browsing the forums today and I saw the HL2 stuff. Well, the screenshots looked awesome. Guess I'm gonna have to get the game, I thought.

So I go on with my work day, finish, and go to teach my two college classes. Class wasn't going that great (I wasn't in a good rhythm in my lecture and the class was a little wiped from exams) so I stopped the second class after an hour (instead of 3). I figure, oh I'll get the game and play tonight. I then think about it some more and realize, wife will be in bed early cause the baby was up a lot last night; the baby will be asleep by 8 and exhausted from being up all night; I have nothing to do tonight since WOW is ending.

Yeah, I'm gonna get HL2. Now I'm excited. So I go to Best Buy - no go, its out. Circuit City - out, EB - out. Now, I'm pissed - I want this game more than ever now. Just because I want it and can't get it. I go to GameStop. I must now have this game. I'm a man on a mission goddamn it. I keep thinking about the cool screenshots and I wanna blow some stuff up.

I go into Gamestop and they only have collector's edition - $80. I ask what I get and the guy sorta laughs and says, "a t-shirt". He then says you also get HL and CS with it. I never played those games before so I justify spending the money. I am smart enough however to pay cash so wife doesn't see the spending on the AMEX.

So - if it wasn't for you all, lol, I wouldn't have spent the money.

DLing now, better be good !!!

[ChronoSphere]

Muahahahahaha! Our diabolical plans are working perfectly!

[OfaLoaf]

Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated into the collective.

[EineBeBoP]

You can thank us later.

[JetRaiden]

you get more then a T-shirt with the platinum thing...


you also get a hat.



and a city 17 poster.

that makes up for the extra 30 bucks, right?

[Fragmatic]

Originally Posted by JetRaiden

you get more then a T-shirt with the platinum thing...


you also get a hat.



and a city 17 poster.

that makes up for the extra 30 bucks, right?

Gold package on Steam ! = Collectors edition retail.

[AztecWarrior]

Do you have stairs in your house?

[Sputty]

The Collectors edition was a ripoff
The t-shirt doesn't even fit
I'll give it to a friend, but if it doesn't fit him, then my friend's brother
It doesn't even have the full strategy guide or art book, just excerpts
FUCK FUCKING FUCK

[Fragmatic]

It's XL isn't it?

I'll have it That's my usual size, large is too small, but xl is just right (A little baggy)... heck, I'm a fatass

[Triggar]

Martyr paid $50 and got CS and HL with his...

Worth it though, in the end - think of it this way, $85 spent today for hours upon hours of orgasmic game-playing.

I start my quest tomorrow!

[ObnoxiousFrog]

Tonight my mom was being sleepy and not even a level 3 asking got her to type in her card number...tomorrow, Freeman, tomorrow.

[Ivan]

Oh noes, your story Glaynor might have pushed me over the edge and now I might get myself a copy of this game. My Problem is I just bought GTA:SA and Halo 2 this month. I'm going broke and I haven't even finished them all yet.

[NightWalker XI]

Originally Posted by EineBeBoP

You can thank us later.

indeed.

[Glaynor]

I played the game last night. Actually I tried out HL first and then HL2. Half Life was bleh, sorta like Doom in that you just go around killing monsters. Not much plot, at least early on, and I really didn't care for it that much.

HL2 on the other hand, HOLY shit - the graphics were incredibly. Sound was real, real nice too. The only way I would describe this game is immersive. I am only doing the first level so far and I was playing for a while. How long is the actually gameplay? It seems like it will be taking a while to clear.

Anyway, at least I'm getting something out of the $85 beyond a hangover and bad memory Good call on "making" me buy the game.

[Triggar]

Originally Posted by Glaynor

How long is the actually gameplay?

Martyr played it for about 22 consecutive hours.

Bless his heart.