Paul Catley proclaimed...
> I'll order it nearer to the time too. The pre-order prices for online retailers
> usually last right up to the release date. I'm not in such a rush to play it on
> the day, I'd just like to buy it cheaper :) It looks like an expensive few
> weeks for me, there are three other must-have (for me) games due for release in
> October. The only games I've previously pre-ordered were the two IL2 sims and
> Mafia.
Unbelievably I may have a gaming crisis of the best kind if this
continues. The gaming crisis where I have two excellent games and a
serious decisional problem picking which one to play.
All I got to say is, HL2 is going to have to be good to get me away from
Star Wars Galaxies.

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Ben Cottrell - 29 Jul 2003 23:39 GMT
> Unbelievably I may have a gaming crisis of the best kind if this
> continues. The gaming crisis where I have two excellent games and a
> serious decisional problem picking which one to play.
>
> All I got to say is, HL2 is going to have to be good to get me away from
> Star Wars Galaxies.
And what about CS:CZ which is released on the same day as HL2 (Sierra
are trying to make me broke..)
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Neil Jones - 30 Jul 2003 00:07 GMT
> And what about CS:CZ which is released on the same day as HL2 (Sierra
> are trying to make me broke..)
Don't want to rain on your parade, but the reviews of CZ are not good,
especially the SP game :(
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Ben Cottrell - 30 Jul 2003 00:38 GMT
> > And what about CS:CZ which is released on the same day as HL2 (Sierra
> > are trying to make me broke..)
>
> Don't want to rain on your parade, but the reviews of CZ are not good,
> especially the SP game :(
Oh well, .. HL2 will have to do i guess... I had been wondering why
there was very little hype about CZ.. i guess thats why.
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GeotheCat - 30 Jul 2003 03:06 GMT
Unfortunately, this may solve your problem.
Vivendi Universal says that Valve is now scheduled to complete the
game in time for the holidays.
When Valve announced Half-Life 2 in early May, some were surprised by
Valve's firm insistence that the game would be ready to ship on
September 30. Today we received word from the game's publisher,
Vivendi Universal, that Half-Life 2's release has been delayed until
later this year. Without commenting on the delay, a Vivendi Universal
representative reaffirmed that the game would ship this year, sometime
during the holiday season.
>> Unbelievably I may have a gaming crisis of the best kind if this
>> continues. The gaming crisis where I have two excellent games and a
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>And what about CS:CZ which is released on the same day as HL2 (Sierra
>are trying to make me broke..)
Cannon Fodder - 30 Jul 2003 04:11 GMT
The source of your claim???? I've seen it nowhere.... Who is "we"????
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:06:09 -0500, GothicAlly <deskoog@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>Unfortunately, this may solve your problem.
>
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
>>And what about CS:CZ which is released on the same day as HL2 (Sierra
>>are trying to make me broke..)
"What do I know, I am but an egg"
Jack Harney
AKA "Cannon Fodder"
AKA "Grumpy Old Fart
AKA "Certified Senior Curmudgeon"
From Civ - 5 "You have the cultural tact of a Cuban Pig"
points for your effort....
Gracefully accepted :) Thang u vera mush....
GeotheCat - 30 Jul 2003 04:26 GMT
It was on Gamespot's website.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/halflife2/news_6072668.html
Sorry about that, I meant to post the link but forgot.
>The source of your claim???? I've seen it nowhere.... Who is "we"????
>
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>>representative reaffirmed that the game would ship this year, sometime
>>during the holiday season.
Strider - 30 Jul 2003 06:25 GMT
Ben Cottrell proclaimed...
> And what about CS:CZ which is released on the same day as HL2 (Sierra
> are trying to make me broke..)
I'm not a great fan of HL add-ons. It wont be getting my cash.

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Paul Catley - 30 Jul 2003 00:45 GMT
> Unbelievably I may have a gaming crisis of the best kind if this
> continues. The gaming crisis where I have two excellent games and a
> serious decisional problem picking which one to play.
Two? I wish I only had two to worry about! I'm struggling to decide now, and
there's four more on the way :)
> All I got to say is, HL2 is going to have to be good to get me away from
> Star Wars Galaxies.
I'm pleased that you're pleased with it. I liked the role-playing banter going
on between you and that robot bloke in your screenshot.
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Strider - 30 Jul 2003 06:32 GMT
Paul Catley proclaimed...
> Two? I wish I only had two to worry about! I'm struggling to decide now, and
> there's four more on the way :)
It's been a long long time since I've had more than two games to concern
myself with. Maybe when I first started using PC's.
> > All I got to say is, HL2 is going to have to be good to get me away from
> > Star Wars Galaxies.
>
> I'm pleased that you're pleased with it. I liked the role-playing banter going
> on between you and that robot bloke in your screenshot.
The weaponsmith?
Yeah. Quite a high level character him. He certainly didn't need to
banter with me over 1k to make a living. He saw where I was going and
followed, just for the fun (and hell) of it. Kudos to him.

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