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Doomy22 <doomy22@incorrect.address.invalid> wrote in 
news:OfidnTk5QZ6wDMbenZ2dnUVZ8qmdnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk:

> The squad AI frequently leaves you being blocked from your path by
> members of your team - in one case this was in a doorway (with the door
> half closed, showing clipping artifacts) so there was no way to progress
> other than loading a previous save point.

Dimwit Morris kept running out and getting himself killed with his charges 
or blocking my retreat when I was trying to find cover.

One feature I liked with the squad AI in HL2 was that I could point 
somewhere and say "go there!" and they'd go park it for a little while 
while I took care of the baddies. But there's no way to give directions in 
Q4.

> The Tram level (this is what made me uninstall) can become impossible to
> complete. I made the mistake of using the DM gun on the horde of aliens
> outside the robot room that repairs the tram tracks.

I'm not sure if I've seen this. I'm in a boss level following two silver 
spiders and a Strog Krusty the Clown and don't know if anything comes after 
that or if that's the final level.

ScratchMonkey wrote:
> Doomy22 <doomy22@incorrect.address.invalid> wrote in 
> news:OfidnTk5QZ6wDMbenZ2dnUVZ8qmdnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk:
> 
> 
>>The squad AI frequently leaves you being blocked from your path by
>>members of your team - in one case this was in a doorway (with the door
>>half closed, showing clipping artifacts) so there was no way to progress
>>other than loading a previous save point.
> 
> 
> Dimwit Morris kept running out and getting himself killed with his charges 
> or blocking my retreat when I was trying to find cover.
> 
> One feature I liked with the squad AI in HL2 was that I could point 
> somewhere and say "go there!" and they'd go park it for a little while 
> while I took care of the baddies. But there's no way to give directions in 
> Q4.
> 
> 
>>The Tram level (this is what made me uninstall) can become impossible to
>>complete. I made the mistake of using the DM gun on the horde of aliens
>>outside the robot room that repairs the tram tracks.
> 
> 
> I'm not sure if I've seen this. I'm in a boss level following two silver 
> spiders and a Strog Krusty the Clown and don't know if anything comes after 
> that or if that's the final level.

Well, I don't know how far in the Tram level was, but I never saw any
clowns in the game ;-) I reacon that HL2:Aftermath should be a good
blast. I never played the original HL, but loved HL2 for the atmosphere
and variety. D3 had good atmosphere (played in the dark with headphones,
I defy anyone not to get scared!) and I'd say that the HL and D3 engines
are about the same in terms of realism (D3 has better lighting, but HL2
seems to render big, open-air scenes better).

I also thought that RTCW using the old Q3 engine was a good game, with
good selection of levels, sniping, zombies, nazis, all worked well. The
new RTCW with the D3 engine should look pretty damned good...

Doomy22 <doomy22@incorrect.address.invalid> wrote in
news:-ZidncOKpd_HgMHeRVnyvA@eclipse.net.uk: 

>> I'm not sure if I've seen this. I'm in a boss level following two
>> silver spiders and a Strog Krusty the Clown and don't know if
>> anything comes after that or if that's the final level.
> 
> Well, I don't know how far in the Tram level was, but I never saw any
> clowns in the game ;-) 

I've since been informed that I'm at the point where the game just starts 
to get "interesting". I'd just finished helping shut down a coolant system 
to destroy the Strogg's central communications network. My clown reference 
is to the famous clown in The Simpsons, as the maniacal laugh of the 
creature I'm about to battle reminds me of him.