GH and DH Competition: Win a ATI 3870 GFX signed by Gabe Newell

***Zardon*** · Nov 15, 2007, 05:21 AM

Instead of rushing our 3870 review for launch date today, we decided an indepth analysis of the 3850, crossfire and the 3870 would be more in line with Driver Heaven's high quality reviews, so we apologise for the brief delay, however that said we have something just as cool for our readers today!

Driver Heaven, Gaming Heaven, AMD and Valve have teamed together to give away a brand new 3870 graphics card, signed by Mr Gabe Newell !

To enter just head over here and read the rules of entering, its pretty simple !

brutusmaximus · Nov 15, 2007, 05:29 AM

Last time I played Half Life 2 I thought the graphics were so damn good I wanted to kiss Alyx. she is hot.

Neshi · Nov 15, 2007, 05:43 AM

there isn't any mentioning if it is US-only or worldwide. So, if it is the latter, here is my contribution.
-Oh, i totally missed that line-

I love playing Day of Defeat, because one well-placed grenade took out the other team. I rock!
nah.. to be honest; I really like Day of Defeat because of the solid gameplay, great maps, the re-enforcements (maximum waiting time of 8 seconds when you get killed) that other fps's i played online lacked. And of course the variety of WW2 weapons. It's just a great game

***Zardon*** · Nov 15, 2007, 05:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neshi

there isn't any mentioning if it is US-only or worldwide. So, if it is the latter, here is my contribution

Its worldwide, first line under "boring stuff" on the competition page.

"[COLOR=#ffffff]The boring stuff:
The competition will close on the 10th Of December 2007. Competition is open worldwide, multiple entries are allowed.
Driver Heaven, Gaming Heaven, AMD and Valve are not responsible for any stress caused by trying to win this competition. The final decision is the final decision, thats why its called the final decision, so we want to see no whinging, bitching or claims of "OMG, I never win im a loser, feel sorry for me I hope you all die" when it's over."[/COLOR]

Da_Jewish_Fonzy · Nov 15, 2007, 06:38 AM

My favourite Valve game has got to be Half Life, I love it to pieces and still play it several times a year. If Gabe was single I would totally hit on him at the bar so I could tell my buddies, "yo you know the valve dude? wel I danced with him noob!"

leetphoenix · Nov 15, 2007, 06:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Pyro

"Mphh mmm mmph mph!"

Translation: Teamfortress 2!

***craig5320*** · Nov 15, 2007, 08:02 AM

It'd have to be the original Half-Life, my mate had gotten the game from one of those 12 games a year offer things, and he hadn't sent the slip back, his mum said he couldn't keep it and not to open it. So we cut school, opened it and sat in awe as we watched the unfolding train ride... memories.

We didn't get to finish it. His mum went mad and sent the game back anyway, it was the following christmas when I was able to finally pick the game up. lol

**temeteus82** · Nov 15, 2007, 08:10 AM

My favorite Valve game is Half Life 2 and EP1. Just because the stunning graphics and good game play gives me good gaming experience.

[hobo]eclipse · Nov 15, 2007, 08:14 AM

ah! the endless days of the original day of defeat, with all its custom maps, skins and models! I've still got a 2 gig dod steam folder with all the custom stuff in it ready to be pasted into action!

Caze · Nov 15, 2007, 08:30 AM

The nice memories of Counter-Strike and AWP g*** and the sweet sound of their whines...

Brutality · Nov 15, 2007, 08:34 AM

The best Valve game? I guess it has to be Call of...no wait...that's not from Valve. Can't I just get that card for sincerity?

Vikingod · Nov 15, 2007, 08:49 AM

Mine would probably be Half Life 2. It was really the first game that re-introduced me to PC FPS gaming, and rekindled my obsessi.... love of PC hardware. In fact, I think I came to DH looking for information regarding the game.

Without it, I might never have been able to share my unique charm with the community! ...My apologies.

Customgamer1 · Nov 15, 2007, 09:26 AM

Valve games are so good it's making me littlerly insane!!!

ffrules · Nov 15, 2007, 09:28 AM

best game valve ever made?

Half-life 1 ofcourse!..i was pretty young at the time and i saw it at some friend of a friends house, anyway the sound and graphics were so amazing it took my mind completly off the fact the guy sitting next to me was 130kg and smelled pretty bad.

i could bare it! only to keep playing lol!

jasperchc · Nov 15, 2007, 09:31 AM

My favourite valve game is certainly Team Fortress 2 because its the only place where I can backstab anyone without any guilt or remorse, muahahaha

niceguyrichy · Nov 15, 2007, 09:40 AM

Counter Strike:Source is the best game in the history of gaming.
it's so damn good I didn't even try and get a deal online for it, I bought it full price out of Woolworths of all places

GeneralClaymore · Nov 15, 2007, 09:53 AM

Half life 2, I enjoy making the combine fly in the air with the rocket launchers.

PrEzEs · Nov 15, 2007, 10:29 AM

Favourite game ?
I thought it would be HL2 for ever and ever, but after I played Portal...

Well I played it a few times enjoying the computer voice and how it made me laugh. I played it because of the riddles, the voice (I caught myself actually on playing and waiting for the comments made by GLaDOS) and of course - I wanted the damn CAKE !!

And the ending score - thats where the tears came out...
After that I've played all the levels with commentary on, and again - it made me come to tears. God I wish I could meet the actress which gave voice to GLaDOS... and congratulate her (and Valve team, for the perfect script/monologues and riddles).

SafetyHelmet · Nov 15, 2007, 11:13 AM

I've been too broke to upgrade for 2 years now, so a new video card would be a blessing. My favorite Valve game has got to be the original Half-Life. It was not only an amazing game on its own, but it inspired an incredible number of today's best mods and multiplayer games!

gregj · Nov 15, 2007, 12:14 PM

The original Half-Life is my pick, while HL2 was good, HL was cutting edge in your face kind of stuff. We as a gaming community were being exposed to some incredible visuals and some gameplay that required thinking as opposed to blind running jumping and shooting. When the game came out, I had been drooling in anticipation for some time, I had just upgraded my computer and was running ATI for the first time, I was impressed. That is my opinion, and by my own admission I am currently running an Nvidiot card, to which I have had nothing but problems (EVGA 8800 GTS), I recall having 0 problems with ATI, then and hope the new line of cards is powerful and capable of putting a thrash to Nvidia. Competition is the root of innovation, and also drives down the price for us Card Addicts who need a regular fix.

HighlyLikely · Nov 15, 2007, 12:23 PM

After I bought the first Half-Life, I couldn't stop playing the game: it was the first time I had adrenaline rushes while playing (hearing combine voices and then the nice sweet beat of the techno theme song - track 21 on the cd I think - man ! my heart was beating like crazy!)

But my favorite game is Team Fortress Classic (1). It's the first game where I tweaked the config files to create communications macros for each class. That's when I fell in love with programming ! ( I know now this was not programming per se !!)
When Steam was created and kind of imposed on us (i do like Steam though -they offer Psychonaut, what else can I say!), and I wanted to play TFC on servers I'd realized I gave my HL CD to a friend, and this bastard took my CD-key and created his own steam account ! I thus bought HL2 (superbe!) and got a stream ID. Nevertheless, not playing TFC was not an option, so I loaded Steam, punched my Visa number in and got TFC for 9,95!
I haven't tried TF2 yet, I'll switch when no one will be playing Dustbowl anymore (or if I have a good excuse to upgrade my barton based PC

.

Cheers

ender.wiggin · Nov 15, 2007, 12:24 PM

I would like to say the entire Half Life series but if I have to select just one game, my favorite Valve game has to be Half Life due to its immersive gameplay; I will to this day never forget how much I leaped out of my chair when the headcrab jumped me while I was crawling through the ductwork in Half Life. No other PC game had ever drawn me in with such a cool and interesting sci-fi story, amazing gameplay and great graphics (for its time, of course).

mip · Nov 15, 2007, 12:24 PM

My favourite Valve game is Half Life 2 because is an amazing game and Valve has chosen to offering graphics at a level that almost everyone can play.

Stop It · Nov 15, 2007, 12:44 PM

My favourite VALVe game? I can't choose one, seriously, how can I? I mean, Half Life 1 changed the face of FPS gaming forever, changing the whole ethos behind them, before it we had mindless blasting broken up by key fetching, HL brought story driven gameplay to a new level.

So, you'll think, my answer is HL, but no, HL2 took what made HL great and magnified it to the nth degree, the story was subtle, yet brilliant, character animations and AI was out of this world, while the game was a whirlwind of breathtaking action and superb storytelling, one of the best games of the generation, and the main reason why the Orange Box is sitting near the top of the gamerankings list.

So, HL2 then? well, no, because there is one more game (Well, series), that needs attention, Counter-Strike, yes, not originally developed by Valve, but with their input it became the best competitive FPS ever created, yes, the graphics were no match for UT99 and Quake 3, but it was the most community focused, gameplay driven, MP game ever released, it's subsequent versions, CZ and CS:S might not be univserally popular, yet all show that VALVe still know what makes people tick.

All this awesome, and yet, VALVe isn't done, TF2 is amazing, the Day Of Defeat mod was evolved by Valve into one of the best Multiplayer WW2 shooters created, and Portal, well, the cake, it is a lie.

So, in closing, favourite VALVe game? none of them, they all are equally great in my mind.

NB. In case if you are thinking "Meh, he's just spouting to win that card, he doesn't love Valve at all!" Note this, What sort of "fake fan" would remember both his SteamID (7861 :P) and his WONID, from 5 years before (3669453, yes, thats right I remember it), none I know of

EfrainMan · Nov 15, 2007, 12:47 PM

My fave Valve game is Portal. Totally. It's just awesome, has great puzzles and is funny. But I can't beat it. How could I? The computer is telling me to incinerate my Weighted Companion Cube...but I can't do that! I can't kill my Companion Cube! He's my best friend! He protected me from the hi-energy pellets and has NEVER stabbed me! I guess that's the twist in the game everyone is talking about. How to get past the level with the companion cube in tow. But I must find a way for him. He told me so. He CAN speak you cold, unfeeling mechanical voice!

Drazula · Nov 15, 2007, 12:47 PM

My favorite Valve game is Portal. It is the Creepshow of games. "Creepshow??!!" you say? Here's why?

"It's Father's Day, Bedilia, and I want my cake!"

flashdim · Nov 15, 2007, 12:49 PM

I would honestly have said Half-Life 2 until I played Portal. I think Portal tops my favorites list due to me being a fan of:

- Snark
- Sarcasm
- Deadpan Humor
- Cake
- Denial of cake
- Explosions
- Lies
- Critiquing your own hairdo while falling 30,000 feet
- Jonathan Coulton

This game was simply amazing.

Edit: and even better, I could run it nicely on my rig!

topbob · Nov 15, 2007, 01:00 PM

I have been a fan of Valve's stuff since back in '98, where the dashing through steel corridors began. Half-Life set the standard for FPS's there on out, it was the legend, nothing could touch it. Here I am nearly 10 years later, and I find that fact still to be true, with the release of the latest episodic Half-Life 2 episode, Valve continues to set standards and show their incredibly talented staff really knows what they're doing. Through the years they made some really smart decisions (hiring those Counter-Strike guys) and were faced with many delays (the 10 year Team Fortress 2 wait), but in the end, it didn't really matter. To me at least, an avid Valve fan even after all these years. So what I'm trying to say is, theres no way I can pick a favorite out of the Half-Life saga, it continues to be just as good as the last one.

Dark Lord · Nov 15, 2007, 01:13 PM

my vote, by far, has to be portal. nothing quite like playing a fresh new game and being told my companion cube does not talk to me, and will not stab me. or being told that android hell is a real place.

i have to go do science for the people that are still alive.

havenbastion · Nov 15, 2007, 01:19 PM

Why? I haven't even played it, but it sounds awesome. Can Has Vid Card Neow?!@

Nov 15, 2007, 05:21 AM	#1
*Zardon* enchanted Join Date: May 2002 Location: Driverheaven Posts: 32,275 Rep Power: 3150	GH and DH Competition: Win a ATI 3870 GFX signed by Gabe Newell Instead of rushing our 3870 review for launch date today, we decided an indepth analysis of the 3850, crossfire and the 3870 would be more in line with Driver Heaven's high quality reviews, so we apologise for the brief delay, however that said we have something just as cool for our readers today! Driver Heaven, Gaming Heaven, AMD and Valve have teamed together to give away a brand new 3870 graphics card, signed by Mr Gabe Newell ! To enter just head over here and read the rules of entering, its pretty simple ! Last edited by Skull; Dec 10, 2007 at 07:00 PM.

Nov 15, 2007, 05:29 AM	#2
brutusmaximus DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 525 Rep Power: 60	my entry Last time I played Half Life 2 I thought the graphics were so damn good I wanted to kiss Alyx. she is hot. __________________

Nov 15, 2007, 05:43 AM	#3
Neshi S.N.A.F.U. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: at home Posts: 1,860 Rep Power: 56 System Specs	there isn't any mentioning if it is US-only or worldwide. So, if it is the latter, here is my contribution. -Oh, i totally missed that line- I love playing Day of Defeat, because one well-placed grenade took out the other team. I rock! nah.. to be honest; I really like Day of Defeat because of the solid gameplay, great maps, the re-enforcements (maximum waiting time of 8 seconds when you get killed) that other fps's i played online lacked. And of course the variety of WW2 weapons. It's just a great game __________________ If one does not attach himself to people and desire, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly live? The only guarantee in life is failure, to achieve success you have to take risks. Last edited by Neshi; Nov 15, 2007 at 09:00 AM.

Nov 15, 2007, 08:02 AM	#7
*craig5320* DH Administrator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 5,975 Rep Power: 279 System Specs	It'd have to be the original Half-Life, my mate had gotten the game from one of those 12 games a year offer things, and he hadn't sent the slip back, his mum said he couldn't keep it and not to open it. So we cut school, opened it and sat in awe as we watched the unfolding train ride... memories. We didn't get to finish it. His mum went mad and sent the game back anyway, it was the following christmas when I was able to finally pick the game up. lol __________________

Nov 15, 2007, 08:14 AM	#9
[hobo]eclipse ...just bummin 'round Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,578 Rep Power: 51 System Specs	ah! the endless days of the original day of defeat, with all its custom maps, skins and models! I've still got a 2 gig dod steam folder with all the custom stuff in it ready to be pasted into action! __________________ seeing the same things over again, repeating the same slogans we don't know where we've been Last edited by [hobo]eclipse; Nov 16, 2007 at 11:35 AM.

Nov 15, 2007, 06:38 AM	#5
Da_Jewish_Fonzy Me>You Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Da Hood Posts: 507 Rep Power: 0	My favourite Valve game has got to be Half Life, I love it to pieces and still play it several times a year. If Gabe was single I would totally hit on him at the bar so I could tell my buddies, "yo you know the valve dude? wel I danced with him noob!"

Nov 15, 2007, 08:30 AM	#10
Caze DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 47 Rep Power: 0	The nice memories of Counter-Strike and AWP g*** and the sweet sound of their whines... __________________ Asus A8N-SLI A64 3700+ 3x512MB Buffalo PC3200 MSI Radeon X1800XT 512MB SoundBlaster X-Fi ExtremeMusic Maxtor DiamondMax9 80GB & Samsung Spinpoint P120 250GB Acer Aspire 5024WLMi AMD Turion64 ML34 1,8Ghz Mobility Radeon x700 128MB 2x512 DDR333 100GB 5400RPM HDD ...

Nov 15, 2007, 08:34 AM	#11
Brutality DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Estonia Posts: 887 Rep Power: 25	The best Valve game? I guess it has to be Call of...no wait...that's not from Valve. Can't I just get that card for sincerity?

Nov 15, 2007, 08:49 AM	#12
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,149 Rep Power: 85 System Specs	Mine would probably be Half Life 2. It was really the first game that re-introduced me to PC FPS gaming, and rekindled my obsessi.... love of PC hardware. In fact, I think I came to DH looking for information regarding the game. Without it, I might never have been able to share my unique charm with the community! ...My apologies. __________________ *How You Can Help DriverHeaven By Using Digg*

Nov 15, 2007, 09:26 AM	#13
Customgamer1 Fell off the tech wagon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,265 Rep Power: 57 System Specs	Valve games are so good it's making me littlerly insane!!! __________________ Asus Laptop: 2.5 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4gigs DDR 2, Windows 7 64bit! Windows 7 > OSX!

Nov 15, 2007, 09:28 AM	#14
ffrules DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	best game valve ever made? Half-life 1 ofcourse!..i was pretty young at the time and i saw it at some friend of a friends house, anyway the sound and graphics were so amazing it took my mind completly off the fact the guy sitting next to me was 130kg and smelled pretty bad. i could bare it! only to keep playing lol!

Nov 15, 2007, 09:31 AM	#15
jasperchc DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 123 Rep Power: 0	My favourite valve game is certainly Team Fortress 2 because its the only place where I can backstab anyone without any guilt or remorse, muahahaha

Nov 15, 2007, 09:40 AM	#16
niceguyrichy never enough coffee .. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: eu Posts: 4,690 Rep Power: 87	Counter Strike:Source is the best game in the history of gaming. it's so damn good I didn't even try and get a deal online for it, I bought it full price out of Woolworths of all places __________________

Nov 15, 2007, 09:53 AM	#17
GeneralClaymore DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 431 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Half life 2, I enjoy making the combine fly in the air with the rocket launchers. __________________

Nov 15, 2007, 10:29 AM	#18
PrEzEs DriverHeaven User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 32 Rep Power: 0	Favourite game ? I thought it would be HL2 for ever and ever, but after I played Portal... Well I played it a few times enjoying the computer voice and how it made me laugh. I played it because of the riddles, the voice (I caught myself actually on playing and waiting for the comments made by GLaDOS) and of course - I wanted the damn CAKE !! And the ending score - thats where the tears came out... After that I've played all the levels with commentary on, and again - it made me come to tears. God I wish I could meet the actress which gave voice to GLaDOS... and congratulate her (and Valve team, for the perfect script/monologues and riddles). __________________ -=PrEzEs Rig=- \|\| Core2Duo E6400@3.0 GHz \|\| ASUS P5W DH Deluxe \|\| ATi X1950XTX \|\| GeiL DDR2 800 Ultra CL4 2GB Kit \|\| \|\| Cooler Master Real Power Pro 850W PSU \|\| Thermaltake BigWater SE + Chieftec BIG Tower + Custom UV Cathodes \|\| Audigy 2 Value @ KX-Drivers

Nov 15, 2007, 11:13 AM	#19
SafetyHelmet DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Awesome! I've been too broke to upgrade for 2 years now, so a new video card would be a blessing. My favorite Valve game has got to be the original Half-Life. It was not only an amazing game on its own, but it inspired an incredible number of today's best mods and multiplayer games!

Nov 15, 2007, 12:14 PM	#20
gregj DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	My Entry - My Favorite Valve Game The original Half-Life is my pick, while HL2 was good, HL was cutting edge in your face kind of stuff. We as a gaming community were being exposed to some incredible visuals and some gameplay that required thinking as opposed to blind running jumping and shooting. When the game came out, I had been drooling in anticipation for some time, I had just upgraded my computer and was running ATI for the first time, I was impressed. That is my opinion, and by my own admission I am currently running an Nvidiot card, to which I have had nothing but problems (EVGA 8800 GTS), I recall having 0 problems with ATI, then and hope the new line of cards is powerful and capable of putting a thrash to Nvidia. Competition is the root of innovation, and also drives down the price for us Card Addicts who need a regular fix.

Nov 15, 2007, 12:23 PM	#21
HighlyLikely DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	After I bought the first Half-Life, I couldn't stop playing the game: it was the first time I had adrenaline rushes while playing (hearing combine voices and then the nice sweet beat of the techno theme song - track 21 on the cd I think - man ! my heart was beating like crazy!) But my favorite game is Team Fortress Classic (1). It's the first game where I tweaked the config files to create communications macros for each class. That's when I fell in love with programming ! ( I know now this was not programming per se !!) When Steam was created and kind of imposed on us (i do like Steam though -they offer Psychonaut, what else can I say!), and I wanted to play TFC on servers I'd realized I gave my HL CD to a friend, and this bastard took my CD-key and created his own steam account ! I thus bought HL2 (superbe!) and got a stream ID. Nevertheless, not playing TFC was not an option, so I loaded Steam, punched my Visa number in and got TFC for 9,95! I haven't tried TF2 yet, I'll switch when no one will be playing Dustbowl anymore (or if I have a good excuse to upgrade my barton based PC . Cheers Last edited by HighlyLikely; Dec 4, 2007 at 11:37 PM.

Nov 15, 2007, 12:24 PM	#22
ender.wiggin DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	I would like to say the entire Half Life series but if I have to select just one game, my favorite Valve game has to be Half Life due to its immersive gameplay; I will to this day never forget how much I leaped out of my chair when the headcrab jumped me while I was crawling through the ductwork in Half Life. No other PC game had ever drawn me in with such a cool and interesting sci-fi story, amazing gameplay and great graphics (for its time, of course).

Nov 15, 2007, 12:24 PM	#23
mip DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Venus Posts: 3,721 Rep Power: 0	My favourite Valve game is Half Life 2 because is an amazing game and Valve has chosen to offering graphics at a level that almost everyone can play.

Nov 15, 2007, 12:44 PM	#24
Stop It DHs' Resident Kitty Lover Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Biggleswade, UK Posts: 1,268 Rep Power: 50 System Specs	My favourite VALVe game? I can't choose one, seriously, how can I? I mean, Half Life 1 changed the face of FPS gaming forever, changing the whole ethos behind them, before it we had mindless blasting broken up by key fetching, HL brought story driven gameplay to a new level. So, you'll think, my answer is HL, but no, HL2 took what made HL great and magnified it to the nth degree, the story was subtle, yet brilliant, character animations and AI was out of this world, while the game was a whirlwind of breathtaking action and superb storytelling, one of the best games of the generation, and the main reason why the Orange Box is sitting near the top of the gamerankings list. So, HL2 then? well, no, because there is one more game (Well, series), that needs attention, Counter-Strike, yes, not originally developed by Valve, but with their input it became the best competitive FPS ever created, yes, the graphics were no match for UT99 and Quake 3, but it was the most community focused, gameplay driven, MP game ever released, it's subsequent versions, CZ and CS:S might not be univserally popular, yet all show that VALVe still know what makes people tick. All this awesome, and yet, VALVe isn't done, TF2 is amazing, the Day Of Defeat mod was evolved by Valve into one of the best Multiplayer WW2 shooters created, and Portal, well, the cake, it is a lie. So, in closing, favourite VALVe game? none of them, they all are equally great in my mind. NB. In case if you are thinking "Meh, he's just spouting to win that card, he doesn't love Valve at all!" Note this, What sort of "fake fan" would remember both his SteamID (7861 :P) and his WONID, from 5 years before (3669453, yes, thats right I remember it), none I know of __________________ Sig Courtesy of Mousey Last edited by Stop It; Nov 15, 2007 at 12:49 PM.

Nov 15, 2007, 12:47 PM	#25
EfrainMan DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 155 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	My fave Valve game is Portal. Totally. It's just awesome, has great puzzles and is funny. But I can't beat it. How could I? The computer is telling me to incinerate my Weighted Companion Cube...but I can't do that! I can't kill my Companion Cube! He's my best friend! He protected me from the hi-energy pellets and has NEVER stabbed me! I guess that's the twist in the game everyone is talking about. How to get past the level with the companion cube in tow. But I must find a way for him. He told me so. He CAN speak you cold, unfeeling mechanical voice! __________________ My modest video card history: S3 Virge, 3DLabs Permedia 2, 3dfx Voodoo 5 5500, GeForce 3 Ti500, GeForce 4 Ti4600, Radeon 9700 Pro, Radeon X800XT, Radeon X1900XT+Crossfire, GeForce 8800GTX, Radeon HD4870x2 Last edited by EfrainMan; Nov 15, 2007 at 12:52 PM.

Nov 15, 2007, 12:47 PM	#26
Drazula DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	My favorite Valve game is Portal. It is the Creepshow of games. "Creepshow??!!" you say? Here's why? "It's Father's Day, Bedilia, and I want my cake!"

Nov 15, 2007, 12:49 PM	#27
flashdim DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	I would honestly have said Half-Life 2 until I played Portal. I think Portal tops my favorites list due to me being a fan of: - Snark - Sarcasm - Deadpan Humor - Cake - Denial of cake - Explosions - Lies - Critiquing your own hairdo while falling 30,000 feet - Jonathan Coulton This game was simply amazing. Edit: and even better, I could run it nicely on my rig! Last edited by flashdim; Nov 15, 2007 at 01:20 PM.

Nov 15, 2007, 01:00 PM	#28
topbob DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SFBA, CA, USA Posts: 456 Rep Power: 32 System Specs	I have been a fan of Valve's stuff since back in '98, where the dashing through steel corridors began. Half-Life set the standard for FPS's there on out, it was the legend, nothing could touch it. Here I am nearly 10 years later, and I find that fact still to be true, with the release of the latest episodic Half-Life 2 episode, Valve continues to set standards and show their incredibly talented staff really knows what they're doing. Through the years they made some really smart decisions (hiring those Counter-Strike guys) and were faced with many delays (the 10 year Team Fortress 2 wait), but in the end, it didn't really matter. To me at least, an avid Valve fan even after all these years. So what I'm trying to say is, theres no way I can pick a favorite out of the Half-Life saga, it continues to be just as good as the last one. __________________ 12090 in 3DMarks06 on current system, 5001 on old system, 4164 on older, 1587 on oldest

Nov 15, 2007, 01:13 PM	#29
Dark Lord DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,584 Rep Power: 66 System Specs	my vote, by far, has to be portal. nothing quite like playing a fresh new game and being told my companion cube does not talk to me, and will not stab me. or being told that android hell is a real place. i have to go do science for the people that are still alive. __________________

Nov 15, 2007, 01:19 PM	#30
havenbastion DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Portal Why? I haven't even played it, but it sounds awesome. Can Has Vid Card Neow?!@