Complex Solutions to Simple Problems» Computerspil http://blog.heick.nu Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:51:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 halflife2 http://blog.heick.nu/games/computerspil/halflife2.html http://blog.heick.nu/games/computerspil/halflife2.html#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2004 08:19:54 +0000 Pål Heick http://blog.heick.nu/archives/2004/12/halflife2/ excerpt thumb

I’ve just purchased halflife 2 – it has gotten the finest reviews in all magazines. I really look forward to playing the game. But I’ve been istalling for half an hour now: the product requires that I register online to … Continue reading →

]]> I’ve just purchased halflife 2 – it has gotten the finest reviews in all magazines. I really look forward to playing the game. But I’ve been istalling for half an hour now: the product requires that I register online to play the game on my computer, and apparently are all files installed on my computer encrypted in some form. I am puzzled that this tedious and time consuming procedure has not been mentioned in any of the reviews I have seen.
As this is my first purchase of an original computergame in newer time this might be standard procedure, although I seriously doubt it…
Hm – decrypting the files is going on 30 minutes in it self now – there really should be a usability standard for installing computergames.

Update:
Found the review in Politiken that Nis mentioned. And Nis: Half Life 2 rocks! Despite my issues with the mandatory internet connection, long loading times and user unfriendly installation process – I must admit that HL2 is the most detailed game I’ve ever played – once you get started, you’re hooked. Of course you need to start up in small doses; I got motion sickness the first couple of hours. It seems that it is quite a common phenomenon…

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