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Originally Posted by mr dave
You're in luck, because this Friday the culmination of a community project to update the original Half Life to a modern graphic engine hits Steam (just need to have a free account and download the necessary files).
It won't contain the entire game yet but from what I've read it covers the entire Black Mesa facility and they estimated a good 8-10 hours of play. It definitely does not have Xen though. Either way I'll be getting it this weekend.
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and the Tales series, I only played partway through Tales of Symphonia but it was freaking awesome. Totally different fighting system than any other console RPG I've ever seen and it was handled incredibly well.
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I was a big fan of Symphonia, joined the forums at the peak of its popularity, somehow signed a contract with Namco, and moderated it. One of the perks was being sent a whole bunch of other Tales games for free.
Seriously this series has almost as many releases as FF in Japan, and is an inch behind its high profile.
There are several new releases on PS3/Wii I need to check out. See if they've advanced it any further.
Combat system for an RPG is unmatched btw.