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> So i wonna ask when half life 2 comes out will it include the counter
> strike online games with it?
>
> Or will counter strike be a seperate game. As i've seen counter
> strike sold seperatly.
Counter Strike is a seperate game (which is why if you buy HL2 from Steam you can play it right now) but it's bought with Half Life 2 as a whole package deal.
> And whats "source" mean?
Source is the graphics engine powering HL2, Valve have spent years developing it and if you play CS: Source you'll see that the engine is visually one of the most impressive around.
> and what's this...
>
> Half-Life 1: Source*
> ▪ Day of Defeat™:
> Source*
Half-Life 1: Source = the original Half Life game, but remade with the same graphics used to power Half Life 2
Day of Defeat: Source = a World War II mod, perhaps the second most popular after CS (and my personal favourite) and like CS and the orignal Half Life, powered by new graphics.
You can also look forward to many more additional mods, as Vavle have already released their graphics technology to bedroom coders to get working on a whole new set of additional games, but don't expect to see those until sometime next year.
Don't bother trying to back up HL2 yet though, Valve aren't releasing the final part until the games official release to prevent people hacking their way into it.
I'm only buying three games before Christmas.
GC - Metroid Prime 2
PC - Half Life 2
Xbox - Halo 2
Otherwise, I won't have time, money, or a life to spend on any more.