Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> It's kind of weird playing a combat game where the combat is actually rather 
>> leisurely in feeling, and if you button-mash you die.
> 
>   It's also interesting in how many ways you can knock people out other
> than direct fighting. Many of the ways are not immediately obvious.

Yes, that was another attraction. You can be creative, *and* stylish, even 
during hand-to-hand combat.

I think one of my favorite animations is an instant-takedown on the guy 
carrying the cattle prod.

And I must say, altho they don't quite so obviously ignoring OSHA 
regulations as Black Mesa does, I'm frankly surprised at the number of 
bottomless pits they have inside the buildings.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Serving Suggestion:
     "Don't serve this any more. It's awful."

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