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Just got my hands on a recent UK Games magazine and it had an in depth Preview on HL2, apparently allowing the writers of the magazine the exclusive chance to play 3 full levels which they state to be quite large in scale.

And so I think personally that the game will be out for its summer release (touch wood). As with the original release date way back in October when told by a friend that the game would definitely come out on its original release date I laughed and said “no way, I doubt that very much” it just didn’t seem right that a game that we hardly saw much of was about to be released? With new games there is always a few screen shots, then an in depth preview, then always with out fail 1 or 2 cancel release dates before any game comes out.

How many games actually come out on time?

I am 27 years old now and I have been playing games all my life, way back to the old Atari days, all the way through to today. Not only Do I have a decent PC but I also own 6 game consoles, and the major release dates never make it out on time.

The whole HL2 thing didn’t seemed right no matter how many times a magazine or a games forum stated that the game would be out soon, I just didn’t feel it. I always felt it to be a publicity stunt, and it’s a shame that a company like Valve led its fans along with that original release date. But I think it feels right now, Games magazines are starting in depth previews, and in this magazines case that I have read they are the only people in the world to have been given the exclusive chance to play it “apparently”

I’m not sure if I am aloud to give the name of the magazine so that people in the UK can get a chance to read it, but let me know if I can and I will give that detail out. It shows some new screen shots that I can’t find on the web and gives a few details about the game.

Also there is rumour that maybe Freemen might not be the main character of the game. Remember Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty on the PS2, we all thought Solid Snake would return as the main character but instead only featured in the first Ship level. Instead we got a big surprise with a new character in later levels, well rumour suggest that HL2 may have a similar surprise.

What ever the case I’m still excited and I still can’t wait, lets hope HL2 has got it right