Half Life 2 : Lost Coast This is a downloadable demo through steam for HL2 owners, with HDR etc. it looks fuckin gorgeous
he actually drops it later and u can pick it up with the gravity gun, and fire it at enemies, impaling them pretty sweet!
thats in game aswell people. i have mates who have only played console games and they never believe that this is how some pc games look while running. be it on a fast pc
thinks ill be gettin a copy of this,,,only just finihsed HL2 for the 2nd time,, it is fanbloodytatsic,, dunno if u knew this but Counter strike jus started as a simple mod for HL, turned in2 one of the biggest online multi player gmaes in history.
lost coast is just a tech demo mate, it shows off new lighting effects. the level itself only lasts about 15 minutes. but the eye candy is gorgeous its free download over steam anyway, so if ur graphics card is decent try it out
not sure mate, i think its more aimed at the new end stuff. Ive got a geforce 6800gt, its good... but its not top end any more.
Just started playing It's not for anything but bleeding edge though... Unless you have a radeon 9800 or above (and a gig of ram) I wouldn't bother, it's like jerkovision.