I still prefere my XP over Win7 for several reasons.
But in case of GES it just helps to refresh memories.
I noticed that when i played some beta 1.1h with Nalle a few days ago.
There were so many things i didn't really remember anymore, allthough i played this version for quite a while.
After all this i can appreachiate the improvements made since this Version even more.
It's not just the new maps, weapons, characters and things like bunny hop protection or Gameplay Help/Weaponset List.
Just a few examples of things i was suprised of:
- you were not able to pick up armor when collected the golden gun, no matter if you allready had an armor or not
- the UI still feelt a lot like HL2DM
- weapon models were hovering above the ground
- world model pickup for mines, instead of a different color for the crates
- no climbing sounds on ladders
and a few things i still remembered very well:
- the hit detection lag (aim a few steps in front of the player depending on your latency)
- no weaponsets, just loadout scripts, very unflexible
- far less gamemodes
- missing weapons
- ZMG is a popcorn maching and has a silencer
- throwing knifes were much deadlier because it was easy to hit with them
- no radar
I knew that GES has come a long way, this once again reminded me how long it really was.