Games Radar: Half-Life 2 - Better on PC or PS3/360?

Games Radar: "The Orange Box finally brings Half-Life 2 and its wonderous litter of accompanying titles to Xbox 360 and PS3. But does it match up to the PC version? We thought we'd have a look, comparing the 360 and PC editions for visual quality. Here's the results.."

[THC CELL]

pc looks better

cant wait too see Ps3 Vs

[marionz]

if they think color on the 360 isnt as vibrant as the pc version then it will be interesting to see what they think of the ps3 version considering color is always more muted/muddy on the ps3

[HarryEtTubMan]

Its known PS3 has a much larger color palette than the 360. Go look at Ratchet and clank... I think you mean the PS3 is less shiny maybe?

[Mike Ox Big]

Who cares? it looks fine (for an old game) and it's fun

[JsonHenry]

For a game that is going on 4 years old it still looks damn good. And on my PC I have everything set to max @1080*1050 and it looks better than anything that has come out on the consoles to date.

[andy001]

I always wonder when these articles claim that you can see the colours being more 'vibrant' how they have calibrated their displays.

It is unlikely that they are comparing them on the same display and even if they are, the PC will have many more colour options to consider.

I suspect the 'assets' or artwork, will be exactly the same for all versions and it is really framerate, resolution, and loading times which differentiate the versions.

If you don't calibrate your display with something like the Avia or DVE discs, then you have no idea what the proper colours should look like, IMHO.

[sanderFVCKINcohen]

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[saltinekracka20]

The 360 version looks and sounds awesome on my 52in hdtv. I love it and that's all that matters.

[nasim]

and laggy. Their seems to be much lack of color in x360 version. PC version is wayyyyyy better. I am waiting to see the ps3 version . I think ps3 version will match the PC version

[icechai]

I love my ps3 but you do know EA is handling the port from PC to PS3 right? :P

[2Negativecool]

Mindless sheep that actually give into this BS. PC vs. 360 vs. PS3---Jesus christ why not just make the headline of the story “We need hits to keep our jobs” because that’s what I’m getting from the tools at games radar. Another title should be: “Surprise!! Superior hardware looks better than a 2 year old console!”
This moron’s comparison is almost as asinine as posting something like-- “Comparing our 47” LCD HDTV with 1080p 120Hz, 20,000:1 contrast ratio, and 1ms response time with our 25” CRT with bunny ears, we discovered the 25” TV’s colors weren’t as bright”

This is just some useless attempt by some pindick over at eurotrash gamesradar to get some hits on the site. And it works!! Because of YOU!

For god sakes why in the HELL would PC ever look worse than either of the consoles??
It is simply the nature of PC hardware to always trump consoles because it constantly evolves whereas consoles are static throughout their life cycle. Also, PC hardware will never have the same $400 or $300 pricing sweet spot that consoles do, because high end $5,000 PC’s sell, thus PC games will always be able to see more detail with their rigs.

BUT--His arguments were just god damn weak. Even though the PC version should inherently be of higher quality than the 360’s, it is not beyond my eyes to see that those screens could have EASILY been doctored to exacerbate his point. Drab colors? Seriously? No $hit, for just another $1,200 I won’t have to “put up with” reds that just don’t pop the way they should?! Try getting a new display with a higher color gamut you god damn ass clown.

If you are going to make an arbitrary comparison of graphics capabilities at least have the god damn decency to come up with decent criticisms like “poor frame rates by comparison” or “character models obviously suffered” or “the 360’s texture capabilities sucked by comparison” or something like that. Not-- “We are trustworthy industry professionals with highly tuned critical eyes and only through our website will you discover the truth about the 360’s ass ‘colours.’”

[CaliGamer]

Some sites can nitpick, the quality loss between versions that are shown here are not worth an Alienware rig. Graphic whoring aside, the differences are minimal. I guess the real beauty is in the online experience on the PC......
I approved this, but unless you look really hard the differences are not all that apparent.

[saltinekracka20]

Unless you set them side-by-side, there is no way you would notice the differences. It's just a waste of everyones' time when these type of comparisons are made.

[Robotz Rule]

Looks better.

[darkequitus]

funnily, that is what the article said. The point is you pay for what you get. And more importantly, you get a good game not matter what. I play game not count jagged edges or use colour charts against my 24¨ HD monitor or HDTV.

I will get the 360 version for the big screen impact

PC/PSWii60 Gamer

Steam/xfire/gamespy/PSN/XBL : darkequitus

Currently playing:

360 - PGR4 + Halo3 MP +Orange box
PC - Crysis MP beta + Tabula Rasa Beta
PS3 - Warhawk (when server works)
Wii - Sold

[FirstknighT]

The only difference I see is that one can be played on a $350 system while the other is about $1500.

[mighty_douche]

i forgot you can buy a XBOX360 and a HDtv for $350...

[mirroredderorrim]

Or a $5000 system, like mine.

Edit: At first glance I see the lighting is more dynamic with the PC version.

[Mecha105]

"Or a $5000 system, like mine."

Wow man you got ripped off big time.

[mighty_douche]

screens are pointless for this anyway, you need footage to really show the difference.

i can play Episode 2 @ 1920x1080 full HDR, full AA and still get a minimum of over 60fps, console will be around 720p, some HDR, some AA. how can you even compare the 2?

[mirroredderorrim]

Tell me how I got ripped off, guy.

I have liquid cooling going through both my GPUs and CPU respectively which are Nvidia 8800 Ultras and Intel core duo extreme (overclocked).
4Gigs of Low Latency DDR2 Performance SDRAM running @ 800MHz (per stick)

NVIDIA nForce 680i SLi board.

1.5TB each at 500 gigs, Serial ATA 3Gb.s@ 7,200 RPM with 2x16MB Cache
I'm also thinking about picking up a 4x blu-ray player/burner (waiting for Blu-Ray to have a little more benefit)

A Killer K1 Gaming Network card.

Logitech MX5000 cordless keyboard/mouse combo with LCD

and finally Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi soundcard.

When I said I could play Crysis on high, I meant it. Comparing either an Xbox 360 or PS3 to my machine is laughable at best.
If you think I got ripped off, that's your opinion.

I have the money and credit score to make such ridiculous purchases.
So while you enjoy games games on the Xbox 36o or on a PS3 that can be enjoyed on a PC, I'll be the one looking at the same game with better graphics, if it's marginally better or landslide better.

But, anyway, yeah that's your opinion. I'm just using your opinion to brag I guess. =B

[2Negativecool]

mirroredderorrim

You got ripped off because you spent so much money on a PC regardless of what's under the hood. Congratulations, your $5,000 uber PC cerca de 2007 will be obsolete in 5 years, now go flex your e-penis somewhere else.

[Skizelli]

Somebody has Small D*ck Syndrome.

[Baba1906]

well my pc will die if i insert the dvds. so ps3 is my choise.

[benny o klaatt]

my pc would die if i tried playing doom lol

[mirroredderorrim]

Let me flex my real penis, my e-penis and my bank book.

Ahhhh, yeah...feels good.

@2negativecool to your "cerca" comment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

$5000 is alright for me, as I was going to spend $16,000 on another computer with 16 gigs of ram and 4 processors and yadda yadda.
(I have no need for a workstation though)

I look forward to more derogatory comments. It only makes my leather checkbook feel warmer.

Edit: oh! one last thing, if my parts become outdated, I buy new ones, replace and sell off the old ones.
I guess you don't know about business or sales and whatnot.

@Skizelli with the avatar with of the grim reaper off Castlevania: Symphony of the Night: Was your comment directed to me?

[mesh1]

there is no difference between the 360 version of half life and remembers it a port from the pc of a very old game and ofc the computer they are using would cost $2000+ so 360 wins here the fun part will be comparing all three versions i know which console will be last "last come last serve".

[mighty_douche]

for 1, they said their pc was 3 times the price, thats $1200. so i admit, the 360 does look good for its price but what all you console fanboys seem to forget is that the console doesnt come with a HDTV in the box does it? or do you just use mummys?

[Mr Scooch]

1) That there really is no difference between the two formats (except if you're an Ubergeek who has nothing better to do with your time than compare colours on a colour chart).

2) That even with the cost of a large screen HDTV the 360 is only slightly shabbier than the high range pc version.

3) Thank Christ I never invested in a PS3. What with another big title coming to 360 first, if I was a ps fanboy I'd be pissed of!!!.

4) Pc gaming isn't social. You can't really all sit round your pc on the sofa with your mates the way you can with the 360 (I know that this isn't said in the article, it's my view!!!)

[MrSwede]

Nice to finally see a comparison between something else than 360 vs PS3. There has been a little too many of those :)!

[Jonelo]

The 360 version not has AA and not have AF . Is pure creap the gameradar comparation in this screens, without aliasing for the reescaling at 300 x 200 .

This is the 360 version in gamespot.

http://image.com.com/gamesp...

http://image.com.com/gamesp...

[vaan]

I hope EA don't blow this one on the PS3, I'll be bummed.

The only thing that really sucks about the 360/ps3 version is NO MOUSE AND KEYS. I hope more companies will allow this option, especially since EPIC are implementing this choice of control on the ps3 UT3. Plug in any USB mouse and keys or Bluetooth and BOOM! Off you go!

[vaan]

The PC has a ton of memory for one. And a PC monitor ( a good one) is way better than any LCD/Plasma TV for graphics...duh. That's what it does. Display GFX.
I can't wait for this to come out on ps3, it looks great. Oh and they used an Alienware PC lol. That sh!t costs THOUSANDS.

[Bolts]

Thoudsands?? LOL!! People who doesn't know jack about the PC shouldn't throw around absurd figures. What do you think this is, 2004? Thats what it looks like on my $1400 PC and I run Orange Box at 720p 60 FPS without breaking a sweat. The only issue I have is when I run the game with 8X AA, thats when the framerate take a considerable dive but at 4X AA its smooth as butter and looks better than my Xbox 360 by a mile. Half Life 2 is a two years old game people, it came out roughly when Halo 2 came out! That just goes to show how far console technology is already behind the PC. Next year articles like this won't even exist because the gap between the PC graphics and console will only get wider.

[AliC]

pointless comparison to be honest.

[aggh im on fire]

I just read that EA are doing the conversiom of orange box on the PS3 not Valve, there only handerling the pc/360 versions..... Please don't let this be true.

[feejo]

About all those graphic comparaisons: Am I gona buy a PS3 - XBOX 360 -PS just to get the good console for the game XYZ that will have the best graphic everytime. Maby some can aford that but I prefer stay with only one console that I like. PS3 will be my choice this time (like I did with PS2)

2 reasons.
Will not get a RRD during a game while playing with X360
Not a pc, cause it need updates on hardware over and over: HDD, Video card: exemple DiRT the minimum requirement videocard cast 500$ I can get a noce PS3 for that price and for 10 years I will never buy any other upgrade for it. Even if like the PS3 get a littlebit behind they will adjust the game for the console ex: battlefront got better graphic on PC and Xbox, I don't care, cause on PS2 they adjust it so I can play anyway.

Just keep your money to buy more games.

[Bolts]

PC- Dedicated servers with 32 players plus. Silky smooth network performance.

Xbox 360- peer to peer networking with only 16 players max, and laggy gameplay with 16 peeps games.

You ever played Team Fortress on a full server of 32 players vs Live peer to peer with only 16 players? Its a HUGE freaking difference. The PC version easily win by a mile. Team Fortress just doesn't feel right with anything less than 20 players.

[jaja1434]

You've obviously never played on online PC game if you think its smooth...

[fredy]

PC
Xbox 360
PS3

you just cant b beat a pc, no matter how u cut it.

[beaner71481]

think that your consoles can compare in any way to a gaming pc. The technology of any up to date gaming computer is far beyond that of a console...xbox and ps are gaming consoles not a computer, if you want a computer shell out the $4,000 for a real gaming machine.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

After all you can update the hardware to the latest tech, add more memory, etc. It's just a simple reality.

But I will disagree with you strongly on the PC being a "real" gaming machine. Fact is the PC by virtue of the operating systems, and how they are built... they are not "gaming" machines but rather they are general purpose computers that we the public modify, etc to make them be great for gaming.

Consoles on the other hand are the "real" gaming machine as they are designed from ground up (operating system and all) to do ONE thing....play games. They require no hardware updates...they are just made to play games. This is a good and bad thing really. It's good because developers dont have to worry about the ever changing hardware scene...but its bad because...hardware makes fast advances these days and so consoles have a life of about 3 yrs before they truly start to be outdated in terms of the tech inside.

PS3 and 360 will hang in there this year in terms of games graphically but come 2008/2009 you again will see the PC start to pull ahead in terms of graphics and overall capabilities. But to play that...PC users again are going to need to put up a big investment to get the latest, greatest hardware.

To each their own...I personally love my 360 but also do enjoy and RTS now and then on my PC.

[fermcr]

Console Games are more expensive
I don't mind the PS3 being priced at 500€ ou 400€... it's the PS3 and XBOX360 games that are to expensive. Just look at this example. the same game, Half Life 2: The Orange Box:

http://www10.cd-wow.com/sea...

Look at that ... 15 pounds is about 23€ difference (about 30 dollars). Thats a lot of money for one game. Buy 12 games a year (game a month), and thats a difference of 280€ a year. Buy 2 games a month and more than 500€ difference a year. In 2 years you could bye a new PC. And yes, for a 1000€ or less you can bye a top PC that will last you 3 years at least.

And people say PC's are expensive... many blind people out there. For a real gamer consoles comes more expensive then PC's.

Look at Crysis... 20 pounds for a top game (in a console it would cost the double)
http://www10.cd-wow.com/sea...

[OC_MurphysLaw]

It is a tad frustrating to see PC games ALWAYS $10 cheaper. At first I was confused about that, and balked at the premise of the new console development costs. I mean how much more expensive could it be, etc...

But then I started to think things through. PC games have a decided advantage over ANY console when it comes to development. They have the longevity of their "base" development code. I mean think about it....PC gaming development in its core code hasnt changed at all for gosh almost what 20 years probably. Sure their have been advances, etc but its all based off of the original code writing. They just have added to it, refined it, etc. for 20+ years.

The consoles on the other hand, seem to have new ways of writing their code EVERY time they launch a new console. The architecture of writing code for consoles never stays the same...and thus companies need to invest a ton of money into learning the new way. And thus justify's the $10 cost pass along to the consumer.

Console makers would be incredibly smart to adopt a "core" code...just like what you see on PC's. Make their games "cross" console compatible and just focus on the hardware benefits, etc. on their sku's. This would bring the cost of games down considerably and I think open the market up in a big way just as PC gaming has evolved.

But...I doubt that will ever happen. Really the only way it happens is if MS or Sony said...we are opening the doors to other console makers to make their own version of our machine and in a sense force the hand of the other companies in the console war.

[Snukadaman]

I am having fun with it.

[Alcohog]

Well its safe to say the console users aren't going to be pushing no 16x AA with motion blur and HDR lighting at 1680X1050 at 100+FPS...its just silly to compare a PC game to a console game. The PC is always going to be ahead graphically.

[Ares84]

The PC version is way nicer!! I wonder what's it gonna be like on the PS3!! I hope it will be closer to the PC version than to the 360 version!

[PS360PCROCKS]

I'm sorry but I'll buy my 360, save my money I would of spent on the extra 2 PC's, bought a pretty new TV and than turned up the damn color on my screen. $400 or $1600? this game definitely does not make the difference worth the price difference.

[khellendros1]

EA is doing the conversion for the PS3 so it's going to suck much and I refuse to spend $400 dollars on a video card so I'll probably skip this one. Unless EA pulls off a miracle, which I highly doubt. With Ratchet coming out next week and Eye of Judgement, I'm going to be busy anyway.

[beaner71481]

the price of a pc is not solely based on gaming, pc's are by far the most versitle machines on the planet, you are paying for the best online network money can by with the best social features btw, a wide variety of tool and programs made to made everyday life easier and the ability to upgrade to keep the machine up to date. when you buy a up to date pc and do your research on the market chances are that you will not need to update more than once every 5 to 10 years other than your video card and that is seldom and cheap, that average computer upgrade runs me less than a couple hundred dollars, and i still cannot understand the argument that the xbox 360 is a better piece of equipment for anything based solely on price, if you want something nice in this world you have to pay for it. I was reading an article on here at one point that said something along the line of bill gates released the xbox because he saw sony as a threat to the computer market and the major motivation was branding, when you think of entertainment now you think of xbox i.e. microsoft and not sony and that was the goal. However PC WILL AWLAYS BE SUPERIOR.

[DEADEND]

The game looks really washed out on the 360 version, at least I think so.

[DFresh]

The PS3 version because of more space on the blu-ray disc for detail and Sony has fixed it's coloration problems so now it'll look better than ever plus the PS3 version comes w/ 2 other games as well Team Fortress 2 and Portal.
If anything Sony is gonna wipe out the competition clean with this game.
While the Xbox 360 stay the same in graphics the PS3 still continuing to grow.

[zonetrooper5]

I've got a 360 but I've always felt that Half Life series, or anything from Valve was meant to be on the PC. The fact is, you can spend up to £800 and get a half decent computer which will run Half Life 2 with most of the settings high.

My PC specs are not the greatest tbh but they are still good:

Intel Pent 4 3.06GHz
1.5GB ram
Geforce 7950GT OC 512mb PCI-E
160GB Hard Drive
Onboard soundcard (yes i know onboard stuff sucks but meh.)

I can run HL2 on all settings high, I think its 4xAA or more, HDR on full and many other stuff. Man The PC version was alway gonna kick the crap out of the console version and I should be able to make some maps for TF2. I'm making a map for a mod called Sourceforts (uses the Source engine lik Day of Defeat Source or CSS or HL2.)

Its called sf_elder.

[saltinekracka20]

What if I dont want to go spend $800 to get another computer? I still have my computer from 3 years ago, which would only run HL2 on the crappiest settings. $800 vs the $60 I spent for my 360 version, plus I experience no random hardware issues. The 360 version kicks its butt in that aspect, which is the major aspect for me.

Slightly worse graphics > spending $740.

[mighty_douche]

dude im not sure if they teach maths where your from but...

xbox = £350
game = £60
HDTV = £1000

that seems a little more expence then first appears huh. now i guess its ok if mummy bought the xbox and you use her HDTV but thats not the case for all of us.

[saltinekracka20]

I just had to come back and post on this again cause I can't believe the reasoning you're using. They teach math here AND English. Yes, it's "you're", not "your".

We're debating the cost of playing the game. I'd have to upgrade my pc to play this game on the pc. That would cost $740. Right?

To play this game on my 360 all I have to do is BUY THE GAME. I already HAVE a 360 to play it on, it's not like I have to go upgrade my 360 and buy another.

And that was a really stupid defense using the purchase of a TV, because no one has one of those yet, right?

Fin.

[Skerj]

Why is this even a question? The PC version was superior from the get go.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

For a two year old console to keep up with todays PCs is just great.

[power of Green]

What pics are you guys looking at?. The pic on the left has dark strange un-natural skin tones and the other on the right looks more realistic.

I can't see anything else except that the sky is not as bright in the left pic as the right.

[razer]

then PC game.

Screw the comparisons.. It looks freakin great on my big screen so I could give a crap what pc nerds see as better.. I've never had the RROD but I have had the Blue Screen of Death many times so F that!

[mighty_douche]

but with regards to the blue screen, pc's dont F themselves up, what ever some believe. 99.9% of pc problems are from users.

[Skerj]

That and if you have a blue screen of death, it's still from an MS product. HAH I know flamebait I'm sorry I just had to say it.

[Eagle_CFC]

the differences are so minimal!

The TF2 screenshot does look a fiar amount nicer on PC but still, the 360 version is barely behind, not bad for a 2 year old bit of hardware against a up to date state of the art PC. The devs clearly did a good job. These types of articles are for rival fanboys only, so that they can bicker about the tiny percentages that make up this console war.

[d3l33t]

no they arnt look at the vents for TF2.

and the AA is pretty high on the 360 v.

just my 2 cents

[DiGiTaL Ki11eR]

everyone shutup, they both look the same. the ps3 version will look the same too, ya know why?

because its the same exact fuc#ing game.

[BLACKJACK VII]

Please - PC vs. Console graphics comparisions are a joke. PC will always be superior, although I am primarily a console gamer. Just enjoy the game.

[Leathersoup]

... I have the game on my PC and I rented it for the Xbox 360 and they look fine.
I'd like to ask what output method they used for the output on the 360 as compared to the PC? Did they use DVI on the PC and composite on the Xbox? There's very little data given in regards to this.
I bet I can make the colours on my PC look much less vibrant. I can change my video settings so that the game is fricking black & white if I wanted to. I can also set the colour so that it's so vibrant that I wouldn't be able to see anything properly.

Of course I did buy the game for my PC. But that's simply because of the control scheme and I just play FPS games better at my desk.

[joevfx]

they make look similair in this shot, but once in movement, the PC look soooo much better. its so much more smooth.

[kingholmes]

ill say it i really dont like the 360 at all but who cares i mean if u like the game ull buy if u dont u will not iam sure this little diff is not going to make or break it i dont care if the 360 one has 2 rock and the ps3 one only has 1 i think now day the game that r ported or muilt look the same on any system so if u like it get it this is not news.Website need to quite comparing and a just rate them.

[TheXgamerLive]

Before I saw whuich was which I chose the Xbox 360 version's pics.

This is interesting, maybe there using a magnifying glass to look at the pics but based on human 20/20 vision, the X looks better.

**** Oh and again remember, most people don't have a $3,000 PC so it's going to look on average much better on Xbox 360, and ps3 for that matter I think. ****

[jazzmanb]

comparing these screens looks crazy..first off id expect the pc version to look a tad better than both the 360 and ps3 versions,but what tv did they use? is it a high end lcd? i doubt it because the colors look insane on my 32" vizio,and thats a low end lcd...i want to know about the performance of the games,framerate,draw distance,loading..etc...to be fair i think the ps3 version is going to have really bad framerate issues on all 5 of the games...it doesnt seem to do ports of 360 or pc games well at all..

[BaMYouRDeaD]

I'm sure the 360 and PS3 version are great, but how can you compare them to PC? Graphics would be pretty much the same unless you had a high-end PC, which in that case the PC graphics would be better. Gameplay is obviously better on PC for a FPS.

[USMChardcharger]

maybe I missed where in the article it mentions the TV...it would be nice to know what tv was used for the 360.

you have to include a TV in your equation with a 360 & PS3. some of the color issues could be chalked up to a less than adequate tv.

[jackdoe]

Jeez, I wonder? The platform that is limited to what is inside the box, or the the platform that could be infinitely upgraded? Jeez, what a dumb comparison.

[CRIMS0N_W0LF]

-.- HL2 and Source Engine requirements are very low. You can run Orange Box Fullest w/o having an expensive computer.

[sak500]

My vga card is more expensive than 360 and ps3 but still would buy it for 360 as i have 50" hdtv and i can lay down on my couch and play the game, not forgetting achievements and rumble for added immersion. viva la 360.

Edit: @uglygreen

I hve connected it to HDTV via svideo cables to watch movies etc but playing game is not practical. I tried BF2142 but somehow its not fun. Screen rez is max 1366x768 or something whereas my pc is 1440x900.

[Korosuke]

So why don't you connect your PC that has high-end GPU card to your sweet HDTV as a output display and plug the xbox360 pad into your PC as a control device.
It maybe more better.

[gw4k]

The 360 version of HL2 actually looks better. The colors are better and deeper. Just from the photos.

The next set of pictures, I would like to know what they are playing on. It is the same monitor for the pc and the 360? I would hate to point out that colors are different on different monitors/tvs.

I am not willing to claim a winner in this unless I have it in my hand and on my 52!

[bootsielon]

Because it was started as a PC game. The 360 and PS3 games are just ports. Same with PS3 games... they're ports from Xbox 360.

[Covenant]

Sorry, I'm too friggin' busy enjoying the GAME to worry about minor differences at a distance.

[Antiomo]

those console fanboys can bring up that price argument all over again.

But bare in mind this engine is not the most stellar nemore, meaning it can run on MANY pc rigs.

PC gaming has always played beyond any console and will always be that way.

[rosko486]

The reason they look so similiar is because it's not really one of those games that has crazy awesome graphics. Compare it to games like Gears and Bioshock and it's behind the times. It still uses the same engine that they used when HL2 originally came out. Already having a decent gaming rig, the PC version was the way to go. Purchasing it through Steam before it was released for 10% off and playing in the TF2 beta just couldn't be beaten by waiting for it on PS3 or 360.

[IntelligentAj]

When do Console games ever look better than PC games. Can someone point to me an instance where this has happened. I don't think it has seeing that some PC's are way more powerful than Consoles and therefore have higher capabilites.

[Radar_Ben]

Hi there, I'm Ben Richardson from GamesRadar.
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Hope that clears up any queries.