Exactly, all this game did was take good ideas from other games and just throw them into one game. Well every level besides that Follow Freeman one, that was something I never expected to happen in a game for a while yet. That one really made me happy to be a gamer again
I dont think Austrailia, or anyone for that matter, got an edited version of the game. There were quite a few scenes I saw in the alpha (which as I mentioned over a year ago on here, I played), and the trailers that did not make the final cut of the game. Or maybe not everything has been unlocked via Steam yet? Someone from Valve has mentioned on the Steam Powered forums that a Surprise is coming soon.
As I said last night, the story in the game is a huge letdown. Unless I was not paying attention I didnt catch anything that mattered. It was only in the last level that Valve made an effort to actually explain what the hell was going on. By then, I felt it was too late. Also, what the **** was with that Alex chick actually doing trusting that Dr Mossman/Mothman or whatever that other chicks name was. This, after that Doc, had already double crossed her and her father. If I was Alex, I would have pinned her down and forced some lesbianism on her.
Again, if it was not for the G-Man payoff at the end. This game would have been an even bigger let down. I always had a feeling that Valve would end the game on some kind of cliffhanger after they announced Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 3 together some time last year. Lets just hope they go the way of the Original Star Wars Trilogy or the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and not the way of the Matrix Trilogy.