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Overall Tech and Preformance
Overall HL2 beats out D3 hands down. Doom 3 may be the wave of the future but many of it’s aspects are poorly implemented as with it’s characters and very taxing requirements. With higher polygon counts and better detail texturing D3 characters would have looked stunning. HL2 takes existing technology and polishes it to a brilliant shine. HL2 can render highly detailed outdoor areas where as if D3 tried it would explode. HL2 runs smooth as butter with my 2 year old computer getting 70+FPS with the HL2 benchmark while D3 stutters regularly, so in terms of performance HL2 runs laps around the hugely demanding D3. A fantastic netcode that can support up to 64 players with a consistent low ping where D3 comes with 4 player MP out of the box.