Half-Life 2 Steam presale begins, Counter-Strike: Source now
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#1 Posted by Co-ords on 07 Oct 2004 - 21:35
- Now the countdown for HL2
1 000 000, 999 999, 999 998, 999 997... (LOL)
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#2 Posted by Lanky on 07 Oct 2004 - 21:36
- I dont wanna play cs
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#2.1 Posted by ryoujikaji on 07 Oct 2004 - 21:44
- i want both!
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#3 Posted by elliot on 07 Oct 2004 - 21:56
- I'll wait for my preorder from amazon. Never been too keen on CS.
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#4 Posted by mental™ on 07 Oct 2004 - 22:20
- I thought the day would never come...
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#5 Posted by Sporkguy on 07 Oct 2004 - 22:21
- omg CS: Source is the single greatest game on the planet... so glad I got my copy the minute it became avail
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#6 Posted by peterish on 07 Oct 2004 - 22:23
- OMG CSS!!!!!!!! PWN!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111
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#7 Posted by jeavis on 07 Oct 2004 - 22:28
- The graphics are really nice and the physics are top notch but it's still Counter Strike.
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#8 Posted by GiB WaKeR on 07 Oct 2004 - 22:37
- It's quite, quite, QUITE fun!
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#9 Posted by Chicane-UK on 07 Oct 2004 - 22:43
- I caved.. and spent the past few hours running around being a total n00b on CS
- I aint played CS for years and god it showed
Promising for HL2 though - physics, etc and the way the game runs is just nice. Can't wait for the main (and now paid for) event
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#10 Posted by angrybrit on 07 Oct 2004 - 22:43
- I played CS: S 15 mins. It's great!!!
I wasn't surprised about HL2 though.
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#11 Posted by GL_RandomHero on 07 Oct 2004 - 22:48
- Rumor is PC Gamer(US) gave HL2 a 98 percent and thats a tie with the highest score they've ever given. So HL2 must be pretty kick ass.
Anyways...I think I'll buy the Gold Package.
And CS Source is awesome...I had played it in the beta and the only bad part is that I've always hated Dust...and that was the only map available during the beta.
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#12 Posted by Darkness2k on 07 Oct 2004 - 23:01
- Upgraded my ATI-Serial (Bronze) to the Silver version... Not interested in the collectors (Gold) stuff, already got that Preordered anyway.
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#12.1 Posted by bangbang023 on 08 Oct 2004 - 00:16
- Upgraded the same. $10 for the whole shabang aint bad.
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#13 Posted by thornz0 on 07 Oct 2004 - 23:02
- i didnt think id buy it through steam, but given the opportunity i did it without pause
anyhow, CS has never been my thing, ive always prefered quake deathmatches, but its still good fun.
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#14 Posted by DrunkenMaster on 07 Oct 2004 - 23:42
- I just traded 5 games in to pre-pay for HL2. I just have to sit and wait now. Yea!
Are there any other good mods coming out for HL2? I read of a sword fighting one. Is the DOD source upgrade going to be significantly better? That game was way more fun, for me, than CS.
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#15 Posted by neo_joel on 08 Oct 2004 - 00:30
- *continues to play the waiting game*
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#16 Posted by Ironman273 on 08 Oct 2004 - 02:01
- Why do I keep getting a "Specified subscription is invalid" when I try to purchase the Silver package?
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#17 Posted by offroadaaron on 08 Oct 2004 - 02:46
- i found cs really bad but css is wicked
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#18 Posted by insaneshaft on 08 Oct 2004 - 03:48
- The shooter doesn't have a release date yet, but Valve will take your money anyway.
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#18.1 Posted by tele-fragd on 08 Oct 2004 - 03:50
- Hehe I quite like these small comments that are being dropped. "but Valve will take your money anyway."
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#18.2 Posted by ANova on 08 Oct 2004 - 05:11
- If it were up to Valve they would release HL2 immediately, but a contract between them and Vivendi Universal is preventing that, since Vivendi are being greedy assholes and sitting on the release.
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#18.4 Posted by theyarecomingforyou on 08 Oct 2004 - 17:10
- They're hardly "taking" your money... you are getting a product in return. Heck, more people will buy Half-Life 2 for CSource than for the game itself; so really it's just a delay until you can play singleplayer.
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#19 Posted by insaneshaft on 08 Oct 2004 - 05:51
- true, but then so are valve by charging the same prices as if it went through a publisher anyway.
everyone's hungry, especially gabe
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#20 Posted by Flash on 08 Oct 2004 - 06:00
- id buy the cds, not some virtual files to be downloading on the computer. cds are better anyways i mean, who the heck would go to a friends house to download the games when you just insert cds in the tray?
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#20.1 Posted by sloppycode on 08 Oct 2004 - 09:16
- they invented these things called CD burners recently I know what you mean tho, lend the steam account to a random internet buddy, and watch him change the email address, not quiet the same
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#21 Posted by SoLiD_MasteR on 08 Oct 2004 - 07:48
- bought the bronze ....cs:s amazing !!
going to buy gold on other steam account also
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#22 Posted by Chicane-UK on 08 Oct 2004 - 08:18
- I'd like to know how many sales they made in the first day of pre-order being available - SO many hungry gamers, salivating for a taste of whats to come.
And of course you do get a TIINY little bit of HL2 in the Video Stress Test in CS: Source......
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#23 Posted by sloppycode on 08 Oct 2004 - 08:30
- all that time cs:source beta had all the maps already on it hence the 400mb or w/e
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#24 Posted by Gian-Pa on 08 Oct 2004 - 12:19
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#25 Posted by fobban on 08 Oct 2004 - 12:31
- Hmm what can I say.. WHAT AN AWESOME ENGINE!
It's even more awesome that they're going to release Half-Life 1 with the Source engine, coool! Until those games are available I'll stick to CS
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#26 Posted by antareus on 08 Oct 2004 - 12:31
- Why anyone would be excited about paying for what is essentially a graphics update to Counterstrike is beyond me. CS has always had bottom-of-the-barrel gameplay.
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#26.1 Posted by threetonesun on 08 Oct 2004 - 14:11
- I'll be the first to say I like DoD/Team Deathmatch esque games a lot more, but CS is a cool concept. Plus, the Source version plays differently than the original ... it's more better
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#26.2 Posted by Surr3al on 08 Oct 2004 - 16:40
- Wow, Antareus seeing that CS is the #1 mult-player fps right now you couldn't be more wrong. Well, your opinion is right, but globally (where cs exists) it's incorrect.
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#26.3 Posted by ANova on 08 Oct 2004 - 19:29
- You aren't really paying for CSS, you're paying for HL2. CSS is just the multiplayer aspect of HL2. A deathmatch will be coming as well, whether officially or as a mod. And even if you don't consider HL2 to be good the game is worth it just for the engine, I hope you realize how many mods will come about from Source.
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#27 Posted by Sub on 08 Oct 2004 - 13:24
- I dont know about some, but I'm really not even interested in Half Life 2 anymore. Dont forget it was around September 20th 2003 that is was supposed to be out..I've totally lost my hipe....
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#27.1 Posted by Summoner on 08 Oct 2004 - 15:38
- You know you will buy it as soon as all your friends buy it and tell you constantly how cool it is.
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#27.3 Posted by Dale on 08 Oct 2004 - 18:44
- i have to 100% agree with you, all my friends are hyped up about it, however i am not.
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#27.4 Posted by ANova on 08 Oct 2004 - 19:36
- What a lame excuse. I think you're just rebelling against what is considered 'popular mainstream'. The game will be good despite the delay, and if you choose to pass then so be it. That's one less complainer to have to listen to.
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#28 Posted by dzjepp on 08 Oct 2004 - 18:18
- Gian-Pa, is DoD: Source and HL1: Source available already as well? Just got me thinking because in your screen shot it looks like both those titles have a [colored] icon, unlike HL2 which is still grayed out.
Well, since Valve lets you prepay for your game ahead of time, do they fully expect to win the [legal] battle with Vivendi then? I would be slightly worried to say the least. Are they sure they can win this battle say sometime in November [when HL2 'is scheduled'] for a tentative release date?
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#29 Posted by jamcon04 on 08 Oct 2004 - 19:12
- Well I caved and bought silver, very nice played Aztec and Office, might as well just delete all my old cs stuff because this is the Shi@ Able too run in 1024 with my Geforce TI 4200-2800 AMD-512R and ran between 35-65 frames , Highly recommened game imo. I just hope Valve/vivendi/ati can work out there problems and get us the rest of what we payed for ASAP
Valve has announced that online orders for Half-Life 2 via the developer's Steam downloading service have begun. While the oft-delayed first-person shooter still does not have a concrete release date, those who order the game will receive the final version of Counter-Strike: Source immediately. That game's beta has now officially closed.
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