Half Life 2 Beta leaked?

[FatCat]

this isn't even a beta though it just the hackers or whoever trying to comile the textures they stole ugly as hell the guy with no face and stuff..yuck

[fvbounty]

Someone wouldn't go through all that trouble to only get the source code. I'm sure they probably would have gotten the rest of the files too.

Everyone ... cut all the BS about a leak not necessarily stolen. Its WAS stolen. My heart goes out the programmers invovled. Imagine working 5 years of your life and then having it all stolen and not made any money from it.

I'm sure if someone stole your $2000+ computer or car which you'd spent months earning you'd be complaining to everyone. This is the same thing. Its STEALING. I hope the idiot(s) who stole the source 1) get the FBI after them; 2) get to spend a long time in jail and being someone else's b*****. They deserve it.

And if you actually have the source and the leaked demo why brag about having it? Its no better than being the stolen goods dealer trying to sell your stolen computer.

Just my 2 cents.

:angry: :angry: :angry: Your right on with that I know if I worked 5 years on something and someone stole it I'd like to find in a DARK ally some night

[gwilson]

Thats what insurance is for :D

So it's okay to steal a car if it is insured? I'm glad I don't live in your world.

[CoLdFuSi0n]

sure in my world if the car need fixing really bad, someone can steal it. That way i can get the money for it and a new car :)

[topher1078]

Neowin poll some time ago...

2003 belongs to

Doom III 653

Half-Life 2 1574

Hahaha... Source code surely belongs to 2003.. :D

Heck, looking at screenshots, and yes I know they are low res and the game is beta, but please spare me.. even DOOM3 Alpha looks better on GeForce2 or some stoneage card that supports OpenGL. And I am not talking about FPS as it's a different story. I am personally really disappointed in HL2. I was really looking forward to it, but not anymore. The game looks more like HL1 with a Havok engine.

And yes yes.. before you say anything.. it's beta, I know...

See, it's people like you that make Valve worried about this leak. First off, its a beta. Second off, its a beta. Third off, its a beta. Have you actually seen any of the preview videos showing people falling down stairs incredibly realistically or showing a matress slowly slide over a ledge or a number of other amazing things (not to mention the best AI in a game, well, since Half Life 1).

[Redfusion]

I decided to take some in game screens from my own experience

My computer specs are as follows

Amd Athlon Xp 2500+ Barton 1833mhz

2X256 Dual DDR 3200 @ 333mhz

GeForce4 Ti4200 64 Meg (game runs pretty good @ 1280x720)

60gig 7200rpm hd

abit nf7 mobo

Screens will update Frequently

http://s87057829.onlinehome.us/001.JPG

http://s87057829.onlinehome.us/002.JPG

http://s87057829.onlinehome.us/003.JPG

http://s87057829.onlinehome.us/004.JPG

[blachole]

I must say those looks really good with your specs.

[PrivPropertitie]

I decided to take some in game screens from my own experience

My computer specs are as follows

Amd Athlon Xp 2500+ Barton 1833mhz

2X256 Dual DDR 3200 @ 333mhz

GeForce4 Ti4200 64 Meg (game runs pretty good @ 1280x720)

60gig 7200rpm hd

abit nf7 mobo

Screens will update Frequently

http://s87057829.onlinehome.us/001.JPG

http://s87057829.onlinehome.us/002.JPG

http://s87057829.onlinehome.us/003.JPG

http://s87057829.onlinehome.us/004.JPG

Are you having fun? :)

I think that those pics would look a lot better if you used 4xAA & 8xAF have you tried yet?

Does it support AA & AF?

[LiGhTfast]

Very nice screens Redfusion, Hl2 looks to be a great game... Some really nice locations, i can't wait for valve to get the final out

btw welcome to neowin

[Airw0lf]

how do i get the single player mode working?

or is it not available.

i which level i get the man in the buttom right corner with the white eyes (i saw him on some screenies) :blink:

[FatCat]

still ugly , nothing compared to the screens released by valve or the bink movies.

[tomwarren Veteran]

I'm suprised they're not further along, this is stamped as the end of september and there is still a lot missing :s

[blachole]

bs man those look good for a beta. Anything you get from valve will be top of the line screens.

[~clean]

this isn't even a beta though it just the hackers or whoever trying to comile the textures they stole ugly as hell the guy with no face and stuff..yuck

True, its all looking far to crappy for my books. Im waiting for this .. aint even sniffing at the beta, I feel that it will spoil the exsperiance when HL2 comes out. Might just be me though !

[blachole]

I have yet to see screens form a radeon 128mb card...

[PrivPropertitie]

I think the eyes look ugly because they use shaders and maybe they are not working? Maybe who thook those screenshots didnt have a dx9 or dx8 card...

[maeby]

HOLY **** I'M PLAYING HALF LIFE 2!~!~~~~~!@!

[Timan Veteran]

http://underground.infinity.net.pl/halflif...town_020001.jpg could pass off for hl1 :|

i can only hope all these screenies are from peoples comps that have ****ty hardware...

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

Well I think those screenshots further prove that this is not a proper beta.. more like the compiled source, with textures from other sources.

I dunno.. i'm seriously sceptical. VALVe have shown us infinately better stuff than this already.. VALVe were demo'ing a nearly complete (but beta) version of Half Life 2, and it looked awesome.. these shots of a supposed beta are pretty bad imho. It might well be a very very early beta, or just a hastily assembled cludge of poor textures and basic engine parts.

[cazE]

Airw0lf....nice Av :woot:

Redfusion: i sorta envy ya but how's the FPS? do you have aa/af turned on ?

[sanctified Veteran]

you guys who are playing this just ruined your first impression :yes:

[cazE]

some sources calling this an alpha, not beta due to harsh textures etc...

[nomis_nehc]

haha, I come back from school and see my post has been edited. oh well, I guess those that can get their hands on it will know the filesize anyways.

[djze]

I don't believe this is a beta, it's just a crappy compilation from the code

[thetman]

=========================== HL2 beta

/\ ten foot pole