3 New Half-Life 2 Screens.


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Personally, it is safe to say that Valve has gamers by the balls when it comes to HL2. I am not angry that the release date was changed and with the quality of the leak in mid-September, in no way was Valve even close to being finished with HL2. The release of Condition Zero would have come after the release of HL2 if went retail on September 30 and that would not have been a wise move for Valve. HL2 would have dominated over CZ because of the new Source engine and all of the bells and whistles that were demonstrated at E3. Valve would lose a lot of real estate with CZ, and I predict that they still will lose revenue with it being released 4 or 5 months before the scheduled HL2 release date. This is only if Valve doesn't delay HL2 any further.

I would rather Valve take their time and produce a quality game than rush it to the market and have it be a big disappointment. This game is going to set the standard for all other games just like Half Life did when it was released. Most game companies never release their games on time anyway. Look at ID and Doom3, hell... Even Half Life was delayed a lot before release. It shows that the company is doing what they can to make sure that their end product is quality because once that final code is pressed and mass distributed there is no turning back. The leak also put more pressure on Valve and it wouldn't suprise me to see people ripping off parts of their new engine to use in future releases of other games.

HL2 will be worth the wait, and no one even really knew anything official until it was demonstrated at E3 which was in May of this year. Do you honestly think Valve could have developed HL2 in a matter of a year and matched the success that they had with Half Life? They have spent almost 4 years in R&D to make sure the next installment is groundbreaking like the first was.

Take your time Valve, it gives me some extra time to build a new system to take on that monster of a game you are developing. :whistle:

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finnaly someone who belives me :D

erm guys it was confirmed on pc gamer magazine that the second one is concept art lol! someone with the new issue plz scan it i dont have a scanner lol! its funny to see all the hype people make about it!

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