[DEFINITIVE] Half-Life 2 Thread

[FatCat]

You know, people who buy the game in stores and have no clue about steam or any of the crap going on, then bring the game home only to find they can't play it must be ticked.

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and all they have to do is start calling VU Games and we'll be playing this badboy come monday.

[ANova]

you suck, go buy a copy of Hl2. Besides i wish they can't come up with a crack. RELOADED never did with Counter-strike Source :p. Yay for that!!

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Says who? :shifty:

[Nexus-]

Wow this thread has grown, i soo cant wait to play this game :D

we need a neowin server  :unsure:

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there wont be a neowin half-life 2 server unless someone makes a deathmatch team dm and ctf mod.

[dreamthief]

there wont be a neowin half-life 2 server unless someone makes a deathmatch team dm and ctf mod.

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isn't half life 2 multiplayer, counter-strike source? so technically it should be Cs:source server :p

[ElementalDragon]

well.... there IS a HL2DM mod in the works.

http://www.jhgamers.com/hl2dm/

known about that one since like the beginning of the month. maybe earlier. they said they're first gonna work on getting regular HL2DM out so it's playable and everything, then they'll work on the other stuff like more models/skins for models and custom maps and all that other junk.

[Nexus-]

well its good to know someone is going to make it. its a definate download :D

[OrangeSoul]

This is taken from Metacritic.com

100

Edge Magazine

Half-Life 2 is a first-person shooter. But in action, storytelling, technical achievement, atmosphere and intensity it has far outdone its peers. Valve just hit the top note no other PC game developer could reach...The excuse that 'it's just a game' won't cut it anymore. [Dec 2004, p.102]

98

PC Gamer

History in the making. It raises the bar for interactive entertainment, and then uses that bar to club all other games into submission...Valve has forged the framework for the next generation of games, demonstrating what our medium can and should be able to accomplish - an exhilarating entertainment that can emotionally move you one moment, kick ass the next, and keep you immersed the whole time. [Dec 2004, p.48]

97

Computer and Video Games

Quotation forthcoming. [PC Zone]

96

Games Radar UK

A game of a higher order of magnitude than any of the previous pretenders to the throne. The polish and the stratospheric production values mean that Half-Life 2 is a magnificent, dramatic experience that has few peers. [PC Gamer UK, Dec 2004, p.66]

96

PC Format

Revel, savour and bask in the brilliance; this is a game that no gamer can afford to ignore... The PC's finest gaming moment, with a half-life of forever. [Nov 2004, p.83]

95

Game Informer

Technical wizardry is married to artistic brilliance throughout the presentation, from the oddly beautiful vistas of a post-apocalyptic Earth to the creepy alien Citadel...This will be remembered as a historic occasion in gaming. [Dec 2004, p.184]

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/halflife2/

[Varsity]

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/566/566154p1.html

:D

[Nexus-]

Hey Vivendi...seriously, f**k you.

rofl

uh question to anyone who would be so kind as to do so: If you bought the game in store can you scan the front back and left side of the box for a dvd cover and scan one of the cds?

a big thank you for anyone who wants to do it for us steam folks :D

[SaLiVa]

Man, that site is just full of swearing! thedeacon1 is swearing like he owns/won the swear words off some TV show. Im glad we have very good moderators here who snip the unnecessary posts here at Neowin.

[DoNuTs]

I just put vivendi up in the no-no section, together with bush and transvestites

[Ollie64]

So, reading between the lines, I think it *might* be quite a good game.....

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

I can't believe Vivendi's actions.. I assume Valve will seriously be distancing themselves after HL2 has been released and all the dust has settled down, and that any future games will be released WITHOUT Vivendi and a publisher who gets the point of Steam and all the people (like me) who paid for it ONLINE within a few minutes of the pricing packages being released?

Sons of bitches.. we're lining their pockets and they can't even give us a treat by letting Valve unleash it on the authentication servers.

[Kupo-Cheer]

Is it worth it to ruin your company's rep over something as little as this? I think Vivendi should be worrying a lot more about people who will migrate to steam just to circumvent paying them for the boxed version, rather than releasing the game a couple days early... seriously. People hate them now and that will be their downfall.

[Lanky]

I don't see the big deal here, the release date is set at the 16th, so thats when were gonna get to play it.

It may be the longest couple of days ever but we'll deal with it.

Obviously if it is unlocked many people will see that it is not in stores so they will decide to go steam/cancell their pre-orders through stores to play earlier, loosing vivendi alot of money.

I agree that valve deserves all of the money made from this game and would be happy to see everyone buy it from steam so vivendi makes no money at all but it dfosn't work like that unfortunately.

[DoNuTs]

Hey guys!

I'm pretty sure most are you are so hyped about this game, same goes for me.

But i'm just afraid Neowin will drown in Half-life 2 Related threads ( Like Doom III )

So i thought i'd create this thread! I hope you all agree that we need one final thread instead a million pointless ones.

Here you can:

Post the "It's OPEN! Whii"

Post your screenshots

Posts your spoilers, remember spoiler tags

Get help if Half-life 2 is acting up

Post relevant information

Modifications and add-ons + Other files for/about Half-life 2

Discuss the game in general ( Hint thread name )

And the list goes on. And we all know that people won't stick to a single thread ... They will create new threads! but let's not flood Neowin with the same BS like people did with Doom III

- DoNuTs out :cool:

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

I understand that Lanky, but sometimes its a shame when a company like Vivendi who are already battling in lawsuits with the company thats going to bring them a CRAP load of revenue from a long awaited game have to maintain the corporate a$$hole image right up until the very last minute and can't show a liiiitle bit of good faith. Its out there, people are buying it and waiting to play it.. why not just accept that the street date has been broken and let people play it!

[Ash]

I am still trying to decied to buy it or not!

I was gonna do that monthly subscription through Steam for 1 month to see if I would want to buy it, but they ain't gonna be offering that it turns out, so dunno if I will play it. More interested in the engine then the game really, wasn't too big on the original HL either.

If I do get it I hope they can at least prevent most cheating in online play.

[+Batfink Subscriber²]

Fat boy Gabe feels our pain:

Gabe.zip

[Kupo-Cheer]

Meh, I'm okay with waiting still anyway. Been waiting 6 years and I can wait 2 more days easy... unfortunately I probably wont even get the game on tuesday because it will be sold out locally and I can't buy over steam or online pretty much...

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

It's OPEN! Whii

;)

[DoNuTs]

Meh, I'm okay with waiting still anyway. Been waiting 6 years and I can wait 2 more days easy... unfortunately I probably wont even get the game on tuesday because it will be sold out locally and I can't buy over steam or online pretty much...

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6 years ... Err 4 years ago you didn't even kow Half-life 2 was in production

[Maxious]

If you own an Nvidia Card I strongly suggest getting the new 66.93 drivers. I have a 6800GT/3.0 Ghz P4 and went from 78 to 98fps in the CS Source video stress test... must go test them out on a low spec machine sometime.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_66.93

edit: lol at the "It's OPEN! Whii" post... so funny that i just had to load steam 3 times to check that it was fake, then call gabe newell at home to ask him, then yell at vivandi for making people make such reliable fakes before going back to constantly refreshing steam.

[Kupo-Cheer]

Fat boy Gabe feels our pain:

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Sweet, I love how Gabe actually answers his phone. (lol, get those foreign ******s)

[gunky]

well if you do decide to buy it, you will be getting cs: source... although that's not in the best shape as of yet with only three or four decent maps.