[DEFINITIVE] Half-Life 2 Thread

[BrentNewbury]

Yey, just completed it myself! The ending is quite odd; fun, but still odd.

- Tranq

[sin-ergy]

Oh, and if you haven't figured this out already, Barney is The G-Man because the same guy voices them both: Mike Shapiro. I found that out awhile ago actually, but I was pretty shocked to hear it because they sound totally different to me.

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this better be a really bad joke or imma jack you up.

[sin-ergy]

That was too eery :x  BTW, love your quote under your av.

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long time fan of a classic :happy:

[nekrosoft13]

This isn't good. So many bugs in Half life 2? Sad...

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yap

while doom3 runned flawlessly

i had couple bugs in hl2 already

[BananaMan]

Having only recently done a personal comparison between HL & HLS, I have to say that the textures have been worked on quite a bit.  No mega improvement ala CS/CS:S, but still better than the original.

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Ah, you're right. The area I was playing initially had virtually identical textures, but I notice the difference now in the earlier parts of the game. My bad!

[mick0142]

this better be a really bad joke or imma jack you up.

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i don't think he meant the same character in the game, just the same guy voicing them, kinda like how seth mcfarlan voices like half of family guy :)

[sin-ergy]

i don't think he meant the same character in the game, just the same guy voicing them, kinda like how seth mcfarlan voices like half of family guy :)

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yeah and just recently i realized who does the voice for meg. jackie from that 70's show!

[Varsity]

Agreed. The title says it all, at least for the most of us :blink:

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Yeah, it's not like the title is 'guess what this gun is!'.

[sin-ergy]

haha not sure if this is been posted but from penny-arcade:

[SaLiVa]

haha not sure if this is been posted but from penny-arcade:

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I wonder if thats possible :p hahaha. I just kept on doing it on Combine soldiers, so its just really fun. Though I have to wonder, you're invincible through the first parts of the game. Maybe G Man gave you special powers before you put on the HEV suit.

[Shadrack]

wow what a dork... theres an option to take that off....

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This game has just really tried my patients. First it took over 45 minuets to get in the game AFTER it was already off the CDs. It spends a minuet every time I start the game looking for an internet connection before I can say "play offline!" They are just really screwing over the people who actually payed for the game.

[Rogue`]

Well to me now, its almost gone, way way way better than it was....used the autoexec.cfg and set it to 5.1 :)

Thnx to those who sugested these :p

[sin-ergy]

I wonder if thats possible :p hahaha. I just kept on doing it on Combine soldiers, so its just really fun. Though I have to wonder, you're invincible through the first parts of the game. Maybe G Man gave you special powers before you put on the HEV suit.

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that's like one of the first things i tried. i was picking stuff up and chucking it at the combine soldiers. didn't do much though. they just ignored me o_O

[SaLiVa]

that's like one of the first things i tried.  i was picking stuff up and chucking it at the combine soldiers.  didn't do much though.  they just ignored me o_O

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You must have a very good reputation with Dr. Breen :ninja:

They attacked me with their sticks!!! But I enjoyed that... I never died :p Try a briefcase next time. Or maybe its a combine was blocking the path or something - They dont move but take out their baton instead... If you want some fun, try jumping on their heads :p

[Elliot B.]

How do I get up there? (I am assuming it's what I have to do next...)

[sin-ergy]

You must have a very good reputation with Dr. Breen  :ninja:

They attacked me with their sticks!!! But I enjoyed that... I never died :p Try a briefcase next time. Or maybe its a combine was blocking the path or something - They dont move but take out their baton instead... If you want some fun, try jumping on their heads :p

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now that i think of it i was only throwing stuff at the combine that were blocking a certain path. haha jumping on their heads. i'll remember when i play it through hard mode :)

[Djmutik1013]

I love throwing **** at the combine it is so fun, At the beginning of the game when there are two standing outside of a building I threw something at one and he chased me until He could get a shot at me. Amazing AI

[OrangeSoul]

ok im stuck after the ravenloth when we first see the antlions, i try to get my buggy to jump over the bridge but it fails everytime., how do i go across it.

PS the physics in this game are unmatched. the car physics are even more realistic than GT or other racing games

[mick0142]

shift = turbo

[Varsity]

Ravenloth with a buggy? :p

Hold shift to get turbo.

[OrangeSoul]

DAMN IT! i knew it!!! but i had a feeling turbo was only for running

[Varsity]

I'm not sruprised milions of people are affected by this after all the game was tested only internally and all reviews were done by people who played it on valves computers :(

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Millions? At best a few hundred. It only seems more because if you DON'T have a problem you don't post. It's the worst thing about official forums.

[Faiden]

the bad thing is that you can?t see how many grenades thats in your rifle

[PimpinWithAaron]

Uhh..what was all that

Would playing the original HL really clarify what just happened, i mean doesnt seem like much of an ending

and whos that guy with the briefcase at the end..he seems weird

i tried searching google for a layout of the hl1 storyline but couldnt find one

anyone know a site?

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Audio problem still exists for me, I have yet to try any of the solutions in this thread, which I am going to so TIA for them.

I do want to add it happened for me with both my Realtek OnBoard AC97 sound, and then also with my Audigy 2. I decided to Install my Audigy 2 about a half an hour into playing Tuesday, without knowing or hearing if anyone else was having problems yet. I thought originally it was just an isolated experience for a few, which now obviously I know it is not.

Considering how many people seem to be having a problem, I am not sure how something like this could have gotten overlooked when finalizing a gold candidate... Anyway...

All drivers absolutely up to date, Hardware Acceleration on every setting from High to None, Speaker Settings in game from 2 to 5.1, sound quality in game set from Low To High, nothing helped at all. Tuesday was the one day I had designated a good amount of hours to actually fully play the game, but I spent almost all of those hours troubleshooting my sound instead (I tend to get consumed and want to find a solution when something like this happens, hence me installing my Audigy after about 30 minutes), so needles to say it was not a pleasurable experience at all.

Also it is not a graphics card issue, my 6800 ultra handles the game like a hot knife through butter. Just to make sure I also tried every graphic setting possible, and the problem still happened at 800*600 with low settings, which is incredibly below my recommended settings.

Hopefully one of these fixes do help, and I will post if any of them do.

It is making the absolutely most incredible game experience I have ever had somewhat frustrating and disappointing to say the very least.