[DEFINITIVE] Half-Life 2 Thread

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

best buy as been selling it for a while now, you can buy the hard copy of it, but you cant activate it(play) it untill midknight pacific time, or 3am east coast

What.. :ninja:

That's in the states though right.?

I just called Ebgames (Toronto). They're selling it next day, I thought they were doing midnight sellings they do with big games.

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[-hurley18]

Half life 2 $44.99

[syphern]

LOL I dont know why im excited, im not going to get my copy till Thursday and play it over the weekend!

[Phemo]

does it cost the same if i were to buy HL2 off steam? for $50 or buy a hard copy tomorow.. for ?30 ??

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Going by the current exchange rate it'd be a tad cheaper - $50 is ?27 right now. Depends whether you a). want to risk not being able to get a copy and/or b). have plans to do anything else tomorrow anyway;);)

I like the Steam thing, sure it'd be nice to have a proper box and disc but it's just less hassle to download it via Steam.

[berzerk]

hahaha, virgin sell it for ?31.99. available from 01/01/2020.:laugh::

http://www.virginmegastores.co.uk/pws/Prod...(pwsprodsearch)

[tysons_2001]

what time does it get released?

[Blackima]

Amazon.co.uk just dispatched my copy 4 ?33.26 incl VAT & delivery.... WOOOOOOT!!!!!

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But I thoguht amazon.co.uk were selling 'em for ?26.99 (with free delivery on supersaver):

At Amazon.co.uk

[[ timko ]]

what time does it get released?

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Taken from another thread...

[S.MULLA]

rofl..!! why dont you guys order it from play.com.. 29.99 despatched... next day del... and its in stock too :yes:

seems amazon have dropped thier prices.. nice.. :cool: but with amazon comes a 3-5day delivery service which just sucks.. :no:

[[ timko ]]

The comment about it feeling like a middle chapter is apt. Considering it's rumored Half-Life 3 isn't to far off either.

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Sounds like it could be like the Matrix Trilogy then in that the 1st one comes out and it's a huge success. Then a big gap of several years before the 2nd and 3rd installments arrives in the space of one year :)

[Blackima]

,Nov 16 2004, 00:07]Sounds like it could be like the Matrix Trilogy then in that the 1st one comes out and it's a huge success. Then a big gap of several years before the 2nd and 3rd installments arrives in the space of one year :)

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lol, but in the matric trilogy the 2nd and 3rd one's were crap :pinch: (according to some that is :shifty:)

[G4M3R]

Some of you guys must be getting close to the game unlocking

[sin-ergy]

Some of you guys must be getting close to the game unlocking

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that makes no sense.

[Phemo]

Some of you guys must be getting close to the game unlocking

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It unlocks for everyone at the exact same point in time, just different hours because of time zones. Nobody will get the game unlocked before anyone else.

[Kupo-Cheer]

Some of you guys must be getting close to the game unlocking

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lol, by some you mean everyone in the world I guess.

[Xeon Inc.]

well steam is down... why am i not surprised

well the forums anyways

[LOC Veteran]

well steam is down... why am i not surprised

well the forums anyways

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They always take down the forums for a big release, sometimes you get an offical page saying so, other times you get an SQL database error lol

[Xeon Inc.]

wow reallly hmmm didnt know that thanx

[ForeverUnknown]

wow great job. i think the music fits hl2 nicely

[Kupo-Cheer]

Yeah the forums go down to conserve bandwidth and to keep idiots at bay and not spamming the forums after every major release, especially something like HL2.

[Nexus-]

also i just thought about it and if you can post here you got to have internet access to be able to download netzero. :)

[sin-ergy]

6 hours till release. 8 hours until i play ;D

[b mitchell]

Why the 2 hour difference?

[jackwanders]

how could this game not reinvent the genre?! i highly disagree with that.

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Here's a prime example of hype clouding judgement.

You haven't played the game and you're 'highly' disagreeing with someone who has.

Look at it this way. Ask yourself, "what does the sequel to Half-Life need to do in order to reinvent the (FPS) genre?"

In order to do that the game would have to be astonishingly different from other games in the genre. One of those games HL2 would have to be astonishingly different from is its predecessor, Half-Life. While HL2 presents better graphics, better physics, a lip-sync system for voice and many other great features, these do not 'reinvent' the FPS genre. They surely take it to a much higher level and set the bar for future games, but after HL2 comes out, the FPS will still be the same FPS we all knew and loved since perhaps the original HL. I could see HL as reinventing the genre since it was the first to introduce a huge story element to the game. Previous games had been only point-and-shoot fests. Perhaps I'm just uninformed as to all HL2 has to offer, but I don't see anything that takes FPS games in a completely new direction.

And don't worry, I'm wearing my flame-retardant underwear.

[Kupo-Cheer]

also i just thought about it and if you can post here you got to have internet access to be able to download netzero. :)

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But you can get a free cd in the mail (minus shipping charges I guess) with the stuff on it probably.