[DEFINITIVE] Half-Life 2 Thread

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MagicMan

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LOL - this sucks. I've just taken 4 days off work. Maybe I should have added today aswell as I left for work 45 minutes before it was unlocked.

Now I have to wait all day before I can play the game as I don't think our net admins would appreciate me hogging the bandwidth on our net connection :(

Ah well, full day off tomorrow so I can stay up all night :-p

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Weasel

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Here's a couple screenshots (no spoilers, its just of the first level)

http://www.almostsmart.com/upload/files/20...tion_010001.jpg

http://www.almostsmart.com/upload/files/20...tion_060000.jpg

The last one looks so good in person, the birds start flying off when there is a loud noise.

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kiddingguy

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HI,

I'm thinking of buying the Limited (silver) Edition of HL2.

However, do you guys think that this game (without any adjustments to my system, coz I don't have the money) runs smoothly (system specs in sig)... or is my videocard the bottleneck and do you guys suggest to wait for either a new card or new PC?

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tomasarson

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i bought the silver package a bit ago.

good value i think.

half life 2 is downloading.

half life source is also download.

can't wait to get going.

using a geforce fx 5600 amd hoping for the best.

if half life 2 plays pretty crappy i'll have fun with half life source until i get a new card.

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r4esh

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Hey alright. I'm only 45 mins into the game, but here are some screenys for anyone that has to wait for the game. More will come so just wait till tomarrow after i get some sleep :) .

IMG 01

IMG 02

IMG 03

IMG 04

IMG 05

IMG 06

IMG 07

P.S. - FRIGGIN AMAZING GAME!

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