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Posted by Universal Exports
Since people are discussing Halo 2, we might as well start to discuss Half Life 2 as well!



It'll be released tomorrow (tuesday) here in sweden at least! It looks as if it's a wicked game. I even hear it has been rated 98% in PC Gamer's latest magazine, highest ever rated. So it's sure something to look forward to.

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Taken from the official site:
By taking the suspense, challenge and visceral charge of the original, and adding startling new realism and responsiveness, Half-Life 2 opens the door to a world where the player's presence affects everything around him, from the physical environment to the behaviors even the emotions of both friends and enemies

The player again picks up the crowbar of research scientist Gordon Freeman, who finds himself on an alien-infested Earth being picked to the bone, its resources depleted, its populace dwindling. Freeman is thrust into the unenviable role of rescuing the world from the wrong he unleashed back at Black Mesa. And a lot of people he cares about are counting on him.

The intense, real-time gameplay of Half-Life 2 is made possible only by Source®, Valve's new proprietary engine technology. Source provides major enhancements in:

Characters - Advanced facial animation system delivers the most sophisticated in-game characters ever seen. With 40 distinct facial "muscles," human characters convey the full array of human emotion, and respond to the player with fluidity and intelligence.

Physics - From pebbles to water to 2-ton trucks respond as expected, as they obey the laws of mass, friction, gravity, and buoyancy.

Graphics - Source’s shader-based renderer, like the one used at Pixar to create movies such as Toy Story® and Monster's, Inc.®, creates the most beautiful and realistic environments ever seen in a video game.

AI - Neither friends nor enemies charge blindly into the fray. They can assess threats, navigate tricky terrain, and fashion weapons from whatever is at hand.










Posted by craigl21
Looks awesome, should i say sounds awesome. Playing 1st one at mo

Posted by k4m!k4ze
whoa ! WICKED GRAPHICS !

Posted by Rul
Looks amazing!!!

Posted by nickorooster
Damnit, they kinda sprung the release date on me. I only found out its out tomorrow a week ago, when i chose halo 2 as "this months game". Aw well, looks like ill have to find some money somewhere...

Posted by parsnip
Sounds amazing wkat are the hl games like iv never played on any

Posted by nickorooster
I finished Half-Life a month ago (I hadn't ever played single-player before...)... Damn I NEED to know what happens next. That Bloody screen is not nearly satisfiying enough:


SUbject: Gordon Freeman
Status: Hired (or "Deceased" depending on what choice you make.)

Nick

Posted by Spawney
Can u play it online? U get cs source too if u buy via steam.

Posted by Universal Exports
Only if you buy it through steam? I think you get it with HL2 anywhere...
Haveplayeed through half of the first game butstoppeda year ago,will finish it now and then move on to the second one.

Posted by Universal Exports
I have bought the game now! Couldn't resist... I got CS: Source with it even though I didn't buy it from steam.

Has anybody played it yet? I can't wait to play!

Posted by Universal Exports
I really thought that there would be more intrest in this game...

Anywayz, to be able to try it I've gotta have a steam account and (probably due to too many connections) I can't create one! So I have two games (hl2, and CS: Scource) but can't try them, lol!
Have to try again tomorrow

Posted by 50Cent
the thing is to run it on decent graphics u need a pretty powerful PC.... other than that, it looks wiked!

Posted by nickorooster
Yeah, to be honest, the lowest graphics requirements are really a 9500PRO (if you were lucky enough to grab one;) ) or a similar NVidia card.

I played the alpha (never actually had it myself, but some guy at a LAN showed me) and that ran smoothly on his 9500PRO and AMD XP2400+ so I hope it'll be nice on my similar system...


Nick

Posted by Universal Exports
I've got a AMD 64 3.2,1gb RAM and a 9800 pro 128. I want a new grafics card

I really can't understand why no one talks about this game since it's the best game ever!

Posted by ADT0079
I will have game tonight . All other games run nice on my system. Doom 3,NFSU2,and other recent games . Have pent 3 833 mhz 512 mb of sdram and a Nvida 256 mb 5700 agp graphics card. It will still run and look good.Hopefully!

Posted by Universal Exports
Have now decided that I'm gonna buy a Leadtek WinFast A400 GT TDH GeForce 6800GT 256Mb...
I thinks it's a good card. Any second thoughts are appreciated though.
Gonna play, just a little bit in the days and await the card o I can play it on maximum quality!!

Posted by 50Cent
you gonna have a VERY light wallet after that!!!! enjoy! its a great card IMO

Posted by ADT0079
Getting an AMD 2.4Ghz i'll just stick all my goodies in thatHave game now and will check it out when i get off work

Posted by Universal Exports
Think I'll have to sell my wallet too
But yeah, it's supposed to be a great card

Posted by Universal Exports
"We don't go to Ravenholm..." Phwee, finally thorugh with Ravenholm. I try to play just a little bit until I get my new card but when you start you can't stop!
What's everybody elses opinion on this game? Better then Doom3?
(I know what I think )

Posted by 50Cent
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On 2004-11-20 17:24:58, Universal Exports wrote:
Better then Doom3?
(I know what I think )




thats like comparing the K700 to the N3210!!!! no contest mate

Posted by Universal Exports
so do I think, but there may still be those out there who think Doom is better... I thought that was boring since you only walked around in the same corridors and shot monsters

Something wicked (and scary ) in HL2 is when you launch an explosive tube at a zombie and it takes fire and walks a little bit further, screaming and on fire! It's so cool (btw, did you know that today's youth is quite dusturbed )...


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