Wake up and..smell...the ashes
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Ryen Jade
This is a takeover!
Join date: 21 Jun 2003
Posts: 1,329
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10-18-2004 19:53
I LOVE drama titles, HALF-LIFE 2 HAS GONE GOLD!Offical Press Release Now quoteage From: someone Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) today announced that Half-Life® 2, the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed PC titles in gaming history, will ship to retail outlets around the world in November. The Company confirmed that Half-Life 2, developed by Valve Software, has gone gold with a planned retail street date of November 16, 2004. The countdown to the highly anticipated retail street date has begun around the world, as VU Games completes plans to ship localized versions of Half-Life 2 simultaneously in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Korean, Thai and Japanese. Now, this also brings up the topic, what are your views on half-life 2? Will you be purchasing it? DO YOU REALLY CARE? My answers, revolutionary, already did(Steam package), YES I F*%KING CARE, THATS WHY I MADE THIS TRHEAD!
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From: Korg Stygian Between you, Ryen the twerp and Ardith, there's little to change my opinion here.. rather you have reinforced it each in your own ways IM A TWERP, IM A TWERP!  Whats a twerp? 
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Moleculor Satyr
Fireflies!
Join date: 5 Jan 2004
Posts: 2,650
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10-18-2004 20:16
Holy crap, it's coming out four days before my birthday! YAY! And VUG isn't going to delay it the six months we were worried about! YAY!
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Sezmra Svarog
Pointy-Eared Geek
Join date: 8 Jul 2004
Posts: 446
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10-18-2004 20:22
I kind of care. I'm a gamer afterall... while I still have yet to play anything Half Life related(yeah, I KNOW I said I was a gamer, but FPS' make me too jumpy sometimes), I think I'll probably be at least trying HL2. I mean, it's been the most drama-soaked game release I can ever remember, I'd be missing out on history, right? Glad it's finally golden. November's one busy gaming month.. sheesh. 
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Ryen Jade
This is a takeover!
Join date: 21 Jun 2003
Posts: 1,329
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10-18-2004 21:01
This news isnt just erotic to me.....right?
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From: Korg Stygian Between you, Ryen the twerp and Ardith, there's little to change my opinion here.. rather you have reinforced it each in your own ways IM A TWERP, IM A TWERP! Whats a twerp?
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Moleculor Satyr
Fireflies!
Join date: 5 Jan 2004
Posts: 2,650
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10-18-2004 21:17
I'm turned on.
'specially since this ALSO means that Vampire: Bloodlines can come out. Now THERE'S an erotic game!
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Jack Digeridoo
machinimaniac
Join date: 29 Jul 2003
Posts: 1,170
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10-18-2004 21:18
Did they release any dev tools other than the custom version of Soft Image? I'm hoping they let content creators sell scripted objects to level designers over Steam
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Ryen Jade
This is a takeover!
Join date: 21 Jun 2003
Posts: 1,329
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10-18-2004 21:28
Jack, im an expert level designer over VHE, with over 4 years of experiance with the tool If you want something used in a new level, gimmie! (Yes, I can notice he wants HL2 to be like SL )
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From: Korg Stygian Between you, Ryen the twerp and Ardith, there's little to change my opinion here.. rather you have reinforced it each in your own ways IM A TWERP, IM A TWERP! Whats a twerp?
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
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10-18-2004 23:46
I can't wait to see this game just to see how soda cans fly out of a busted dispenser! The physics are gonna add a lot to the drama. Apart from that, I don't play many video games but this title has been hotly anticipated for SO long. |
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Loki Pico
Registered User
Join date: 20 Jun 2003
Posts: 1,938
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10-18-2004 23:51
Im looking forward to it. I am going to wait and see if my local store offers a deal on it though, if no deal, I will give the $50 to Best Buy. STEAM cant even keep my favorites saved, Im really leary of giving them any credit card info.
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Eggy Lippmann
Wiktator
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 7,939
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10-19-2004 02:19
HL was a really interesting and immersive game. So was Deus Ex. There arent many games like those anymore. I cant afford even half of it but if somehow a friend of mine gets it I will sure be borrowing it off of them.
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Hiro Pendragon
bye bye f0rums!
Join date: 22 Jan 2004
Posts: 5,905
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10-19-2004 02:25
Loved HL1, anxious for HL2.
And I think the fact that a game has gone Gold simply on pre-sales is newsworthy.
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
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10-19-2004 03:40
From: Eggy Lippmann HL was a really interesting and immersive game. So was Deus Ex. There arent many games like those anymore. I cant afford even half of it but if somehow a friend of mine gets it I will sure be borrowing it off of them. OMG -- Deus Ex (the first one) for me, all-time fave. Invisible War I wanted to get more into, and I enjoyed it a lot, but the mechanics deteriorated my experience so I still prefer the first one more. I came into SL looking in part for cyberpunk stuff like some sort of a Deus Ex MMROPG, and am glad to find so much more here. |
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Korg Stygian
Curmudgeon Extraordinaire
Join date: 3 Jun 2004
Posts: 1,105
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10-19-2004 05:26
Truth be told.. played HL.. it was okay. Just that. Nothing more.
HL2? Couldn't care less -------------------------------------------- if anyone cares.
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Mickey Valentino
Disciple of the Watch
Join date: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 230
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10-19-2004 06:47
HL was a groundbreaking game and it really did an incredible job of setting the stage for the genre, though w. Tribes and the open environments it was in a few aspects behind the curve. HL2 thus far has been buggy and I worry about its release, there are already near unstoppable exploits in the multiplayer and the game has yet to be released.  That said I think HL1 truly shined as being an incredible platform for the modding community, Counterstrike was hugely successful (still is) and for hundreds of thousands (like me) it provided an excellent team based environment for competition. Once HL2 is released CS will likely do the same but the exploits are going to be rampant upon initial release. I will of course pick it up and hope for the best, but mostly I want to see it released so Vampire: Bloodlines can finally be placed on the shelves. With World of Warcraft gearing up for release and Tribes:Vengeance competition on my plate I don't know if HL2 will have near the playtime the original had on my PC.
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Ryen Jade
This is a takeover!
Join date: 21 Jun 2003
Posts: 1,329
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10-19-2004 08:11
From: Loki Pico Im looking forward to it. I am going to wait and see if my local store offers a deal on it though, if no deal, I will give the $50 to Best Buy. STEAM cant even keep my favorites saved, Im really leary of giving them any credit card info. Loki, I know why, same thing happened to me. When you quit a game, you type in 'quit' in the console, not allowing the ingame server browser to save your favorites that you added that session. To fix this use the steam server browser (in the main menu, click 'servers' instead of the game, and just change the filter.) Hope this helps And for the record, so far HL2 scores have been 97%,97%, and a 98% from PC gamer US (Making it the highest rated game, alongside alpha centuari, in their history.)
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From: Korg Stygian Between you, Ryen the twerp and Ardith, there's little to change my opinion here.. rather you have reinforced it each in your own ways IM A TWERP, IM A TWERP! Whats a twerp?
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Jack Digeridoo
machinimaniac
Join date: 29 Jul 2003
Posts: 1,170
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10-19-2004 08:18
rag doll phsyics man. Any game without rag doll physics will look like pong after this. I'm so excited.
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Moleculor Satyr
Fireflies!
Join date: 5 Jan 2004
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10-19-2004 08:23
From: Mickey Valentino HL2 thus far has been buggy and I worry about its release, there are already near unstoppable exploits in the multiplayer and the game has yet to be released. Once HL2 is released CS will likely do the same but the exploits are going to be rampant upon initial release. CS is already out, is the only multiplayer portion of HL2, and I haven't heard any problems with exploits. Then again, I don't follow such things TOO closely. |
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Ryen Jade
This is a takeover!
Join date: 21 Jun 2003
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10-19-2004 08:55
From: Moleculor Satyr CS is already out, is the only multiplayer portion of HL2, and I haven't heard any problems with exploits. Then again, I don't follow such things TOO closely. To put this into perspective, there is a BUILT IN CONSOLE COMMAND FOR WALLHACK. But thats about it 
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Tito Gomez
Mi Vida Loca
Join date: 1 Aug 2004
Posts: 921
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10-19-2004 09:42
From: someone Will you be purchasing it? Got it for free when I purchased my ATI video card a few months ago. Of course, I don't get it until it is released. But now with SL, I don't know if I will have time to play it. I totally abandoned Doom 3 which I purchased around the same time I joined SL. -tito |
