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Vodstok

11-16-2004, 04:15 AM

No, otherwise i wouldnt be here. I unencrypted it this morning and set the resolution, set up my keyboard config.

I couldnt understand why it was talking, then i realised the "new game,load game options" screen has Combine Soldiers walking around talking to each other!

newb

11-16-2004, 04:43 AM

I wasn't going to get this today.......its on my x-mas list...........stay away from EB......I'M AN ADULT.....I CAN WAIT...................I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT............Is there a support group somewhere?

Vodstok

11-16-2004, 04:44 AM

Since Ichi beat me to this on the General forum, I'll do it here. ITS HERE! HALF-LIFE 2 IS HERE!!!

Expect screenshots, stories, and me acting like 15 year old who just touched a breast for the first time!

dantehorrorfan

11-16-2004, 04:47 AM

what is half life 2 about anyway??? is like halo 2 cause thats what heard so can i have some input

Vodstok

11-16-2004, 04:55 AM

Gordon Freeman, the character you play in HL1, is now in a place called City 17, several years after the Black Mesa incident. The city appears to be under the sway of a totalitarian group called the Combine. Xen aliens abound, there appears to be a revolution of some sort, and i dont know any more, but you will hear from me after i have played it. TONIGHT!

dantehorrorfan

11-16-2004, 05:00 AM

thanks for the info ill probly get for christmas

Vodstok

11-16-2004, 05:25 AM

got good bandwidth? Download from here, it is TONS of HL2 videos

http://www.3dgamers.com/games/halflife2/downloads/

urgeok

11-16-2004, 05:26 AM

thank god this is one addiction i dont have ..
Although i keep downloading the games ...
I just never play them ..

dantehorrorfan

11-16-2004, 05:27 AM

no both of my freakin computers suck is it gonna come out for the xbox anytime soon cause if it is ill get it then.........

Vodstok

11-16-2004, 05:42 AM

I just grabbed this screenshot from the site i linked above. Tell me this isnt one of the most brutal things you have ever seen ina game:

urgeok

11-16-2004, 05:44 AM

Originally posted by Vodstok
I just grabbed this screenshot from the site i linked above. Tell me this isnt one of the most brutal things you have ever seen ina game:

Ha ! obviously you've never played Donkey Kong

Hate_Breeder

11-16-2004, 06:37 AM

Say "I got HL2"

They should understand.

Vodstok

11-16-2004, 06:59 AM

Originally posted by urgeok
Ha ! obviously you've never played Donkey Kong

You got me there. I forgot about the sheer brutality and gore displayed in it's 14 pixels of 2 bit color.....:)

The barrels...
The Ape....

The little italian guy....

THE HORROR.......

urgeok

11-16-2004, 07:03 AM

Originally posted by Vodstok
You got me there. I forgot about the sheer brutality and gore displayed in it's 14 pixels of 2 bit color.....:)

The barrels...
The Ape....

The little italian guy....

THE HORROR.......

thats the problem with you young kids today, you're never satisfied , always after the next big thing ..

you have to learn how to kick back and relax, and enjoy 'old school' :)

bloodrayne

11-16-2004, 07:04 AM

You could just call in sick, like Sergio did for Everquest 2...After staying up all night and the next day (with no sleep) playing, he really WAS feeling pretty shitty...So, it wasn't exactly a lie.....Of course, it didn't stop him from continuing to play:rolleyes: :D

Vodstok

11-16-2004, 07:42 AM

I keep reminding myself that i have next week off... so i am holding out.... Hey, i went without booze and caffeine for a month, so 5 hours wont kill me.

Much.

Vodstok

11-16-2004, 07:46 AM

hey, here is another horrifying shot:

FairyKorpes

11-16-2004, 07:46 AM

Originally posted by Vodstok
Hey, i went without booze and caffeine for a month, so 5 hours wont kill me.

What are you a sadist. 5 minutes is to long

Vodstok

11-16-2004, 07:47 AM

I had surgery and coulddnt have any blood thinner 2 weeks before or after.

It was awful.

urgeok

11-16-2004, 07:52 AM

wait till you have a kid !
I never drink anymore .. i dont have the energy !

ShankS

11-16-2004, 07:53 AM

I saw this game in action this morning... the few minutes I saw of it looks pretty good, and the sound is good to.

Vodstok

11-16-2004, 08:32 AM

Im dying to go home. i cant fucking wait.....

newb

11-16-2004, 09:41 AM

Originally posted by Vodstok
Im dying to go home. i cant fucking wait.....

The first few sentences from IGN's review.

I wanted to make this review short and sweet, but it's hard to stop writing, even when excluding facts that could potentially contaminate an exceptionally well thought-out gaming experience. There's just so much to say. Half-Life 2 is, simply put, the best single-player shooter ever released for the PC. It does so many things right in so many ways that it might be possible to write a thesis on the topic of Half-Life 2 compared to other single player shooters. What Valve has created is simply a masterpiece -- a work of art in the genre.

Vodstok

11-16-2004, 09:42 AM

AHHHHHHH!!!!! 3 hours and 15 minutes to go.....

horror_master

11-16-2004, 09:55 AM

Good for you

Vodstok

11-16-2004, 01:52 PM

Well.... Im home... And the Steam network is down, so i cant fucking play......

If i cant play tonight, i am going to hit valve up for a full fucking refund... this is sSUCH bullshit....

ShankS

11-16-2004, 02:16 PM

Originally posted by Vodstok
Well.... Im home... And the Steam network is down, so i cant fucking play......

If i cant play tonight, i am going to hit valve up for a full fucking refund... this is sSUCH bullshit....

I read the install (retail disk version)needs to contact the steam network... guess it's anti piracy stuff.

no doubt the servers will be hammerd for the next few days, and since Valve always fail to comprehend, the amount of network usage that will be used at such a major time... it just goes to show they dont do things properly and get their networks upto scratch... look at what happens every major steam update, no one can connect for hours because steam's gone tits up.

ichi the killer

11-16-2004, 02:20 PM

Vodstok

11-16-2004, 02:26 PM

I cant rememeber the last time i was this pissed....

I have been overfilling the world with good karma today because i was excited about this....

Oh yeah, and Fuck Vivendi universal for making everyone on the fucking planet wait until the last minute to have it, including those of us who gave them their money a month early in good faith....

I would take great pleasure in getting a full refund and fucking them out of their profit. Assholes...

Oh, wait. i go thte steam version, so VU didnt get shit. HA!

ShankS

11-16-2004, 02:28 PM

this is one of the reasons why I didnt bother downloading it via steam... steam network is utter pap.

I've ordered it on-line and should get the HL2 DVD version nextweek.

Vodstok

11-16-2004, 02:29 PM

Hey, they may even be online by then....

I bet the bean counters are going apeshit over this. "Wow! so many people, we are making a fortune!"

greedy fucks. i hope they choke on their soy lattes and end up gettin gbuttfucked by tastycakes with hammer in hell.

zwoti

11-16-2004, 02:38 PM

Originally posted by Vodstok
Hey, they may even be online by then....

I bet the bean counters are going apeshit over this. "Wow! so many people, we are making a fortune!"

greedy fucks. i hope they choke on their soy lattes and end up gettin gbuttfucked by tastycakes with hammer in hell.

so thats what he's been up to....

http://www.makejoshfamous.com/mchammerlow.jpg

Vodstok

11-16-2004, 06:18 PM

Funny what a difference a simple "a" makes in a sentance :D

Well, as you can tell by my change in mood, STeam came back online, and i am so happy, i am tired. HL2 rules.

There is a part where a combine soldier tells you to throw a can away. Throw it at him. it is funny. Trust me.

Ichi knows what i am talking about.

_Leatha_Face_

11-16-2004, 09:26 PM

doom > hl2

Vodstok

11-17-2004, 03:40 AM

I have played both now, and sorry, doom 3 kicks ass but hl2 is the greatest thing since the aqueduct.

Vodstok

11-17-2004, 03:53 AM

Okay, so steam finally sorted their shit out last night, so i managed to squeeze in a few hours of gameplay last night in hl2. here is a gaggle of screenshots i took.

To put it simply, this game is spectaular. if you dont have a computer that can handle it, go out and buy one....

NOW!!!!
anywho, here are the screenies(more available at scaredyet.net forums):
screenshots on SYN
http://scaredyet.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=170
http://scaredyet.net/pics/hl2/d1_trainstation_010000.jpg
http://scaredyet.net/pics/hl2/d1_trainstation_010001.jpg
http://scaredyet.net/pics/hl2/d1_trainstation_010006.jpg
http://scaredyet.net/pics/hl2/d1_trainstation_020013.jpg
http://scaredyet.net/pics/hl2/d1_trainstation_020014.jpg

Vodstok

11-17-2004, 03:57 AM

here is a great example of the bump-mapping in the game:
http://scaredyet.net/pics/hl2/d1_trainstation_030015.jpg

The beloved HEV
http://scaredyet.net/pics/hl2/d1_trainstation_050025.jpg

http://scaredyet.net/pics/hl2/d1_canals_010034.jpg

Hey kids! look! A charred corpse floating in water! NEat!
http://scaredyet.net/pics/hl2/d1_canals_020041.jpg

remember these guys?
http://scaredyet.net/pics/hl2/d1_canals_010036.jpg

dantehorrorfan

11-17-2004, 04:07 AM

is it gonna come out for the XBOX cause my computer sux

Vodstok

11-17-2004, 04:09 AM

Maybe, or a PS2 version. but with consoles, you will lose all of the cool effects. they may even have to dumb down the physics, but pray that they dont. They are spectacular.

ShankS

11-17-2004, 04:49 AM

bloody awesome!!:) dude.

I saw my bro play it a bit last night, some of the outside renders look fantastic. Also that gun that enables you to pic up objects and throw them at enemies looks fun :)

newb

11-17-2004, 04:54 AM

Damn you Vod...your making this really hard for me to wait for x-mas.

To make matters worse...I got my x-mas club check in the mail....so lots of x-tra cash.

urgeok

11-17-2004, 05:09 AM

Originally posted by newb
Damn you Vod...your making this really hard for me to wait for x-mas.

To make matters worse...I got my x-mas club check in the mail....so lots of x-tra cash.

what kind of hardware requirements to run this puppy ?
the graphics look incredible !

Vodstok

11-17-2004, 05:11 AM

quoted from planethalflife:
While the new engine has all sorts of fancy features, it's still designed to scale and work on lower-end machines. Apparently a 700mhz processor and a video card capable of running DX6 is enough, although a 2ghz with a GeForce4 is recommended.

allmykids

11-17-2004, 05:12 AM

That looks really cool!!

juanhacko

11-17-2004, 06:50 AM

Great!

urgeok

11-17-2004, 06:59 AM

Originally posted by Vodstok
quoted from planethalflife:

looks like i can handle it ..

i have a 21" monitor too .. and my PC is connected to a full stereo.

looks like I'll have to go download it now !

newb

11-17-2004, 07:02 AM

Originally posted by urgeok

i have a 21" monitor too ..

Great....now I have monitor envy.:mad:

Haunted

11-17-2004, 07:03 AM

Vod, you ass :D You're making me want to spend my money on video games instead of massage equipment (that I need more than anything).

Great screen shots, though.

urgeok

11-17-2004, 07:09 AM

Originally posted by Haunted
Vod, you ass :D You're making me want to spend my money on video games instead of massage equipment (that I need more than anything).

Great screen shots, though.

Massage equipment :

ShankS

11-17-2004, 07:13 AM

Originally posted by urgeok
Massage equipment :

I could use that long thin one, to get the wax out of my right ear.

urgeok

11-17-2004, 07:14 AM

Originally posted by ShankS
I could use that long thin one, to get the wax out of my right ear.

hahahaha you'll get an eargasm ! :)

Vodstok

11-17-2004, 07:14 AM

Originally posted by ShankS
I could use that long thin one, to get the wax out of my right ear. Yopu forgot the first "r".. it's "rear"

urgeok

11-17-2004, 07:15 AM

Originally posted by Vodstok
Yopu forgot the first "r".. it's "rear"

too much traffic for wax buildup there!

ahahahah

i'm killing myself here :)