PC Gamer HL2: Aftermath etc scans

Jinxx · Post by **Jinxx** » April 26th, 2005, 16:08

I bought this just to scan it for you all:
http://www.jinxx.co.uk/5punk/Aftermath/
10 pages on what Valve's up to regarding their next few releases.

JamieChalm · Post by **JamieChalm** » April 26th, 2005, 17:08

Vvvvvery interesting. I'm actually not too excited about Aftermath, I want to know about interesting new features first.

Post by **tandino** » April 26th, 2005, 18:44

I'm so excited. As a completely passionate (obsessive?) gamer, Half-Life 2 was one of the most special times in my life. And now, all over again... ALL OVER!!!

*5punks all over the place*

Also, cheers for buying the mag, very kind.

Post by **deject** » April 26th, 2005, 22:08

Valve on exploding barrels wrote:"We always joked that players would give us some slack if right towards the end we took them past the Combine's exploding barrel factory. Maybe with the soldiers coming out of the factory with their own personalized signed barrel, and a note saying 'Never stray more than ten metres from your assigned barrel.'"

-Marc Laidlaw

lmfao! that would be something that the No One Lives Forever series would do...

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » April 26th, 2005, 22:11

I still haven't played HL2 since I got to the hovercraft bit where you try to escape.

I'm looking forward to DOD though, it sounds cool

Post by **deject** » April 26th, 2005, 22:18

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:I still haven't played HL2 since I got to the hovercraft bit where you try to escape.

I'm looking forward to DOD though, it sounds cool

you should finish it. it is quite good. in fact, IMO it is the best ever.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » April 27th, 2005, 7:55

Cheers Jinxx,

All that stuff on lighting and HDR on the lost coast sounds awesome, no chance of me being able to run it though

But I am looking forward to DOD

Post by **tandino** » April 27th, 2005, 8:23

"We always joked that players would give us some slack if right towards the end we took them past the Combine's exploding barrel factory."

That's a beauty. just the other day a friend and I were talkin about where all these exploding barrels come from and whether there's some kind of open source model pack called "Generic exploding barrels." The conversation propted me to add a few exploding barrels in a map I made to aid my Uni application. Nothing triggered them at all, they just went off when the camera flew past them. Made me chuckle in my interview anyway!

Seriously though, the lost coast map looks like a beauty. I'm runnin a 3.2ghz P4 and have 1gig of ram but I feel my Geforce FX5600 will let me down. Anyway I am in the process of upgrading my graphics card so we shall see.

/5punks all over the fisherman

comrade yannnovski · Post by **comrade yannnovski** » April 27th, 2005, 9:37

Woo, thanks for that jinxx

Post by **TezzRexx** » April 27th, 2005, 14:50

TY Jinxx, I can actually read this review, unlike the pcgamer ones which where posted on hl2files. =D

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » May 5th, 2005, 16:15

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:I still haven't played HL2 since I got to the hovercraft bit where you try to escape.

I've just finished it. It's cocking ace.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » May 5th, 2005, 16:17

yup, unfortunately some of the bits are a little weak.

but at least it's not got farcry levels of crapness (best game ever, until the wolf zombie fuckers) :D

JamieChalm · Post by **JamieChalm** » May 5th, 2005, 17:49

Yeah, what was up with them? Ruined the game.

Post by **Roman Totale** » May 6th, 2005, 16:52

JamieChalm wrote:Yeah, what was up with them? Ruined the game.

Ruined the game and my trousers on more than one occasion.

PC Gamer HL2: Aftermath etc scans

PC Gamer HL2: Aftermath etc scans

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