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Half Life 2
Posted: November 16th, 2004, 9:41
by mrbobbins
Posted: November 16th, 2004, 10:09
by Woo Elephant Yeah
Fuck me the graphics look good
I couldn't get into the first half-life game, but I might give this one a go, especially if it comes with CS : Source as well. (I assume this is the case?)
Posted: November 16th, 2004, 10:22
by monkeymanblue
looking good
What graphics card do you have?
Posted: November 16th, 2004, 10:29
by Joose
had a bit of a panic there. Half Life 2 wasnt unlocking! nooo!
So i rebooted steam. And it wouldnt load up! nooo!
panic!
better now. theres the rest of my day down the drain
EDIT: Just started playing. Already making sex-wee.
Posted: November 16th, 2004, 10:42
by mrbobbins
I've got a Matrox Parhelia 256mb,
it's not been great with some new releases, after ages tweaking the config with doom 3 I got it just about playable, and it's not amazing on Far Cry, but this seems to be awesome!!,
So far i've had a couple of smallish slowdowns with loads of action, but the water and reflection effects are great, I've got it on 2x anti-aliasing, might try turning it up and see what happens :D
More screenshots:
http://www.xappy.com/bobbins/store/d1_t ... 050000.jpg
http://www.xappy.com/bobbins/store/d1_t ... 050006.jpg
http://www.xappy.com/bobbins/store/d1_t ... 050007.jpg
http://www.xappy.com/bobbins/store/d1_c ... 1a0015.jpg
[edit] It does indeed come with CS Source (i've yet to try it out) all versions get CS, I got the silver version with HL and DOD source, and all valve games on Steam.
Posted: November 16th, 2004, 11:23
by Joose
redex, im afraid
Posted: November 16th, 2004, 15:21
by Joose
hah! this gravity gun kicks ass!
have you tried throwing paint tins at people? hehe
Posted: November 16th, 2004, 17:27
by mrbobbins
It's so much fun!!, especially hurling the circular saw blades and chopping monsters in half :twisted:
Posted: November 16th, 2004, 18:14
by Joose
and it provides some comedy gold, too:
/grabs things at random to hurl at monster
"ha! have that! a paintcan to the face! a table! an oil drum! a splinter! splinter? buggerations!"
/dies
Posted: November 16th, 2004, 22:13
by StickFigureNinja
Oh my!
Posted: November 17th, 2004, 0:05
by Vowles
HELP!Iam stuck in raven place. With that strange man. I dont know where to go from the when you get on the wooden things with the cars.
Posted: November 17th, 2004, 0:16
by StickFigureNinja
Shit, I can't remember what to do exactly by there. Sorry mate!
I'll say this too, never before has there been a game where the graphics just constantly wow me, most games I just get used to them after playing them for a bit, but after a day of playing Half Life 2 still manages it.
The bridge sequence during Highway 17 was supeeerb!
Posted: November 17th, 2004, 10:05
by mrbobbins
HELP!Iam stuck in raven place. With that strange man. I dont know where to go from the when you get on the wooden things with the cars.
Have you gone up to the walkway by standing on the cars as they go up?, that's all I can think of if that's the bit you're stuck at.
never before has there been a game where the graphics just constantly wow me
I have to agree!, no more play for me till this evening though as I'm at work today.
Posted: November 17th, 2004, 20:16
by Vowles
Nooo! I done something wrong now alex(the girl) is stuck typing on an invisable(not there) keyboard or something and its stuck!
Any one have a save file from Nova Jail?
Posted: November 17th, 2004, 20:40
by Joose
erm....which bit of the jail exactly? I may have, not sure.
Posted: November 17th, 2004, 20:47
by Vowles
Anywhere past from where you talk to the girls dad cained up(in that lift thing box'agigger). To where the lights go out after you go through the double doors.
Posted: November 17th, 2004, 23:23
by StickFigureNinja
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
THE ENDING! THE ENDING!
Granted it's not as bad as Halo 2's ending, but still, come on Valve, you bastards.
I somehow get the feeling they dont even know the full story of what's going on, only what they've put across in the games.,
The story is tld very very well, granted, but when you look at it, there doesnt seem to be all that much to it.
Posted: November 17th, 2004, 23:28
by Stoat
How long is it?
/ooh-er
Posted: November 17th, 2004, 23:36
by StickFigureNinja
Well I've been playing it one hell of a lot these past two days (it was 4 am last night before I managed to stop playing the game for a moment and check the time, and that's only because it was loading a save game. I didn't get to bed till 5 anyway).
The ending may be disappointing, but the rest of the game is just so much fun it doesnt matter too much, but it does feel like something of an anticlimax, somewhat like the last battle bit in Halo 2 did, just without the cool story ending stuff.
Posted: November 17th, 2004, 23:44
by StickFigureNinja
Also, the game should of had MORE DOG!
