Half Life 2

[Wavie]

im sure just about everyone is getting this game.

but i have one important question about it... ive ordered half life 2

however if i get half life 2 does that mean i get counter strike source and dod source as well?

or do i have to pay for them seperate?

Half Life 2 Out... nice wee post to speak about it in

[Inuzuka]

You don't get Counter-Strike/dod source unless they state so in the mailing order.

[Ombrenuit]

Traditionally, you would know that they were originally free mods created for the first half life. They were separate teams unrelated to Valve (now absorbed by the company), and now they worked internally to develop the source versions of their games. They're 100% free, it's why Half Life 2 is actually a great buy, you can get 4 good games in one (don't forget Team Fortress Classic!). They don't come with Half Life 2, correct me if I'm mistaken, but I believe once you have Half Life you can just download the others off of steam for free as long as you have a legitimate HL2 CD-KEY.

[Yuiichi]

You will get CS: Source when you get Half-Life 2. Acutally, valve was cheap this time around, there will be no multiplayer for HL2, thats where source comes in. CS: Source will be the multiplayer for HL2.

As for DoD: Source, i'm not sure, it really depends on what package you ordered. If you got the basic package, then no. If you got the Gold Really-Friggin-Expensive package, then you might get DoD: Source. Best way to check: www.halflife.net.

[Yebyosh]

Extracted from Half-Life Fallout

Retail Boxes

• Standard Edition — includes HL2 and CS:Source. Ships on six CDs, in one of three box-art packages (Gordon, Alyx or the G-Man).
• Collector's Edition — includes Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 1: Source, a Half-Life 2 T-shirt and a Prima book sampler. Ships on a single DVD.

Steam Packages

• Bronze — HL2* and CS:Source.
• Silver — HL2*, Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 1: Source*, Day of Defeat: Source*, Valve's back catalog currently available on Steam.
• Gold — HL2*, Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 1: Source*, Day of Defeat: Source*, Valve's back catalog currently available on Steam, Complete Strategy Guide from Prima Games, 3 different Half-Life 2 posters, Half-Life 2 hat, Half-Life 2 postcard, Half-Life 2 stickers, Half-Life 2 Soundtrack CD, Chance to win a trip to Valve! (1 trip offered for every 5000 Gold packages purchased).

*To be made available upon product's release.

As for me, it is likely to be the Collector's Edition ( along with a necessary PC upgrade *sigh* ). One single DVD is a very nice thing...

[Ending]

Could care less for regular shoot'em'up games like CS or DoD -I'm waiting more for those teamwork and commanding games. I heard that HL2 requires you to verify it ONLINE before you can even play it -and this includes single-player too.

*Sigh* So much for respect -one more reason for me NOT to *buy* it until those mods come out.

[Wavie]

wirthe some of the mods sound awsome

like for example there is one u have to command a fleet of ships (player ships)

these include transport ships for taking them to the station and fighters for escorting them.

after which if they make it they dock with a station and begin to invade and take control over it.

each time the map changes u take a diff part of galaxy and move on.

it sounds brillant.

[Yuiichi]

Originally Posted by Wavie

wirthe some of the mods sound awsome

like for example there is one u have to command a fleet of ships (player ships)

these include transport ships for taking them to the station and fighters for escorting them.

after which if they make it they dock with a station and begin to invade and take control over it.

each time the map changes u take a diff part of galaxy and move on.

it sounds brillant.

What mod would that be?

Also, clarification, CS:S has been out for about a week or two through Steam, if you want it.

[husyk]

Just saw this news on gamespot.com, sounds insanely costly to play. Would be cool though, although would mostly be used for Counter Strike probably.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/11...s_6111916.html

[SlugZilla]

I know CS was ported to arcades long time ago but this one is surprising given HL2 will no doubt be a pretty lengthy singleplayer. The article doesn't state whether it's CSS for the multiplayer arcade, but I'm pretty sure I heard the PC version will not have HL2 multiplayer which is potentially a plus for the arcade.

The arcade version has coop which is cool, I think it's not even in the PC version yet but I hope it will be.

[Muir Woods]

Sorry for bumping this thread, but want to talk about Half-Life 2, and this thread seems at least Half-Life 2 related. Can a mod just change the title to just "Half-Life 2"? Anyways...

Right after my last class from university, I drove a bee-line straight to Futureshop, and got my copy of Half-Life 2 collectors addition ($99.99 Canadian, $113.99 after tax in total). And yes, it is just single DVD, with a T-shirt, and a Prima hint book with original artwork and sketches . Installation took about 5 gigs in total. Took a hellova long time to "unlock game files" on Steam; took in excess of 30 mins before the game loaded. Anyways...I am just GIDDY and hyped up with excitement after playing it for about an hour or so. I just have to share my experiences!

Spoiler for READ AT YOUR OWN RISK:

First thing's first, GORGEOUS graphics. The first thing you see after you start the game is G-man's sly mug. But even his mug is so detailed and intricate with wrinkles and lines it was beautiful! Sound is fantastic as well. When you first hear the propaganda video from the city leader, and wall into a nearby hallway, his speech echoes! Realistic sound physics. And 2nd thing is, those city body guards are assholes. You get too close to them, and they push you then whack you with their stun sticks ! And oh noes! Barney is now one of those city guards! But he's actually a "good" guy and helps you out.

City-17 is such an eerie town, and I already really hate the leader of that town. All his talks are BS. I mean, he talked about how "instinct is our greatest enemy" and that's why he and his "benefactors" are controlling reproduction. I already experienced a great scripted event in the game, where you haul ass to the top of a building to avoid city guards beating you down. Quite exhilarating.

Back are the familiar divided loading sections. But this time they're even more annoying because the load times are a bit too slow to my likeling. However, this could be due to my computer specs.

LOL, that scientist has a pet headcrab! De-teethed though. Wait till you see the joke that about that headcrab, LOL . And that little teleportation device actually teleports all sort of objects! Not just that pottery. I tried putting a book on that device, and it teleported it! Coolness. And of course, I've met my romantic interest and picked up my suit...and that's where I left off.

Needless to say. I'm thrilled! Back to gaming! Gonna be no time for anime next few days .

[Yebyosh]

Originally Posted by Muir Woods

Right after my last class from university, I drove a bee-line straight to Futureshop, and got my copy of Half-Life 2 collectors addition ($99.99 Canadian, $113.99 after tax in total). And yes, it is just single DVD, with a T-shirt, and a Prima hint book with original artwork and sketches . Installation took about 5 gigs in total. Took a hellova long time to "unlock game files" on Steam; took in excess of 30 mins before the game loaded. Anyways...I am just GIDDY and hyped up with excitement after playing it for about an hour or so. I just have to share my experiences!

I want it but my system still sucks and I am awaiting the AMD motherboards with PCI-Xpress for my next upgrade. So... agonising wait.... or... I could buy the Collector's Edition first and dream of playing it till the day I upgrade my system

However... did you say that even if we buy the retail set, we have to still unlock the whole thing through Steam?!!

[JediNight]

That's kinda tacky you have to unlock the files thru Steam even if you only play to play Single-player? I just assumed the unlocking was for those people who had pre-loaded the game via a Steam subscription.

As was stated before, you get CS:Source with all retail box and Steam packages. DOD:Source is only available via Silver or Bronze package of Steam subscription. I've heard this is because Valve distributes DOD:Source thru Activision, and Counterstrike is thru Vivendi like Half Life 2. So most likely there will be a retail box of DOD:Source from Activision in the future.

[Muir Woods]

Yes, even to play single player, you have to type in the CD key, and it'll "verify your purchase", and then it'll "unlock game files". When it's done, Half-Life 2 will appear in your Steam's list of games for you to play. I think Valve is being over protective of its game due to the hack incident that resulted in stolen code.

Yebyosh, the system requirements isn't too bad, at least, not as bad as Doom 3. Let me put it this way. In Doom 3, I had to run the game at it's lowest settings at a resolution of 800x600. Even then it's still choppy, so I had to tweak the game. Half-Life 2, however, I'm running all settings at least at medium, at a resolution of 1024x768 with acceptable framerates.

[mantidor]

so people without internet access are screwed? Valve are just idiots, they have seriously diminshed potential sales world wide. I got the game as a free bonus with my graphics card, but I dont know if it includes the original half-life, Ive never played.

[Ending]

Recommended:

2.4 GHz Processor
512MB RAM
DirectX 9 capable graphics card 256mb
Windows 2000/XP/ME/98
Mouse
Keyboard
Internet Connection

And mine:

1.8 GHz Processor
512 MB RAM
GeForce 4 Ti-4400 128 MB
Windows 2000
Mousey
Keyboardish
Internetish 512/512

Also, I have 17" TFT screen, thus 1280x resolution is how it looks the best... Therefore we can conclude:

Bummer.

[HopelessLover]

I plan on downloading hl2 today.

[Sugetsu]

mmm I just ordered my copy of HF Collectors editon for $75 Through amazon.com.
I have to wait 3 to 7 days though

[Bandersnatch]

Bought it right after my class. Anyone who has ever bought a mmorpg on launch day will feel right at home. Took me about an hour to begin playing and that was after I took about 40 mins installing it. The hour was spent trying to register on Steam which was a pain in the ass but it should get better soon. Also directly underneath your cd-key is a couple more numbers and letters which I mistook for part of my cd-key. For some reason there is even room for you to put those numbers in. Checked the thing about 20 times, turning 0's into O's and 1's into L's before I figured out it wasn't even part of the cd-key .

Graphics and gameplay are amazing. For some reason I can't stop thinking about how sweet the water looks. The physics are fantastic, they came up with some pretty good puzzles too. Anyway there are like a million websites you can go to to read about all the good stuff its time for me to express the only gripe I have....WHERE ARE THE GIBS!? I cant frag Barney!?!? Or any of the good guys? Thats all I remember about Half-Life, letting Barney do his duty and then beating him to death with the crowbar and stealing his gun. Maybe it will change later on when I get better weapons but I have thrown grenades and shot explosive barrels next to guards and no giblets . Everything else rules though .

Oh and while the graphics of counter-strike have improved the people have not. In the first 5 minutes of play I was called the n word and accused of using aimbot lol. Guess after 2 years of not playing I still have some skillz .

[Yuiichi]

Hehe, i got my copy of Half-life 2 yesterday, release day. I also picked it up at Future Shop, like Muir Woods, for a price of $68.49 CAN (i just got the "bronze" pack).

My PC is around 3 years old right about now... but it still plays it, just to say to anyone who is worried. My current specs:

P4 2.0 gHz processor
768 MB RAM
nVidia geforce 2 mx 100/200 32 MB
Windows XP

It doesn't look so great, but it's playable.

Two words for those who haven't gotten it: Get.Now. Lol. But, if you have a highspeed connection, i suggest getting the Silver package off of Steam, especially if you don't have the rest of the Steam cache (CS 1.6, DoD, HL, Team Fortress Classic, etc.). Loading the game from steam is much easier than installing it from CD, so i have heard.