Hl 2 Picture Collection

MonsieurEvil

<div class="IPBDescription">Post them here</div> Like the man said, show us your HL pics. No URL's please, only post live images like those shown below...

MonsieurEvil

And here...

Supernorn

well they arent up at PHL anymore. That only proves they are the real deal.

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UPDATE: We had to pull these scans at PC Gamer's request.

I hate to editorialize here, but I think giving Half-Life 2 "exclusives" to print magazines first wasn't exactly the smartest move. Who the hell reads 'em anymore? Circulation numbers are way down, you can get the same kind of content online more quickly and for free, and when mags do get a rare scoop, scans ALWAYS leak out. I'm sure you'll be able to find complete scans of the article elsewhere very shortly.

So instead of presenting nice, clean screenshots and well written articles to the online fans, the most hardcore fans of the game, we instead get lots of rumors, speculation, and horrible low-quality scans.
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hellokitty

half life pics? what're those? i'm afraid i dont' have any...those pics remind me of the movie starship troopers. <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo-->

zipper

Half-Life 2: Counter-Strike: The Alien Wars

"Well we are all fans of Counter-Strike and the classic Super Nintendo title Contra III: The Alien Wars so we decided to combine them for Half-Life 2. Now you'll be able to run around blasting away the aliens that have invaded cities all over the planet. just like Contra!" - Gabe Newell

roachems

where did you find those pictures.

I click on every hl2 link i find and it all comes up with ad's. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

DOOManiac

I was gonna post on how bad it was to be posting HL2 shots on all the forums since the owners of pics + valve were obviously gonna start cracking legal whips soon, but since Monse was the one to start the party, I guess I'll just throw some into the mix too

[edit]Damn , I knew i had a third pic different from those two but I can't find it.. bleh oh well[/edit]

Dunsby

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That is the same one.

What the hell are they killing? Spiders?

Are there people that actually <b>help</b> you in Half-Life 2?


[Edit]Mmmm, maybe Monse should give credit from the site / magazine he got them from, no illegal business here.

MonsieurEvil

Doom, you uber nuber. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

Looks like a Prison is a part of the new adventures. Both shots (and some commentary) show jail cells all over the place... And that first pic looks like friggin FMV!!! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

Jim

that second one looks fake, i mean look at the difference between the square-ish lighting around the guy and the smooth lighting around the bug D:

DOOManiac

I've edited my post. I thought the pic I was posting was different than the other two, but I dunno where that pic ran off to... Oh well, if I find it again I'll repost it.

I actually think the 3 level prison shot looks way better than the first shot. I mean look at the walls BEHIND the monster.. so plain.. and... orange...

HL2's graphics do look outstanding though. I won't draw any conclusions just yet as scans are always the horrible of horribles, but it looks like it won't be as impressive as DOOM III's graphics (which I expected). But still both look simply amazing.

Supernorn

jim, thats because there is a huge ball of flame next to him....
Actually Doomaniac, i think the Doom 3 graphics look a little too pre-rendered for my liking, but thats my opinion, but anyway, that first screen DOES look like FMV!

Renegade

I LOVE YOU MONSE! I WANT TO HAVE YOUR CHILDREN!

They both look too good to be true. That CAN'T be the HL2 engine. It looks like a picture taken from a movie shoot!

RyoOhki

/me goes into hospital to repair his shattered lower jaw

HOLY GRAPHICAL EYE-CANDY BATMAN!

I cannot BELIEVE that first pic, I took one look and thought "nah, it's from a movie" the I realised that OMG is was gameplay.

/me strokes his Geforce 4 Ti4200 and hopes like hell the old girl can handle it.

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DOOManiac

Here it is!

I know a similar, and better pic has been shown already, but take a look at the very bottem of the pic and keep in mind this quote I saw (no idea if its official or not)

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Hey Max (Mellon)
If you're going to engage in copyright infringement by posting pages from PC Gamer magazine on this site, at least have the sense not to show your name and address on the cover scan. It just makes life so much easier for our lawyers who get very touchy about this kind of offense.

Thanks
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Supernorn

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I know a similar, and better pic has been shown already, but take a look at the very bottem of the pic and keep in mind this quote I saw (no idea if its official or not)

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Hey Max (Mellon)
If you're going to engage in copyright infringement by posting pages from PC Gamer magazine on this site, at least have the sense not to show your name and address on the cover scan. It just makes life so much easier for our lawyers who get very touchy about this kind of offense.

Thanks
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ahahahahahahahahahha!
what a nub.

Renegade

OMG!!!OMG!!!OMG!!!OMG!!!OMG!!!OMG!!!OMG!!!OMG!!!OMG!!!OMG!!!OMG!!!OMG!11

*Head explodes and chest caves in due to sheer awe*

MonsieurEvil

I figured that cat's already out of the bag, so why make people's lives miserable trying to find pics that will be out there. And the picture quality is so asstastic that I don't think people will avoid buying the magazines - I sure as hell will be getting them. This is more of a sneak preview in crap-o-vision.

And look more closely at the pics - dynamic lighting all over. Look at the shadows on the body of the guy in the first pic, and the reflection off his fiberglass helmet. And in the second pic, the pipe over the guard's(?) head looks like it's being illuminated down its length and gradually tapering off, from the weapons's muzzleflash.

DOOManiac

Indeed.

I found another pic. Well actually I found about 8, but these are the only two that you can make something out in. The person who took these pics didn't have a scanner or even a digital camera. just a webcam. Guess its better than nothing though.

Get some scans of these, as they look interesting!

Sycophant

Gee thanks MonsE, my video card is now suffering a severe case of depression due to pic envy.

/me tries to console my poor Radeon 7000

GWAR

Looks like im gonna have to go buy a geforce TI... heh

DOOManiac

And the second:

MonsieurEvil

Oh my...

Renegade

I think I just shat myself

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Supernorn

headcrab zombie people! aaah

Dubers

dear lord god and jesus.....

Insane

My oh my. Why, this is getting rather exciting!

Supernorn

and..when headcrabs attack..or i think its a headcrab on some guys head...cant really tell..

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DOOManiac

ah so that's what those were supernorn. that's another one of the pics i saw that I decided were too crappy to post heh as you couldn't tell anything about em heh.

I wish the major news sources like shacknews and phl would just kinda forget to monitor their forums for today to make this stuff easier to find ;)

Renegade

As I write/type this, 18 people are reading this thread! with almost 300 views in only a few hours, this must be a record!

EdiT: 20 people!

Boneless

that what they call "hype"...

cheesy..