What's The Worst Thing That Could Happen To Hl2?

DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
<div class="IPBDescription">as seen on halflife2.net forums.</div>As started on the HL2.net forums:<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->REDMOND, Wash. — August 10, 2003 — Microsoft Corp. today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the intellectual property and technology assets of Valve Software, video game developer, best known for Half Life™ and Counter-Strike™.

Microsoft’s acquisition of Valve's technology will help secure customers by providing additional titles for the Xbox console system introduced in the Fall of 2001.

"This is a strategic, competitive decision," said Alan Bowman, Regional Director, Xbox. "But most importantly, it is a great opportunity for customers. Everything tells us that people love Xbox; they think it is a fantastic product and they absolutely love the games."

Mirroring the purchase of Bungie in early 2001, Microsoft hopes to attract additional customers for the highly anticipated sequel to Half Life originally scheduled to be released for PC's this Fall. This new chapter, will feature the main protagonist of the original title, Gordon Freeman, along with a much improved game engine. Valve has been in development for almost five years.






So, what's the worst that could happen? Write your own spoof. I got my idea from this post over at TTLG about Thief 3.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Here's mine, although I hate to win my little contest before it even starts. I have come up with the ultimate worst thing that could happen to Half-Life 2. Nobody else should even bother to post, as you won't beat the amount of terror this instills.

10 Bonus points to everybody who understands why this is so unanimously the worst thing that could ever happen to Half-Life 2.
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  • alius42alius42 Join Date: 2002-07-23 Member: 987Members
    edited August 2003
    NEVER MENTION THE LONG HAIRED FREAK AGAIN.

    /me rocks back and forth holding a copy of Daikatana mouthing the word "Romero".
  • NessNess Join Date: 2002-12-17 Member: 10935Members, Reinforced - Onos
    Meh, I won't bother with a news article. I'd say HL2 being stopped late development and converted to an atari console. HL2 will now feature blue pixels.
  • oooooo Join Date: 2003-03-19 Member: 14709Members
    If I see hacks in the first couple of months, I'm done.
  • BogglesteinskyBogglesteinsky Join Date: 2002-12-24 Member: 11488Members
    Poll:

    which would you rather:

    A: Mircosoft take over the the world, upgrade it to the "long overdue" EarthXP Profesional w/ sevice pack 1.1.1.0 (build 2856) promtly crash is causing the death of millions of innocent humans and the extiction of several species of primates

    or

    B: Microsoft take over Valve as stated in the above article causing the games market to crash, causing the death of millions of depressed human beings and (in a very unlikely, but still possible scenario) the extinction of several species of primates

    choose wisely my young padawan. Either way, the fate of millions depends on you
  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    I think we can all agree, this is the worse possible outcome:
  • BogglesteinskyBogglesteinsky Join Date: 2002-12-24 Member: 11488Members
    gak

    /me chokes on banana he aye 5 minutes ago

    zee goggles!!!
  • Dirty_Harry_PotterDirty_Harry_Potter Join Date: 2002-11-21 Member: 9500Members
    NOE! i want meh HL2 must not become a xbox game, not even partly....

    /me manically smacks Bill with Xbox...
  • Psycho-Kinetic_Hyper-GeekPsycho-Kinetic_Hyper-Geek Join Date: 2002-11-18 Member: 9243Banned, Constellation
    Why the hate on for the Xbox? HL2 is most likely going to show up for the box and if they can manage crammed on the other consoles too.
  • Dirty_Harry_PotterDirty_Harry_Potter Join Date: 2002-11-21 Member: 9500Members
    well Consoles are controlled by Gamepads/joysticks - which is really bad for playing FPS's and so many poor geeks will suffer, since they dont have a Xbox - me included - AND! xbox games are more costy than PC games... D:

    Xbox you make baby jeebus cry O_O
  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    xboxes are so much cheaper than PCs and they can run stuff much better usually.. [emphasis on usually, gawddamn 14yo daddy bought me everything quadruple 3.2ghz processors]

    honestly, my comp is balls.. i'd probably get Halo 2 before HL2 and play hl2 at my friend's house =\
  • esunaesuna Rock Bottom Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15175Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Psycho-Kinetic Hyper-Geek+Aug 11 2003, 04:52 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Psycho-Kinetic Hyper-Geek @ Aug 11 2003, 04:52 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Why the hate on for the Xbox? HL2 is most likely going to show up for the box and if they can manage crammed on the other consoles too. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    The problem's not so much the console, it's the way game developers dumb down games for consoles. Console gamers, well a good part of them at least, don't want long games with intricate plots, they don't buy them, so the developers make arcade-y console games, minimal plot, minimal gameplay and not at all original. There are a lot of exceptions to this sweeping generalisation, but it's impossible to ignore that they're doing this.
  • MoquiaoMoquiao Join Date: 2003-05-09 Member: 16168Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--alius42+Aug 11 2003, 08:20 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (alius42 @ Aug 11 2003, 08:20 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> NEVER MENTION THE LONG HAIRED FREAK AGAIN.

    /me rocks back and forth holding a copy of Daikatana mouthing the word "Romero". <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    dude wth you been smoking?
  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    People that play games on exclusively consoles and call themselves "gamers" make baby Jesus implode.

    I would think HL2 being a PS2 exclusive would be worse…

    --Scythe--
  • Josiah_BartletJosiah_Bartlet Join Date: 2002-07-04 Member: 880Members, Constellation
    edited August 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--[WoLF]+Aug 11 2003, 11:16 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([WoLF] @ Aug 11 2003, 11:16 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--alius42+Aug 11 2003, 08:20 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (alius42 @ Aug 11 2003, 08:20 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> NEVER MENTION THE LONG HAIRED FREAK AGAIN.

    /me rocks back and forth holding a copy of Daikatana mouthing the word "Romero". <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    dude wth you been smoking? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Its not what he's smoking that should worry you.

    Its the fact he has a copy of Daikatana that he hasn't burned yet.
  • Dirty_Harry_PotterDirty_Harry_Potter Join Date: 2002-11-21 Member: 9500Members
    i have Daikatana, and i havent burned it yet D:

    BAN BAN!
  • Siberian_DingoSiberian_Dingo Join Date: 2003-01-15 Member: 12326Members
    the only resone i hate the Xbox is the two analog joysticks its has. the both have very little resistance and therefore i have little control them. i can eather spend a heap of money on a new controler or i can do a USB hack on it and use my Microsft sidewinder pro joy stick.

    i still firmly beleave that computers are the only true form of gaming. why should i spend $200 on a consule and about $50 dollars for for each of the 5 good games each consule has.

    <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo--> Xbox
  • xectxect Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9807Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Josiah Bartlet+Aug 11 2003, 12:27 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Josiah Bartlet @ Aug 11 2003, 12:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Its the fact he has a copy of Daikatana that he hasn't burned yet. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    As long as he hasnt smoked it.
  • QuaunautQuaunaut The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin--Siberian Dingo+Aug 11 2003, 04:37 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Siberian Dingo @ Aug 11 2003, 04:37 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> the only resone i hate the Xbox is the two analog joysticks its has. the both have very little resistance and therefore i have little control them. i can eather spend a heap of money on a new controler or i can do a USB hack on it and use my Microsft sidewinder pro joy stick.

    i still firmly beleave that computers are the only true form of gaming. why should i spend $200 on a consule and about $50 dollars for for each of the 5 good games each consule has.

    <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo--> Xbox <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Because some of those games are some of the best games of all time.

    Gamecube only has one.

    PS2 has 4.

    Xbox has 6

    But Xbox easily beats them, even it only had one. Because one of them stands tall above the others.

    Halo.

    I'm still playing this, and its been 6 months for me, beaten it at least 20 times on all diffulculty levels.
  • TheMuffinManTheMuffinMan Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11234Members, Constellation
    Halo. The most repetitive game since Pac-Man.

    And why does everyone hate Daikatana??
  • Josiah_BartletJosiah_Bartlet Join Date: 2002-07-04 Member: 880Members, Constellation
    I must say I didn't like Halo at all.

    [Possible Spoilers for anyone who hasn't completed the first level of Halo - all two of you]

    The only good part was after you crash landed on Halo, and you has to hide from the Banshees in trees and bushes, some nice music starts playing and it feels pretty cool.

    Apart from that I regret buying it.
  • DubbilexDubbilex Chump Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9799Members
    edited August 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--Josiah Bartlet+Aug 11 2003, 08:59 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Josiah Bartlet @ Aug 11 2003, 08:59 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I must say I didn't like Halo at all.

    [Possible Spoilers for anyone who hasn't completed the first level of Halo - all two of you]

    The only good part was after you crash landed on Halo, and you has to hide from the Banshees in trees and bushes, some nice music starts playing and it feels pretty cool.

    Apart from that I regret buying it. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Wow. Someone who doesn't enjoy HALO? What do you do in your spare time - kick children? Or spraypainting stray cats flamingly pink? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->


    I'm still working on legendary. I've had the game since December of 2001 and I <i>still</i> can't beat that stupid Assault on the Control Room. Pity me.
  • ANeMANeM Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16267Members, Constellation
    I despise Halo.. I do not see how people can enjoy a game where all you do is run through the exact same room 1000 times. I'm sure Bungies original idea for Halo was great. Then Microsoft bought them, made Halo and Xbox exclusive lauch title and that is where it went wrong. The original computer Halo was going to have online support. When it went Xbox, it lost that, so they needed a way to make the single player missions longer. Insted of actually reworking the maps they just had 3 guys sit down one night and Ctrl+c then Ctrl+V a couple hundred times for each map.
    I'm sure Gearboxes PC version will be great, but as of now I hate Halo.
  • Josiah_BartletJosiah_Bartlet Join Date: 2002-07-04 Member: 880Members, Constellation
    edited August 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--Dubbilex+Aug 11 2003, 05:41 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dubbilex @ Aug 11 2003, 05:41 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Josiah Bartlet+Aug 11 2003, 08:59 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Josiah Bartlet @ Aug 11 2003, 08:59 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I must say I didn't like Halo at all.

    [Possible Spoilers for anyone who hasn't completed the first level of Halo - all two of you]

    The only good part was after you crash landed on Halo, and you has to hide from the Banshees in trees and bushes, some nice music starts playing and it feels pretty cool.

    Apart from that I regret buying it. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Wow. Someone who doesn't enjoy HALO? What do you do in your spare time - kick children? Or spraypainting stray cats flamingly pink? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->


    I'm still working on legendary. I've had the game since December of 2001 and I <i>still</i> can't beat that stupid Assault on the Control Room. Pity me. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    In my spare time I play this silly little game called Natural Selection.

    Its maps are great, and it certainly never gets repetitive, unlike a certain ring related X-Box game one could mention.

    <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • roachemsroachems Join Date: 2003-04-02 Member: 15148Members
    erm.
    ok stop scaring me.
  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    it's okay.. if he doesn't <i>like</i> halo, quau... we can just... COPE...

    [vomit]

    ahh. now i feel better. anyway, the other guy asked WHY BUY THE CONSOLE AND THEN THE 5 GAMES IT HAS!?!?

    well... it's got more'n five games, but it's true the PC has infinitely more. it's just that... some of the xbox games are just <b>really, <i>really fun</i></b>

    and i guess.. sometimes you just do fun stuff like that just 'cause it's so fun.
  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    Micro$oft is evil.

    That is my input to this discussion.
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    Do not turn me thread into a <a href='http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2001-02-12&res=l' target='_blank'>mindless console fanboy war</a>.
  • sheena_yanaisheena_yanai Join Date: 2002-12-23 Member: 11426Members
    edited August 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--alius42+Aug 11 2003, 02:20 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (alius42 @ Aug 11 2003, 02:20 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> NEVER MENTION THE LONG HAIRED FREAK AGAIN.

    /me rocks back and forth holding a copy of Daikatana mouthing the word "Romero". <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    john "ironic storm" romero <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> lol


    ironic..got it... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    and.. i dont liked halo too...they castrated this wonderfull game they promised us.. not even 30% of the features they have showed on the mac expo and other very very old wip videos are in the current game..

    bw... i think i have one of the oldest halo videos aviable here.. it shows the very first version of the halo engine.. it was intended first as 3rd person strategy game like generals (it wasnt called halo at this time...there was not even a concept how the engine will be used...) many years before the c&c doods started the work on generals...
  • LegionnairedLegionnaired Join Date: 2002-04-30 Member: 552Members, Constellation
    Worst thing that could happen to Halflife 2?

    Counter-Strike 2 : The reprisal of the craptastic community.
  • GreyPawsGreyPaws Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8659Members
    Freelancer was a good game.... now if EA bought Valve we would truly all be doomed (nightfire, bf1942) ::pukes on his keyboard::
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