Half-life 2 Game Info

MonsieurEvil · April 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">post what you're finding on t3h n3tz0r</div> From <a href='http://www.planethalflife.com' target='_blank'>PHL</a>

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Half-Life 2 is scheduled for a September 30th release.
Yes, you're still Gordon Freeman, and yes, the story assumes you went to work for the G-Man.
Half-Life 2 takes place in a European city called "City 17."
Headcrabs will be back! Although some of the Xen aliens will be your friends?
Barney is back. And so is Half-Life's original writer, Marc Laidlaw.
While the new engine has all sorts of fancy features, it's still designed to work on lower-end machines. Apparently a 700mhz processor and a video card capable of running DX6 is enough, although a 2ghz with a GeForce4 is recommended.
The girl in the promo art is named Alyx, a daughter of a scientist who factors into the story somehow. She's not playable.
Scripted Sequences will be more interactive.
Half-Life 3 is planned, so expect another cliffhanger ending. </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>

I am so going to be replaying the HL1 SP this week! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

BOZO · April 2003

LoL Monsieur! You must be really excited, I share the exact same fealings! From the Screen shots it looks like HL2 is conparibale the NOLF 2 which ran fine on my system, (1 ghz, 384, mg, 30 gig harddrive, Radeon 7500.) BTW I already started HL1 again, I'm having the time of my life!

Umbraed_Monkey · April 2003

be sure to play HL1 SP with the <a href='http://www.bits.bris.ac.uk/randomnine/hacks.htm' target='_blank'>VRE</a> hack. really helps the atmosphere <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'> (/me trys to subliminally suggest this hack for NS)

MonsieurEvil · April 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> "In one demonstration, [he] showed us how to outwit an auto-turret that had his avatar pinned down in a hallway. First, he grabbed a metal grate lying on the ground next to him, protecting himself by using it to deflect the hail of incoming bullets. Then he inched closer to the turret, covering himself with the grate. Once close enough, he flung the grate at the turret, knocking it over. The turret, now firing wildly into the ground, was neutralized"</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>

A small quote from the June 8th PC Gamer, on HL2's new engine known as 'Source', and how it allows players to interact better with their environments...

Pwn!

edit: ns != hl

Sirus · April 2003

Yes MonsE is very excited, and reasonably so.

As for me....

YIPpPPppEEEeeEEEEEE!!!!

Lindstrom · April 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MonsieurEvil @ Apr 22 2003, 09:12 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> "In one demonstration, [he] showed us how to outwit an auto-turret that had his avatar pinned down in a hallway. First, he grabbed a metal grate lying on the ground next to him, protecting himself by using it to deflect the hail of incoming bullets. Then he inched closer to the turret, covering himself with the grate. Once close enough, he flung the grate at the turret, knocking it over. The turret, now firing wildly into the ground, was neutralized"</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>

A small quote from the June 8th PC Gamer, on NS' new engine known as 'Source', and how it allows players to interact better with their environments...

Pwn!  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
wait...what? what do you mean by ...on NS' new engine known as 'Source'... this is from a HL2 preview, nothing to do with NS right? I've wet myself enough just reading the HL2 article, if this is about NS I gotta start a whole new load of laundry.

Ahnteis · April 2003

It's about HL2, but think NS2...

QuantumSlip · April 2003

there were scans up and about of cgw's issue, but i wont link them

<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>check out dslreports.com pc game's forum </span>

HL2 min will be PIII 700 with Tnt2
Recommended P4 2 Ghz (or Athlon xp 2000+?) with GeForce 4

Venmoch · April 2003

So theres life in my Geforce 2 MX yet.....

roachems · April 2003

plz tell me ns with hl2 is planned.

o_O

Align · April 2003

Why NS for HL2 though? We don't need more weapons/new aliens, and the only real benefit we would get would be prettier graphics, and most people would play original HLs NS, because many lower-end people would play that instead, so more people... uh, yah.

EDIT: Though true, many many less bugs with the hitboxes+ hull issues(that might need the onos to be sized down a tiny bit.), plus, omg I didnt think of this, if the Source engine isn't a rumor, marines can throw boxes at skulks! How cool is that? edit2 and OMG HOW BOUT A MARINE CAN PICK UP A TURRETN ADN BE LIEK "LORK AT ME IMA GOIGN OT BAET TEH ONSO WITH THSI STICK" AND TEH ONOS WOULD BE ALL ESXPLOED EVERYWHAR AND ITWOUD BE LIEK I AER TEH ONOS KILLAR MACHEIN!!"#!"#¤!"¤%!"#%#!%/@$€{€

MonsieurEvil · April 2003

It was a mistake in my typing. Corrected above. Thanks for playing.

Burr · April 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (QuantumSlip @ Apr 23 2003, 02:31 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> HL2 min will be PIII 700 with Tnt2
Recommended P4 2 Ghz (or Athlon xp 2000+?) with GeForce 4  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Yay, I can still play it on my crappy computer....

just really slow, with a bad frame rate, and graphics turned down, and constantly looking at the ground.....

Marik_Steele · April 2003

/me pleads for out-of-the-box co-operative multiplayer

Loke · April 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Burr @ Apr 23 2003, 09:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Yay, I can still play it on my crappy computer....

just really slow, with a bad frame rate, and graphics turned down, and constantly looking at the ground.....</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
Why not upgrade your comp? If I would you, I would never play a game that I have waited for so long with about 5 fps.
<b><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>NEVER!</span></b>

ThE_HeRo · April 2003

Yeah, I've heard a few things about HL2 as well. Looks sweet, but i'll prolly be getting 20 fps with a 1.5 ghz Ge4 256 RAM because thats the way things turn out....

BTW Align, the thing you said about pickin up the turret and beating the onos to death was hilarious...so good, its in my sig. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

GWAR · April 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Align @ Apr 23 2003, 01:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> OMG HOW BOUT A MARINE CAN PICK UP A TURRETN ADN BE LIEK "LORK AT ME IMA GOIGN OT BAET TEH ONSO WITH THSI STICK" AND TEH ONOS WOULD BE ALL ESXPLOED EVERYWHAR AND ITWOUD BE LIEK I AER TEH ONOS KILLAR MACHEIN!!"#!"#¤!"¤%!"#%#!%/@$€{€  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
<img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'> oMG TURRENTS FRO LUCNH!!!!!!

Burr · April 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Loke @ Apr 23 2003, 10:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Burr @ Apr 23 2003, 09:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Yay, I can still play it on my crappy computer....

just really slow, with a bad frame rate, and graphics turned down, and constantly looking at the ground.....</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
Why not upgrade your comp? If I would you, I would never play a game that I have waited for so long with about 5 fps.
<b><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>NEVER!</span></b>  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
umm, because im a poor college student who can't find time to get off his lazy *** and get a job....

sigh, only a year and a half left to go....

Ahnteis · April 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>They've got ... a skeleton-looking guy wearing an enormouse suit of power armor. That guy exhibited behavior beyond anything we've ever seen before. He pursued Gordon into a building, broke the small window in the door with a massive iron-clad fist, ran a camera mounted on his head through the hole in order to spot Gordon, and then pounded the door off its hinges with brutal efficiency. Scary stuff.</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>

Oooooh!

Gadzuko · April 2003

Must... Have.... Now.

Much more anticipation builds up and I'll probably end up looking similar to the Hulk.

TenSix · April 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>They've got ... a skeleton-looking guy wearing an enormouse suit of power armor. That guy exhibited behavior beyond anything we've ever seen before. He pursued Gordon into a building, broke the small window in the door with a massive iron-clad fist, ran a camera mounted on his head through the hole in order to spot Gordon, and then pounded the door off its hinges with brutal efficiency. Scary stuff.</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>

Lets see Carmack try to top THAT! Jeez, not even Rainbow Six had this kinda AI. I mean....wow.

Align · April 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (ThE HeRo @ Apr 23 2003, 05:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> BTW Align, the thing you said about pickin up the turret and beating the onos to death was hilarious...so good, its in my sig. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
I shamelessly stole it from Cmdr. Kittens :X

Error404 · April 2003

<a href='http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=fx_5800' target='_blank'><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>The Geforce FX 5800 !! </span></a>

Doom 3 was designed to be run on a Geforce FX. Imagine how HL2 would look!

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
<b>CineFX Engine</b>

Powers cinematic effects beyond imagination. With advanced vertex and pixel shader capabilities, stunning and complex special effects are possible. In addition, increased horsepower delivers faster and smoother gameplay.

<b>High-Precision Graphics</b>

By combining the incredible dynamic range of today's state-of-the-art 3D motion pictures with 128-bit studio-precision color, the GeForce FX GPUs bring you the industry's best image quality for the most demanding applications.

<b>Intellisample Technology</b>

The industry's fastest and highest quality antialiasing delivers ultra-realistic visuals, with no jagged edges, at lightning-fast speeds.

</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>

*drool*

Error404 · April 2003

*drool harder*!

tbZBeAst · April 2003

Thats the funkiest hoover I've ever seen!

Ok no posts of photoshopped flamethrower variants.

eediot · April 2003

maybe i can use my flash skills to buy me a new computer, a geforce fx, and hl2?

<a href='http://www.tomopdam.com/flash/hl2/halflife.html' target='_blank'>http://www.tomopdam.com/flash/hl2/halflife.html</a>

HOHO

btw that flash above isnt meant to be serious

time taken, ~10 minutes, through eating food <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Scinet · April 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Error404: @ Apr 24 2003, 05:27 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> *drool harder*!  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
That looks more like a vacuum cleaner from the 60's than a state-of-the-art graphics accelerator.

Loke · April 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (eediot @ Apr 24 2003, 06:27 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> maybe i can use my flash skills to buy me a new computer, a geforce fx, and hl2?

<a href='http://www.tomopdam.com/flash/hl2/halflife.html' target='_blank'>http://www.tomopdam.com/flash/hl2/halflife.html</a>

HOHO

btw that flash above isnt meant to be serious

time taken, ~10 minutes, through eating food <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Dont get that flashmovie, he explodes... and what?

Anyway that flashmovie looks 50times better than HL2!

xioutlawix · April 2003

A lot of benchmarks done with the FX have shown that its only improved upon the radeon 9700's benchmarks by a barely minimal amount. This effect is even nullified in certain areas the harder you push AA and AF. I can only hope that through time, the drivers for the FX are vastly improved upon. Its definitely got the hardware advantage, now it just remains to be taken advantage of. In the meantime, I'm hesitant to stick a giant vacuum cleaner to the back of my computer which can only half-assedly outperform my current 9700 :\
I am certainly looking forward to half life 2 though, seems like they're adding an element of fear into it that for me at least, the first half life kinda lacked. I thought i'd have to go to doom3 for my only scares (will still be getting that of course), but half life 2 might be able to add some spooky moments as well <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Align · April 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (xioutlawix @ Apr 24 2003, 02:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I am certainly looking forward to half life 2 though, seems like they're adding an element of fear into it that for me at least, the first half life kinda lacked. I thought i'd have to go to doom3 for my only scares (will still be getting that of course), but half life 2 might be able to add some spooky moments as well <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
I, for one, got scared the multiple times that a headcrab jumped at you from an unexpected place, and the very first time I played HL, when ceilings would break and drop crabs in yo FAECRAGHGAHGHAHGHGGETITOFFHEELPSARgllarsururluulrrrrrrr

eediot · April 2003

loke - he's excited about hl2

then the guy says 'whats halflife'

and then hes so shocked, scared and indignant

that he

explodes

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

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