Hl 2 Picture Collection

DelaZ · April 2003

** Nuked ** I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Stop posting entire scanned articles from magazines people. STOP. STOP. STOP.

DelaZ · April 2003

WOA!

DelaZ · April 2003

Lol... look closely @ your right.. RABBIT <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

DelaZ · April 2003

That shot actually reminds me of the first HL when you first meet the marines.

Gwahir · April 2003

follow the white rabbit

I wonder if aliens will pick people up and hurl them at you.

Xanieth · April 2003

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Infected Marine @ Apr 23 2003, 12:30 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Who wants to speculate? Looks like Alyxe (Russian?), the female protaganist will play an important role. And many of those locals look like they are in Russia, maybe a port city. Any thing else people want to add?  </td></tr></table> 
It's going to be the Russo-American war that never was! D:

MutantMFM · April 2003

Oo nice pictures where did you get those from DelaZ?

Liku · April 2003

I HATE YOU VALVE!

SkinnY · April 2003

[Note to valve] give HL2 now SkinnY [/note]

eediot · April 2003

delaz - the light shadow from guns, that is actually a doorway = blocky

as for the model collision, well, i dunno. i dont really mind as such, just means i can pile more aliens on a doorway without having to climb over them <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

oh and lack of gun shadow haha <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'> funny

TommyVercetti · April 2003

Thanks a lot for that magazine link, StarCraft guy. I have a subscription to PC Gamer but for some reason my issue tends to come a week after everyone elses'. About the hardware, don't be concerned. I have Unreal 2 running on a 1.2Ghz Athalon, 384MB of RAM, and a GeForce 4 Ti 4600. The trick is running it at 640x480 resolution with 4x FSAA on. For some reason, U2's performance is only slightly effected by anti-aliasing so I can actually run it with all the graphical settings maxed, although the display is somewhat grainy I don't mind that; just looks smooth to me. Hopefully this luck with transfer to HL2. I do have one big problem with this though; interacting with "permanent" characters like Alyx and the G-Man. One of the things that made Half-Life so good was the sense that all hell was constantly breaking loose; there were no permanent comforting fixtures for you to latch onto for a bit of security. HL1 was running like hell to get our of there, and it was serious. Unreal 2, for example, didn't take itself seriously; the characters acted as if they knew they were in a game, and the story wasn't all that good anyways. I guess I'm trying to say that HL2 looks like that certain spark of chaos will be gone, sacrificed to better tell the story Mr. Laidlaw has laid out (no pun intended). If I want his story, I'll go buy the book... Oh well, guess it's just anxiousness getting to me. One last thing; why do you kill Barney?! You horrbile, sick people! For some reason in HL1 I would never let Barney or Walter die (well, Walter was forced into it a lot by prescripted events) and pretend they were the same guys progressing through the installation like I was... Hmm, guess it's just a game... What?!! HL IS JUST A GAME?!! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?!! *sobs*

mazemaster · April 2003

That mp5 looks worse then my counter-strike mp5. Much worse. Other than that, it looks like hl2 is going to pwn. Valve knows that it isnt the graphics that make the game, as many companies seem to have forgotten these days.

BedwettingType · April 2003

So true, Mazemaster, so true.

Gwahir · April 2003

The thing that made HL1 so successful even up until today certainly isn't the graphics. But at the time the graphics were definately over par. The AI was taken to the next notch. The friendliness and simplicity of the interface is well thought out. The story was great and you could easily get caught up in it. non-standard features were added, like aliens capable of smelling you and coordinated attacks from enemy forces. Not to mention death to the wookies... where'd that come from. Excellent mapping outside of the company. And let us not forget the amazing modability of Half-Life.

In short, Half-Life is a whole game. It wasn't rushed to get the money, these people poured the time and effort necessary and paid attention to all aspects of the game and refused to make tradeoffs. This same attitude seems to have held for HL2. They seem to have made a whole game yet again.

SovKhan · April 2003

new engine looks nice, but i still think the doom3 engine renders better.

eediot · April 2003

i know i will buy the game. why? because its halflife!

Be0w · April 2003

Even if HL2 was trashed on by every magazine author out there (even after valve offering lots of money for good reviews) I would still buy it. Even if I knew for a fact it was gonna break my heart into a million pieces.. I... I *have* to buy it. I feel that strongly. I feel like I *owe* Valve for HL. And even though I rag on people for buying the latest C&C bloom just because they liked the first one... I now know why <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'> . The pain... but, I have hope, I mean just *look* at those screenies <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'> ! (Anyone who tries to take this hope away will die a painfull and untimely death at my hands <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'>). Well whatever happens I will stick with Valve all the way to the end.

J2pc · April 2003

/me waits for the demo, cause 159 nights of sleep is just to much........... *sob*
*warm fuzzy feeling*
VALVE PWNS J00 ALL!!!!!111one~!oneone!1!!!

Screw the doom rendering <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>
btw, they're not ready yet, so stop whining over this little stuff, or with hl3 you'll get nothing until 3 days before release <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'>

Renegade · April 2003

*Gets up from plush black leather couch and marks off one more day 'till Half-Life 2, then sits back down*
<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Liku · April 2003

*Hates VALvE with all his inner being*

You ruin my day TWICE!

Greedo · April 2003

My god, what is wrong with you people?? Every time I came to a point where I could continue on my way, but Barney or the scientist couldn't, I would mercilessly slaughter them. Crowbar for the scientists, and whatever cool gun I had recently picked up for Barney. That extra clip saved my life on more than one occasion, that's for sure.

Empty · April 2003

OMG OMG OMG... If they just released the game out of nowhere... Without any screens or articles or anything... I think my heart would just stop beating from severe shock. I can barely concentrate as it is right now...Damn it now I need to go play HL singleplayer again to let out some of my excitement since none of my friends seem to carry the same amount of enthusiasm as I do <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'>

TenSix · April 2003

Me: OMG HL2 HL2 HL2 HL2 HL2!! OMG YES YES YES!
Friend: Whats HL?
Me: HALF-LIFE 2 HALF-LIFE 2 HALF-LIFE 2!!! ITS COMING?
Friend: <Leaves the room>

Empty · April 2003

I think it's actually kind of scary that not too many people know that HL2 is coming out or are enthusiastic about it... Hell I've even mentioned it a few times on different servers and everyone's either "You lie" or "Right on" But no real enthusiasm... Does that make the few of us that are really enthusiastic super nerds or something?

J2pc · April 2003

nah, makes the others
REAL N00B VALVE HATERS, SHOOT/BITE them all
lol

nah, it's kinda new, so they think u screwing around, but if the mag get's out, they'll know.... they'll know...

omg om omg, can't wait.... must stop playing HL..... must go to school..... CAN;T.... AAARRRGH

Empty · April 2003

Here's the interesting thing that someone posted earlier...
www.half-life.com ok, no big deal
www.half-life2.com now why would they have that site reserved?
www.half-life3.com even stranger.... it's also reserverd
www.half-life4.com Doesn't exist

So, as many of you all know from the article 2 is for sure and they are planning for 3... but it's pretty much confirmed with the existence of those websites... I think... screw it i'm going to bed.

GoPeDeRiCk · April 2003

if you read the whole artical you would have also read that they have already started on HL3 lol

ahem
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Error404 · April 2003

I hope all the creature models have DISMEMBERMENT ZONES!!

That would be cool, but perhaps a little violent.

I am Gordon Freeman.

Mr_Headcrab · April 2003

...gordon looks a bit like my uncle.... scary,

Venmoch · April 2003

Personally I think Gordon looks a lot like Eric Clapton..........

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