[hlcoders] So, what do you think of Half-Life2?

I spent some time playing Half-Life2 last night. I thought it might be several days before I would be able to get authorized on Steam, but it only took me about 5 or 10 minutes to get though. The content took a little while to unlock (I had the Special Edition DVD), but after about 10-15

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I only played a couple hours of it last night, but I can already say that I think it's much better then any other game out so far this season. The gameplay, while being a throwback to old-shcool HL-style gameplay also introduces new aspects and is always throwing things at you. My thinking is

RE: [hlcoders] So, what do you think of Half-Life2?

Well done Valve, I can't wait to actually play the rest of the game. Shame to all those naysayers who claimed the game would bomb! -- Jorge Vino Rodriguez Yes, it finally did get released. The whole steam deal yesterday was a bit frustrating along with all of the other issues that retail

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I'd have to second that. I played HL2 for about 3 hours last night, most of which was spent trying to figure out why HL2 was crashing during the first teleportation sequence with Alex. At first I thought it was my nForce2-based audio because of the sound looping as it crashed and the

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HoundDawg wrote: Yes, it finally did get released. The whole steam deal yesterday was a bit frustrating along with all of the other issues that retail purchasers are faced with. But, overall, it is fun to play and I am looking forward to the full SDK release. As far as a next-generation engine,

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Aye, there were some things that have been done better by other engines, but Source is hardly weak in that regard itself. The character technology is way beyond anything out there. Though much of the scripted-sequence stuff could be considered just set-piece animation and thus nothing new - when

Re: [hlcoders] So, what do you think of Half-Life2?

On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 12:02:49PM -0800, HoundDawg wrote: As far as a next-generation engine, for Valve it is, but in gaming, the HL2 engine is a few years dated now. FarCry surpasses HL2 in many, many ways. Yes, including water effects, heat distortions around steam and other heat sources,

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Technically you're in the Mark 5 now, not the Mark IV. :p There were a lot more sound effects that were recycled, though - weapons, doors, machinery, enemies - and to me they kinda sounded out of place against the new sounds and visuals. -randomnine- They had to reuse the sound tracks, you're