Guest Emad Posted April 23, 2003 Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 Ooooh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted April 23, 2003 Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 Yep, looks great. Can't wait ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chris b.a.r.f. Posted April 23, 2003 Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 Ooooh... Cripes! Gonna need one hell of a PC to run it in that kind of detail tho'. Looks ace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted April 23, 2003 Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 {17:52} it may well still run on your machine {17:53} specs are a pentium 700 w/ DX6-class gfx card Think again... /me pats GF2 Mx... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Emad Posted April 23, 2003 Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 Mmm, read the articles there - they're trying to get it so that people with 700Mhz machines and tnts can run it.. Optimum is a Gf4/2400Mhz.. Mines a lil 1700XP with an nForce mb and a gig o ram, should do nicely ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chris b.a.r.f. Posted April 23, 2003 Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 Mmm, read the articles there - they're trying to get it so that people with 700Mhz machines and tnts can run it.. Of course they are - if the people with this machine spec don't mind it looking like Manic Miner on the Speccy ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted April 23, 2003 Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 At last the long awaited sequel ;) This is one of those must have games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gorskar Posted April 23, 2003 Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 niiiiiiiiiiice. I wonder how it will run on my athlon 1.2/512Mb ram/64mb geforce 2ti ... I've a feeling it might be time for an upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chris b.a.r.f. Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 I wonder how it will run on my athlon 1.2/512Mb ram/64mb geforce 2ti ... I've a feeling it might be time for an upgrade. heh, same PC specs here, and I get that same feeling ;) I don't play a whole load of games on the PC, but when I do they have to look good too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SirGaz Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 I have a 900Mhz (Yep, not even 1Ghz yet ;)) with Geforce4 card and 384Mb RAM (Don't ask). Never had a problem until Unreal 2 which runs pants even in 800x640 and medium graffics settings. No idea what HL2 will run like, probably the same. Seems like the rest of you I'll be upgrading in the not too distant future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bdmoore Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 You're not the only one with 384MB of RAM SirGaz! ;) Recently got fed up with upgrading my pc to play games and bought an XBox instead, much less hassle and I can finally play Halo!! :) :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ClintEastman Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Ooooh... Link Pulled down!! The screenshots/scans don't stay up for more than a day! Can't wait for this baby!!! :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Emad Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Hmm, damnation - the NDA expires on 28th April apparently anyway, so it'll be plastered all over the net after then... Lets just say it looks v pretty indeed and Gordon is working with The Man (boring ending otherwise, eh?).. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ClintEastman Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 A (small) Preview!!!! http://money.cnn.com/2003/04/23/commentary...aming/index.htm ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest metal3 Posted April 27, 2003 Report Share Posted April 27, 2003 just read thread and got the old cd out and playin it all over again brilliant game ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ClintEastman Posted May 8, 2003 Report Share Posted May 8, 2003 It just sounds too good to be true!!! http://www.gamespy.com/previews/may03/halflife2pc/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted May 9, 2003 Report Share Posted May 9, 2003 The game mag PCzone has a 12 page review, they even have a technical chaos thery as part of the program :shock: regarding a demo of the game engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ClintEastman Posted May 12, 2003 Report Share Posted May 12, 2003 LOTS of nice pics for ya..... http://hl2hc.halflife.org/newscr.htm :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ClintEastman Posted May 15, 2003 Report Share Posted May 15, 2003 Here's some video for you!!! http://xero.graphicx.org/misc/halflife2_pc...2003_2dn_qt.zip From what i here these puppys are amazing (not seen them at work :cry:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ClintEastman Posted May 15, 2003 Report Share Posted May 15, 2003 Anyone had a look at them? Interested to know what they are like! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr_Protozoa Posted May 15, 2003 Report Share Posted May 15, 2003 run them at uni, but no sound. we have no speakers. they look good. very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ClintEastman Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 WEARY FROM an evening at the Nvidia event featuring Smashmouth, I made my way to the Exposition floor to sample the warez (sic). First stop? My appointment with Valve. Valve was sharing a booth with ATI, but it seemed to be the other way around. The centre point of the entire display is HalfLife 2, and the preview videos. I have now seen in game scenes from both Doom3 and Halflife 2, and currently it appears that HalfLife 2 has the edge. As I said before, ID made a conscious decision to minimize object interaction in Doom 3 due to the programming challenges of making the interaction as real as the rest of the virtual world. HalfLife 2, while less eye-candy intensive, allows the user to interact with her or his environment in truly impressive ways. In the technology demo, showcasing the new Source Engine, objects in the game all have the characteristics of the real life material. Mattresses flop around, wood splinters and metal makes a resounding twang when struck. The properties of the items are specified down to the buoyancy. For example, throw wood into water and it will sink a few inches, and slowly surface. Throw metal? It sinks like a stone. Objects can also interact with each other, and mass is taken into consideration. In the game demo, a gigantic strider that looks like it escaped from "War of the Worlds", bears down on a group of militia. The protagonist, Dr. Freeman, picks up a desk and throws it using a special weapon. The desk thuds into the strider and knocks it slightly off balance, and it slowly regains it’s composure. In another area, while running from a bunch of baddies, the hero enters a building then slides a desk in front of the door to prevent the soldiers from following. The AI in the game is amazing, as the soldier then tries to fire through the window. Unsuccessful at terminating our poor protagonist, the soldier then kicks in the door to clear the desk. It is amazing how much effect the various objects can have on the game. Another add-on to the HalfLife franchise is the ability to use vehicles. In the in-game demo, a dune-buggy makes an outstanding people masher as several bad guys fall victim to the Mighty Michelins. While on the subject of the vehicle scene, and going back to the interaction, at the end of the scene a gigantic alien air vehicle is trying to make swiss cheese out of our hero. The hero gets out of the vehicle at a point in the road where there are several abandoned cars and an armoured personel carrier. The airship has an enormous Gatling gun which shreds everything in the way. When the hero hides behind the APC, things are groovy. When the hero dodges and weaves behind the cars, (which he has to do to get the heatseeking missle) the fire from the airship actually causes the cars to move. If you are hiding behind a car and the airship has a bead on you, prepare to back up as the car jerks in response to the bullets fired. This game promises to bring the First Person Shooter to a new level. µ i have 8 vids of this baby in action now.... It just gets better and better!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ClintEastman Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 I also heard a rumour that a tech demo (E3?) has leaked to the web. (Ala DOOM3 Alpha) :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr_Protozoa Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 can you upload the vids to anywhere? I've seen a couple of them, but not any with the dune buggy. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cpt_andy Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 Loads of vids here: ftp://gamefiles.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyond...lers/halflife2/ This game is amazing!! Cpt. A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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