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[Dodger]

Half-Life 2, the much hyped sequel to Half-Life, which won over 50 game of the year awards and was named 'best PC game ever' by PC Gamer Magazine, was released today.

[spawn_syxx9]

I am totally amazed. I'll probably have to go check it out.

[campusjunk]

It is sooooo sweet. You can pickup anything, well .. anything thats not to big (your not superman). Its kinda futureistic, but not so bad that it makes it lame, like 5-10 years or something. And the government has taken over kinda... i think. I didnt really pay attention alot to the storyline... i just wanted to shoot some stuff. Its pretty sweet throwing a barral at someone and then shooting it and making it blow up .

[Bash]

yea, it's an awesome game... but it seems too similar to the first one (storyline) so far. btw, how do u throw objects far away? i can only drop them when i pick them up...

[Too_Hot]

ooo mine dont arrive till tommoz :'( o well js gtta pass the time wit cs

[serverph]

heheheü global game authentication seems to have bogged down Valve's Steam
servers for some time. frustrations, frustrations, frustrations...

[Casanova]

I knew the online autentication process was going to be more trouble than its worth. Oh well, that what the offline patch its for. I hope it goes down in price soon, $50 is still a lot of money for me.

[dark]

Casanova, on Nov 18 2004, 02:56 PM, said:

I knew the online autentication process was going to be more trouble than its worth. Oh well, that what the offline patch its for. I hope it goes down in price soon, $50 is still a lot of money for me.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi

Have you checked the fliers for black friday sales? Maybe you get lucky and could grab it for something like $30, i don't know but you never know. Check out eb.com or compusa and bestbuy.com.
I am so backed up with games that i can wait for a real steal on that one.

See ya

Patrick

[ORION]

yea how is this game????? Im looking for a new game that is going to be better than socom 2 untill socom 3 comes out hopefully sony will have it out by next year. IM sure they are trying to stop all the glitchers and cheeters trying to ruin it for that rest of the regular players. Well im gunna look into this game then ill get back to your guys

[alperuzi]

well, I finished it today and yes, it is a great game.

The new physics based gaming is a pretty neat idea, you can interact with pretty much every object in the game. You have extended areas of the game which you travel by vehicles (a boat and a buggy to be exact) and you have a limited number of weapons like in HL1, but the gravity gun as mentioned is the most unique. How does picking up a radiator and using it as a shield sound?

[Dodger]

^Sounds very fun and original. That shows that this game is very interactive, unlike most of the games we see today that are nothing but "interactive" movies with few minigames thrown on the side.

[DarkHell]

im gonna get it soon even tho it came out like month ago

[Flamingninjasfanclub]

no wonder it was so hyped, the graphics are as good as doom 3's if not better! great game...

[SilentWarrior]

It is the best game ever made. Far superior graphics compared to games like Doom 3, and Far Cry.

They released HL2 Deathmatch so now you can play HL2 with other people on cool maps and they have Team deathmatch as well.

IT OWNZ!!

[alperuzi]

I don't agree that it has better graphics actually.

Farcry had much better environmental graphics, the trees and the beaches and the water was awesome.

Doom 3 was technically superior, it used the lighting much better.

HL2 has awesome character grahics, the faces, animations and ragdoll physics of the characters are very realistic.

[Rook]

Half Life 2 is a lot of fun. I don't own it but I did rent it.
One thing I had a problem with though was that you are a scientist. How can a scientist use guns like a commando. Your cone of fire should have been the screen.

[SilentWarrior]

See, I think in order to fully Appreciate HL2 you need to have a great computer. My P4 3.4ghz and 2048mb ram along with radeon 9800XT are absolutly great. I own the golden 3, "Doom 3, FarCry, and Half Life 2". FarCry's graphics were pretty sweet but when compared to any of the graphics in HL2, they are a liltle bit less superior. HL2 is the one game I think I can say is very close to perfect. I could find no faults in the graphics, gameplay, or physics. It is absolutly insane in my opinion. Ive been taking my time playing through the game, cherishing every moment

BTW, Rook, how did you rent the game? lol. In order to play it you need to connect to a private valve server and download a patch. I dont think that would be possible if umultiple people rented/used the same copy.

[timmik]

Hi

I have the game for a couple of days now, but because of lack of time (school) i have not played it that much. Atm I just finished the part with the airboat. I think the game is just awesome!!

Greets Timmik

[Bash]

hehe, i completed the game last week (on friday, to be precise)

the ending is very confusing btw!

[timmik]

Lol. Im taking my time with the game, just doing it easy. Because i think its no fun to complete the game so quick.

[aOGM D34gL3r]

I have Half Life 2 but I have never played it ever in my entire life...

1) I never have time for it because of school
2) My computer sucks so when I try to open the game it freezes and crashes my com.

Sucks,..