Half life 2

avenger69ie · Post by **avenger69ie** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 5:45 pm

Bought it today

Not 5 discs, but 1 dvd in a nice slim jewel case with no instructions or crappy background story.

Yes you do need to register with steam and register your copy via serial code to steam just to play.

The game unlocks (after about 20 minutes with me) the game files when registration is complete.
load times, So far so bad.. its fucking awful waiting around for five minutes just to get to the main menu... quick saves and loads arent so bad though...
level loading takes between 5 - 15 seconds.. which is a pain at times.

Fucking pain in the ringpiece. But ...

So far its great.. same old weapons(so far, crowbar, 9mm pistol, smg) excellent backdrops, some nice and dark, dreary stuff, some very bright, Some old faces, lots of new ones.
Sound is amazing, and the npc's look mighty nice.

I've only played it for an hour or so, so far, but its a lot more interesting than doom3 already. PLUS.. you can have a flashlight and a gun at the same time.

All in all.. it seems like it was worth the wait. I hope it lasts longer than doom3 and halo 2 did in regards to playing time.

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:02 pm

...wish I could at least get it installed! I'm still getting the lousy hl2.ico1 error!
And before I call the UK for support I want to try every damn option I have!

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:23 pm

5-15 seconds for loading is pretty neat?

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:33 pm

hmm only impressive loading time which I remember, is in Tron 2.0, about 2-5 seconds.
but those were quickloads..

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Ernesto · Post by **Ernesto** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:14 am

avenger69ie wrote:The game unlocks (after about 20 minutes with me) the game files when registration is complete. load times, So far so bad.. its fucking awful waiting around for five minutes just to get to the main menu... quick saves and loads arent so bad though... level loading takes between 5 - 15 seconds.. which is a pain at times.

Your system specs, plz?

Mad Max RW · Post by **Mad Max RW** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:47 am

Loading times are a tad long. And unlocking took me around 30 minutes. Other than that I have no problems with HL2. Only just reached the hovercraft boat after battling the first waves of headcrabs/zombies. My first impression of the game is very good.

Oh yeah, I bought the 5 CD version at gamestop. Fucking paper sleaves. At least I have more than a dozen spare cases and there's lots of great CD jewel case covers on the net.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:50 am

Unlocking it took me around 50 minutes, and the loading times are just fine, except for the initial one. The game runs smoothly at the highest details, and 1024x780.

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 5:57 am

The game runs pretty good and looks awesome, the beginning feels like a concentration camp. Its never been so cool to be jewish.

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:09 am

Finally got my problems concerning installation solved.

I've reached chapter 14 in one stride.. took me 11 hours. so far, it seems as short as doom 3 =/

Best part so far have been the ant-lions (Bug-bait part).
But too much repetition imo... it's like playing Doom 3. You've got your zombies, though in variations, and then you've got your evil marines.
And that's about it >=/ everything else you only meet briefly.

Some of the puzzles are good, although a tad easy.

game runs smoothly.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:39 am

I'm on hour 6 of trying to unlock. The joys of Steam.

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:46 am

I <3's steamz

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 2:22 pm

Graphics are nice, sounds are awesome, the beginning is real cool, with the soldiers trying to hit you when you throw a can and stuff, but I really have a problem with shooters involving monsters.

It's really not as satisfying as shooting the shit out of humans and hearing them cry, ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â la SoF1.

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:58 pm

Just think of the combine as humans... they sound like muffled humans, they resemble humans a lot, and they bleed like humans. Isn't that good enough?

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:35 pm

Naw. It was mucho funnier in SoF, killing Iraqis. Or commies in Red Faction. Or nazis in RoTT.

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 5:22 pm

I guess you're right.

I've finished HL2 now.. took me in total 13 hours.

Probably on of the worst endings ever...
I wasn't even sure what I did in the end to finish the game... too fast-paced imo!

And I was hoping to get some more nifty weapons..
not to mention you get to see a bunch of different aliens throughout the citadel, which you don't even get to battle or anything!... bah.

Anyway, has anyone found the multiplayer part yet? because I got a message from steam that my product was fully registered now, but I don't see multiplayer anywhere..

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 5:49 pm

The multiplayer IS counterstrike:source

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:19 pm

There's no HL2-DM

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:20 pm

...just as I was looking forwards to hurling things at people with the grav-gun..

ffs... that's worse than D3! >=(

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:52 pm

Well, since Somethingawful didn't lie on the multiplayer being only Countershit, how about the ending? SPOILER FOR THE PHAGOTZ THAT KARE Is the G-Man really future-Gordon?

avenger69ie · Post by **avenger69ie** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:09 am

Ernesto wrote:
avenger69ie wrote:The game unlocks (after about 20 minutes with me) the game files when registration is complete. load times, So far so bad.. its fucking awful waiting around for five minutes just to get to the main menu... quick saves and loads arent so bad though... level loading takes between 5 - 15 seconds.. which is a pain at times.
Your system specs, plz?

3.2 ghz p4,
128 shitheap geforce5200
1 gig sd or rdram, cant remember
basic onboard sound.

i think the reason it loads fast compared to some is because its on dvd?

the latter levels seem to take longer, 10 - 30 seconds.
the overwatch gun is great, so is the .357
Shame ye cant get more ammo for either.

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