Barricade: Late Observations

[DimitriPopov]

Ok ive watched barricade many times now. Ive notice 2 new things.

1: the PDW beeps when its low on ammo I believe. I heard it twice in the video and both times Gordon had to reload shortly. It sound like picking up a medpack in HL1

2: I believe someone said they diddnt thing the Barricade section was actually in HL2 because the couldnt see the combine towers but you can clearly see it ominous in the background right before or after Barney says 'cover me'

 

[Chris D]

1. That's the sound of your HEV suit alerting you you're low on ammo. It's accompanied by the ammo indicator around the crosshair turning red.

2. Everything in the Steam videos is in HL2. This has been confirmed by Gabe.

 

[Chris D]

Originally posted by Mountain Man
Are the E3 demos actual segments from the final game, or are they mock-ups made specifically for marketing purposes?

They are from the game.

 

[Prince of China]

Not everything in the E3 videos are in the game.
-Remember: The placeholders!
But hey, they'll be changed.
Now, let no one speak of the place-holders again!

 

[Chris D]

Stop nit picking my comments!!

 

[Gunner]

Originally posted by Chris_D
1. That's the sound of your HEV suit alerting you you're low on ammo. It's accompanied by the ammo indicator around the crosshair turning red.

2. Everything in the Steam videos is in HL2. This has been confirmed by Gabe.

I thought the Steam videos were promoting Battlechess 2004?! lol

 

[Chris D]

That is true... Remember Half-Life 2 doesn't really exist and these videos are actually from a chess game with biomazendiens or whatever. They can make themselves look good.

 

[Prince of China]

And Half-Life 3 is basically Half-Life 2 with boimazendiens or w/e on steroids.

 

[MaDMaXX]

you mean they're promoting hl2? uh...

 

[Apos]

How do you pronounce "biozeminades" anyway?

 

[Prince of China]

Ask Chris_D.

 

[Chris D]

I'd imagine it's: (bio-zem-in-aids)

I didn't make it up. I don't know for sure.

 

[commando]

ok dude..

the mashine gun or wateva u wanna call it make a sound when u have destroyed it. it goes all crazy on the floor shooting every where then cuts off and dead. and yes we all know that it beeps when low on ammo. man that is old news.

about the towers man that is clear as anything to see

nice thread though

WHEN IS THE NEW VID OUT!!!

wasn't barricade out last tues???

 

[Feath]

Originally posted by Chris_D
That is true... Remember Half-Life 2 doesn't really exist and these videos are actually from a chess game with biomazendiens or whatever. They can make themselves look good.

I wonder what it means by "Good". I mean, they wear nice make up or have bump mapping.

They've got style?

 

[Chris D]

There are no release dates for anything on Steam at the moment. The videos will be out when Valve are ready to release them. Moaning about it won't make them come faster.

 

[Feath]

I'm hoping that they are doing one a week from now on.

I'm going to just wait and see if anythink preloads. Only 1 hour and 10 minutes to wait.

 

[Chris D]

If something preloads then it'll be released tomorrow night.

 

[Prince of China]

I have a question:
If it's 4:00 PM in Canada, what time would it be in the U.K.?

 

[Chris D]

That's a little vague... Which timezone in Canada?

 

[Prince of China]

Canada's timezone is PST. Specifically, the Pacific area such as British Columbia.

 

[Chris D]

Oh right... Yeah that'd be 12 midnight GMT. So we're 8 hours in front of that time zone.

 

[dscowboy]

Ok, back on topic... anyone notice that after sneaking around the barricade, one of the resistance fighters tries to use the street sign as cover? LOL! He puts his back up against the signpost.

 

[Mountain Man]

Originally posted by Chris_D
Stop nit picking my comments!!

To be fair, they were initially my comments, not that I'm nitpicking or anything!

 

[DimitriPopov]

Times when you wish you could delete your own thread.

 

[dscowboy]

Originally posted by DimitriPopov
Times when you wish you could delete your own thread.

I know what you mean. I'll continue to contribute though, for no apparent reason other than boredom.

Check out how Barney and the resistance fighters turn around, like when they put their back to a wall, or near the end when Barney faces the manatee at the gate. They turn around like real people would, moving their heads independently, placing their feet correctly. They don't just spin 180 degrees as though they're impaled on a vertical pole. Non-scripted animation of that quality is very impressive.

 

[RoyGBiv]

2: I believe someone said they diddnt thing the Barricade section was actually in HL2 because the couldnt see the combine towers but you can clearly see it ominous in the background right before or after Barney says 'cover me'

well yeah it's confirmed these are in the game now, i still don't see the overpowering combine skyscraper though. i do see the larger barricades but that wasn't what i was talking about. unless i am completely missing the skyscraper someone cap it.

 

[RoyGBiv]

They don't just spin 180 degrees as though they're impaled on a vertical pole. Non-scripted animation of that quality is very impressive.

and notice in bugbait the antlions when looking at gordon seem to spin on a pole without moving their legs. lol.