Half Life 2 expectations

[ValVed RaY]

With the new Media Released What are your expectations.

 

[Insert]

Edit: forget what i said, and you are Valved ray. eeiiuuu i don't like you.

 

[Varsity]

Better, but I still think we'll see something more at E3.

 

[ValVed RaY]

To me it looks like the Bottom option and more.

 

[Varsity]

Well that's becasue you're attention seeking.

 

[ValVed RaY]

no, those new screenshots just gave me a really bad impression of the game.

 

[commando]

ALSO why call yourself VALVE ray and be on a hl2 forum but still think the game is the bottom option! Pffffft!

i think TOP option! cant wait till wed-fri! so want to see the new vids!

 

[SMT]

It's imprudent to base one's holistic opinion of a game on screenshots - flattering or unflattering - period.

 

[ValVed RaY]

i've been valved ray since before half life 1. -_-

 

[Insert]

Like always, you can't judge a game after some screens, thank you.

 

[Lobster]

dont mind valved ray, everything he has ever posted since the dawn of time has been tosh

 

[Gorgon]

I voted for Looks Bad.

Well, somtime it looks nice but most the time it looks like the third option.

Valve you need to forget about the testing and start working on the Graphics level cause STALKER will Kill HALFLIFE2's graphics. its a fact

 

[Lobster]

I voted for Looks Bad.

Well, somtime it looks nice but most the time it looks like the third option.

Valve you need to forget about the testing and start working on the Graphics level cause STALKER will Kill HALFLIFE2's graphics. its a fact

You wont see Stalker till 2005, trust me! u wont!

 

[commando]

dont mind valved ray, everything he has ever posted since the dawn of time has been tosh

and yours haven't ? name one thread that went well hehe

 

[Runteh]

What idiotic comments, cs's graphics are shite but I enjoy playing it still. I am sure most hl mods are played more than most games at the momment. You cant really comment on graphics until you have seen the game. Details such as animation etc are all graphics. Ive seen the beta, and even though it was a crappy leaked version, I was not disappointed at all.

 

[Soundwave]

I picked the second option. It still looks good to me, just not as much as it did when it was first unveiled last year. I don't care much about graphics as it is though, so it's no biggie.

 

[commando]

the graphics on this game are great! i so cant wait for this game to arrive!

I mean farcry graphics look TOONY and cartoony if you ask me! i dont know why it just looks like.

but the hl2 graphics look real.

Also the hl2 models...WOW i mean reflections in the eyes! pupils get bigger and smaller to the reaction of light... light on the teeth. Man this game is going to be so fantastic! cant wait!

 

[Gorgon]

You wont see Stalker till 2005, trust me! u wont!

I know that.

valve got the chance to change the future of their game by putting more details . Otherwise HL2 life won't last more than 2 years.

I am not against the game, I love this game and to be truthful we shouldn't make judgments right now till the E3 in 1.8 days.

 

[Lobster]

and yours haven't ? name one thread that went well hehe

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=21858

HAR HAR, VICTORY IS MINE!

*climbs inside his rocket to the moon and pushes the big red button*

*forgets to close the door and dies in transit*

Well that didnt go well :S anyway back to the topic, it just seems every day theres one of these "Are you pissed off?" topics, I just think we should wait for E3.. not that anything on this forum acctully effects anything .. which would make this reply useless, thus ... ... im gonna need to think about that.

 

[commando]

I know that.

valve got the chance to change the future of their game by putting more details . Otherwise HL2 life won't last more than 2 years.

I am not against the game, I love this game and to be truthful we shouldn't make judgments right now till the E3 in 1.8 days.

very true indeed man.

well hl lasted top fps for like 5yrs! i think hl2 will come close to that or be longer

ok ok ok i know i shouldn't say that because i haven't played the game. But i just can see it.

But then again yes should wait for Wednesday E3 and see what happens

 

[commando]

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=21858

HAR HAR, VICTORY IS MINE!

*climbs inside his rocket to the moon and pushes the big red button*

*forgets to close the door and dies in transit*

Well that didnt go well :S anyway back to the topic, it just seems every day theres one of these "Are you pissed off?" topics, I just think we should wait for E3.. not that anything on this forum acctully effects anything .. which would make this reply useless, thus ... ... im gonna need to think about that.

Dam You Lobster!

I remember going to that thread and was like "WOW YAY"

dam it ok ok you win! lol

 

[SMT]

I still play TFC, and come on, it ain't because of the per-pixel lighting, real-time soft shadows and clever use of shaders. THERE ARE NONE. The models are 1000 polygons or less, the geometry is dead simple, the skyboxes are pixellated and static, and lighting/shadowing are strictly static lightmaps precomputed in a compiler.

So why do I still play TFC? Pure gameplay. Nothing beats being an engineer, tossing an EMP grenade at an advancing horde of enemy soldiers, and watching them all blow up in a colossal mess of gibs. This is the best example I can give of how gameplay is not only more important than graphics, but much, much more important.

 

[EVIL]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has more detail then Half Life² will be able to put in thier game before summer. the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. engine (forgot its name) is one hell of a polygon pusher.

 

[ValVed RaY]

well this is 2004, when such titles such as half life 2 are supposed to be comming out, i do expect more than blurry flat walls with terrible lighting that you cant make anything out.

 

[Soundwave]

I still play TFC, and come on, it ain't because of the per-pixel lighting, real-time soft shadows and clever use of shaders. THERE ARE NONE. The models are 1000 polygons or less, the geometry is dead simple, the skyboxes are pixellated and static, and lighting/shadowing are strictly static lightmaps precomputed in a compiler.

So why do I still play TFC? Pure gameplay. Nothing beats being an engineer, tossing an EMP grenade at an advancing horde of enemy soldiers, and watching them all blow up in a colossal mess of gibs. This is the best example I can give of how gameplay is not only more important than graphics, but much, much more important.

Hell yes. TFC looks like absolute hell compared to most games now, but it's still in the top 3 best online FPS ever, and my personal favorite.

I'd also like to add, in the case of TFC at least, the bad graphics make the random funny moments that happen in the game even funnier, like grenade deaths for example. As soon as the characters die from grenade explosions, they go immediately into their "laying down dead" animation, regardless of if they are blown through the air or not. So you''ll have a guy running across a bridge getting blown up with mines and launched 100 feet through the air in a forward direction and he's in a position like he's laying flat on the ground the whole ride.

 

[Sorze]

Yeah, let's all judge by graphics alone, that's what Half-life has always been about.


"What a loss this game is."

Probably the most stupid thing I've seen on these forums, I mean come on.
It's "a loss" because it's not the most beautiful game you'ver ever seen, it's only moderately gorgeous?

Grow up please.






*I don't really mean this as an personal attack, but wtf.

 

[AcousticToad]

As long as its got a good storyline, good features and lasts longer than Blue Shifts 42min then im happy.

 

[commando]

Yeah, let's all judge by graphics alone, that's what Half-life has always been about.


"What a loss this game is."

Probably the most stupid thing I've seen on these forums, I mean come on.
It's "a loss" because it's not the most beautiful game you'ver ever seen, it's only moderately gorgeous?

Grow up please.






*I don't really mean this as an personal attack, but wtf.

nicely said!

i personally cant see anything wrong with the graphics! i mean we have all seen the DX9 video i mean with the wall light reflections it looks stunning!

 

[SMT]

Re: Stalker, I recall watching a trailer for the game and finding the model animations appeared to consist of five or six frames. Therefore, the entire game sucks ass and should be scrapped.

Just kidding. Good thing I don't judge an in-development game by its graphics. Phew. ;-)

 

[commando]

As long as its got a good storyline, good features and lasts longer than Blue Shifts 42min then im happy.

LMAO man blue shift was easy!

I loved blue shift only for

1) the start where you were the guy banging on the door, then you see gordon on the train!

2) you see gordon getting dragged across the floor at the end i mean that shows you how long blue shift is compared to hl! hehe

 

[Zerox]

Looks Better than it did before. Best looking game ever.

 

[Lobster]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has more detail then Half Life² will be able to put in thier game before summer. the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. engine (forgot its name) is one hell of a polygon pusher.

Ive always felt, both stalker and half-life 2 are aiming for very different things, stalker has this tremendously realistic ominous world, its a game about exploreing and doing your own thing, there is story but its less in ur face (which is great for what stalker is doing), and the multiplayer is more about long range realism, slower paced and using alot of new ideas.

HL2 has been focusing on improving the already proven forumula of the original, and things like the charecter animation, and cinematic combat effects, have been created to tell a fast paced story, as well as create the more classic multiplayer ideas, (such as TFC and CS) which dont need huge maps or other stuff.

Both are in there own league and both will be awsome, IN MY OPINION!

 

[Mr. Redundant]

I chose option 2:
same as last year - pretty graphics.

Graphics in Hl2 are nothing to write home about, kinda meh....
Im graphic obsessed, but Im glad they opted out of using the "plastic" look that Farcry and Doom3 have (extreme use of polybump/bumpmapping), Hl2 looks gritty and more realistic (albeit a little poly deficient in certain areas).

however HL2 (the whole package, sound, story, physics etc) is what has me hooked and excited for the game... if I were to base my opinion on HL2 solely on its graphics... I probably wouldnt even have registered here last May.... well no, it looked impressive last year.... its just in comparison with other up-and coming (and newly released) titles... its coming up slightly short.
also I had some expectation that they would at least somewhat retouch the graphics in the year delay (well almost a year now) so thats why its even more dissapointing... seeing the pics now was like a "oh" (deflated feeling) instead of being impressed.

everything stated above is my opinion.

 

[Seppo]

I think it looks the same as always. Nice graphics, but nothing earth shattering. Not that HL2 didn't have some really cool effects though.

 

[ValVed RaY]

here is my imppresion of what hl2 will be like

daikatana..

 

[Soundwave]

Oh come on ValVed now you're just trolling with a comment like that.

 

[ValVed RaY]

not really. it's gonna follow the same path of daikatana if they don't get their act together. Half life 2 has the best expectations from pretty much all aspects. and it's just not adding up to be so great now. People are gonna expect too much and not get it. in other words DAIKATANA

 

[Loke]

"Looks like it did before, Pretty nice graphics."



But Im more interested in the physics engine. And the gameplay of course.

 

[Mountain Man]

I see no real substantial differences in the graphics quality between six months ago and today, but it's still a damn fine looking game. Valve's attention to detail is amazing, and the fact that everything in the game is a physical object will make the gameworld incredibly immersive.

In short, Half-Life 2 can't be summed up in a feature checklist (the whole being greater than the sum of its parts or some such). It's how all the features work together that will make it a great game.

 

[SMT]

here is my imppresion of what hl2 will be like

daikatana..

How is that an impression? I don't get it.