Quote from PC Games Editor-in-Chief About Half Life 2

[SFLUFAN]

"This game does not need a rating at all, this game needs a monument."

Nothing more needs to be said. :cheers:

 

[KagePrototype]

Still keeping my expectations low.

 

[rrm]

no more hype thanks

 

[Adrien C]

Me to, me to, it seems good, but we have't heard any HUGE SURPRISE yet.

 

[guise]

more hype please

 

[BladeTurbo]

no more hype thanks

this game doesn't need hype... it is going to be monumental

 

[PvtRyan]

"This game does not need a rating at all, this game needs a monument."

Nothing more needs to be said. :cheers:

Where's that from?

 

[SFLUFAN]

That's from the German magazine PC Games who gave HL2 96% in their latest issue.

 

[PvtRyan]

That's from the German magazine PC Games who gave HL2 96% in their latest issue.

Ah, sorry I read PC Gamer so I thought one of their editors made a comment on a forum or something.

 

[Mujuro]

It's from a German magazine called PC Games. As for the comment, he's right, there isn't a reason for a rating, should just recieve a monument. But my question is; why did they not give it a perfect 100% if they enjoyed it so much?

 

[Delicious Bass]

prolly the multiplayer, thats why most magazines are marking hl2 down

 

[Sideswiped]

It's from a German magazine called PC Games. As for the comment, he's right, there isn't a reason for a rating, should just recieve a monument. But my question is; why did they not give it a perfect 100% if they enjoyed it so much?

it still has flaws, if only minor

 

[Goombatommy]

Just imagine for a second tho, if Valve did include; even if it was the simple basic DM, TDM, CTF and/or King of the Hill. Imagine how it would have boosted the ratings and reviews for the game. Just imagine..

 

[Delicious Bass]

between 98% and 100% i bet if they just had some simple kind of multiplayer

EDIT: lets make that 99.9% and 100% :cheers:

 

[gusolson]

Just imagine for a second tho, if Valve did include; even if it was the simple basic DM, TDM, CTF and/or King of the Hill. Imagine how it would have boosted the ratings and reviews for the game. Just imagine..

not if it sucked.......

 

[rrm]

Half-Life2.de: Hallo Herr Gooding, bitte stellen sie sich kurz vor.
Dirk Gooding (PC Games): Dirk Gooding, leitender Redakteur bei der PC Games. War bis vor zwei Jahren aktives Mitglied bei mTw - den Clan dürften die meisten ja kennen (habe Quake 2 CTF/DM und UT gespielt).
Half-Life2.de: Als einer der ersten durften sie die finale Version von Half-Life 2 spielen. War es ein Test wie jeder andere, also bloß Berufsroutine, oder war der langerwarte Top-Hit von Valve doch etwas ganz Besonderes?
Dirk Gooding (PC Games): Thomas Weiss und Heinrich Lehnhardt sind die eigentlichen "Tester" des Spiels. Ich hab mich vor Ort um die Organisation des Tests und die Screenshots für den Artikel gekümmert, konnte dabei natürlich auch ausgiebig spielen. Schon allein deswegen war das für mich "kein Test wie jeder andere". Und was Half-Life 2 betrifft: Einen besseren Shooter habe ich bislang noch nicht gespielt.
Half-Life2.de: Doom 3 (PC Games Wertung: 90%) und FarCry (PC Games Wertung: 92%) waren wohl zweifelsfrei die bisherigen Shooter-Highlights der Jahres 2004. Half-Life 2 schnitt mit einer Wertung von 96% jedoch bedeutend besser ab. Was hat Half-Life 2, was Doom 3 und FarCry scheinbar fehlte?
Dirk Gooding (PC Games): Abwechslung, Ideenreichtum, Tempo, Detailverliebtheit, Atmosphäre, Hammer-Grafik bei moderaten Hardware-Voraussetzungen ... und Gordon Freeman.
Half-Life2.de: Leider verfügt Half-Life 2 über keinen eigenen Multiplayer, aber enthält dafür Counter-Strike: Source. Wurde der fehlende Multiplayer-Part in der Wertung berücksichtigt oder floss gar CS: Source stattdessen in die Wertung ein?
Dirk Gooding (PC Games): Wieso soll Half-Life 2 keinen eigenen Mehrspieler-Modus haben? Gibt es denn einen besseren als Counter-Strike? =) Mal im Ernst: Dass Half-Life 2 ohne Deathmatch, CTF etc. ausgeliefert wird, gefällt sicherlich nicht jedem. Aber Valve hätte Counter-Strike Source auch locker als Stand-alone-Produkt verkaufen können, anstatt es kostenlos mit Half-Life 2 unter die Leute zu bringen. Und was die Wertung betrifft: Der Mehrspieler-Modus bekommt in der PC Games eine eigene Wertung, die 96 Punkte sind die Spielspaß-Wertung für den Singleplayer-Part. Counter-Strike Source wurde von uns separat getestet, inklusive Spieler-Statements von bekannten Clans wie Mousesports, sk und n!faculty.
Half-Life2.de: Wenn sie Half-Life 2 in einem Wort beschreiben müssten, welches wäre dies?
Dirk Gooding (PC Games): Klassenprimus
Half-Life2.de: Am Mittwoch erscheint die Ausgabe der PC Games mit dem heiß erwarteten Half-Life 2 Review. Nennen sie drei Gründe, warum kein Half-Life 2 Fan am Kauf der PC Games vorbei kommt.
Dirk Gooding (PC Games): 1. Weil es der erste und größte Test in Deutschland vor dem Release ist. 2. Weil die Texte und Bilder des Artikels keine Fragen offen lassen. 3. Und weil mehr als 30 Stunden im Flieger, Mörder-Jetlag, 8 Tage Hotelzimmer mit Klima-Anlage bei fest verriegelten Fenstern und ein Riesenwaufwand beim Schreiben und Layouten des Artikels nicht umsonst gewesen sein dürfen =)
Half-Life2.de: Vielen Dank für das Gespräch.

someone please translate this. its on http://www.half-life2.de/news.php

 

[SFLUFAN]

Translation: Half Life 2 is better than a plate of schnitzel and a nice beer!

 

[MajorPayne]

Translation: We got to play Half-Life 2 before you did!!! Nyah Nyah Nyah Nyah. (or something like that!)

 

[Killa_TJH]

Translation : We will start the next World War soon!!

 

[Tytarian]

I think that the team at Valve have a few surprises yet in store for us,surprises that not even the game magazine reviewers had access to,dont completely dismiss the possibility of valve including a hl2 multiplayer as a out of the blue shock to gamers,or at least including it in an expasion pack of some sort.

Mind you I have no facts to back this up,maybe just wishfull on my part ,in any case time will tell.

 

[rrm]

I think that the team at Valve have a few surprises yet in store for us,surprises that not even the game magazine reviewers had access to,dont completely dismiss the possibility of valve including a hl2 multiplayer as a out of the blue shock to gamers,or at least including it in an expasion pack of some sort.

Mind you I have no facts to back this up,maybe just wishfull on my part ,in any case time will tell.

to put it short, no

 

[WhiteZero]

Here ya go!

Half-Life2.de: Hello Mr. Gooding, please they introduce themselves briefly.
Dirk Gooding (PC Games): Dirk Gooding, leading editor with the PC Games. Was to before two years active member with mTw - most might know theclan (Quake had 2 CTF/DM and UT easily).
Half-Life2.de: As one first they were allowed to play the final version of help Life2. It was a test like every different one, thus only occupation routine, or was the long-waited Top hit of valve nevertheless somewhatcompletely special?
Dirk Gooding (PC Games): Thomas's white and Heinrich Lehnhardt are the actual "testers" of theplay. I locally about the organization of the test and the Screenshots forthe article worried, could play thereby naturally also extensively. Already alone therefore for me "no test was like every different one". And which concerns help Life 2: I did not play a better Shooter so far yet.
Half-Life2.de: Doom 3 (PC Games valuation: 90%) and FarCry (PC Games valuation: 92%) were probably free of doubts the past Shooter highlights of theyearly 2004. Help Life 2 fared with a valuation of 96% however importantly better. Which has help Life 2, which was missing to Doom 3 and FarCry apparently?
Dirk Gooding (PC Games): Alternation, Idea wealth, Speed, Detail falling in loveness, Atmosphere, Hammer diagram with moderate hardware prerequisites... and Gordon Freeman.
Half-Life2.de: Unfortunately help Life 2 has no own Multiplayer, but for it Counter Strike contains: SOURCE. The missing Multiplayer part in the valuation was considered or flowedCS: SOURCE instead into the valuation?
Dirk Gooding (PC Games): Why isn't help Life 2 to have an own multi-player mode? Is there a better than Counter Strike? =) mark in Ernst: That help Life 2 without Deathmatch, CTF etc.. one delivers, does not please surely everyone. But valve could have sold Counter Strike SOURCE also loosely as statusalone product, instead of bringing it free of charge with help Life 2 among thepeople. And which concerns the valuation: The multi-player mode gets its own valuation in the PC Games, the 96 points are the play pass valuation for the Singleplayer part. Counter Strike SOURCE was tested separately by us, inclusive player statements of well-known clan such as Mousesports, sk and n!faculty.
Half-Life2.de: If they had to describe help Life 2 in a word, which would be this?
Dirk Gooding (PC Games): Klassenprimus
Half-Life2.de: On Wednesday the output appears the PC Games with the hot expectedhelp Life 2 Review. Call they three reasons, why no help Life 2 fan at the purchase the PC Games comes past.
Dirk Gooding (PC Games): 1. Because it is the first and largest test in Germany before release. 2. Because the texts and pictures of the article no questions leave open. 3. And because more than 30 hours in the flier, Was situated, 8 days hotel rooms with air conditioning with firmly locked windowsand a Riesenwaufwand with writing and Layouten of the article to havein vain been may not =)
Half-Life2.de: Thank you for the discussion.

 

[Tytarian]

Thanks for the info there Whitezero,as I said wishfull thinking,but I am definitly not complaining the fact that it will come with cs source is plenty good enough for me! roll on Nov 16th :sniper:

 

[noah]

Just imagine for a second tho, if Valve did include; even if it was the simple basic DM, TDM, CTF and/or King of the Hill. Imagine how it would have boosted the ratings and reviews for the game. Just imagine..

Then subtract the boosted amount from the single player portion of the score, as the time used for MP implementation would detract from SP polish time.

 

[Jan]

OMG, what has Babelfish done to my lovely interview with Dirk Gooding?

Well, I think it's possible to understand what Dirk Gooding and me are talking about. And the German word "half" means helped, this is why it says "help-life 2".

 

[Vegeta897]

"... help Life2..."

ROFL I love bad translations.

Woah.. Noticed they say "Help Life 2" Throughout!

Wonder why...

 

[Dekstar]

Damnit I was going to comment on "help-life 2"!! Maybe it's some sort of secret add-on pack or something based around the sims .

Bad translations annoy me. My 2 year old sister could do better.

 

[Sparta]

Detail falling in loveness

That makes perfect sense

 

[amarc]

Who needs official multiplayer? How much was HLDM played after 3rd party mods (CS/DoD/NS/etc...) started to become popular?

 

[Asuka]

"This game does not need a rating at all, this game needs a monument."

Nothing more needs to be said. :cheers:

I think thats the best quote we got. What mag can top that?

 

[Brian Damage]

Half-Life2.de: If they had to describe help Life 2 in a word, which would be this?
Dirk Gooding (PC Games): Klassenprimus

That's just so sigg-able.

I'm assuming "Klassenprimus" means "First Class"?

 

[Democritus]

That's just so sigg-able.

I'm assuming "Klassenprimus" means "First Class"?

I dunno, but it sounds like a great Counter-Strike l33t alias, after I spell it Kl@553nPr1mu$, of course.

 

[fluX]

That's just so sigg-able.

I'm assuming "Klassenprimus" means "First Class"?

yup, literally it is "best of its class".
Nevermind, where do we raise that monument? Seattle?

 

[BlueIce]

basicly he said, that hl2 rox0rs more than Doom3 and farcry because of his whole gameplay and the top-of-the-notch graphics with moderate hardware requisitions. 96 is the highest rating they have ever given (racing simulation 2 and Quake 3 got 95)