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Null 10-18-2004 04:28 PM

Official Half-Life 2 gold, Release date announced.
 
November 16th is the day guys. Start the count-down and forget all about that silly halo game.


http://www.vugames.com/news_story.do?storyId=1963

Jonbo298 10-18-2004 05:48 PM

Re: Official Half-Life 2 gold, Release date announced.
 
What is Halo?

Nov. 16th is a little ways off which really sucks. I hoped for a Nov. 2nd release. Oh well. Time to countdown the days :D

Happydude 10-18-2004 07:53 PM

Re: Official Half-Life 2 gold, Release date announced.
 
now i'll need even more money since NFS: underground2 is coming out nov. 18th :(

not to mention making time to play both...

Blade Runner 10-18-2004 09:38 PM

Re: Official Half-Life 2 gold, Release date announced.
 
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Originally Posted by happydude
now i'll need even more money since NFS: underground2 is coming out nov. 18th :(

not to mention making time to play both...

w00t for both nfsu2 and hl2. *dances*

Professor S 10-18-2004 11:29 PM

Re: Official Half-Life 2 gold, Release date announced.
 
Are Half Life fans really so insecure that they need to dis Halo 2 when mentioning their game? Kind of sad.

The bad part is this... anyone with an Xbox will be able to play Halo 2 to its fullest. What kind of machine do you think you'll need to play Haf-Life at a high level? Methinks it will be a pretty high end one...

Jonbo298 10-18-2004 11:54 PM

Re: Official Half-Life 2 gold, Release date announced.
 
Actually, a computer with a directx7 video card can run Half Life 2. Lets see Doom3 try that.

And I wasnt trying to deliberately diss Halo/2. I was just poking harmless fun.

*notices my computer can run HL2 at nearly max settings and does an irish jig*

Null 10-19-2004 12:01 AM

Re: Official Half-Life 2 gold, Release date announced.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by happydude
now i'll need even more money since NFS: underground2 is coming out nov. 18th :(

not to mention making time to play both...

I hear ya... I got:
HL2 ....... 11/16
GT4 ...... 12/14
MGS 3 ... 11/17
R&C 3 .... 11/2

And i know theres at least 2 more im forgetting also.


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Originally Posted by The Strangler
Are Half Life fans really so insecure that they need to dis Halo 2 when mentioning their game? Kind of sad.

The bad part is this... anyone with an Xbox will be able to play Halo 2 to its fullest. What kind of machine do you think you'll need to play Haf-Life at a high level? Methinks it will be a pretty high end one...

Are halo 2 fans really so insecure that they need to rush out to defend any little poke or jab at thier almightly god of a hyped up game? REALLY sad.

but me thinks you not knowing your computers very well.

What do you consider 'high level' ? everything up to the highest? well you prolly need a computer thats not invented yet. PC gaming is built for a long hall. which means getting a better machine later on and you can have the game look even better then it can now. to run the game the way its meant to right now, An average PC with a decent card can do it just fine.

and to play halo 2 to its fullest, users would need a keyboard and mouse.
I really pitty the day when console users go online vs PC users in an FPS game, thats going to be one hella slaughter.

Blade Runner 10-19-2004 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Null
and to play halo 2 to its fullest, users would need a keyboard and mouse.

lmao...btw, anyone here a pc rls date :( ?

thatmariolover 10-19-2004 02:24 AM

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Yeah. I mean, I was playing the OLD HL2 beta on my GeForce 4 MX 420 with a perfectly decent framerate. And that card's a piece of crap (yay for X800). They've had months and months to optimize it since then.

Null 10-19-2004 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Blade Runner
lmao...btw, anyone here a pc rls date :( ?


thats if Halo 2 comes out on PC at all, im not so sure how well it would really sell on PC after the dissapointment in the PC world over the first Halo. If it did tho it would prolly be next year.








And for thoes getting HL2, are you getting the normal or Collecters edition? i dont like paying extra for the collecters, but i want that DVD instead of a bunch of CD's...

Jonbo298 10-19-2004 11:55 AM

Re: Official Half-Life 2 gold, Release date announced.
 
I'm getting Bronze off Steam *shines off my ati voucher coupon*. I will probably upgrade to silver before the 16th since its a helluva deal for only $10 more for me :D

Blade Runner 10-19-2004 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonbo298
I'm getting Bronze off Steam *shines off my ati voucher coupon*. I will probably upgrade to silver before the 16th since its a helluva deal for only $10 more for me :D

From what I've been reading and from talking to my friend who signed up the other day, steam sucks. My friend can't even login half the times. After doing some searching to find a fix for his problem, turns out this is not an uncommon thing at all and that there are tons of other bugs :unsure:


As far as buying collectors or regular, I too would rather have the dvd than the cds....guess its going to come down to how much money I have at the time :(

Jonbo298 10-19-2004 01:29 PM

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I've been using Steam since December and have had no problems with it so I don't mind Steam being used to play HL2 as I can just backup the GCF files for HL2 onto a dvd or 2.

DeathsHand 10-19-2004 02:44 PM

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I'm either getting steam's silver pack or the collector's edition... I don't want a bazillion CDs, and I want that Half-Life: Source...

However I don't want a T-shirt or booklet thing, and steam's silver doesn't come with those and costs 20 bucks less than the collector's pack... But you don't get an actual DVD of the game... *strokes beard*

I've already pre-loaded HL2 from steam though, I'll probably go with steam...

Jason1 10-19-2004 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Null


And for thoes getting HL2, are you getting the normal or Collecters edition? i dont like paying extra for the collecters, but i want that DVD instead of a bunch of CD's...


I had pre-ordered the regular retail version just a day or two before they announced the steam packages. I was pretty pissed, but on the other hand I'll have a cool awsome box and a bunch of awsome discs, and I still wont even have to actually put the discs in and take all that time installing the game because ive allready pre-loaded everything so all I'll have to do is punch in the CD-Key and boom, Im playing it baby.

Null 10-19-2004 07:43 PM

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Then why didnt you just cancel the pre order?

Jason1 10-19-2004 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Null
Then why didnt you just cancel the pre order?


Yea, I couldve I guess, but I guess somehow deep down inside I really wanted that box...that and I didnt want to take the trip to gamestop where I pre-ordered it, because its a good 20 minute car ride, at least.

Stonecutter 10-19-2004 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason1
Yea, I couldve I guess, but I guess somehow deep down inside I really wanted that box...that and I didnt want to take the trip to gamestop where I pre-ordered it, because its a good 20 minute car ride, at least.

Wow, I know Peoria isn't exactly civilization, but fer chrissakes I thought you at least had phones out there in the boonies. :D

Quote:

Originally Posted by Null
I hear ya... I got:
HL2 ....... 11/16
GT4 ...... 12/14
MGS 3 ... 11/17
R&C 3 .... 11/2

And i know theres at least 2 more im forgetting also.


Yeah, Ace Combat 5.

Null 10-19-2004 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Stonecutter
Yeah, Ace Combat 5.


no that ones not on my list. hehe

i actually have a list on my PocketPC with all the games for each platform i'm interested in, a rating of how much im interested in each one, and thier current release dates.

its the only way i can keep track of the ones i'm watching out for. lol.

im just too lazy to go upstairs and grab it to check which ones i had forgotten.

Jason1 10-20-2004 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Stonecutter
Wow, I know Peoria isn't exactly civilization, but fer chrissakes I thought you at least had phones out there in the boonies. :D




I dont actually live in Peoria. Thats where the gamespot is where I pre-ordered, but I actually live in a small town called Washington roughtly 8 miles outside Peoria. Here in washington the only place to buy games would be Wal-mart or K-mart.

Null 10-20-2004 11:33 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jason1
I dont actually live in Peoria. Thats where the gamespot is where I pre-ordered, but I actually live in a small town called Washington roughtly 8 miles outside Peoria. Here in washington the only place to buy games would be Wal-mart or K-mart.


yea but he meant you could just call em and cancel. lol. They could keep the money you pre ordered with under your name, then next time you want to reserve a game, you wouldnt even need to go down there. just call em up. you have XX amount in credit, tell em to use that on the reserve and your done.


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