Half Life 2 is Released!! - Page 4

Seth · 11-23-2004, 01:23 AM

steam username: sethmatic

I agree with you on the steam issue. I haven't had any problems with it. I bought my game at a retailer store so the downloading of the game wasn't an issue for me. Got me hooked up quick enough and the steam browser doesn't take up too much RAM. I'm content with it.

I honestly don't blame valve for it either. It ensures more copies being bought.

It'll take me a lot longer to beat it then you guys cuz I really don't get that much gametime but it'll just make it seem longer. I'm close to finishing the zombie chapter in the game.

I think it would be great if we set up a gametavern CS:source server. I'd much rather play guys that I semi know then a bunch of cs pros who call me a ***got because I can't play as good as God himself.

Null · 11-23-2004, 09:48 AM

yea. would be fun to get a bunch of us on a server to play.

Jonbo298 · 11-23-2004, 12:56 PM

The stuttering thing is gonna be fixed sometime today I heard with a patch. It was loading the textures while in game also thus it was occasionally stuttering sound/audio. It's gonna load all the textures into the video memory while the level is loading.

The only possible downside I see to all this is increased load times. But you can't complain if you've played Doom 3

Null · 11-23-2004, 01:11 PM

only studder i ever had was right at the start when a level loads. for a second then it ends.

so problem never bothered me.

Bube · 11-23-2004, 01:39 PM

People have finished the game but I still haven't bought it... I asked a store when they would bring it in, and they said that the distributor didn't have any left. I think I'm going to import it...

Canyarion · 11-23-2004, 05:00 PM

Ehm can't you download it off Steam? I have no idea what Steam is, but that's the impression I got.

Importing could be even cheaper than buying it in Turkey.

Jason1 · 11-23-2004, 09:21 PM

Im currently going by Yoda on STEAM I guess...(my bro picked that one)

As for steam, ive never had any seirous issues with it. Except for the fact that the Friends feature never works...

Bube · 11-23-2004, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Canyarion

Ehm can't you download it off Steam? I have no idea what Steam is, but that's the impression I got.

Importing could be even cheaper than buying it in Turkey.

Whenever I click "Pre-Load HL2", Steam crashes, so I can't risk paying then trying to download it. I'll buy it boxed, from somewhere in the world...

Jason1 · 11-26-2004, 11:07 PM

Well I beat the game yesterday...while yes, the ending is quite the cliffhanger, I didnt feel cheated or short-changed at all. Easily one of, if not THE best FPS ever.