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[golem]

http://half-life2.com/secret/shots/

also news that CS Source beta has been delayed slightly

 

[ManDudeChild]

Looking great as always, but I really dont see how people can say this looks better than S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

 

[siege]

That last shot looks great.

 

[TekunoRobby]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. L.O.O.K.S. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.

Sorry I had to do it, I'm shameful I know.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Looking great as always, but I really dont see how people can say this looks better than S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

well, stalker didn't have stuff like the original hl or cs to pad it's enthusiasm...

another good example is shenmue... if even a dev with a decent rep released that crap, it'd be blasted... but it was yu, so it has to be good...

 

[The Shadow]

Arg...can't wait to get upgraded so I can play this with all the eye candy.

 

[Error Macro]

also news that CS Source beta has been delayed slightly

Aww, dude, weak. Seriously, aww man, that's weak you guys.

 

[Ghost]

i wonder if this or STALKER which actually turn out to be a great game and not just eye candy with a basic game tacked on like Doom3.

 

[MrPing1000]

i wonder if this or STALKER which actually turn out to be a great game and not just eye candy with a basic game tacked on like Doom3.

Well HL2 is looking good in that department, i can see myself having hours of fun with the gravity gun alone.

 

[teepo]

stalker's graphics are boring, halflife2's isn't.

 

[dark10x]

stalker's graphics are boring, halflife2's isn't.

I actually disagree...

STALKER's world is so incredibly appealing to me. I almost do not even care about the game proper...I just want to explore that massive world they have rendered. I obviously could not possibly visit that site in real life, so this is really the only way to do it. I'm looking forward to that! Sadly, a lot of the game elements look terrible. The animation is just incredibly BAD...

I think HL2 looks very solid in motion, but it certainly isn't the most impressive engine around. It should end up running beautifully, though...

As far as the gameplay itself, I can't speak for STALKER yet...but I can't imagine HL2 being anything OTHER than fantastic. While I'm enjoying Doom 3 a lot, id has never been a group to produce complex, story based games. Obviously, Valve simply has Half-Life under its belt...but HL is responsible for an entirely new direction in FPS gaming. I fully believe that HL2 will kick up the experience factor to the top. HL2 will become one of the best FPS titles of all time. Valve simply knows how to make truly incredible scenarios and I think HL2's design will end up being vastly superior to Half-Life (which was almost like a testing ground).

 

[Deg]

cant wait for both

 

[Vitten]

Cool, I have the feeling this game will have a lot more variety than ID's latest offering.


Graphics may not be of the same level as DIII but who cares if the game turns out to be a lot more fun ?

 

[Mason]

I'm sure it will look amazing in motion, but is it just me, or does HL2 just not impress you anymore? Did the graphics get worse or did better-looking games just trump it?

 

[SKluck]

The only thing that really impresses me is the water, which looks pretty nice.

 

[MaddenNFL64]

Remember when Half-Life 2's graphics were the best ever? Yeah, it wasn't that long ago. Technology just caught up to it really. It should have been a 2003 game.

 

[ravingloon]

Well all I have to do is rewatch the videos. That puts a huge smile on my face. HL2 > All.

 

[D2M15]

Graphics may not be of the same level as DIII

But at least it uses more than three colours! LOL ;P PPP !!111one

 

[ToyMachine228]

I'm not going to argue..I'll be getting Half-Life 2, Doom 3, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Regardless of which one has better graphics.

 

[dark10x]

But at least it uses more than three colours!

Err, Doom 3 has an extremely vibrant palette at times. Obviously, the game is trying to be very dark...but some of the lighting used at various points is absolutely brilliant.

It drives me crazy when people throw out that "at least it uses more than ____ colors!!!" argument. MGS2 was hit with those same complaints! What on earth do you people want?! Why do you think a gritty, realistic looking game would look better with a splash of rainbow tossed in?

 

[Littleberu]

Stalker gonna suck anyway, even if it's pretty.

 

[Deku Tree]

Looks Nice! Any word on the xbox version? (I'm a console gamer.) A tentative release date would be nice...

 

[Izzy]

After looking at the outdoors UE3 pics, games like HL2, and even S.T.A.L.K.E.R. look old.

 

[D2M15]

It drives me crazy when people throw out that "at least it uses more than ____ colors!!!" argument.

It drives me crazy when I have to put twenty-five winking smileys on the end of every one of my posts so as not to upset your dear heart, dark.

 

[tedtropy]

It's going to be interesting to see how the Source engine stacks up against DOOM 3's. Source looks like it's going to be the choice is you want to render big spaces or alot of outdoor terrain. I just don't see the DOOM 3 engine faring well in anything but closed-room environments on most modern systems, but it may prove me wrong.

 

[seismologist]

looks awesome I want to see benchmarks !

 

[Badabing]

Ya know what's sad? I've never seen ONE image of this Stalker game yet. Anyone got any pics?

 

[MaddenNFL64]

I've seen a few movies of S.T.A.L.K.E.R on G4. The framerate is crap from what I can see(at the point it was recorded anyway), but the game's environments are really gorgeous. I saw a mutant animal though, and it didn't look like it had enough polys .

 

[B E N K E]

The problem is Half-Life 2 will be old once Stalker is out.

 

[Deg]

The latest STALKER trailer is well worth downloading. Let me know if you can find a high res version of that because it uses some very good effects that are barely noticeable in the low res movie.

HL2 still looks good. More like Far Cry than Doom 3 in the engine dpartment from the looks of it.

 

[Littleberu]

The problem is Half-Life 2 will be old once Stalker is out.

Yeah. Right. :rolleyes

Comon, STALKER isn't spectacular. It's going to be shit on a plate.

 

[Deg]

Yeah. Right. :rolleyes

Comon, STALKER isn't spectacular. It's going to be shit on a plate.

Troll.

 

[Littleberu]

Troll.

No. Realist. I would be a troll if this were a Stalker thread.

 

[mint]

Actually, I don't mind if the graphics aren't as good as DOOM 3, cuz looking at it now I like it, and my computer will probably not need an upgrade :\

 

[Deg]

Half Life 2 does look awesome. Wait and see.

 

[Tenguman]

Awesome! Hopefully this will give me the gameplay girth that Doom 3 was sorely lacking

Gabe Newell may be an ass, but if they deliver I won't say nothing else.

 

[Templar Wizard]

listen guys, what the fuck is it with STALKER? people fall in love with the beautiful sky textures and refuse to listen to common sense and read up on the game.

they havent an idea on AI and gameplay. it seems to be a good looking engine, but with not so great animations.

Valve have given us Half-Life.

go figure.

 

[MrPing1000]

tbh i think HL2 looks better than DoomIII, it looks more alive, less plasticy

 

[funcojoe]

Beautiful.

 

[Jacobi]

Hm. The enviroment itself (grass and mud) looks fugly.

 

[jett]

This game should've been released last year. It doesn't look impressive anymore.

 

[Mike Works]

Uh, that looks kind of average

 

[dark10x]

It drives me crazy when I have to put twenty-five winking smileys on the end of every one of my posts so as not to upset your dear heart, dark.

It drives me crazy when people edit their posts to add stuff like that.

 

[Littleberu]

Uh, that looks kind of average

Average only if you saw the future.

 

[shpankey]

This looks good, but to be honest, I'm not that impressed with the graphics. Doom 3, Far Cry, Battlefield Vietnam etc have really took some of the wow out of HL2's graphics for me.