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New Half Life 2 screens...
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MightyHedgehog
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Looking picturesque as always. This thing's gonna murder my poor, poor PC.
Doom_Bringer
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Doom_Bringer said:
That's the one.
Chopin Trusty Balls
First casualty in the war on idioticy.
I like how Valve made east european architecture.
ZombieSupaStar
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wasnt doom 3 more demanding than HL2 tho?
I cant remember the specs
I cant remember the specs
Templar Wizard
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yoyoma!
outside envoirments are much more interesting than interior, and i dont think HL2 will cripple anyones pc. it will look good on most i am sure.
heres to the pre-cache!
outside envoirments are much more interesting than interior, and i dont think HL2 will cripple anyones pc. it will look good on most i am sure.
heres to the pre-cache!
TheGreenGiant
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damn. not a fps lover but this looks sweet - that tower shot.. is amazing.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
I am touching myself in anticipation 
It is not bad, right?
It is not bad, right?
Littleberu
Banned
Funky Papa said:I am touching myself in anticipation
It is not bad, right?
Nah, it's cool if it's Half Life 2.
Yeah, that probably is a render, oh well, its a testament to Valve that you can't "instantly" say "aha! Render!" when looking at it and the other pictures.
Anyways, awesome! about time we had some new media from the game, perhaps its a good sign that it indeed is almost ready for completion. A new video would be nice though, but I doubt Valve would release anything now and just make us wait until the final version ships
Oh well, PC is getting some damn fine FPS love this year and next. First Far Cry, then Doom 3, now HL2, and STALKER and FEAR for next year. Awesome times.
EDIT: And of course I'm very glad that Valve is using ATi for this game rather than Nvidia like Id. Now I won't have to worry about my 9800XT not performing properly.
Anyways, awesome! about time we had some new media from the game, perhaps its a good sign that it indeed is almost ready for completion. A new video would be nice though, but I doubt Valve would release anything now and just make us wait until the final version ships
Oh well, PC is getting some damn fine FPS love this year and next. First Far Cry, then Doom 3, now HL2, and STALKER and FEAR for next year. Awesome times.
EDIT: And of course I'm very glad that Valve is using ATi for this game rather than Nvidia like Id. Now I won't have to worry about my 9800XT not performing properly.
robertsan21
Member
oh my god this looks amazing..will it be coming to a console?
I have a feeling (and I would assume) that Valve used the games "delay" to optimize the graphical output more than was expected. Anyway, the pictures bring back all my excitement for this title. And I'm curious to see if the Alien Tower will actually be constructing itself in real-time as I've heard from Gabe.
MightyHedgehog
Member
robertsan21 said:
Unless they're going to surprise everyone with an XBOX 1 release, I'd think that the most likely candidate, barring any sort of exclusivity deal made by Sony/Nintendo, will be XBOX 2. Of course, by then, it'll be a full year or more older.
WHOAguitarninja
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This would be pretty unimpressive for a next gen console if it did come to one. It'd be like bringing quake 3 to xbox.
Ok, the BINK video worked, and I'm drooling like an institutionalized fool. It was a short movie, but still it gave me goosebumps.
I also found it funny at least that I think I saw one of those monsters from HL1 (the guys who shot out green lightning) acting as a lab assistant.
I also found it funny at least that I think I saw one of those monsters from HL1 (the guys who shot out green lightning) acting as a lab assistant.
WHOAguitarninja
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Slo said:
Technically this isn't even as demanding as Doom 3, and yet we are getting Doom 3 on xbox this generation.
Are you saying Doom 3 wont be rather bland for a next gen console as well?
Think about this....every "next" generation console is capable of displaying signifigantly better graphics at high framerates than it's previous iteration could manage even at abysmal framerates.
Doom 3 will be cake for next gen systems, as will this.
Add to that the fact that it has been stated that Unreal Engine 3 is partially aimed at the upcoming crop of consoles (I beleive they've stated they have something under development for one, although haven't stated which), which is leagues beyond this in terms of complexity, and i think it's fair to say this will be rather unimpressive graphically for a next gen console.
MightyHedgehog
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morbidaza said:
I dunno about that. I mean, yeah, I guess for want of CPU horsepower, D3 is more demanding...but in terms of content and the RAM to store it in, a current console will have a hard time dealing with HL2, IMO. Certainly, the options are much lower detail in content (NO!) or much more loading and possible redesign of maps (NO!)... Maybe I'm wrong, but really, I can't see next-gen launch software looking to destroy HL2. I can certainly see it being old-looking by the second gen of software, though.
WHOAguitarninja
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Perhaps the problem is me, because I just don't really see what you guys find to look so good about this game. Aside from a couple of shaders, this is basically UT2k4 level stuff. There really isn't anything overly fancy going on.
Both Far Cry and Doom 3 will remain more demanding than HL2...but that's a good thing. HL2 looks very good, but it isn't really just the technology...the actual design of the worlds is fantastic. This should run very well on most machines...
Where do you get THAT idea? I'm sure the same pattern that we always see will occur once again. You get a new console, that looks incredible...and after a couple years, the PC finally starts to catch up and exceed. Late in the consoles lifetime, the PC stands well above it. When the nextgen consoles launch, however, they tend to leapfrog PCs by quite a wide margin. From there, PCs then spend the next 2-3 years catching up again.
I'd imagine nextgen consoles will stand even above Unreal 3...
Nobody knows for sure, but a lot of you seem to be setting your sights VERY low and I think you will all be shocked (though you shouldn't be, as this is normal).
Where do you get THAT idea? I'm sure the same pattern that we always see will occur once again. You get a new console, that looks incredible...and after a couple years, the PC finally starts to catch up and exceed. Late in the consoles lifetime, the PC stands well above it. When the nextgen consoles launch, however, they tend to leapfrog PCs by quite a wide margin. From there, PCs then spend the next 2-3 years catching up again.
I'd imagine nextgen consoles will stand even above Unreal 3...
Nobody knows for sure, but a lot of you seem to be setting your sights VERY low and I think you will all be shocked (though you shouldn't be, as this is normal).
http://www.3dgamers.com/games/halflife2/
I hadn't seen the April 7th release Bink videos before. The coastline dune buggy scene and the striders clip are both pretty entertaining.
I hadn't seen the April 7th release Bink videos before. The coastline dune buggy scene and the striders clip are both pretty entertaining.
WHOAguitarninja
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Drexon said:
The radeon 9800 could hold it back from ultra....but high should be just fine for it. For the record, high and ultra high look EXTREMELY close in quality (only difference is high has compressed specular maps).
DemonCleaner
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dark10x said:
always was and hopefully always will be that way