Half-Life 2 @ E3 2003

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  or the most boring if your burnt out on FPS, depends on your point of view heh : SERIOUSly the SAMe
  • Well, it's easy to get burnt out if every FPS out sucks. It's not the genre, just the games that are mak... : spl
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  no thief 3? : AMikaboshi
  • Probably not this year :\ : majestik
• My god, I won't be seeing the sun for like 2 years if that happens.. YES!! : d fluke
• STALKER, target is november but i wouldn't be suprised if we didn't get it until early 04. : Turd Ferguson
• You forgot Thief 3, commie. : x-eyd|mary
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  TF2 : rorshack
  • So true, but who knows, TF2 might be an ADDON for HL2. TFC2 !!! =P : Kurashu
• Tron :D : bipolar
• it was, ahhh, the memories. : slickdoody

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  it will be publically viewable. : Steve Gibson
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    Can we claim we "work" for shacknews.com and therefore are members of the industry so we can go to e3? : TK-421
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      why don't you just make up your own production company like "TK-421 Mod works" and they will let you in.... : Crimsonbeak
      • And thus spl studios is born... : spl
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      I already submitted my attending employees list! : Steve Gibson
      • Just you and jason? : Crimsonbeak
      • who's on it? so we know who to hit over the head and steal their pass : Dreagon
      • Can that be a future perk for Mercury? Shacknews employee status for trade shows? I'd give up the CDW d... : sinistarfith
• Its gonna be the full court press. Watch. I dont even want to TRY to guess on that poll of yours... : johnny rotten
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  in regards of Doom3 going up against HL2, I would think (and hope) that it wouldn't be a fair contest, si... : proclone1
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    but if the graphics are on par with Doom3... Id might have made a boo boo not getting it out earlier t... : gl2 drivers
    • Agreed. We cannot underestimate the Valve guys' talent. : GiliarP
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      I have a sneaky feeling valve are going to clean up, in all departments. Id enjoy that too, seeing Carmca... : Rapid 99
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        I doubt The Carmack would squirm, as he doesn't seem to view other gaming companies as his direct competi... : Ride-My-Rocket
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          deep inside, he'll want to better everything out there. : Rapid 99
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            it would really frost his Carmack's cookies though if Valve started signing up licensees for its engine..... : veggie
            • Nah, he'd just "accidentally" crash a test rocket loaded with nuclear materials into Valve's office. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • It's all about brand recognition. To the majority of people here, we have loved and played Half Life. Do... : Tripps
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  + Thief3 (not that I think it would get best of show, but it'll be there!!) : gl2 drivers
  • I would give my testicles for Thief 3 to rule as much or more as the first 2. : Joseph
• Wow, that really is an amazing list. Halo2.... drools... : Sexpansion Pack
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  I think the PC may be on the verge of a rebirth. All these new games are going to push upgrades through t... : Rapid 99
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    Seriously, the OEMs must be masturbating themselves right now. : Selfist
    • Masturbating themselves? As soon as you start doing it to someone else, it’s not masturbatin... : Dynotaku
• QuakeIV will be the best of the show :) : H-52
• what about S.T.A.L.K.E.R Oblivion Lost :) this game is awsome : Games

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• that's pretty cool. : malloc
• badass! : AMikaboshi
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  The last PC magazine I bought was the PC gamer issue devoted to Q3's unveiling. Looks like I'll be buy... : johnny rotten
  • last one i bought was the one about duke nukem forever : AMikaboshi
• Nice! And PCGamer bragging as usual that their stuff is "exclusive".... : i_mon61
• Oooh! Full Throttle 2 goodness along with HL2. I might have to pickup a copy. : Evil Furby

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• I remember. : Omaha

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  Good point, one of the things that was great about the original HL was the very slight pauses where level... : nogami
  • id love it to have no pauses as well, it adds so much to the atmosphere of the game, just it seems from o... : stiki figgaz
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  "Continuous/streaming loading" would be neat; that was planned for cancelled rpg/fps hybrid Y-Project. Ho... : i_mon61
  • to me they couldn't have have mission based gameplay - the whole half-life experience was you just learni... : stiki figgaz
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  You could go backwards in Half-Life. Sometimes, they'd lock you out of areas by shutting a gate or creat... : EvilDolemite
  • Yeah, you couldn't go between 'episodes' but you could go between sublevels. I remember a great thing be... : Cpt. Baseballbat

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  HL single player was brillant. You should play it, even if the engine is now out-dated. The storyline is ... : larcho
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    i am installing it now. i know it will run smooth now. : lacker
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      Try to get the Opposing Forces Expansion, that one was brillant too. : larcho
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        i have that one and blue shift too. i tend to buy games even if i dont play them. : lacker
        • That one wasn't that good. Way to short. : larcho
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    were there ever any "godmode" cheats? I'd like to experience it again without all of the dodging and weav... : BulletPro
    • http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/code/22755.html : liquidlies
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  Half-life > CS * 1 gazillion. Yeah yeah multi vs single, different games blahblahblah. I'll say it aga... : johnny rotten
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    you cant really compare themt hough. I agree that it was awesome. i played until the part where you get a... : lacker
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      dude!@ right after your battle with the female ninjas the game gets *really* interesting. You should keep... : veggie
      • ok i'm going to play for an hour now. : lacker
  • Personally I was never a huge fan of CS (not a realism guy...and I know someone's going to shout that CS ... : Vorlonesque
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  play counter-life . . . awp headcrabs! : bongsmith
  • i oculd never get it to work with new versions of half life : lacker

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• Valve created their own in-house engine to use and licensed the Havok physics engine. : gyvoji
• It's the only damn thing we know yet about HL2 and TF2 yet everyone is asking! It is developed on valv... : i_mon61
• no, brand new engine : onji
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  no they took an engine from a de lorean : snuffed
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    Will the Flux Capacitor work properly? : csana
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      It blue screen'd. : tension
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        Great Scott! : tommysgun
        • Marty no! : Shadore66
      • one jigawatt too many ;~~( : liquidlies
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    dude I saw a delorean on the road yesterday... pretty crusty and beat up. : BulletPro
    • yeah real life delorians are ass, my soccer coach had one, weak as shit, and heavy : papaskot

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  uh i think non disclosure agreement or somthin' : tommysgun
  • thanks man : spendin_cheese

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• it would be nice, but with the size of games these days combined with the undoubted hammering any valve s... : marku5
• True... but I'm on dialup... I could go to a Best Buy in another state, and back, and still be quicker th... : snuff
• yeah..a million people downloading like 650MB of content simultaneously..that'll work. : veggie

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  who says that HL2 is going to be released soon?? : MaxPayne
  • http://www.shacknews.com/redir_comments.x?id=26039 go read some of the comments in there : Katarn3279
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  Seems like a better idea than announcing the game, then posting screenshots of the concept, the alpha, th... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    I agree I would prefer if games just came out with maybe just 2 months of hype. But the truth is all thos... : yourname00
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      2 months seems good to me -- even the potential 3-to-8 month wait that one Shacker postulated could still... : Ride-My-Rocket
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        I'd say optimally it would be a 2-3 months between announce and release, thats why I'm hoping to see HL2 ... : johnny rotten
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          The more well known your previous game is, the less you have to hype your new game. Half Life is the e... : Avatar
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            You still gotta market no matter how well known your property is. : johnny rotten
            • Yeah, but I think that marketing overkill may actually be counterproductive, as it could raise expectatio... : Ride-My-Rocket
        • You're speaking of George Broussard, of 3DRealms (and Shack posting) fame? I'm not sure it's possible to... : Ride-My-Rocket
• I agree. I'd rather not know about a game, then be pleasatly suprised when its announced. : tuxxy
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  This is why so many great titles sneak up on us in the first place. Take this for example: The origina... : ovrlrd
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    uhh people were spooging over HL like a year before it came out, it got hyped quite a bit and was an inst... : magila
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      There is people who spooge over everything before it comes out. They are the true fans. In any case, Ha... : ovrlrd
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        not really, HL got quite a lot a hype. Valve released several dozen gameplay movies, hundreds of screens... : magila
        • Yeah I guess you are right, it just doesn't seem like a lot of hype to me for some reason. I guess it did... : ovrlrd
  • HL was incredibly hyped, and it lived up to it. SiN and HL were supposed to be the next big things accord... : d3tached
• best example - Zelda: Wind Waker. That game was six (?) months away from being finsihed/released when it ... : Schnapple
• This only work with games with an established fan base, if you try to pull this with some unknown game no... : FuzzyOnion

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  Cleaning your weapons...? Um... :( : Omaha
  • It was an April fools joke by some fat nerd. : snuff

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  they are probably going to be the best looking crates ever seen in a 3D game. mind boggling crates. : Steve Gibson
  • After all this time of waiting, those crates best do dishes and windows too ;) who am I kidding, I'll : Joseph
  • accelerated by Microsoft's DirectCrate 9!!! : snackula
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    Hmm. A special edition crate package would be interesting... : tuxxy
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      Hell yeah! Package it up in a big crate with a burned-on lambda symbol.. containing flourescent green pac... : GloriousCow
      • Informative this mofo! : Zeeliv
      • You have a bright future in marketing, son. : tigeN
• Microsoft Crowbar Simulator 2003. uNf : manero
• Another reason why I love the Shack.... : Skeez187
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  "You have selected: POWER DRIVE" : krazy_yak
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    Is that an obscure Simpsons reference? : Selfist
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      you are correct!!! bonus points will be awarded to the correct episode. : krazy_yak
      • What, no Simpson junkie jumped on this? Shoplifting Bart... I suggest feather touch : P-Squid

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• Ofcourse because if you profess to like something then you open yourself up to be bashed for having bad t... : Vorlonesque

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• Only EA are FUCKING the game by seperating the userbase and releasing mission packs too often for too muc... : 4ge
• by not giving proper support and just pumping out expansions EA is fucking themselves. they really need ... : Turd Ferguson
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  Its gameplayability as you say drops quite a bit when you aren't in a vehicle or manning a turret or some... : Vorlonesque
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    well, I doubt hl2 or doom3 will have vehicles or turrets, so battlefield still wins. : demetrius
    • Vehicles + turrets != gameplay They may add to it in a game like Battlefield, but Doom3 and HL2 will s... : gyvoji

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• I creamed my pants after I clicked that link. : csana
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  Like Fragmaster, just conjecture. It all depends if they are aiming for a Christmas release or not (ea... : Carnivac
  • yeah, it's conjecture. it would make sense though. same as previous game, right before xmas...etc. : veggie
• I wouldn't believe shit from ve3d anymore. Its all speculation. : malloc
• Hell man they have been working on it for 5 YEARS! (Keep note 3DR :) ) It should be in the final stages b : MarksmanX
• i would believe it : johngloid

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• Ya, as in were sick of hearing about it. : beefcake01
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  AND THE ONLY PRESCRIPTION IS MORE CROWBAR!!! ;) : KungFuKenobi
  • W A L K E N ' D : Schnapple
  • MUST HAVE MORE CROWBAR, PREZIOUS!!!11 : Dark Horizon

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• I'm sure TF2 will come next. : pun][sher
• Then CS2 : pun][sher

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• TOMORROW. : mrspyral
• In Venus days? : Mad Brahmin Disease

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  if only 3drealms had done it like this....... : AMikaboshi
  • I rather like the excitement that the constant anticipation generates. : dognose
• Either that or plying them with top-shelf booze and women of questionable morality. :) : Ride-My-Rocket
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  There was leaks, but the thing is nothing was ever confirmed until this point so it was all taken as just... : ovrlrd
  • Yeah, but there was really never anything beyond "Valve is working on HL2" or "Valve is doing something m... : gregorybrown
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  But you really don't know how far along the Dev cycle they are... maybe theres 3 more years left... you n... : cncpun
  • Key word: SEEM I said as it would SEEM they are. Obviously, if they are 3 years away from releasing so... : Sling_Blade

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• outside these fps the rest of the show still looks like a downer : krakhead420
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  Hottest E3 in years? Why, what else makes it so hot? : Jack Mathews
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    The weather. : bigimp
    • Good point. : Jack Mathews

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• Replace Best of Show with Best PC Game, sorry. Best of Show isn't an award afiak. : ovrlrd
• When it looks like Counter-Strike: Condition Zero it will win the award for biggest E3 graphics dissapoin... : morinaga

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  stupid netscape... sorry sent this twice : sobeone82
  • Did Netscape make the comment stupid both times too? : bigimp

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• non disclosure agreement : johnny rotten
• Non-Disclosure Agreement? : wykd
• Thank ya : dltrem

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• what's Duke4er? : MaxPayne
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  who needs duke4er, when you got halflife 2. : AMikaboshi
  • I think D4E just got pwned by Valve! : Homerr

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• I've talked to a few people at valve over the years...they don't mention TF2 *other then in joking around... : mikage
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  Yes, there was a rumour that something called "motley crew" would do the music for HL2. I emailed them t... : afo
  • oh man, i remember that article. The crue said they were working on HL2..yeah, that was like a few years... : veggie

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  I bet they don't even read this. : larcho
  • NEGATIVE : mikage
  • * WRONG ' D * : Normality
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    NO, they don't. Too busy counting the monies they stole from mod authors. : chuk
    • I think you have confused 'pay to' with 'stole from'. : Carnivac
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      I bet the Counter-Strike and Day of Defeat people don't feel that way. : Phreakin
      • Negatory : PrivateWaldo

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• Battle Field 1942. People still play CS so you don't necessarly need to be playing with shackers. : MarksmanX

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  preordering is the one way to ensure you won't get it the moment it's out. it'll be on the shelf in the s... : jvox
  • ya but this way the money doesn't get spent on something else. : AMikaboshi
  • Preorder at the store, then. : KungFuKenobi

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  Maybe that guy with the briefcase is the master alien? : Wolfanoz
  • god I hope you can deck him. I so wanna deck that stupid goverment guy with the crowbar...... : AMikaboshi

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  What's a nucular winter ? : larcho
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    a family guy reference...well nucular at least (nucular = nuclear) : csana
    • simpsons/homer reference : Katarn3279
  • http://www.pynthan.org/vri/nwaos.htm A 1983 article by Turco, Toon, Ackerman, Pollack, and Sagan (call... : TK-421
  • Nuclear winter is what happens 4 years after Baby Bush is elected during World War IV : tommysgun

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  ^INFORMATIVE^ : csana
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    IAWTP : Katarn3279
    • PSUALT : larcho
• It's Trespasser 2, I tell ya. : Dreagon
• actually it is a ratchet : stgdz
• Yeah, it could be any character in a hazard suit with a goatee, and any game called Half-Life 2! (I know... : nudel

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• Make sure you sign up for mercury before that time comes. : tension
• sCary will get my money sooner or later. I'm just waiting for a megahuge release. : Dynotaku
• yeah, but remember how HL's demo came out way late? (even though it did have a new level in it...) : Kniggit

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  What are you thinking of upgrading to? I was thinking those new 3Ghz w/Intel 875s (after they fix the mys... : TK-421
  • wait for nv35, at least wait until there is some idea of what time its coming out this year. : ovrlrd
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    The front runner right now (75% likely) is probably a 3.0/3.2ghz P4, i875P, 1gig of ram and a 9800Pro. M... : johnny rotten
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      The longer you wait, the more power you will have available to buy to run these games. Honestly i'd wait ... : ovrlrd
      • Oh of course. Those speculations are going on a summer/late summer release. : johnny rotten
• Wait for Doom3 to upgrade... By then 2.0+GHz and DX9.0 Graphics cards will be mainstream and affordable..... : tommysgun