Half-Life 2: Episode 1 Available for Pre-Loading

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  lol @ germany. When are you guys going to change your retarded laws? : deeveee
  • ya... if they censor everything for German people they may forget how bad violence and war is... If the H... : nacatamale
  • Noone was forcing anything on Valve. The full violence version was rated 18+ in Germany, Valve changed it... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• ROFL!!! I've heard of the germans forcing all sorts of wierd stuff on Gamers, like green blood coming ... : indiginator
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  I don't know what you're talking about, HL2 was a remarkably antiseptic game... There wasn't the gratuit... : Omaha
  • I miss the gibs :( : deeveee
  • Actually I think the violence I found most disturbing in the game was the disintegration effect achieved : Omaha
• They switched the flavor of jello in the combine, don't sweat it. : megarust32

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  not really, considering how i have a original hl and never played the mp more than 2 hours because it su... : Hoax
  • But you are paying for HL2: Episode 1 when you get this... this is just a bonus. Of course, it is just a... : ResidualEffect
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  Sweet..do you have to preorder HLE1 in order to get HLDM? : deathofrats
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    As far as I can see, the only way to get it is as part of a pack of HL2: EP1, or in a pack with a ton of ... : ResidualEffect
    • wtf @ the "Valve complete pack" pricing: HL2DM - $9.95 CS:S - $19.95 CS - $9.95 Ricochet - $9.95 ... : IrN00btastic
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  It's released already? awesome! I was under the impression it was being released afterwards good incent... : IrN00btastic
  • I don't know. I know they lost some members. What I want is Natural Selection Source. : deathofrats
• boot_camp...longjump...tau cannon...mmm : kingdepork
• We are so playing this later. : Omaha
• Can't wait for some Stalkyark action. : freshyk
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  didn't even hear valve announce this, cool! : lukej19
  • Yeah, I don't think Valve announced it with the Episode 1 pre-load, but I know they said a while ago that... : ResidualEffect

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• nice work nancy drew, did the hardy boys help you out with that? : AllYourBase

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• I'm sensing a pattern here http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12075300 : oatmela
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  If they sell small multiplayer add-ons as part of new SP content all they'll do is segregate their multip... : nudel
  • I don't understand your argument. Bundling MP with single-player components has been going on since the d... : indiginator
  • Ever hear of Broodwars? Doom 2? : Freon
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  I've been downloading CS and HL-DM maps for free ever since the release of HL2. I feel that they have us... : aasyranth
  • exactly..they've provided so much free multiplayer content..i can't believe you can even begin to complai... : deathofrats
• Plus, you're only playing for a high value (at least for me) single player game. It's $20. I'd rather pay... : Sturm08
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  You get HL1:DM:Source with the episode, iirc. It remains to be seen whether that's been given the CS:S tr... : GilesH
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    it's the HL:S treatment : Bingo
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      Giving a game such a sub-par treatment as HL:S should be a mark against them and not a mark FOR them. Mak... : indiginator
      • Actually it looks like HLDM:S isn't that much to look at anyway. The cannons in crossfire bug out really... : Omaha

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• Nevermind... =/ : mukumuku

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• Was it because Steam was running? Did you try the regular defrag with Steam closed? : limabone-jlp
• It wasn't because steam was running, I think it was because I was below the 15 or 10% free space that ms ... : lukej19

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• ya me too. what's up with that? : kenmis
• It probably has something to do with you already having HL2 and/or the Lost Coast downloaded (for the HDR... : Zips
• Same thing for me....I guess hl2 has 69% of the art/sound assets in ep 1., at least in terms of megabytes : lukej19
• Square root of 69 is..... ate something... : Malum

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• it worked oh so well for star wars didnt it? : Hoax
• Half-Life 1 and 2 were feature films and the Episodes are the TV series spinoff? : SpaecKow
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  Why are people even debating this shit - honestly, it's the episodes following on from Half Life 2. I swe... : rand04
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    You're absolutely correct. I just liked 'Aftermath' better. It had Flava. 'Episode 1' is generic. : Dynotaku
    • Oh, right. Then colour me AGREE'D. :) : rand04
    • "Episode 1" also emulates the name used for that SHITTY SHITTY Star Wars film, as is it is worth being co... : nudel
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  Naming this Half Life 2 Episode 1 is worse than naming Revloution Wii. makes no sense... AT ALL. Le... : dumptruck
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    Yet again, who gives a shit as long as it's fun. : Pneum0
    • I give a shit when things don't make sense! Anyway I'll buy Wii and Half Life 2: Episode 2 so neiner-nein... : dumptruck
• Honestly, I just assume it's Episode 1 of the expansion. : sevogajre
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  Half-Life 1 is just Half-Life. This is Half-Life 2: Episode 1, the first episode based on the Half-Life ... : Chris Remo
  • It was just my sarcastic way of saying Aftermath > Ep 1. : Dynotaku
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  This should be Half-Life 2.1 IMHO. Preserve HL3 for a 'real' sequel. But who the fuck knows if they'll ev... : eskimo spy
  • I highly doubt it. I think Episodes 1 through X will hopefully serve to capture the evolving storyline fr... : rand04

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• I'm with you there.. I beat HL2 just to say I did. Some parts were pretty fun though. : Bali
• It's not the best of the genre, but in a vast sea of mediocre FPS games, it really stands out. The quali... : aasyranth
• no you are not quite alone, at least, as long as Shack people dont delete our negative threads, as they d... : amorpheus

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  does your bank allow for the 1 dollar fake purchase validation method? i think thats why alot of cards ha... : italiano3d
  • When I last spoke to them, they did. The card worked perfectly for DoD:Source. It gave me issues with... : GrimmyD
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  I have the same goddamn problem every single time I order - the only time I didn't was when I bought HL2:... : ZeroSignal
  • Thanks to Patrick @ Valve for his assistance with this issue. : ZeroSignal
• Agreed. I have a Maestro card (UK), and it's pretty much what most Students use (18+) if their bank is Na... : hardfl1p
• Yeah, this is getting to be ridiculous. : bad_fish
• I wanted to buy the PC version of Zuma but none of my 3 UK credit/debit cards worked. It sucks when yo... : nudel
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  Well, with Patrick @ Valve's assistance, the issue was resolved. It's great to know that even when a syst... : GrimmyD
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    How long did it take to get resolved? I'm going 1 week with no sign of activity :/ : bad_fish
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      minutes. half an hour I think : ZeroSignal
      • actually it was just over an hour. : ZeroSignal

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• nvm, fixed (Sin skin caused text to disappear) : yuried

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  Oh that's just great... Half-Life 2 keeps crashing on me, should I even bother and try sending a ticket t... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    You should make sure you have the latest vesion of DirectX and the latest video drivers first. : sharkII
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      I do, first it was the looping sound crash halfway into the intro, now it doesn't even load up the menu a... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        Yupp, all about the sound. It works without, thanks, Valve! I can't believe a 1700 Euro laptop can't p... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          how did those new drivers work out? : sharkII
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            It ran it once in 1440x900 (native) with sound the first time around and it worked fine, then when I load... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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              Ha, now with the new drivers if I just start it with launch config "-dxlevel 90 -w 1440 -h 900 -fullscree... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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                You may want to change that to "-dxlevel 95" in order to use the current DirectX 9.0c instead of DirectX ... : 69shots
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                  or just not specify the direct level and let half-life find it for you. : sharkII
                  • Once I had changed it to a lower version of DirectX -with either the -dxlevel command or the mat_dxlevel ... : 69shots
                • I have the feeling 9.0c is what actually has been causing the crashes for some reason. : Mad Brahmin Disease

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  Don't forget about G.R.A.W...it's amazing! : at0micgarden
  • That's coming out tomorrow, right? The reviews should be flooding in soon. : aasyranth
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    You can't really consider that an FPS, though. : Chris Remo
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      Genre lines blur at times, but if it's first person perspective with focus on shooting things as its game... : aasyranth
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        My memories of this game, though recent, may be disturbingly and worryingly innacurate. I swear I'm goin... : Chris Remo
        • Nah, I think you were just remembering the 360 version. I don't know if the PC demo allows for any 3rd ... : aasyranth
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        GRAW is over-the-shoulder 3rd person by default, although I think there's an option to make it first pers... : nudel
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          The demo I played the other day was 1st person by default. Is the PC version different? : Hlaford
          • Could be. I've only played it on Xbox360. : nudel
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            3rd person was taken out of the PC version! : dave17lax
            • It wasn't "taken out", the game was literally built from the ground up from GRIN, a completely seperate d... : at0micgarden

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  PS: You get Half-Life Deathmatch Source with this. : megarust32
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    Do you get it right away like with Sin 1? : melkore
    • Yep, you get it right away (you also get HL2:DM if you don't have it already). : ResidualEffect
• I pre-ordered Episode 1, but I'm holding out for reviews on Sin:Episodes. Nothing I've seen of it makes m... : peanut-

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• Indeed. : Mister Groin

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• Oh? What happens? I want an x-fi card ASAP. : SirX
• getting along just fine here. : liqker

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• You will more than likely still have to connect to Steam to "authenticate" the game once it has been unlo... : noleh8r

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• Just a port I believe, just like HL1:S. : SilverSnake
• who cares. hldm is fantastic with or without fancy graphics. : johnsto

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  Where's the 10% off like Sin episodes? : abrasion
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    never mind, found it - not very clear though. why the cunt am i being charged 3$ tax anyhow? i don't t... : abrasion
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      lol, whoops - i'd selected austria - poor bastards must get taxed 20% :( : abrasion
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        hay abrasion, what's going on in this self-chatty? : 69shots
        • hi 69, it all sorted itself out - a receipt popup came up and pre-loading is complete. : abrasion

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  Well, midnight Pacific time. : Chris Remo
  • I'm not sure about this logic and reason you throw around here Remo. ;\ : lightly inclined

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  I exited as well. : nomaad
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    quiet, no one else noticed. let's keep it between ourselves. : johnsto
    • HAHA U A BAD SPELLAR : slickdoody

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  I just paid $17.95 for it over steam. : megarust32
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    I could really get used to prices like that. : Skai-kun
    • Wait till you see how many chapters they milk out of it .... if it's 3 chapters at 6 hours each - ok grea... : abrasion
• Steam version - Pre-order Discount- $2.00 : shotgun1
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  I just finished the pre-load, and it says they you can pre-order through Steam for $17.95 ($19.95 -$2.00 ... : aasyranth
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    Okay then, I guess they're off the hook. : dangerdoggie
    • Until next time on Valve Police : megarust32