Half-life 2 Game play Movie.... I am still in shell shock!!!!

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Spudd

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I noticed that in the videos, the color on the walls and sky seem to be constantly morphing between green, purple-ish, and yellowish. Is something wrong with my Quicktime player? I just updated it too. Hmm..,..:confused:
 

dighn

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Originally posted by: Spudd
I noticed that in the videos, the color on the walls and sky seem to be constantly morphing between green, purple-ish, and yellowish. Is something wrong with my Quicktime player? I just updated it too. Hmm..,..:confused:

might have something to do with the storyline
eg some funky accident/disaster with the dimensional portal thingie
 

Glitchny

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Originally posted by: MachFive
Originally posted by: DaZ
Any idea what VALvE is using for a game engine? If anything I would figure a highly modified version of the Q3 engine.. or maybe they finally went with an inhouse one? That doesnt seem like their style since they like to concentrate on game play more so.. but an inhouse one would make sense with TF2 up comming also... But seeing as we saw screenshots from TF2 along time ago, I would think they started working on that game from the original HL engine (but modding it too).. hoyiE!

I think it's called the "Source" engine. Built from the ground up by Valve, as far as I can figure.

yeah the source engine was built by valve.... thats what they have being doing for the past few years, and thats why not much was said about the game since the engine was the main focus.
 

Spudd

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If that's how it's going to be the whole game, I can just imagine all the little Timmys and Jennies out there who'll be doing the seizure dance. :Q;)
 

shabby

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Damn, duke nukem forever is going to have some competition when hl2 comes out.... :D
 

theNEOone

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bah, just finished d/l one of them. it's a MOVIE OF A MOVIE. wut a piece of sh!t. i hate that. are any of these REAL CLIPS?!?!?!?
 

Tetsuo

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Originally posted by: theNEOone
bah, just finished d/l one of them. it's a MOVIE OF A MOVIE. wut a piece of sh!t. i hate that. are any of these REAL CLIPS?!?!?!?

and how would that happen? i highly doubt a member of valve will leak that kinda stuff.
 

theNEOone

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Originally posted by: Zhou
you think it wasn't worth the DL?


well, i can't really say. but i definitely was dissappointed. everyone here is praising the vid clips, so i coudln't wait to see em. then one finishes, but i realize that it's a goddamn camcorder captures!!! it just doesn't give the right effect.
 

cliftonite

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Originally posted by: Lonyo
It seems the year of the games is upon us.

UT2004 (looks lik eit could be hot, all that 2k3 was meant to be)
Deus Ex 2
HL2
Doom 3
Republic: The revolution (God game extreme maybe)

And those are just games with great innovation (RE2 allowing you to play through without killing anyone, UT2k4 bringing DM, vehicles and GFX to hopefully the right level, Doom 3 with its GFX, HL2 with AI/GFX and the storyline)

Can't think of anything else off the top of my head to rock the world, but who needs more?!

Oh, and the suggestion HL2 was based off the Q3 engine, I found that comment quite funny. Not even Valve could push an engine that much.

UT 2004? I have never heard of this. Got any links?

 

TallBill

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Well worth the download.. awesome clips... im just giving my mom my computer and building from ground up to play hl2 and doom3
 

Oscar1613

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for those complaining about speeds, just install a download accelerator (i like star downloader, freeware) so you can have multiple connections at the same time... i was maxing out my connection that way (300KB/s+) :)
 

TallBill

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Originally posted by: Oscar1613
for those complaining about speeds, just install a download accelerator (i like star downloader, freeware) so you can have multiple connections at the same time... i was maxing out my connection that way (300KB/s+) :)

Or do something else, instead of just watching the progress bar move.
 

Yossarian

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I love when the hero pulls the letters off the marquee and throws them at the tall robot things :)
 

Spudd

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Yeah...F .... U.... lol. I gotta say, the way things move, and the interaction in that game is unparalleled. I couldn't get over how the mattresses just sloshed over, and the A.I. Doom III has a serious adversary, both in terms of a game and an engine. Two bananas up! :cool::beer:
 

StageLeft

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That is un-freaking-believable. WOW! I have seen only the first one now - the tech demo. My god that is so far beyond what I've seen anywhere else.
 

QueHuong

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*Saving this thread so I'll remember when to watch the movies when I get back to college on my T-1 connection instead of my 56k*
 

Marauder-

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Yeah - definitely UNREAL. I really liked the scene where the SWAT guys follow you around and how its not scripted.