**OFFICIAL HALF LIFE 2 THREAD** - KEEP ALL THE HALF LIFE CHATTER IN HERE GUYS!!

[PCHPlayer]

Now that they announced that there is no manual I want to change my vote. I will be getting the silver package from STEAM, not a retail box.

 

[blurredvision]

I never use a manual, but I think it's stupid not to include one. Manuals are a lost art nowadays. I remember getting Diablo back in the day, and sitting for an hour reading the backstory for the game, and trying to learn all the nuances before I hopped in. Now, manuals (if you even get one) just tell you how to freaking install and start the game, something any self-respecting gamer should know already.

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: blurredvision
I never use a manual, but I think it's stupid not to include one. Manuals are a lost art nowadays. I remember getting Diablo back in the day, and sitting for an hour reading the backstory for the game, and trying to learn all the nuances before I hopped in. Now, manuals (if you even get one) just tell you how to freaking install and start the game, something any self-respecting gamer should know already.

Not MMORPGs though. When I picked uo SWG, the guide was so big, with so much background story....I was impressed but wasnt interested in reading it. AC2 was the same way. But usually those games really do have an incredible amount of story to back them.

 

[warcrow]

LATEST NEWS - 11/4/04 Half-Life 2 Preload Installer!

Saw this in another forum, its the Half-Life 2 Preload Installer!

It would have been nice to have seen valve create this tool, but someone else did it instead. It lets you burn your Steam cache files to DVD, with an autorun installer to reinstall them. Probably convenient for anyone who has to reformat.

Link!

 

[XBoxLPU]

Um warcrow, I linked to that installer above and you even quoted me....

 

[XBoxLPU]

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com...ldnews.html#collectors

Now that is what I call a Collectors Edition

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: XBoxLPU
Um warcrow, I linked to that installer above and you even quoted me....

Oooops, forgot about that!

EDIT: 11 DAYS!

 

[XBoxLPU]

Doug Lombardi Spouts on Steam


Yesterday, Valve's Doug Lombardi started posting on the SteamPowered forums with information on a handy tool that will be included in the near future that will help you create back ups of your cache files that will enable you to copy them on to CD or DVD.

In the near future you will be able to make a CD Backup of your games.

Then Taylor Sherman had more information:

...there will be a DVD-sized option for the Backup feature too. It's not going to actually burn the discs, but it will create a self-extracting archive that is broken up into the appropriate-size files.

 

[XBoxLPU]

Preload number 7 is here

 

[NYHoustonman]

There is a quick way to backup your files, in any case: type "steam://backup/" in the Internet Explorer address bar.

 

[XBoxLPU]

Originally posted by: NYHoustonman
There is a quick way to backup your files, in any case: type "steam://backup/" in the Internet Explorer address bar.

Whoah, sweet!

It even compresses everything too

 

[VIAN]

Oh, that's mighty stupid of them.

I was thinking about getting the Collector's just for that HL:S remake, but it barely looks touched. Not that important to me anymore.

Just gonna settle for the Regular edition.

 

[clicknext]

HL2 set to release at Midnight Nov 16

I never use a manual, but I think it's stupid not to include one. Manuals are a lost art nowadays. I remember getting Diablo back in the day, and sitting for an hour reading the backstory for the game, and trying to learn all the nuances before I hopped in. Now, manuals (if you even get one) just tell you how to freaking install and start the game, something any self-respecting gamer should know already.

I agree, I love the ones that look like they got a lot of work. Homeworld was by far the best one I've ever seen. That manual was almost as big as the strategy guide.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: clicknext
HL2 set to release at Midnight Nov 16

I never use a manual, but I think it's stupid not to include one. Manuals are a lost art nowadays. I remember getting Diablo back in the day, and sitting for an hour reading the backstory for the game, and trying to learn all the nuances before I hopped in. Now, manuals (if you even get one) just tell you how to freaking install and start the game, something any self-respecting gamer should know already.

I agree, I love the ones that look like they got a lot of work. Homeworld was by far the best one I've ever seen. That manual was almost as big as the strategy guide.

I remember many classic NES games came with thick manuals that were essentially strategy guides. Dragon Warrior 3 anyone? Those were the days...

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: XBoxLPU
Preload number 7 is here

Steam just downloaded something, but it wasn't too big. It says pre-loading is now complete.

 

[warcrow]

10 DAYS!

 

[high]

bah halo2 > hl2

 

[naruto1988]

the day of reckoning will come soon...and millions of gamers will be playing half life 2 and the world economy will crash. lol, i can't wait =D

 

[XBoxLPU]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: XBoxLPU
Preload number 7 is here

Steam just downloaded something, but it wasn't too big. It says pre-loading is now complete.

Nope

It wasn't that big at all

 

[warcrow]

9 DAYS!!

 

[bamacre]

A bump for exactly 7 days and 6 hours.

We need to come up with excuses for work, folks. Good ones.

 

[XBoxLPU]

Theres a new steam update

" * Added backup game files feature (right click on game)
* Added purchase support for American Express, Discover and JCB credit cards
"

http://www.halflife2.net/forum...?s=&threadid=49008

 

[raildogg]

This is not a game. Its a major event in world history!!!!!!

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: raildogg
This is not a game. Its a major event in world history!!!!!!

:wine:

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: bamacre
A bump for exactly 7 days and 6 hours.

We need to come up with excuses for work, folks. Good ones.

Actually, you're right. My days are off. Its 8 days, not 9.