*Update with FULL Article Scans* LOTS of Half-Life 2 Leaked PICS!!!

[kindest]

i hope it doesnt make me motion sickness like the 1st one!
i still like glquake!

 

[hdeck]

omg!!!! i can't wait!!!

 

[NFS4]

I still can't believe they made it this far into the game without leaks:Q

 

[Jmmsbnd007]

Originally posted by: KnightBreed

Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Lifer
What engine is Half Life 2 based on?

Wasn't Half Life based on the Quake or Doom engine?

HL used a hybrid of the original Quake/Valve engine.

The original HL was almost all Quake 1 engine, but it had bits of code that went into the Q2 engine.

No, NFS4 is quite correct. The original codebase was from Quake1, but Valve made serious modifications to allow for higher texture resolution, Direct3D support, and 16-bit lighting and texture support.

By the way, these screens made me mess all over my monitor.:Q

I know. I meant to say that it's based off the Q1 engine with bits of code that went into the Q2 engine. They just heavily modified it.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007

Originally posted by: KnightBreed

Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Lifer
What engine is Half Life 2 based on?

Wasn't Half Life based on the Quake or Doom engine?

HL used a hybrid of the original Quake/Valve engine.

The original HL was almost all Quake 1 engine, but it had bits of code that went into the Q2 engine.

No, NFS4 is quite correct. The original codebase was from Quake1, but Valve made serious modifications to allow for higher texture resolution, Direct3D support, and 16-bit lighting and texture support.

By the way, these screens made me mess all over my monitor.:Q

I know. I meant to say that it's based off the Q1 engine with bits of code that went into the Q2 engine. They just heavily modified it.

Ok, I misunderstood your original post.

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: NFS4
How much do you want to bet that Carmack let out a loud "FVCK" when he saw these screenshots????



You're not the only game in town now buddy!!!!!

At this point, I doubt it. A lot of games look better in screen shots than when playing the actual game. Movement and what not let you see how light affects things, how well(or poorly) the game handles getting close to textures, etc. If Carmack is going to start cursing, it won't be until after he takes a look at the real thing.

Well considering what the original Half-Life was to the industry, I don't think they'll let us down. So Carmack may very well be yelling something right now

HL wasn't a graphical masterpeice though. It wasn't a bad game when it was introduced mind you, but compared to say, Quake II, it wasn't top of the line, it was just below it. Can Valve beat Carmack though? I think they can, but Carmack is tough to beat, so we'll see.

 

[adlep]

Believe or not, I am reinstalling HL right now, to play it for the 10th time....

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: NFS4
How much do you want to bet that Carmack let out a loud "FVCK" when he saw these screenshots????



You're not the only game in town now buddy!!!!!

At this point, I doubt it. A lot of games look better in screen shots than when playing the actual game. Movement and what not let you see how light affects things, how well(or poorly) the game handles getting close to textures, etc. If Carmack is going to start cursing, it won't be until after he takes a look at the real thing.

Well considering what the original Half-Life was to the industry, I don't think they'll let us down. So Carmack may very well be yelling something right now

HL wasn't a graphical masterpeice though. It wasn't a bad game when it was introduced mind you, but compared to say, Quake II, it wasn't top of the line, it was just below it. Can Valve beat Carmack though? I think they can, but Carmack is tough to beat, so we'll see.

Well, even today, games aren't all about graphics:

BF1942: not the best graphics, but awesome gameplay and replay value
UT2003: great graphics, but has been bashed by just about everyone who has played it

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

I've played through both Quake2 and Half-Life, and in my opinion HL appeared superior in every way - especially in artwork (though that's not a function of engine superiority).

 

[ROTC1983]

Those pictures looked awesome

 

[DDCSpeed]

Nice

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: NFS4
How much do you want to bet that Carmack let out a loud "FVCK" when he saw these screenshots????



You're not the only game in town now buddy!!!!!

At this point, I doubt it. A lot of games look better in screen shots than when playing the actual game. Movement and what not let you see how light affects things, how well(or poorly) the game handles getting close to textures, etc. If Carmack is going to start cursing, it won't be until after he takes a look at the real thing.

Well considering what the original Half-Life was to the industry, I don't think they'll let us down. So Carmack may very well be yelling something right now

HL wasn't a graphical masterpeice though. It wasn't a bad game when it was introduced mind you, but compared to say, Quake II, it wasn't top of the line, it was just below it. Can Valve beat Carmack though? I think they can, but Carmack is tough to beat, so we'll see.

Well, even today, games aren't all about graphics:

BF1942: not the best graphics, but awesome gameplay and replay value
UT2003: great graphics, but has been bashed by just about everyone who has played it

Well, if that's your benchmark then, then yes, Half-Life will probably amaze us. Carmack & Co aren't trying something new per-say in gameplay, but something better than what has been. In overall competition(or lack thereof; I'll probably buy both) graphically, we'll see, but gameplay is going to be close, if not in favor of HL('though I doubt JC cares).

 

[LeStEr]

Originally posted by: SilverThief
WOW!

 

[Looney]

I don't know what's the big deal... of course there's going to be a big difference between the original HL and the upcoming release.. there's been a 4+ years difference.

But aren't most games coming out in the future also looking similar? The games i'm looking forward to have similar graphic advancement as HL (Doom3, EQ2).

 

[RealWarlock]

The first thing came to my head was...

...COUNTERSTRIKE!!

Can you imagine a HL2 mod of counterstrike.

 

[Confused]

Looks good! I like the dynamic physics model, being able to interact totally with the environment.

If they make a Counter-Strike mod for it, then hopefully they can include the dynamics of shooting pipes and barrels to stop/divert the other team. Also, hopefully when it comes to multiplayer, they will have sorted out the cheating issues!

I can't wait to play this

Confused

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: SilverThief
WOW!

 

[Amused]

I wonder if this will kill my P4 2.0, 1GB PC800 RDRAM, GF3 Ti 500 setup?

Looks like it may be time to build a new box. Sept. was sooner than I wanted to do it, though

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: Vic
Anyone know when we can expect the game to be released?

Soon after Duke Nukem Forever

 

[Confused]

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1

Originally posted by: Vic
Anyone know when we can expect the game to be released?

Soon after Duke Nukem Forever

September 30th is the date they're hoping for.

Duke Nukem Fornever was supposed to come out 3-4 years ago.


Confused

 

[figgypower]

This is gonna be so great...

Originally posted by: maladroit
what will the requirements for this be, do you think? i just bought a p4 2.5 with a 9700tx. if its outdated when this game comes out i will kill someone.

Actually, if you read the articles included in the screenshots (there's two) the optimal system seems to have a DX-9 (maybe, DX-8, I can't remember now ) compatible grahpics card and a 2.0 ghz proc. It's supposed to scale all the back to a 700mhz proc and a DX-6 graphics card; it should be good for anyone really.

Originally posted by: Scouzer
The real question is if the new engine will be as dynamic and moddable (sp?) as the current HL.

It's supposed to be more so, again from the articles. Part of the reason it took so long for a sequel was for a better and more intuitive toolkit for modding. Apparently, you won't need as many programming skills, and there'll be lots of testing stuff.

Originally posted by: PCMarine
The original half-life was based on a heavily modifed Quake 1 engine.

Half-life 2 is most likely being built from the ground up by Valve. Valve was working on a kickass new engine for TF2, but since TF2 was "scrapped," I bet they carried over the engine and modifed it.

Was the worked on engine called "Source"? That's the engine that Valve is using, and it's its own. They supposedly started development sometime immediately after the original Half-Life.

 

[Electrode]

By September 30th I should be putting the finishing touches on my QUAD SLEDGEHAMMER UBERB0X0R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111. Hopefully, that will give me enough power to fully enjoy the game.

Of course, I won't be playing HL2 until either a Linux port is released, or WineX is updated to support it. I'm sick of installing windows just to play one game.

 

[minus1972]

What I want to know is where the fvck team fortress 2 is. That was supposed to come out first, what the hell happened?

 

[Lash444]

haha...give up on TFC2. My friends and I have been waiting for that since we played the original way back when. I loved TFC.
Back to the game, I hope all the added effects don't equate to horrible netplay. Hopefully this game proves to be even half as much fun to play multiplayer as the original series with all of its mods happened to be.

 

[dabuddha]

Sweet! Can't wait to get this.

Originally posted by: Keego
That's cool, unlike the ads to the left!

What ads to the left?