FINALLY! It's here.. Half Life 2!!!

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 3:12 pm

Only 18 months or so late, but today HL2 is available to Steam members (oh, me!)

Played about an hour this morning and absolutely in love with it. Could play it forever if I didn't have a house to rebuild

Grapics are astounding, gameplay is fantastic and the physics engine is stunning. Spent about 30 mins trying to build an elaborate tower of boxes & barrles to jump over a gate, then realised I just had to open it

And amazingly enough it runs fairly well on my old machine - P4 1.5GHz, 768Mb RAM and ATI Radeon 8500 Gfx card.

I have no doubt this will win game of the month/year/millenium...

Get playing!

Post by **Lyndon** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:23 pm

my copy hasn't arrived from play.com yet

maybe 2moro

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 7:59 pm

When I've got a few minutes I'll figure out how to get it running in the Arcade section

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 9:11 pm

i lost interest in it ages ago

CoolChick · Post by **CoolChick** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 9:44 pm

I prefer to play games on the PS2. I love Tony Hawks - bit disappointed with the the new one though - bit same old same old. But I can still whoop my 16 year old sons ass though in graffiti!

Very impressed with Grand Theft Auto, San Andreas as well. Well worth the wait.

And yes - I am over 40 and yes - I love playing on the PS2. I'm a big kid see

Frosty · Post by **Frosty** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:05 pm

I played for about an hour last night as it went active here about 1900Hrs local time Tuesday evening. The graphics and physics engine as you say are amazing. I stopped last night when I got stuck. I'm at a point in the sewers where you're in front of water with a rotating "stirrer" and a grate the other side of it I can't seem to get through. Any ideas?

One concern I have with Steam is what happens if in the unlikely event I lose my cable connection? Seems that before it will luanch it has to be validated by Steam and that requires an internet connection?

Post by **Lyndon** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 8:26 pm

bloody good game and about time too

looks so ggggggoooooooooddddddd on a nvidia 6800gt 256mb

just spend a few mins just throwing stuff around

Frosty · Post by **Frosty** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:48 pm

Worked out where I was stuck. Am so enjoying it!!!!

TheMinel · Post by **TheMinel** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 2:50 pm

I played for about an hour last night as it went active here about 1900Hrs local time Tuesday evening. The graphics and physics engine as you say are amazing. I stopped last night when I got stuck. I'm at a point in the sewers where you're in front of water with a rotating "stirrer" and a grate the other side of it I can't seem to get through. Any ideas?

One concern I have with Steam is what happens if in the unlikely event I lose my cable connection? Seems that before it will luanch it has to be validated by Steam and that requires an internet connection?

1st question: you need to dive deep and go through the underwater tunnel

2nd question: you only need to verify it the very first time you start it. Next time you can just start Steam in offline mode and play it that way

TheMinel · Post by **TheMinel** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 2:51 pm

by the way the game is amazing!

Frosty · Post by **Frosty** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:24 pm

Thank you - got it! Also thanks for the offline play info. Yes, the game is amazing. It's Friday and I can assure you I'll be on it all night tonight!