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Half Life 2: Episode 1 Goes Gold (New Teaser Trailer up)
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BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Mrbob said:The trilogy won't be concluded until Christmas 2007?!
That's GOOD and makes sense....
One episode right now...
One late this year or early next year...
One around Christmas 07...
storybook77
Member
If Blizzard ever says that they are going to do episodic gaming exclusively....I'll cry. :lol
MrPing1000
Member
Alyx has a cut above her right eye. Don't think that was there before.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
It wasn't.MrPing1000 said:
Horrible trailer and badical animation work. Back to work, Valve.
Valve seems to have become very bad at making trailers for their games. Every Episode 1 trailer that they've released has shown the exact same bit of Alyx fighting ant lions in dusk with really bad camera angles. It's just making me more and more uninterested in the game.
Though I'll still get it for sure. :lol
Hopefully some of the story questions will be answered.
Though I'll still get it for sure. :lol
Hopefully some of the story questions will be answered.
Valve should have made the Xpac STEAM exclusive. It's not like Gamestop gives two shits about PC gaming, and clearly Valve makes more money per unit sold over STEAM.squicken said:
Digital distribution is not going to take off until someone with a killer app makes STEAM or a similar service the only way to buy it. I had hoped Valve would take that plunge, but I guess not.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
There is zero nitpicking there, the animation work is horrible, period.
Instigator
Banned
Funky Papa said:
I don't care about HL2, but I had no problem with the animation shown.
There just wasn't anything interesting shown in that teaser/trailer.
Heh, Teaser Trailer 2 has just been released. Guess they might be doing a teaser a day at this rate until June 1.
http://www.valvesoftware.com/ep1/teaser/hl2-ep1_teaser2.wmv
http://www.valvesoftware.com/ep1/teaser/hl2-ep1_teaser2.wmv
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Make one Prince of Persia or Tony Hawk per year, and GAF bitches about how fast they are pumping them out.
Make 3 Half-Life episodes over the course of a year and a half, and GAF bitches about how slow they are pumpng them out.
Make 3 Half-Life episodes over the course of a year and a half, and GAF bitches about how slow they are pumpng them out.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Mrbob said:
Oh, well in that case I told you twice about it. DEAD HORSE BEATEN!
Mrbob said:No I think that was just me.
Oh and how can you hate Alyx Schafer?!?!
It isn't hate so much as indifference. She was a completely disposable character in HL2 serving no purpose but to fill in as Gordon's "voice" whenever interaction with other story characters was necessary. Other then that she did nothing but holler instructions at you as she leapt around bannisters and the like.
So is the actual shooting going to be better in this one? HL2 criticisms:
-Way too many groups of combine standing idly next to exploding barrels.
-Weapons that have very limited ammo maxes so that the game mostly controls what guns you're able to use in any given area (through what ammo gets dropped). Also, some guns like the SMG have terrible "feels" due to the inflated inherent inaccuracy that isn't just represented through recoil and low muzzle velocity.
-AI that seems like a step back from HL1, at least on normal.
I have Ep 1 preordered....don't disappoint me, valve ;b
-Way too many groups of combine standing idly next to exploding barrels.
-Weapons that have very limited ammo maxes so that the game mostly controls what guns you're able to use in any given area (through what ammo gets dropped). Also, some guns like the SMG have terrible "feels" due to the inflated inherent inaccuracy that isn't just represented through recoil and low muzzle velocity.
-AI that seems like a step back from HL1, at least on normal.
I have Ep 1 preordered....don't disappoint me, valve ;b
EviLore said:
I was happy enough with HL2, mostly because the great scripting and general presentation made up for tossing out some of HL1's merits.
Now, things have moved on, and it really can't get by on presentation alone. I'm certainly hoping Valve hits a dinger with this one.
Anyone up for some CS: Source tonite?
VictimOfGrief
Banned
So Half-Life 3 is due out 2009?
AltogetherAndrews
Member
That trailer was surprisingly underwhelming. I'm all about HL2, but the trailers they have shown so far really doesn't do much to get me psyched about these new episodes.
Play it on hard!EviLore said:
I didn't see anything wrong with the subs...yeah, you can't fight long distance very well with them, but that's not what they're for. And even then, you can still pick them off if you're patient enough with them. I did have a problem with the ammo maxes on some of the guns, though. I can't count how many times I've seen the "full" icon.
Rorschach said:
Okay, to keep a fresh perspective I just ran through HL2: Lost Coast again.
The sort of trend we have going now in quality FPSes is that you are lethal and so are your enemies. FEAR does this very well; it leaves the slow motion handicap in there for noobs, but as far as the core combat mechanics go it's ace. None of the guns there feel gimped at all, and if you're fast and accurate you can take any normal enemy out very quickly. SiN Emergence too...you and your enemies are truly lethal and you don't have any gimped weapons.
Playing through HL2 Lost Coast just now, though, I get the feeling that the SMG is totally useless and so is the 9mm pistol. For the most part I just used the secondary shotgun attack which instakills at short-medium and the crossbow/magnum for long range (or just ignored the long range enemies). The SMG has a firing rate of around 900rpm from what I can tell, but it doesn't stun enemies at all (like a shitload of bullets should, body armor or no), takes forever to kill 'em, and is so inherently inaccurate that it's only good close up. Why would I use that gun unless I had to, when the shotgun is so much more effective for close range?
I mean, the main purpose of most SMGs is to get a lot of lead out there quickly in close quarters while maintaining stability. I play GRAW PC and the little MP5SD is a damn fun weapon to use. High ROF and stability makes it a point and kill weapon while running around at short-medium ranges, with the down side being that often ~15 rounds in a fast burst are expended to kill a dude rather than the one or two you'd use with a precision assault rifle.
Really, I hate weapon implementations like many of the HL2 guns that have that huge built-in inaccuracy, like the bullets exit the barrel at 45 degree angles almost. Give me recoil instead and make it something that can be compensated somewhat through skill. And I might be talking about the SMG in particular too much, but that's pretty much the gun you get the most ammo for in HL2 from what I remember.
For its time it may have had good enough shooting mechanics, but it's not really feeling all that great in general today. The lack of feedback really hurts too...IIRC there's just a little twitching when enemies get hit and nothing else.
SupaFlySoccerMom
Banned
EAFunky Papa said:
Well, I didn't think the pistol was useless. There were a lot of times when all I was left with was a pistol and it was fun getting myself out of those situations with just a pistol and crowbar. The pistol does decent work on regular enemies...just aim for the head or parasite. It won't do much to the more fast and powerful enemies, but I don't think it should be like the halo pistol. I would use it all the time to conserve ammo.EviLore said:
As for the shotgun, it runs out of bullets fast, has a long time between shots (especially the secondary mode), and is completely useless at long range. At medium range it does not instakill all enemies either. The smg did ok by me at medium range (which is what I thought it was meant for: mid/short hectic combat) and I could use it for long range when push came to shove. Also, the secondary firing for the smg very powerful and much more abundant throughout than the assault rifle's.
I don't know how you got away with just leaving enemies alone...if I did that, they would either come after me or get me as I was running away. I would at least stun or distract them.
The gun I did have a few problems with was the Assault Rifle. You could only get the secondary off of elite soldiers, it didn't have that much kick to it, and it didn't have the acc or scope that I wanted. Oh, and give us a REAL sniper rifle...the bow sucks. I hardly ever used it.
BTW- you're gonna hate gears of war. Nothing even gets a flinch out of the enemies except the shotgun XD
PS: HAVE YOU PEOPLE BEEN PLAYING CS WITHOUT ME?! I HATE YOU!
Rorschach said:
Keep in mind that I was talking about HL2: Lost Coast just now, since that's a quick 5-10 minute run to get the combat mechanics fresh in my mind since I haven't played HL2 since it came out. In regular HL2 I wouldn't leave enemies alone unless it was during the boat/buggy sequences or whatever when I'd be leaving the area shortly.
In HL2 proper I ended up using the 9mm pistol a lot for long range since it's one of the only weapons that doesn't have the whole "bullets exit the barrel at 45 degree angles" BS. So I'd just use suit zoom to center a target, unzoom, then fire with the pistol. Really though I shouldn't have to be doing that all the time if the game is designed well.
After playing SiN Emergence the delay on the shotgun secondary seems short to me, heh.
Anyway, I'll probably play through HL2 again on hard before Episode One hits. If the AI really is improved on that difficulty...
GameInformer also has impressions up: http://gameinformer.com/News/Story/200605/N06.0526.1422.35562.htm
While they don't really post spoilers on the game, they do show some screenshots that some might consider spoilers.
While they don't really post spoilers on the game, they do show some screenshots that some might consider spoilers.