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xenolith
05-03-2006, 10:55 AM
Do I need to say more? Fire up your steam client and get it...

FYI: official release date is June 1st. The pre-order is only $17.95. :woot:
cantankerous
05-03-2006, 11:06 AM
July 1st? You sure it isn't June 1st as that is what I heard.
xenolith
05-03-2006, 11:08 AM
July 1st? You sure it isn't June 1st as that is what I heard.

Your right. fixed. :D
Cooper
05-03-2006, 11:22 AM
P2P ? Or only steam ?
Magnj
05-03-2006, 11:44 AM
steam only probably...maybe retail? Is this gonna be worth it? I didn;t even get to beating HL2 yet everytime I get like halfway in I end up re-formatting lol
CandymanCan
05-03-2006, 11:49 AM
i wont be getting this till wayya after release, i hate steam, its the worst idea ever, when HL2 was released i couldnt even play the game until 3-4 days after i bought it
gr8golf
05-03-2006, 12:58 PM
Sounds like you didn't use the preload function. I preloaded the files and it came right up on the day of release.
OmegaMerc
05-03-2006, 01:26 PM
steam only probably...maybe retail? Is this gonna be worth it? I didn;t even get to beating HL2 yet everytime I get like halfway in I end up re-formatting lol

Half way through it i endnup getiing bored of loadin screens
CandymanCan
05-03-2006, 04:52 PM
Sounds like you didn't use the preload function. I preloaded the files and it came right up on the day of release.


Yea but steam had to verify the files and other junk and that took days, because of the amount of people trying to play
LexDiamonds
05-04-2006, 01:04 AM
$17.95 may sound like a good price, but I have heard there is only 5-6 hours of gameplay. This is Valves new strategy of releasing "episodes" to really milk the franchise IMO.
Disposibleteen
05-04-2006, 10:57 AM
You pay roughly the same for a ~2 hour movie so i dont see a problem with it honestly. I just hope that this way they can come out with the next episode faster instead of having to wait a year or so.
AgentVX
05-05-2006, 08:40 PM
July 1st? You sure it isn't June 1st as that is what I heard.

It may well turn out to be July 1st, you know how Valve is with release dates :fact:
Though for everyone's sake I hope they do get this one out on time :woot:
amd4me
05-09-2006, 03:33 PM
Isnt there a way to play HL2 offline once you have gone through all the steam BS?
einCe
05-10-2006, 02:26 AM
Isnt there a way to play HL2 offline once you have gone through all the steam BS?
yes, make sure everything in your list is fully updated, then close steam and unplug your cable. start up steam and pick offline mode.

and as for the steam sucks: i started up the game at exactly 12:04am the day it was released.

anyways though. im not gonna pay for this i might pirate it if i run out of other things to play, but aside from css im thouroughly bored with the way the source engine looks
amd4me
05-10-2006, 08:29 AM
Dont talk about pirating dude.
And lets say i didnt have the net how would I do it?
Hicks
05-10-2006, 12:05 PM
Hmmm id rather have a box and buy it.
gotheb1ues
05-11-2006, 02:09 PM
Dont talk about pirating dude.
And lets say i didnt have the net how would I do it?you just talked about it. Look whos calling the kettle black. LOL :D
Ominous Gamer
05-11-2006, 02:15 PM
You pay roughly the same for a ~2 hour movie so i dont see a problem with it honestly. I just hope that this way they can come out with the next episode faster instead of having to wait a year or so.

Except at the movie you pay $18; have a date, and who knows what kind of night it will end up being.:banana:
Here, you pay $18 for a nights worth of gaming, another night alone, and a flawed and annoying distribution program.
gotheb1ues
05-11-2006, 02:18 PM
WOW movies are dear in the US $18 for a movie. I only pay $12AUD in australia for my movies.
Ominous Gamer
05-11-2006, 02:24 PM
WOW movies are dear in the US $18 for a movie. I only pay $12AUD in australia for my movies.

Actually here in Florida they are $8 regular, $7 student. So for $18 I get a movie, date, and a popcorn.
J-Mag
05-11-2006, 02:27 PM
WOW movies are dear in the US $18 for a movie. I only pay $12AUD in australia for my movies.

Movies are only ~$9 here in the US and less than that for a matinee, the $18 figure might have included a drink and popcorn or something...

Edit: Another delayed post, brought to you by J-Mag.
r3w4
05-12-2006, 03:26 AM
I don't pay to see any movies these days unless I'm 100% it's quality, judged by director, actors, and story. The last two movies I payed for were A History of Violence and Sin City. I'll pay for Episode 1 as long as it gets decent reviews and has some new goddamn models. EA publishing has really made me question it though.
Repoman
05-15-2006, 01:33 PM
A History of Violence was a sweet movie
P8baller07
05-21-2006, 02:27 PM
A history of violence was a crap movie.
Wanna see a good movie?

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of war.
Leon: The Professional
Godfather
Goodfellas (Was AWESOME during the beginning but i didnt like the ending)
Cooper
05-31-2006, 02:29 PM
Bump. It`s June 1st
And I see this 30 days countdown (http://ep1.half-life2.com/index.php) :confused:
xenolith
05-31-2006, 06:36 PM
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=442173

Everyone on the globe will have it unlocked in 15 hrs. 24 mins. and counting.

Until Valve figures out how to flatten the earth, many of our unlock times will be different due to the 24 different times zones. ;)
Kano
05-31-2006, 07:20 PM
I don't think so. It goes by Pacific Time. I'm fairly sure that when that timer gets to zero it will be released for everyone.
\/icious
06-01-2006, 05:56 PM
A history of violence was a crap movie.


your crazy
r3w4
06-01-2006, 06:59 PM
A history of violence was a crap movie.
Wanna see a good movie?

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of war.
Leon: The Professional
Godfather
Goodfellas (Was AWESOME during the beginning but i didnt like the ending)
Leon is kind of like a chick action movie, overrated and boring. It could have been better by first dropping out Natalie Portman and then getting a script more realistic than a John Woo movie.
Disposibleteen
06-01-2006, 07:17 PM
The figure of $18 was not going off of movies you go see in theators but movies you purchase to own on DVD. When you buy a game you own it so therefore they would take figures from buying to own movies as well.
cMw
06-01-2006, 07:45 PM
im waiting for a non steam rip of it..
Timmay
06-03-2006, 05:17 AM
Ha, If I had bought it I would have been one of the first people to play it due to being in New Zealand.
Kano
06-03-2006, 10:08 AM
im waiting for a non steam rip of it..

lol, noob

Wait on Maddoxx to release something just so it can't be updated...
wildcard
06-04-2006, 12:03 PM
Ha, If I had bought it I would have been one of the first people to play it due to being in New Zealand.

LOL and you probably could have finished before the west coast usa even had it.

But I imagine the time it's released is a central time and no matter what your local time/date is you can get it.
Hicks
06-04-2006, 02:26 PM
Leon is kind of like a chick action movie,

LOL, thats a new one. Never before have i seen Leon been called a chick flick.:clap:
einCe
06-04-2006, 02:45 PM
LOL and you probably could have finished before the west coast usa even had it.

But I imagine the time it's released is a central time and no matter what your local time/date is you can get it.
too bad valve is on the west coast and releases on west coast time huh