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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: pstwo on April 11, 2005, 09:43:22 PM
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Never played the PC version. I freaking can\'t wait!
http://www.halflife2.net
Jan from our affiliated German site, Half-Life2.de, yesterday posted the exciting news from the Official XBox Magazine who has the first details on the Xbox version of Half-Life 2.
Improved lightning effects - It looks better than on the PC
Loading times don\'t differ from the PC version due to a new streaming technology
The controls have been adapted to the joypad and auto-aiming has been included
They are still working on the airboat and buggy controls because it is too difficult to steer and shoot at the same time
The Source Engine has been adapted to Xbox so that Xbox developers can license it now
The textures are less detailed than on the PC because of the reduced RAM (only 64 MB)
There will be NO multiplayer in the game, not even via Xbox Live
It\'s not yet announced if it will be possible to download new content, but there was no clear answer
Estimated release date: Summer 2005 (for the US)
Interesting news for those XBox owners out there. It certainly shoots down a lot of rumours in flames that were starting to insist that Half-Life 2 would become a next-generation title on the XBox 2.
For further information on HL2: XBox catch the latest Official XBox Magazine in the USA or see the original news here.
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Looks like SHIT
Do yourself a favour and ditch the X boullocks and buy a Entry grade PC.
Then play this game the way it was meant to be.
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On a serious note... PStwo you should consider going for the PC version.
As you get
Better GFX\'s
Better Frame Rate
Online HL2 death match
Counter Strike source.
Better Control system (WASD + Mouse >>>> Controller)
And if you wait a while
Day of Defeat Source
the HL2 new chapter (might be Alex or even Barney)
more source mods than you can can shake a stick at.
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^yeah, I mean cant you afford a measly $2,000 for a computer? obviously your computer is inferior and cant do the job, and there is nothing else better to spend your money on.
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You don\'t have to have a powerful PC to run HL2.
Even older PC\'s can run it and it still looks Fantastic.
unless PStwo has a 386 or something :p
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I have a fairly nice machine that only set me back a little over 1k
you don\'t need the best of everything to run it, just a decent video card and competent CPU.
Games on consoles look like ass to me anymore. Guess i\'ve become a PC snob :(
But i\'m sure you\'ll enjoy it on Xbox, it was an amazing experience for me from beginning to end.
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i built a gaming computer two weekends ago for a friend. 700$ including the monitor. (p4 3.3ghz/1gb 400 ddr/nvidia 6600GT/21" monitor)
get a job if you don\'t have a computer capable of running half life 2
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This is one of the best games I\'ve ever played. I hope anyone who doesn\'t have a gaming computer gets this game. It\'s worth it.
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Originally posted by mm
i built a gaming computer two weekends ago for a friend. 700$ including the monitor. (p4 3.3ghz/1gb 400 ddr/nvidia 6600GT/21" monitor)
get a job if you don\'t have a computer capable of running half life 2
What\'s the solution for someone who goes to school full time, and has only a part time job which just barely pays the rent and other expenses?
$1000 PC for games vs. $50 game for my Xbox
Hmmmm...
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Originally posted by mm
i built a gaming computer two weekends ago for a friend. 700$ including the monitor. (p4 3.3ghz/1gb 400 ddr/nvidia 6600GT/21" monitor)
Yea, 700$ not including everything.
And Rikku, stop making so much sense.
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fuck pc games, what are consoles for?
only pc game I\'ll be playing is guild wars.
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Atleast its better than not having HL2 at all
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Yea, 700$ not including everything.
the only thing it didn\'t include was the floppy drive, i has some collecting dust.
What\'s the solution for someone who goes to school full time, and has only a part time job which just barely pays the rent and other expenses?
be a man and get a full time job. bagging groceries at safeway isn\'t good for your resume
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Originally posted by mm
i built a gaming computer two weekends ago for a friend. 700$ including the monitor. (p4 3.3ghz/1gb 400 ddr/nvidia 6600GT/21" monitor)
get a job if you don\'t have a computer capable of running half life 2
$700? Great price for everything.
ooseven, I know the PC version would be better but I\'ll just get the Xbox one. :D
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Pure nastiness.
In fact, it could look better on ps2 :p
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Well, I dare say it\'ll look better when you play it. Those look like magazine scans. Which would explain the graininess.
Otherwise it\'d look like it running on my GForce2. :p
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Originally posted by mm
be a man and get a full time job. bagging groceries at safeway isn\'t good for your resume
Seeing as how you have plenty of time to work full time when you\'re full time at school. And if you work full time that still doesn\'t gurantee having enough money for school, car, food, rent, then a computer on the side.
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*i didn\'t mean full time at safeway*
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mms schooling is with his working.
quite different then working/schooling for 16 hours per day. If you manage to get a job, try to do night schooling and get your work to pay for it. Works great.
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i had classes in the morning and worked a few weeknights and one weekend day.
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I had sex with bobo for pocket money.
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he paid u????
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umm you payed us both to do it in front of you. don\'t you remember?
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oh thats right, 25c and you bytches went the hack.
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Originally posted by mm
be a man and get a full time job. bagging groceries at safeway isn\'t good for your resume [/B]
Get a full tim job despite school and torture his self just to play HL2 on PC?
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Haha, it\'s worth it. :P
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Indeed
Oh and PStwo here is a spoiler for you seeing that you waited For the Xbox Version.
I dare ya to highlight it....
[sp] Gordon Freeman is in Half Life 2...and the X box Sucks :p[/sp]
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Bob there is something called LIFE.Nobody wants to spend $720 for HL2
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Just depends on age. The $720 is not just for one single videogame, but you knew that. ;)
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No its not.But you are telling someone to buy a new PC just to play HL2
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ridiculous
Unfortunately I have an ego to serve, and to keep it up I have to make good grades. I care about my academic success more than how pretty the games are that I\'m playing.
Besides, Half-Life 2 will undoubtedly be released on one if not all the next generation systems. That version will look superior to whatever rig you have going now and it will end up costing much less to acquire.
:p
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by the time the next round of consoles come out HL2 will be old hat (it already is in the PC world). And I don\'t think it will be released for them either.
Plus consoles can\'t match the resolutions that PC monitor can crank out.
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Oh and PStwo here is a spoiler for you seeing that you waited For the Xbox Version.
I dare ya to highlight it....
:laughing: I tried but didn\'t read it all. :p
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Originally posted by JBean
by the time the next round of consoles come out HL2 will be old hat (it already is in the PC world). And I don\'t think it will be released for them either.
Plus consoles can\'t match the resolutions that PC monitor can crank out.
We\'ll just have to wait and see I suppose...
12:49 Mention of Half-Life 2 usually makes the crowds go wild - well, we at the office do anyway; and we feel we\'re not alone - and earlier in the month there was particular excitement surrounding babble stating that Valve Software is planning to bring its FPS sequel to consoles other than Xbox.
Reportedly commenting that a PS2 version of Half-Life 2 is in the offing, the developer also appeared to let slip in an interview with French media (although translation caused validity issues) that plans are afoot to bring the game to PlayStation 3 and GameCube\'s successor as well.
Desiring the official word straight from the horse\'s mouth, we contacted Valve Software to discover what\'s what.
Speaking to the developer\'s Doug Lombardi, he initially re-confirmed that Half-Life 2 has been announced for Xbox, then went on to clarify the PS2 situation, saying that: "At this point, there are no plans to publish a version [of Half-Life 2] for either of Sony or Nintendo\'s current systems."
Of course, this means Valve\'s sequel looks like it will remain exclusive to Xbox in this generation of consoles - somehow, we think Microsoft might be smiling. However, it is highly possible that we\'ll see Half-Life 2 appearing on the next machines from Sony and Nintendo.
When questioned on the HL2 for PlayStation 3 and GameCube 2 reports, Lombardi told us: "Valve is obviously interested in hearing more about their [Sony and Nintendo] next-generation plans and discuss the possibilities of doing something with them."
Looking beyond Half-Life 2, it certainly wouldn\'t be foolish to speculate that other titles in the Valve Software stable, such as Counter-Strike, will also appear on Sony and Nintendo\'s next consoles.
In the meantime, we\'ll keep eyes peeled and ears open for news on Half-Life 2 on Xbox...
Link (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/?page=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/news/news_story.php(que)id=96843)
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will the lack of a mouse problem ever be fixed for future consoles? Thumbsticks are so 20th century.
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solution, don\'t bring FPS games out on consoles. They belong on pcs and should stay on them.
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nintendo\'s revolution might use it\'s touch screen control pad to emulate mouse-ish control. :}
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Originally posted by §ôµÏG®ïñD
solution, don\'t bring FPS games out on consoles. They belong on pcs and should stay on them.
Thats ignorant to say.
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There are Keyboards and mouses specifically made for consoles to play FPS just as they are ment to.
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Originally posted by Avatarr
nintendo\'s revolution might use it\'s touch screen control pad to emulate mouse-ish control. :}
Hah, and playing HL2 with a touchpad r0x0r0zzzz y0r0r0r00rr z0xb90b0b0b00xq4refaz
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Originally posted by Unicron!
There are Keyboards and mouses specifically made for consoles to play FPS just as they are ment to.
If you\'re talking about that Xbox keyboard/mouse adapter try again. That thing sucks. Everyone I\'ve read about who\'s bought one either sold it or doesn\'t use it anymore.
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Originally posted by Rikku
That version will look superior to whatever rig you have going now
Ever see the original Half-Life on PS2? ;)
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HL on PS2 was awesome felt like I was back in 99.
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Well, the co-op mode that came with the PS2 version was fun, I\'ll give it that..
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< - - Never finished HL2. Got bored with it.
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^^Likes men.
Most good FPS should of some co-op mode. Perfect Dark, Halo, just cut the screen of the single player mode is solid adds a whole new dimension to the game.
Halo wouldn\'t be worth paying for without co-op lol.
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The driving levels in HL2 was downright terrible and made me lose interest in the game.
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Originally posted by THX
If you\'re talking about that Xbox keyboard/mouse adapter try again. That thing sucks. Everyone I\'ve read about who\'s bought one either sold it or doesn\'t use it anymore.
No
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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
The driving levels in HL2 was downright terrible and made me lose interest in the game.
Yeah, they did drag on a bit long.
Especially when you had to wait 5 minutes for the game to load every 5 minutes you played.
:(
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The actual FPS gameplay was great, the driving sections was long and tedious. I understand it was suppose to give a variety but all it done was broke any motivation the game had established.
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Originally posted by Unicron!
No
Well don\'t act like you have a big secret. If it was worth a damn you would have told us about it by now.
:stick: :bounce:
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Originally posted by THX
Well don\'t act like you have a big secret. If it was worth a damn you would have told us about it by now.
:stick: :bounce:
I am not into FPS shooters thats why
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New screens!
NICE textures! Best looking Xbox game!
Here thus, only for you, the first images in-game Half-Life 2 on Xbox. These photographs snuff starting from a playable version of the software are, certainly, of average quality, but they enable you all the same to assess the quality of textures, the level of detail of the decorations, returned water or the modeling of the characters. These photographs also make it possible to support the denial of certain rumours which implied that Half-Life 2 would rather be born on Xbox 360, because the software turns indeed on Xbox. The FPS of Valve Software would be planned for the summer 2005, in the United States.
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looks like PC version to S-video port on TV
no, thats is NOT a compliment that the xbox might be able to display those textures. (because it cant)
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Is it going to have the Deathmatch (didn\'t bother reading)? And why doesn\'t Valve do some kind of CTF mode, that is not third party?
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IGN hands on!! :cool:
More here! (http://xbox.ign.com/articles/608/608385p1.html)
Officially, Valve plans to release Half-Life 2 in late August 2005 as a purely single-player game, sans the multiplayer. Valve is developing the Xbox version entirely in-house with a 10-15 person team, using streaming technology to make it work, and it\'s bringing the entire singe-player game to the Xbox. No shortcuts, no missing levels, no futzing around. Valve suggested there might be downloadable content later on down the line, but wouldn\'t specify exactly what that would be.
Make sure to check our Video Interview (http://media.xbox.ign.com/media/552/552580/vids_1.html) with Jay Stelly, and our direct-feed videos (http://media.xbox.ign.com/media/552/552580/vids_1.html) too.
Technical Wizardry
Half-Life 2 was a massive game on the PC; 4 GB to be accurate. Attempting to bring such an enormous game to the relatively small Xbox, with its 8 GB hard-drive and its 64 MB of RAM, requires a huge amount of gusto and bravado, plus the technical chops to back it up. But we are talking about Valve, who continues to innovative, pioneer, and take creative leaps at every opportunity it can. So, it\'s not only possible, but the Seattle, WA-based developer is doing it -- and plans to improve several areas to boot.
Using in-house developed streaming technology, a difficult programming technique that Rockstar North uses for all the Grand Theft Auto titles and which has been used in numerous Legacy of Kain games, Valve can deliver a high-polygon, incredibly detailed environment in 480p to Microsoft\'s system. Valve\'s version of the technology enables the team to economically deliver a more exact amount of data required for a particular section in the game. The textures, models, and audio will all stream, while other parts of the game will be either pre-loaded or be pulled from the Xbox\'s hard-drive. This technique is much different from the usual PC technique, which is to fill up a massive bucket of data and dump it all at once on screen, using as much RAM as needed.
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I don\'t remember what I said earlier about it, but this game should be played on pc only. If not you\'re just cheating yourself. Steal a pc if you have to, do something.
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Originally posted by Bozco
I don\'t remember what I said earlier about it, but this game should be played on pc only. If not you\'re just cheating yourself. Steal a pc if you have to, do something.
Agreed. Im sure it might look better in motion but those textures etc. up close are just nasty. Plus im sure more preffer the pc controls.
Like i said earlier, some incredible dev could probably make it look almost that good on ps2.
Maybe not, but it would be interesting if they could.