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Half-Life locks onto PS2
« on: May 25, 2001, 11:45:31 AM »
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It’s not exactly cutting edge but after having a seismic impact Half-Life had on PC there’s every chance it could also stamp its authority on the PS2

Two years ago Half-Life was unleashed into an unsuspecting world. It’s combination of fantastically intense first-person action and (for videogames at least) a riveting, tempestuous plot with more unexpected turns than Stevie Wonder in an F1 car, was incredibly well received.
Developer Gearbox Software is quick to point out that Half-Life PS2 is more than a simple port. First and foremost, despite PS2’s support for mouse and keyboard, the majority of players will solely utilise the dual-shock pad. To that end, Gearbox has been working tirelessly to ensure the game plays as instinctively as possible. Thus, as well as adapting Half-Life to support a pad, the developer has also included a Zelda-stylee lock-on feature to give console gamers a little additional support. The rest of the controls will be entirely customisable and, of course, the more discerning FPS fan can still frag away via mouse and keyboard should they wish.

The plot in the single-player game will remain exactly the same, but to compensate for a lack of online play a co-operative mode is included called Half-Life: Decay. This mode will largely be the same as the original, except at least two new major characters will be included who profoundly affect the plot. Further to this, Half-Life will include four-player multiplayer via the multitap and a wide range of multiplayer options.

Things are certainly hotting up for PS2 on the FPS front and Half-Life is going to have its work cut out with Quake III, Unreal Tournament and Timesplitters 2 all in the frame. The biggest problem facing Half-Life is that it is a two-year old game, but if they can pull off all the proposed improvements and keep the frame rate high there’s no reason why this couldn’t be a fine addition to the PS2’s library. We’ll keep you posted on the game’s progress but in the meantime check out the latest bunch of shots.
 








Looks quiet promising
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« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2001, 11:47:48 AM »
I love Half-Life, I cant wait

:) :) :) :)

Too bad it was canned on the DC.
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« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2001, 01:14:45 PM »
I thought it was still coming to the Dreamcast?
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« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2001, 01:35:24 PM »
I think its already out for DC if i am not mistaken. Oh well im getting the PS2 version.
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« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2001, 01:43:33 PM »
Last thing I heard Half-Life for the DC was canned.
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« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2001, 01:44:08 PM »
Looks like they just used some shots from the PC version to me, albeit with hi-definition models. Check out the last picture posted, it looks like a very high resolution shot scaled down, the small hud icons/text and the console message \'wrote halflife.tga\' gave it away - the rest I might have believed were PS2 shots, but the last one put doubt in my mind, wish they wouldnt do that.

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« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2001, 02:16:13 PM »
Half-Life has one thing that could make it work for the console, unlike Quake 3 and Unreal.

A great single player game.
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« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2001, 02:28:11 PM »
Im getting this game for sure! :)
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« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2001, 02:40:21 PM »
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Originally posted by fastson
Im getting this game for sure! :)


how many games are you going to get??
every thread about a ps2 game you say that you are going to buy it!
do you have a job? or are you ultra rich?
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this game looks quite nice, but why dont they put some facial expressions into the faces!!!

the first and last shots have the people either smiling, or being nuetral.

i think it would be kinda scary having a guy with a gun run after me smiling and shooting:D
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« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2001, 02:48:17 PM »
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how many games are you going to get??
every thread about a ps2 game you say that you are going to buy it!
do you have a job? or are you ultra rich?
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:D
Im getting alot of games.. :)

Thats why I chose PS2..

And Im not rich, me and my bro buy games.. And there are usually a few months between every release so I can get together enough money :)
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« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2001, 03:55:46 PM »
I\'ve played this game so many times that the single-player experience isn\'t worth it to me even with better graphics.  I love this game but im not sure if I want to buy it for the PS2.  This one I\'ll probably invite some friends over and rent it.  For those who never played the game, I highly suggest buying.  It gets high marks on my grade card.
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« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2001, 04:29:45 PM »
I thought Half-Life was coming out for Xbox only....... Wait..... Oh jeez.... I mixed Half-Life and Halo up..... that was a little weird....... but anyway I think I might get this game..over time..
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« Reply #12 on: May 25, 2001, 04:44:11 PM »
does anybody know if half-life PS2 is going to have  USB mouse/keyboard support? cause that would be damm kewl...
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« Reply #13 on: May 25, 2001, 04:46:08 PM »
opps... just read above that it does... sorryyy!!!
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« Reply #14 on: May 25, 2001, 06:30:30 PM »
When is this game coming out?
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