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Half-Life 2 Trailer

[May 14, 2003, 6:51 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

IGN's Half-Life 2 Media Page now offers a link to a Half-Life 2 teaser (the link was broken for a bit after being posted, but seems to work properly now). The 11.9 MB movie is in QuickTime format. There are also Half-Life 2 Impressions on GameSpot with a detailed rundown on what they saw, concluding with: "Frankly, we were blown away by what we saw of Half-Life 2 here, and though this was a rolling demo (albeit of real-time gameplay), Valve proceeded to demonstrate the bug bait level in action, which looked just as good as in the rolling demo. Based on the 25-minute Half-Life 2 demo, we can say with reasonable certainty that this is definitely a game worth looking forward to."

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Re: Curious

May 15, 2003, 00:18

Ray Marden

There is not really a major reason, at least none other than making sure you have a copy available. Needless to say, this greatly benefits the hyperactive fanboys that ~~fear~~ ph33r going even one day without the title.

Personally, I pre-order online (a) because I am lazy

and (b) for extra perks. With regards to (a), whatever shipping cost - presuming that I am not ordering through one of the many, commong promotions offering free shipping - is covered by the lack of sales tax, I end up getting the title the same (or earlier) day as its street date, and the title is physically delivered to my address rather than my having to go pick it up.

As for (b), there are often special promotions for pre-ordering and I have special agreements with the retailers.

Oh heck, it is just 'cuz.

Not even knowing how old my DNF pre-order is :|,
Ray

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Comment [quote="Ray Marden"May 15, 2003, 00:18]There is not really a major reason, at least none other than making sure you have a copy available. Needless to say, this greatly benefits the hyperactive fanboys that -[fear]- ph33r going even one day without the title. Personally, I pre-order online (a) because I am lazy :o and (b) for extra perks. With regards to (a), whatever shipping cost - presuming that I am not ordering through one of the many, commong promotions offering free shipping - is covered by the lack of sales tax, I end up getting the title the same (or earlier) day as its street date, and the title is physically delivered to my address rather than my having to go pick it up. As for (b), there are often special promotions for pre-ordering and I have special agreements with the retailers. Oh heck, it is just 'cuz. %) Not even knowing how old my DNF pre-order is :|, Ray ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 24th, 2000: The day I learned that Looking Glass was to be no more. http://users.ign.com/collection/RayMarden s{Currently playing: Enclave, Half-Life (still the best), Rygar, and Raven Shield.}s [/quote]

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