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On Half-Life 2 Delays

Half Life 2 may not make 2004 VGpro.com (thanks Voodoo Extreme and Planet Half-Life and Frans) has a quote from Valve's Gabe Newell taken from Polygon magazine reflecting their willingness to delay the release of Half-Life 2 as long as required to create the gameplay experience they are envisioning. He goes so far as to express a willingness to delay the game's release another year and spend another barrelful of money on the game:

"We've already spent millions into this project, and we're willing to spend as much as we need to make this the best first person experience ever. If that means delaying the game to 2005, we'll do it without any hesitation. If it means sinking another $20 million into the project, we can do it. Rest assured, if we delay the game, it'll be only to blow your socks off even more when it finally releases."

Update: Though many have tried to interpret this as a further delay announcement, it has been pointed out that this quote was made in reference to the game's delay in September 2003.

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150. Re: 9800XT HL2 Voucher - Coaster!! Apr 19, 2004, 16:43 Hump
 
I will play them all and enjoy everything that is good about each of them. I have nothing to do with the development of these games. I will enjoy no royalties or other payments for those that are successful. I will suffer no humiliation from those that sux0r.

Why people get so wrapped up poking fun at other fans is beyond me.

Don't stop. It's very entertaining.

Ditto! (feelin lazy today ;p )

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149. No subject Apr 19, 2004, 16:42 RazorWynd
 
we got served...

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148. Half Life 2 = Daikatana? Apr 19, 2004, 16:41 Cartman
 
Or would it be closer to Duke Nukem Fornever? LOL

Oh well, just give me Doom3 and they can take until 2006 for all I care.

 
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147. Re: No subject Apr 19, 2004, 16:36 nin
 
Oh my god this thread exploded, its like the forum equivalent of the bacterial growth on the average gamers face!

Or a ShackNews thread...


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Do you laugh at people involved in accidents you manage to narrowly avoid?

Is that a Sopranos reference?


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RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure.

Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...
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146. No subject Apr 19, 2004, 16:35 Nonicknameforme
 
Oh my god this thread exploded, its like the forum equivalent of the bacterial growth on the average gamers face!  
"I'm too much of a narcisist to really hate stupid people."
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145. Re: 9800XT HL2 Voucher - Coaster!! Apr 19, 2004, 16:35 Bronco
 
This entire post made me laugh at all those poor saps that spent so much money on a 9800XT w/ the free HL2 coupon, because I was almost one of them.

Do you laugh at people involved in accidents you manage to narrowly avoid?

Just curious.



And for those Farcry fanboys, Farcry is a good game, HalfLife2 will be a great game. Half Life 1 is still a better game the Farcry, only with outdated graphics (heck it's 6 years old). Farcry will fade away once HalfLife2 is out in 2006, years before DNF.

I will play them all and enjoy everything that is good about each of them. I have nothing to do with the development of these games. I will enjoy no royalties or other payments for those that are successful. I will suffer no humiliation from those that sux0r.

Why people get so wrapped up poking fun at other fans is beyond me.

Don't stop. It's very entertaining.



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144. 9800XT HL2 Voucher - Coaster!! Apr 19, 2004, 16:29 GTAZ
 
LOL.. this is too funny. This entire post made me laugh at all those poor saps that spent so much money on a 9800XT w/ the free HL2 coupon, because I was almost one of them. Now after a year since HL2 was announced, and ATI's 9800XT about to be crushed by a much superior Nvidia 6800 Ultra, and probably a follow up card from ATI (which probably won't have a coupon for HL3), I am sooo glad I didn't buy one and held onto my 9700 Pro and Geforce 4ti4600.

And for those Farcry fanboys, Farcry is a good game, HalfLife2 will be a great game. Half Life 1 is still a better game the Farcry, only with outdated graphics (heck it's 6 years old). Farcry will fade away once HalfLife2 is out in 2006, years before DNF.

 
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143. Re: Could someone please Apr 19, 2004, 16:28 banddirector
 
Excellent job, nin!

 
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142. Re: Back to the Drawing Board Apr 19, 2004, 16:27 speechrut
 
I think the min spec is because they eventually want to port the game to Xbox. With todays game's the min spec doesn't matter too mcuh past a certian point, because it's much more trivial to scale back all the graphical enhancements to run on an older system without hurting the high end. Of course, making a game JUST for Xbox, like DX2, can certainly ruin the design process. I hope they aren't doing THAT.

 
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141. Re: Welcome HL2 to Vaporware category! Apr 19, 2004, 16:26 anon@24.76
 
Cutedge: I wouldn't be suprised if Valve puts out TF2 for HL2 later, much like how they released TF1 about 3 months (?) after HL1 came out.
Sweet zombie jesus!

That wasnt TF1, that was TFC. the C stands for CLASSIC.
They released that because TF2 was going to be delayed for a few months.

TF1 was a mode for quake 1.

 
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140. Re: HL2 this summer... Apr 19, 2004, 16:25 speechrut
 
Indeed he did. So?

 
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139. Back to the Drawing Board Apr 19, 2004, 16:23 richcz3
 
Although it's NOT clear, but I would take a guess that with games like Far Cry doing so well, gamers would really expect a magnitude better from Valve's HL2. Looking at the Strider videos just aren't so impressive anymore.

Valve can afford to go back to the drawing board and redo all the eye candy gaming essentials. Yeah and rethink the minimum spec of a 700MHz computer.

richcz3

 
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138. Re: HL2 this summer... Apr 19, 2004, 16:19 nin
 
"It will ship this year" - Gabe, April 19, 2004

Yeah, he said that last year, too...

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RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure.

Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...
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137. Re: HL2 this summer... Apr 19, 2004, 16:13 speechrut
 
"It will ship this year" - Gabe, April 19, 2004
http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?p=405226#post405226


 
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136. Re: bleh Apr 19, 2004, 16:11 KaRRiLLioN
 
Nvidia Guy 1: "OMG!! HL2 will be shipping 9-30-03 and our card sux0rs in it!! We gotta do something!"

Nvidia Guy 2: "I know, buckets of cash!"

Nvidia Guy 1: "Or a lifetime supply of cheezy poofs."

Nvidia Guy 2: "Gabe, Nvidia would like to present you with a lifetime supply of cheezy poofs and ju-ju bees if you will delay HL2."

Gabe: "CHEEZY POOFS!! w00t!"

Later....

Gabe (to Valve employees): "WTF is taking so long to get HL2 ready??!!"

Valve employees: "We haven't finished playing Far Cry yet, and there's a 2 inch buildup of artificial cheese powder on our keyboards."

Gabe: "Hmm, how long would it take to turn those mercs into scientists with headcrabs on em?"

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135. The Hamburgler Apr 19, 2004, 16:09 trashcan
 
Rumors of further Half Life 2 delays surface on the same day that McDonald's CEO dies of an apparent heart attack.

Curious coincidence, or a further set back for the Hamburgler ?

Cue another conspiracy theory



Dude you made me spit coke on my keyboard..That was too funny..Oh by the way that was no coincidence,this is a bag setback for the Hamburgler . HAHAHAHAHAHA

 
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134. Re: HL2 this summer... Apr 19, 2004, 16:08 Cutedge
 
Just like this quote, THAT quote came from LAST FALL

Well shit. WHY, oh WHY do people have to put out old quotes as new news? Oh yeah, it generates six times their page hits in a normal day.

*sigh*

 
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133. HL2 this summer... Apr 19, 2004, 16:06 jm0ris0n
 
Hastings says HL2 should be out this summer...

Anyway, I hope this game comes out no later than late July. For those of us who are college students (a decent chunk) we've got class starting mid-August !

 
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132. Re: Welcome HL2 to Vaporware category! Apr 19, 2004, 16:05 speechrut
 
Oh for goodness sakes. They didn't put out anything about TF2 yesterday. Just like this quote, THAT quote came from LAST FALL. It wasn't any sort of new update on TF2's status, just IGN trying to pretend it had a scoop when it just copy-pasted from somewhere else.

 
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131. Re: Welcome HL2 to Vaporware category! Apr 19, 2004, 16:02 Cutedge
 
TF2 is officially vaporware.

Yeah but after that comment they put out the other day, I wouldn't be suprised if Valve puts out TF2 for HL2 later, much like how they released TF1 about 3 months (?) after HL1 came out. It'd be a really good way to push even more people into picking up HL2.

 
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