Half-Life 2 Previews [May 08, 2003, 6:54 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
The NDA referenced earlier has expired, and the first web-based Half-Life 2
previews have begun appearing. There are now previews of Half-Life 2 in
(alphabetically): Computer
and Video Games, GameSpot,
GameSpy, PC.IGN.Com,
and Shacknews, .
Each article is based on seeing a some proof of concept demonstrations, offering
their individual impressions and a shared pool of screenshots, which are also posted
here locally. There are also plentiful developer quotes scattered
throughout, offering the first details about gameplay in the shooter sequel.
Here's a bit from the GameSpot article, as we're impressed by how the NDA seems
to have been crafted to fit the big dog's daily publishing schedule. They refute
some rumors and shed light on the game's true target platform:
In case you were wondering, the game is also being built, first and foremost, for the PC. Leading up to the official announcement from Valve that Half-Life 2 would be publicly displayed for the first time at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in May 2003, rumors spread far and wide about what the game would and wouldn't be. One of the more popular rumors was that, much like how Bungie Software moved development of its outstanding first-person shooter, Halo, from the PC to the Xbox, so would Valve switch to focusing on console development. Newell laughed this off--no, Half-Life 2 will be a PC game. At first. Newell did confirm that an Xbox version, at least, will follow suit, though there's no hard release date for it yet. At any rate, Newell emphasized that the success of the original Half-Life can be attributed in no small part to the game's huge, worldwide following of PC owners. Valve would have to be downright foolish to abandon its huge installed base when making Half-Life 2.
Of course we can't know for sure, but based on their (Valve) whole attitude toward the community that made the first game an ongoing success, I would be shocked and amazed if they blew it. I mean, it sounds like they took virtually every dollar they made (profit) on HL1 and put it into HL2. I remember the hype of Unreal 2 (for years), but i don't recall them talking about the community hardly at all. The crew at Valve know what is expected. The guys who made Unreal 2 knew, and it would seem they didn't much care. They took many of the elements that made Unreal a hit, and threw them out the window. I don't see that happening with HL.
I was pretty hard on Unreal 2 at first. My expectations were high. I went back and played it a second time a couple months later, and found it somewhat enjoyable. It surely didn't feel like "Unreal", but as your garden variety FPS gamem it's ok. God does the story suck though.
I was pretty hard on Unreal 2 at first. My expectations were high. I went back and played it a second time a couple months later, and found it somewhat enjoyable. It surely didn't feel like "Unreal", but as your garden variety FPS gamem it's ok. God does the story suck though.
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He cut the possum's face off then cut around the eye socket. In the center of the belt buckle, where the possum's eye would be, he has placed a small piece of wood from his old '52 Ford's home made railroad tie bumper. Damn, he misses that truck.
He cut the possum's face off then cut around the eye socket. In the center of the belt buckle, where the possum's eye would be, he has placed a small piece of wood from his old '52 Ford's home made railroad tie bumper. Damn, he misses that truck.
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