Half Life 2 Possible delay

Azza

Megagames are reporting that HL2 could possible be put back to november this year. Blast it check out this this report....

http://www.megagames.com/news/html/pc/half-life2innovember.shtml

monument

http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=4272

No real surprise, as the "news" of a release in the next few weeks was only speculation due to that pile of err, Steam, downloading stuff to PCs.

evad_lhorg

POSSIBLE delay?! ha! more like inevitable.

Stephen

Shock

Horror

Giblet

Well the release candiate is only being sent off in about 2 weeks, so that has to be tested, and might have to be checked again if there are problems. So November is about right if there are no major bug fixes to be done after RC1.

BlitzKrieg

If Half Life actually makes this release date then i might start believing in duke nukem forever again...

Ruaidhri

BlitzKrieg wrote:

If Half Life actually makes this release date then i might start believing in duke nukem forever again...

you stopped BeLIEving in duke? feck that i'm still waiting on prey...

Batbat

oh no, NO, NONONONONO this cant be happening again..... grrr

Ciaran500

Batbat wrote:

oh no, NO, NONONONONO this cant be happening again..... grrr

Its not happening, its pretty much on course for what they have been saying.

Batbat

Ciaran500 wrote:

Its not happening, its pretty much on course for what they have been saying.

they had been quoted as saying a summer release.

Deadwing

Well who didnt see this coming?

/me goes back to doom3 which ISNT vapourware like hl2

Batbat

I have to say I think theyre shooting themselves in the foot, Every time i look at hl2 Im less impressed, I think the wait and the bull**** is just too much now

Tusky

Batbat wrote:

I have to say I think theyre shooting themselves in the foot, Every time i look at hl2 Im less impressed, I think the wait and the bull**** is just too much now

why ? Are you not gonna buy it when it comes out ? :rolleyes:

Batbat

Tusky wrote:

why ? Are you not gonna buy it when it comes out ? :rolleyes:

are you insane, of course IM going to buy it

BadCharlie

Batbat wrote:

I have to say I think theyre shooting themselves in the foot, Every time i look at hl2 Im less impressed, I think the wait and the bull**** is just too much now

Well i think there giving them selfs a bad Rep "Thats about all". But i also think when it comes out people will go buy it and i know why. Just DL Condition Zero Beta and its real real good. Looks, feels and acts the way it should. Spent alot of time last night just shooting buckets as it looks so good. When your bullets hit the ground it kicks up dirt "all these little things count" When you buy half life2 you will also be able to play CZ:s on line.

People who think the game will look old due to all the hold ups i think will be wrong. The only other thing that im thinking is that because of all the hold ups. When the game dose come out the game might get bad press or bad reviews. I might be way off in what im saying but i think the game should be judged on the game and not because its a year late and people are pissed off.

regeneration

they were also quoted as being september2003
rest assured tough, even if it IS november, the moment it goes gold, some "kind" soul will no doubt leak the full game.

Batbat

my gf never heard of HL2, I showed her the screenshots, but she was not impressed, I mean how can you be NOT impressed?, bloody women!

regeneration

Batbat wrote:

my gf never heard of HL2, I showed her the screenshots, but she was not impressed, I mean how can you be NOT impressed?, bloody women!

pffh, best get her back in the kitchen and make you some pie tbh
warning: may only be taking the piss

Scruff

Batbat wrote:

my gf never heard of HL2, I showed her the screenshots, but she was not impressed, I mean how can you be NOT impressed?, bloody women!

mayhaps she has seen Far Cry and Doom3 and thought HL2 looked a bit dated? she'd have been right if thats the case!
You'd have had to show her a movie of the game being played to impress her sufficiently!

regeneration

I do remember someone trying to persuade me that doom3's black-black, hard-edged shadows were more like real life shadows than Half Life2's. In games, the more exagerrated something is, the more likely you are to notice it - ie, ID's plastic bump mapping & OTT shadowing, rather than Valve's subtle use of radiosity & and more natural bump mapping.

Stephen

ah now you have to admit that the lighting in doom3 is fantastic. When you can see it, of course.

Jim

Is anyone else really, just, fed up with HL at this stage?

tba

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

Is anyone else really, just, fed up with HL at this stage?

pffff, no, I still play it

Jim

Omg, loser. I should ban you from BF.

regeneration

Stephen wrote:

ah now you have to admit that the lighting in doom3 is fantastic. When you can see it, of course.

well yeah, as flourescent lighting, it does a great job recreating it - but it's lighting without radiosity => very harsh and flat. suits an industrial complex, but imagine all that lighting and plastic look in a natural environment ...

tba

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

Omg, loser. I should ban you from BF.

come on, it was just begging to be put out there

Batbat

Batbat wrote:

my gf never heard of HL2, I showed her the screenshots, but she was not impressed, I mean how can you be NOT impressed?, bloody women!

I was joking btw

Jim

.....

You don't have a GF?

Ciaran500

Batbat wrote:

they had been quoted as saying a summer release.

Doug Lombardi had recently stated that we would see the game in Summer/Autumn (Fall).

Ciaran500

Two shots from the new PC Gamer

http://www.halflife2.net/news//1094401905_newex1.jpg

http://www.halflife2.net/news//1094401983_newex2.jpg

Batbat

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

.....

You don't have a GF?

no about the "bloody women" remark, some no sense of humor loser on the boards took offence :eek:

Batbat

Ciaran500 wrote:

Two shots from the new PC Gamer

http://www.halflife2.net/news//1094401905_newex1.jpg

http://www.halflife2.net/news//1094401983_newex2.jpg

see now this is what im talking about, constantly releasing cool pics of the game and then delaying the release sniff its just torture

mr_angry

Its not exactly a surprise. If the game went gold tomorrow, it'd be another month or so before it was actually on the shelves. i.e. Gold on 7th September, sale on 7th October. Considering the latest RC wont be going to VU until September 15th... it'll take say, 2 weeks for extensive QA, that'd be gold around the 1st of October, and hence on sale around 1st November.

And thats pretty much best-case scenario at the moment. If there are major bugs, we could be looking at late November or even December. I feel a bit sorry for Valve at the moment - finishing a project is always hell, and I'd say this one has suffered for a long time. Its probably not a nice place to work at the moment (although most of us would trade our jobs any day)!

regeneration

Batbat wrote:

no about the "bloody women" remark, some no sense of humor loser on the boards took offence :eek:

Who? me? I didn't take offence, I was taking the p*ss

I feel a bit sorry for Valve at the moment - finishing a project is always hell, and I'd say this one has suffered for a long time. Its probably not a nice place to work at the moment (although most of us would trade our jobs any day)!

Well that's just it - the poor people at Vavle are just trying to get a game released, and they have the world's gamers watching their every move and teh world's hackers trying to leak their code.

Tusky

You can download the new counter strike beta ? do you need half life installed to do that...does that run on a dif engine ???

koneko

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

Is anyone else really, just, fed up with HL at this stage?

All this delaying the release date is making me care less and less. There's so many other good games coming out. I'll play HL2 when it's out, sure, but they really haven't done themselves any favours with the fanbase with all this farting around.

regeneration

koneko wrote:

All this delaying the release date is making me care less and less. There's so many other good games coming out. I'll play HL2 when it's out, sure, but they really haven't done themselves any favours with the fanbase with all this farting around.

Agreed, sorta.
If Valve DID release with teh game still buggy, they'd be crucified.
In fact they're gonna be crucified anyway; no way the game will meet some people's expectations.

Ciaran500

Tusky wrote:

You can download the new counter strike beta ? do you need half life installed to do that...does that run on a dif engine ???

CS Source runs on HL2 new source engine. You need either Couter Strike Condition Zero or on of ATIs HL2 coupons.

Creamy Goodness

yeh i really feel sorry for valve as the whole gaming community looks at them all the time and takes every single word what they say as their gospel.

hl2 to me will not look as good as doom3 but on the otherhand my cpu won't burn out playing it and it will still look good and i'll be able to enjoy the eye candy, as with doom3 the whole blooming thing is so dark that i can't see the monsters faces but when i see a screenshot i realise they do indeed have faces.

Azza

I have this theroy that doom III duke nukem forever and Half Life 2 are the same game! and they are all infact service packs for windows 95!

ixoy

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

Is anyone else really, just, fed up with HL at this stage?

I'm getting there. Just checked my play.com account and I've had it pre-ordered since 22nd July, 2003. It's kind of thieving the urine a little isn't it? I've seen lots of pretty shots but... something concrete please. Or a proper date they can commit to. I'm still expecting to enjoy it but after all this time I think the bubble of excitement has burst ..

Nietzschean

I'd have to say these latest screen's arn't that impressive at all any more, sure twould have been impressive if i had the game this time last year....but now...meh its just going to be another game, don't see it being any better than doom3 or farcry with gfx... more interested in seeing bf2.....

Creamy Goodness

graphics aren't everything tbh, when people see this the sooner the better. now don't get me wrong they are important but not as important as other Qualities.

tbh i'd play half life 2 if it was based on the old half life 1 if it happened to come out on hl1 engine.

gameplay to me is the most important qualities.

CombatCow

How can it be delayed if it hasent been given a solid release date since last year.....and dont believe everthing you read on the net.. :rolleyes:



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bus77

Ciaran500 wrote:

Two shots from the new PC Gamer

http://www.halflife2.net/news//1094401905_newex1.jpg

http://www.halflife2.net/news//1094401983_newex2.jpg

See them white pipes in the second pic. Those are the best set of pipes Ive ever seen in a game.

Horsefumbler

really?

shinzon

yes im afarid even i possibly the biggest half life fan even is losing failth in the limited life one

Please let me be wrong

Im begging for this to come out

Sigh

Shin

CombatCow

Yes you are wrong shinzon.Keep the faith ppl,you will get it soon enough


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