HL2 Release!!!

[HangFire]

Bought it, installed it, played it.


First of all, yeah this game is awesome. Best of 2004.

Second, Steam didn't give me too much grief. It couldn't verify my CD key, but it let me play anyway. Damn... This game is spectacular.


Now to go blast some more combine.

[Pierre-Marie Baty]

can you guys post a few screenies ? some that show how you can use various objects to defend yourself as stefan says...

[HangFire]

My apologies to dial up users.

[MarD]

Heyyo,

PMB, if you watched the E3 vid of HL2, there's like, this little rotator blade you can activate... lol, tha'd be fun to do.

[HangFire]

And if you're curious as to what mods are planned, go here:

http://mods.moddb.com/?search=1&mf=0...list=40&page=1
[Mod DB listing of HL2 mods.]


There is a mountain of zombie killing mods planned. I hope at least a couple of them manage to make a playable release.

[TruB]

im waiting for eternal silence2.. space action, with modership captures.. fights inside space station..

and someday a captain given out orders for each team..

http://www.eternal-silence.net/
they got really sweet images in gallary..

[dead bwoy]

Originally Posted by Pierre-Marie Baty

can you guys post a few screenies ? some that show how you can use various objects to defend yourself as stefan says...

The gravity gun!!!
You can pick up and throw any physics prop object!!!

Explosive Barrels

Explode when thrown on contact.
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Circular saw blades!!!

Line em up, chop em down!





Pwned!!!
You can also grab objects from a distance!
barrels, cans, bottles, weapons, health kits, boxes, etc...
The only thing I don't like is the fact that you cannot pick up and throw dead bodies (ragdolls)...

[TruB]

how about just drop.. if you dont want the throw it anymore..

[dead bwoy]

yup, you can stack objects that way.

[HangFire]

I've been building things in this game every chance I get. Its awesome building a little fort to protect yourself from zombies, or barricading the combine out of a room.


Also, anyone get up the part where you first get friendly turrets? I kept all the turrets, and painstakingly dragged them along untill I amassed seven turrets. Its like a firing squad of miniguns when you aim them all at a single door.


Its 7:30 am, and I still plan on playing till about noon (sleep is for the weak willed, and the healthy). As soon as the SP is beat HL2 is going to collect dust until some multiplayer mods come out.

Anything but more Counter-Strike I'd play. Even if it was vanilla deathmatch I'd jump at the chance to play it. With the right group of people, you could organize special game modes, like grav gun wars.



EDIT: Oh, and this sums up the first few minutes of the game (at least for me).