RazorBlade Kiss, for everyone you flamed, I just wanna say
I TOLD YOU SO.
Go back to the middle of page 1 and read my prediction. The only thing that's different, is the EB date of the 14th.
You don't have to be lost.
All this new fancy hardware will appear in stores just before Christmas.
The game review sites will get it first (like they always do), and we'll see articles with the fastest system to play Hl2 on. Then you can order the parts from online stores. They'll...
After reading all the recent articles, I believe the benchmark utility will be released on the 30th, and the game will follow 50 days later on November 19th, the EB date.
In one of the recent articles, the author mentioned fans would get the benchmark utility on the 30th, with the game...
Never pre-order where they mail it to you.
You'll end up getting it days after it hits the stores.
I'll goto the local EB at lunch the day it comes out.
I'm building a new machine, but only after HL2 is out.
I predict we'll get the benchmark program on the 30th, along with the ATI 9800TX announcement from Alcatraz.
I hate the "keep it secret" thing.
Theme parks do it with their new ride, and now this.
I don't get excited. I get frustrated.
Especially with the interviews, where the game devs say, "we can't say at this time."
Most of the time, when I hear about a new interview, I don't read it...
I've found that people who pre order the game thru the mail, get it days after people who go pick it up.
My advice, wait for the release date, then goto EB at lunch time. They'll have plenty on the shelf.
I figured a countdown clock would be starting soon.
They need to release on Sept 30th just to prove it can be done.
Sure, there will be bugs they couldn't account for. Get the game out there on the 30th. Find the bugs, then
Re-Gold the game so the newest update goes in the boxes that...
Me too, but first I'll try it on my exisiting rig, then start building a new machine with the latest greatest stuff. I'm sure there will be alot of hardware articles with benchmarks on what runs the fastest.
Collecting is more important than any game.
I will take a few extra days off in October because I have to use up the time or lose it, and I'll be playing HL2 and D3.
But in terms of actually taking off Sept 30th and October 1st, no way.
If anything, I'll goto EB during my lunch hour to...
Wonder if he has the new link to this board?
I'm also surprised at the lack of an official follow up.
FS and Bluesnews are staying quiet.
Maybe they're trying to see how POd the fans would really get.
Well, if the suits are reading this, I'm POd.
Basically said the same as the first article, but did have this.
"In the H-L 2 case no one expects gamers to complain over the delay since most want developers to take their time in order to make sure that the game meets, or exceeds, their already very high expectations. "
What crack are...
The thread won't be closed because it's on bluesnews as a story.
I play at 1024x768x16, so all this talk about some glitch on the high end doesn't bother me.
I'd rather hear talk about the MP of HL2, since CS2 and TF2 are rumored to be sperate addons that will come out later.
To make...
Graphics Patch will solve this problem. Plus it would be a big selling point to drum up new sales 2 years down the road. Release new maps, graphics update, and the game is fresh.
Especially since Valve is writing the engine.
Or the "two more weeks" promise.
I hope HL2 comes out on Sept 30th, which is the "line in the sand" date. We'll get excited when the game goes gold.
I don't care to see any screen shots, or movies.
Just tell us if it's going to be released on Sept 30th.