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Game is looking awesome. The most interesting thing i took from all the half life 2 footage is just how much they changed the visuals to give them a more richer ambiance indoors and even outdoors. They briefly show Half Life 2 to give a glimpse at...
I'm thinking some of this technology could make it into the upgraded half life 2 + episode 1 that valve spoke of in their update for the 360 and ps3. That would totally kick ass playing all the games with that level of quality.
Dont know what happened to mossman. I killed the ant lion by throwing the barrels at him, and you get the stalker off alyx by using the grav gun to pull it off her.
Actually there is a really bad error i cant believe the developers let in the game. One of the thunder sound effects that they used at the end of the game was thunder during the rain. Of course it was not raining, so every time i heard the thunder with the rain in the background i just thought...
Only problem i had was during the train stalker sequence there was an odd sound distortion that made crackling noises sometimes. Might be because i had hdr on and it couldnt handle it, but my fps wasnt that bad so i dont know. Other than that it didnt crash or anything.
When those ships come near you and alyx, your head starts to hurt and you see this weird distortion effect. In the citadel we saw this and then as you are escaping and all the ships start to escape the building you see it too every time one passes over.
Also i noticed two lone laser beams...
Took me around 4-5 hours judging from my start time at 1. HDR looked amazing. I wish hl 2 had hdr. Its worth it though. The ending was sweet, and so was the beggining. Really impressive.
Yeah i was thinking this same thing, about how it would be awesome to string everything together for one huge game. I wonder if some time in the future when valve does stuff like adding hdr to hl 2, if they will create a unified version.
There are actually a lot more screens. Also a video interview and preview at gamespot but it has a ton of gameplay footage that is spoilerrific. I just listened to it.
I find it bs that we have to wait till 1 pm eastern to play the game rather than a midnight release. EA is probably forcing them to release it at 1 so that gamers dont get to play it earlier than those getting it at the store.
Edit: Seems it is shipping the 1st, which means it will be in...