Aftermath questions. need help

[brokenhope33]

ok heres a QUICK QUESTION. when the source codes for half life 2 were stolen by that ediot. FIRST AND FOR MOST

1.did any of the Expansion pack (AFTERMATH) get leaked also mixed in? cause i saw some footage in a video oline of doggy like aliens in a leaked version of hl2 source far before hl2 was released.

2.were they devloping them at the same time?

3.when the hell is is coming out damnt?

4. somehting about a review of the expansion coming out NOV 24 but what magizine?

5.I heard something about the the Alexs father pulling dr freeman out cryofreeze? anyone hear that? also that freeman was getting to close to the G-mans secret thats why he cryofeezed him. we also will learn alot about him in aftermath

WHO EVER AS ANSWERS PLEASE REPLY.

they should make a movie. it be better then the halo movie coming out(even though peter jackson is doing the production for it.).

 

[$kelet0r]

1. no
2. no
3.when its done - march 2006
4. pc gamer
5. dunno wher you heard that - we will learn more about the story in the game. the real rumour is that there will be no hl3 but that the expansions like aftermath will continue and end the story...
6 hl would be ruined on the projector screen - its perfect as it is

 

[Beerdude26]

John said it all, actually :|

 

[ríomhaire]

You don't seem to know what an expansion pack even is.

 

[Kamikazie]

they should make a movie. it be better then the halo movie coming out(even though peter jackson is doing the production for it.).

ATTENTION

THEY SHOULD NEVER MAKE ANY TYPE OF VIDEO GAME A MOVIE

that is all, return to what you were doing

 

[DannyC.]

3.when its done - march 2006

Has that been confirmed? At least I'll have plenty of time to get my new pc together.

 

[diluted]

Has that been confirmed? At least I'll have plenty of time to get my new pc together.

No. Valve says "hopefully".

 

[Adabiviak]

The "when it's done" part has been confirmed. :rolling:

 

[Dowie]

PC Gamer's review has been pushed back to next year along with the addon

 

[eber]

lol ill get my new pc at christmas hehe , i will be able to play AM on its full graphics

 

[TriddyD]

1. no
2. no
3.when its done - march 2006
4. pc gamer
5. dunno wher you heard that - we will learn more about the story in the game. the real rumour is that there will be no hl3 but that the expansions like aftermath will continue and end the story...
6 hl would be ruined on the projector screen - its perfect as it is

nicely said, my friend

 

[Sulkdodds]

THEY SHOULD NEVER MAKE ANY TYPE OF VIDEO GAME A MOVIE

Rong! Monkey Island, Broken Sword, Far Cry, Unreal Tournament and Warcraft (the universe) would all make good movies if done right. Also, Doom could have been awesome. But it wasn't.

 

[Asknoone]

Videogames movies should not be attempted. Games are games. Movies are movies.

 

[Sulkdodds]

You could say the same for books.

 

[Asknoone]

No, no you couldn't.

 

[ríomhaire]

No, no you couldn't.

That's racist.

 

[Asknoone]

Yeah, totally. Not.

When someone makes a book of a movie, they keep by the blueprint of the book. It follows the exact storyline, bar some cuts and slight changes, and keeps the flow the same.

You cannot do that with a game.

 

[iMMuNiTy]

Yeah, totally. Not.

When someone makes a book of a movie, they keep by the blueprint of the book. It follows the exact storyline, bar some cuts and slight changes, and keeps the flow the same.

You cannot do that with a game.

I couldn't agree more. :imu:

 

[Adabiviak]

...are you saying it's impossible to make a video game into a good movie? I propose that it may not have been done yet and perhaps that current endeavors don't look promising, but I believe it's absolutely possible to do. The trick is to make a movie based on the storyline, not the game per se. Video game storylines often don't lend themselves to more than enough setting/character development to get the player into some action. Some do, Halo and Half Life being good examples in my opinion. Doom doesn't, and unfortunately, paired with an even worse script, won't make the best movie. We're probably not going to get blockbusters or classics out of these game translations, but an entertaining story, if done right, can make a fun movie.
Look at movies that translated to games, Star Wars for example. To play that game and have never seen the movies, it might not even occur to you that there is fertile ground for an outstanding movie there. I see games with good storylines like Halo and Half Life and know that it's entirely possible to make a good movie from the game.

... for those of you who don't like Halo, the idea still works with just Half Life, or any other game you think has a decent storyline.

 

[Sulkdodds]

Why not exactly? Sure, you can make the distinction that films and books are both essentially a linear pre-set narrative, and that in games the emphasis is on interaction rather than the plot. But in the same way you could argue that books describe what is going on in the character's head or that to some extent they leave everything to the reader's imagination, which films don't do. In any case, I don't think it's true that all games hold interaction to be more important than the story - Monkey Island and Broken Sword come to mind again. Besides, your argument that 'games are games and films are films' cease to be relevant when you take a game and turn it into a film. Because then it's a film and not a game.

Also, Jurassic Park the film is rather different from Jurassic Park the book. It's still good. Film don't necessarily stick to the original blueprint.

Doom doesn't

But if you're really loose with it, and work with the simple concept of 'space marines trapped in a facility on Mars must fight demons flooding through a portal to hell that was build by an ancient civilisation' then you could make a pretty good film. Pity really that they didn't.

 

[Asknoone]

Perhaps a good one could be made, but why bother?
Countless videogames are going to get slaughtered in the process.

 

[Sulkdodds]

I reckon the Halo movie will be good despite your irrational hatred of the source material.

 

[ríomhaire]

Perhaps a good one could be made, but why bother?
Countless videogames are going to get slaughtered in the process.

Never stoped people butchering good books.

 

[iMMuNiTy]

Never stopped people butchering good books.

Fixed.

 

[ríomhaire]

Fixed.

LAWL!!