Aftermath too damn cheap $$$

[Asknoone]

eww it took me over 2 months to complete the original half-life

You kid?

 

[UltimaApocalypse]

Took me about a week on hard mode

 

[PriNcE oF SpAcE]

Aftermath is around 5-6 hours long.

:| man that sucks...

 

[Lou]

You kid?

It means the guy had a life back then, and played video games no more than an hour a day.

 

[Patriarch2000]

http://speeddemosarchive.com/HalfLife.html

Ok guys, here is the full page for the 45 minute speed run, where the author describes everything. Note that it is done in 21 segments, so it's much like a director doing multiple takes and choosing the best one, but in this case, it's the fastest.

He doesn't use any cheats at all, but he does exploit bugs and quirks in the game engine, such as using the laser tripmines as climbable steps, and using the powerry-uppy gun (the name escapes me at this point) to boost himself over and across large areas and reach normally inaccessible areas. By doing this he can skip entire areas that you would normally have to play.

 

[Asknoone]

It means the guy had a life back then, and played video games no more than an hour a day.

Had a life?

:| man that sucks...

How, exactly?

 

[Lou]

http://speeddemosarchive.com/HalfLife.html

Ok guys, here is the full page for the 45 minute speed run, where the author describes everything. Note that it is done in 21 segments, so it's much like a director doing multiple takes and choosing the best one, but in this case, it's the fastest.

He doesn't use any cheats at all, but he does exploit bugs and quirks in the game engine, such as using the laser tripmines as climbable steps, and using the powerry-uppy gun (the name escapes me at this point) to boost himself over and across large areas and reach normally inaccessible areas. By doing this he can skip entire areas that you would normally have to play.

I didn't really like the HL2 speed demo. It was pretty straight forward. The only part that amused me was when the guy grabbed a cylinder and put it on the water in front of the air boat (?) which then allowed him to take the air boat out of the 'garage' before the end of the scripted sequence. That was pretty cool.

One part that amused me in HL1 is how the guy uses the trip mines to climb onto higher places. Like that part at the beginning of "Power up", where you are supposed to kill a Gargantua. When I saw the guy carry a trip mine toward the wall in front of the railroad tracks that leads to the "On a rail" level, I thought he was going to blow it up, which I knew was impossible, but when he started using the trip mines to climb the wall I couldn't stop but wonder how come I never thought of that before...

 

[Mr. COWmaster]

Meh, I would pay for it. I have a hard time finding a game with detail that I like.

Besides, I like mysterious stories.

 

[UltimaApocalypse]

Raise your hand if you'd buy Half Life: 2 Aftermath for $100 right now....

 

[Rizzo]

i dont think so...

 

[Lou]

Is it me or the Aftermath forum is pretty dead? I guess most of us were expecting Aftermath to come out in December, as Valve had promised, but something in our gut told us it would be another year until we'd see Aftermath, and we didn't want to be right, but we were, so now we have to deal with the horrible truth...

 

[kupocake]

Is it me or the Aftermath forum is pretty dead?

What are people going to talk about? We have only a barebones idea of what the expansion will bring, a near concrete release date, a handful of screenshots and a very short teaser video. The Aftermath forum was never going to be a major discussion centre until the game shipped, and in the long run it'll be merged with the other HL2 forums as it's usefulness dies out.

I guess most of us were expecting Aftermath to come out in December, as Valve had promised

Even if Valve promised anything of the kind, anyone who doesn't take what they say with a pinch of salt is being far too naive. Especially when such imprecise dates are waved around.

but something in our gut told us it would be another year until we'd see Aftermath

It seems all but certain that Valve are serious about April 24th. Four Months is not a year

and we didn't want to be right, but we were, so now we have to deal with the horrible truth...

OH NOES! THE WAITING HURTS MY EARS!

 

[Spectre01]

Cheap as hell, I checked the Futureshop site and it's supposed to be 14.99CAN, that's awesome.

 

[eber]

You kid?

heh it was the first fps game i ever played , i got it with my new pc back in 2000. awsome times :smoking:

 

[Freeman Himself]

Wo wo wo, 2 hours the only way any body could beat Half Life 2 in two hours used cheats and that all there is to it, and no iam not a crappy gamer i know for a fact no one beat it in two hours, two days min. i heard aftermathe is ging to cost 30 bucks, i agree i have a bad feeling about this, the sequal t othe Best game EVER 30 bucks, it better not suck because ive been stressin for many months, good news is thats instead of them realesing it on steam only, for the first 3 months, thyve decided to stop the suffering for us dial up users and realease on shelves AT RELEASE woooooo weee cant wait!

heh it was the first fps game i ever played , i got it with my new pc back in 2000. awsome times :smoking:

Half Life was not the first First Person Shooter Made, doom was for the playstation, check yo self

 

[kupocake]

Half Life was not the first First Person Shooter Made, doom was for the playstation, check yo self

Reading isn't one of your strong points, is it? That you correct someone for saying something they didn't say is hilariously outdone by the fact that you yourself are wrong anyway. Here's where you're going wrong:

1) The fact that you think Doom was first a Playstation game.
2) The fact that you think Doom was the first First Person Shooter ever made.

Wo wo wo, 2 hours the only way any body could beat Half Life 2 in two hours used cheats and that all there is to it

Speed runs use no cheats. They find things that are not supposed to be done in the game an capitalise on them. Why are you proclaiming "this cannot be done" when you clearly haven't watched the videos that prove it can?

i heard aftermathe is ging to cost 30 bucks

It's supposedly $20: http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=99000&

 

[Asknoone]

I know for a fact no one beat it in two hours, two days min.

I did it in 6 and a half hours.

Half Life was not the first First Person Shooter Made, doom was for the playstation, check yo self

Like Kupo said, you fail at reading correctly and at Doom the first FPS made. Especially for Playstation.

Don't double post either.

 

[Lou]

I did it in 6 and a half hours.



Like Kupo said, you fail at reading correctly and at Doom the first FPS made. Especially for Playstation.

Don't double post either.

Which was the first one?

 

[kupocake]

Which was the first one?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-person_shooter#Beginnings

It's open for debate which games can rightly be called FPS of course. All that is clear is that Doom is the weakest candidate for first FPS game. The most common candidate is Wolfenstein 3D, because it's probably the most FPS-like game there is. Other earlier games have the essential ingredients though. Like "3D Deathchase" which includes a first person view and shooting, but might be hard to term a "first person shooter" because of what we've come to associate with the term. There are even earlier examples, perhaps sometime in the 70s.

 

[UltimaApocalypse]

My first FPS was Halo

Back on topic, the price given is a very fair price, so if you want to complain go buy retail

 

[Asknoone]

My first FPS was Halo

What a sad opening into the genre.

 

[Jintor]

It's OK. That's it.

 

[Javert]

What a sad opening into the genre.

OUUUUUUUUUUUUCH!

But pertaining to the forum title, cheap is more than fine for me.

 

[Mr-Fusion]

Is it me or the Aftermath forum is pretty dead? I guess most of us were expecting Aftermath to come out in December, as Valve had promised, but something in our gut told us it would be another year until we'd see Aftermath, and we didn't want to be right, but we were, so now we have to deal with the horrible truth...

It's not just you. The aftermath forum is pretty dead. Relative to the insane activity for half-life 2, it is dead!

6 hours of gameplay sounds a bit cruddy to me, it better be goddamn amazing gameplay or this forum will stay dead. If another delay happens which is almost inevitable we'll see it November 2006, 2 years wait for a 6 hour expansion pack? I'm not sure that's a financially viable option for valve. We'll see...

 

[Asknoone]

It's not just you. The aftermath forum is pretty dead. Relative to the insane activity for half-life 2, it is dead!

6 hours of gameplay sounds a bit cruddy to me, it better be goddamn amazing gameplay or this forum will stay dead. If another delay happens which is almost inevitable we'll see it November 2006, 2 years wait for a 6 hour expansion pack? I'm not sure that's a financially viable option for valve. We'll see...

Yes, its pretty dead because there is nothing to talk about. Every other detail has been discussed to death, and therefore - nothing to discuss. Care to conjure some interesting topic?
See, Valve haven't poured details upon screens, screens upon trailers upon us chock full of gameplay spoilers. No, they have kept everything under wraps so that people don't piss and moan.

6 hours of gameplay is not crummy. It is episodic content. And for the record - almost all games now are able to be completed in like what, 8-7 hours? And this is episodic content were talking about.

Amazing or not, this forum won't be dead come release. If in dead you mean you not posting in it yeah, ok. See, there is a difference between a small episode and a fully blown sequel to arguably one of the best games of all time.

If another delay happens which is almost inevitable

Haha, I'll hold you to that one. This is the first steps into a new line of gaming, of course things aren't going to be fasty fast.