All these f**king spoiling betasites

[clarky003]

The only people to blame for spoilers are company's who make the goddam software themselves. there the ones in control of the level of security they have over there information. ridiculous.. and also if you really dont want spoilers try harder to avoid them, in the first place

 

[coax]

clarky that's a dumb thing to say. you're blaming valve for being hacked?
nothing is ever 100% secure, and it was probably a big strike of luck that they found a bug to exploit in outlook express to get the source and the content.

but yeah.. to a certain degree when i think about it, playing the compiled source does take away some of the wow factor from playing the retail for the first time.
i'm sure they have an insane intro in place, and if you've already played it it won't be the same.

but that's minor i guess. anyway, just hold out, it won't be long till it's released now..

 

[Sprafa]

Has any of these ppl claiming to have played the beta seen every model and listened to every .wav file?

 

[Sai]

man, i must seriously suck, i know absolutely nothing new about the game, i have yet to even see the beta and hl2.net is the only site i go to for hl info and discussion

 

[Shuzer]

Has any of these ppl claiming to have played the beta seen every model and listened to every .wav file?

I've seen all the .mdl files, avoided listening to the sounds though

 

[Rossell]

Isn't there a site out there that has extensive coverage of what the beta contains?

I've decided after a year of waiting I want to find out.

 

[ComradeBadger]

I repeat. No links.

I've resisted.

 

[Rossell]

Oh. Sorry.

Well post the links to [email protected] so nothing can spill onto here.

Appreciated

 

[iamaelephant]

Well I didnt know a single spoiler until that famas_man, cheers moron.

 

[Spyre]

I've seen all the models and all the sound files.

I saw *maybe* 20 different models, but about half we've already heard about. The other half looked good, but also looked like they belonged to another set of levels that weren't even part of the leak. I believe VALVe is going for double the number of enemies than I saw in the leak, so it's hardly a good representation of the goods.

I DID hear the sound files. I urge EVERYONE to stay FAR AWAY from the sound files from the leak. DO NOT LISTEN TO THEM or you will spoil some good plot twists. I admit I am a HL junkie, and after hearing one I had to hear them all. It was a bad idea! There was just too much story given away when you hear them all. I gotta say, my experience with HL2 will be slightly dampened now that I've heard all this stuff.

The sound files give away more than the levels-in-progress do, and judging by this I'd say the leak was approximately 25-30% of the entire game.

 

[Sprafa]

I DID hear the sound files. I urge EVERYONE to stay FAR AWAY from the sound files from the leak. DO NOT LISTEN TO THEM or you will spoil some good plot twists. I admit I am a HL junkie, and after hearing one I had to hear them all. It was a bad idea! There was just too much story given away when you hear them all. I gotta say, my experience with HL2 will be slightly dampened now that I've heard all this stuff.

The sound files give away more than the levels-in-progress do, and judging by this I'd say the leak was approximately 25-30% of the entire game.

This is waht I'm talking about...

The sound files are quite clearing on the story....So you can get a general outline from them

 

[Rossell]

Could someone then email me the general gist of what they heard? I'd appreciate it

 

[Paintballer]

This is waht I'm talking about...

The sound files are quite clearing on the story....So you can get a general outline from them

Ive been fairly good about not listening to sound files, until yesterday and today


Everything i heard yesterday were generic battle type stuff, while one thing I heard today did give a little away of the story, but nothing that most games don't give away in a preview anyways. Also, the sound wasn't really a spoiler in the sense that it gave away a resolution to something, it just raised more questions than answers

 

[Orange]

If you hear the right sounds, it isn't pleasant. You'll be looking at characters in a pre set way before you're supposed to. I mean mentally. Who's up to what. Nothing gets that specific, but some huge plot twists are given away in sound files.
but uh the gameplay doesn't give anything away. Even seeing models (who knows how complete some of them are) doesn't hurt the plot too much.
Do stay away from sound waves. anything besides gman is ground for blowing twists or who knows, the end of the story


Hey look a body! Too bad they don't have their personality printed on their chest!<chuckle>

But the soundtrack rocks

this reminds me of reading a kill bill review. The bastard didn't even warn about giving away plot twists. I assure its nothing in trailers. Something I didn't see coming and i just about flipped. ok
rant done ==1

 

[PvtRyan]

Well I didnt know a single spoiler until that famas_man, cheers moron.

Ah well, I remember that being openly discussed on the forum here, there's even a mod based on it (/me is team member)
I didn't consider it much of a spoiler.

 

[Dougy]

Have you checked the character viewing tool? According to other people, that is a HUGE spoiler.

And Mrchimp, anything that isn't halflife2.net, basically

yes.

i did see a potential spoiler.

wont mention any part of it but i still dont think its a massive spoiler since it could mean anything.

It raised more questions rather than answered them.

Some people who havent played the beta know more about Hl2 than me, and im not exactly a dumbass. :naughty:

EDIT: i tried to listen to the sound files but got majorly bored and couldnt be bothered, so looks like my boredom saved hl2 for me.

 

[A.I.]

I think you're all exaggerating about spoilers over the internet.

I've played the friggin' thing for sometime and I've maybe found one spoiler of the story. I wasn't very thorough at playing all the maps and then figureing out the story and the events to come, coz I didn't want to spoil the game and I'm not tempted by the stolen build anymore either, because it just isn't done, and therefore, not worthy to be called "a game". It's pain in the ass, actually. But here, you're glad that you didn't see some pics, that might show Alyx naked or something?!

I'm not saying that you should play the stolen build, but you're silly by emphasizing your so-called "HL2 virginity".

P.S. To all the people, that might PM me after this post:
-no I won't distribute you the stolen build, because it's immoral and illegal
-I have only 56k modem
-you're not missing anything. If you'd like to see the HL2-like water, go outside and take a look at a pond or a lake

 

[Jadewolf5675]

Have you checked the character viewing tool? According to other people, that is a HUGE spoiler.

And Mrchimp, anything that isn't halflife2.net, basically

I dont see how seeing character models can ruin anything bid to be honest, unless its like a dead gordon model or something

Also, I have amazingly seen only 1 or 2 spoilers, and have kept faaar away from the beta.

 

[Navy Man]

I guess Im one of the few who avoided the beta. Im glad that I have stronger willpower then most of you I've hardly seen any spoilers yet... except for knowing one or 2 of the vehicles they didn't mention, and knowing that you can ****, lol.

i'm the same as you

 

[Rossell]

You can ****?

Eh?

 

[clarky003]

nothing is ever 100% secure, and it was probably a big strike of luck that they found a bug to exploit in outlook express to get the source and the content.

i know its harsh,, but surely they would think of everything they possibly could to stop it, so yes in there minds they where safe,, .. but one thing always bugs me,, and thats the confusing way that all that info which would of taken ages to take via the net, even with fast connections... was wooshed up without being spotted.. unless valve where sleeping with Outlook open. or they just dont bother with trojan checks.. or masses of information was downloaded in 1 minute..?

 

[Spiffae]

I guess, since we're talking non-spoilers, for those of you who did play the leak... how was the "feel" of the engine? From the videos, it looks like the combination of movement, physics, weapon animations and graphics makes for a really good complete gameworld. was that how it seemed to people who played the leak?

if what you played was incomplete, how would you rate a properly completed version?

 

[clarky003]

Spiffae its gonna blow your mouse away, .. its got that yeh olde Half Life feel, with a splash of detail and brilliance .. although classing any game as realistic wouldnt be accurate.. but I'll say its as close to it with the physics system as any games gonna get.

 

[Spiffae]

thanks clarky... you've just made the wait that much harder.

 

[TheWart]

I guess, since we're talking non-spoilers, for those of you who did play the leak... how was the "feel" of the engine? From the videos, it looks like the combination of movement, physics, weapon animations and graphics makes for a really good complete gameworld. was that how it seemed to people who played the leak?

if what you played was incomplete, how would you rate a properly completed version?

Well, let me just say that it seemed like every few minutes I was saying something to my friend along the lines of "this is going to be soooo cool...."

I just posted in the HL2 v. FC thread about the physics, but I will quickly recap here. Basically, more than any game Ihave played, the HL2 beta seemed to bring graphics, sound, and physics together in such a way that none outhsined the other, and they all worked together really well.

It was really fun, and it definitely has made the wait harder, as I have had a glimpse of the potential of the game and the engine (imagine a DoD map with the size of the city in the strider video!!)

 

[Daiceman9]

I don't think that downloading the leak (I dont care if it really wasnt a leek, its what I'm gonna call it.) spoiled anything for me. Some of you guys are freaking out like, OMG!!! they put a pic of "X" gun in! MY HL2 EXPERENCE IS RUINED!!!, chill out, the only way you will get a spioler from the leek is if you play the sound files that come with it, stear clear of the sound folder and you will be fine.

 

[Orange]

what i played, there were enough little dumb things (being alpha/early build) that keep me from saying it was awesome. BUT it will be once the large glaring things are fixed. Oh and its put together properly and whatnot

 

[Mr-Fusion]

Well, let me just say that it seemed like every few minutes I was saying something to my friend along the lines of "this is going to be soooo cool...."

Yep same here, except i was saying it to myself because i don't have friends.

 

[Rupertvdb]

I wouldn't play the Beta at all, it would get me down to play something so blatantly not meant for release. Especially in the case of HL2 because it's going to be incredible, it's pretty messed up but this is such a ****ing important game i play some games for pleasure but this one is like a quest and i don't wanna spoil it.

 

[Navy Man]

amen ! <10 character thingy )

 

[CyberSh33p]

I've trapped myself in a lockbox on the president's bumped so I wouldn't hear about the beta, and it has worked thus far.

 

[CrazyHarij]

I've got the beta now, but it S U C K S. No AI works in any level, people just stand there and do nothing. No effects either, no blood, sparks, nothing.. Some cool stuff though, Alyx looks so real, but of course she has to stand just in one place shaking like she's on crack. No one moves their lips and all is just crap..

It was a waste of time getting it.

 

[AzzMan]

If I do end up getting the beta sometime, It'll most likely be after I have already finished the real game, just so I can see the differences between that and the fiished product

 

[Xenome]

The sounds in the sound folder, are heard in some maps of the beta too right?
Or are they not used in the maps, only to be heard in the sound folder?

( I do NOT own the beta , however i did once play it, and there i heard some storyline talking in a certain map, and i want to know if this was what your talking about -- i deeply regret having played it, and will never do it again, with any game..the temptation was just too much)

 

[DEATH eVADER]

I've seen about 75 screenshots that where from the beta. amazingly enough, it showed no weapons that we haven't seen from E3, an extra character and a load of unfinished maps.

 

[kaf11]

If I do end up getting the beta sometime, It'll most likely be after I have already finished the real game, just so I can see the differences between that and the fiished product

thats exactly what i was thinking. i want to see what i was able to stop myself from ruining. i hope its easy to find after HL2 is released.

 

[Rupertvdb]

i don't even think there is any point, it shall be buggy, hard to use and the equivalent of downloading some shitty mod. The game is al you need followed by thousands of absolutly incredibe additions people make.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

I saw one gun, and I've heard vague spoilers from careless/idiot posters here.
Nothing as bad as the gun though but, still, a few things are going to be a lot less surprising once I buy the game.

So, here's a happy message for the spoiley folks:

If it's not official info, then announcing it is like punching whichever god you worship right in the spine.
Twice.

 

[Rupertvdb]

If it's not official info, then announcing it is like punching whichever god you worship right in the spine.
Twice.

Zing, but so agreed, there's a reason for them not telling us every single thing that they have put in the game, they hire people to work out what will make us tantalised enough while not giving away too much, taking it onto yourselves to ruin it sucks.

 

[WillH]

this reminds me of reading a kill bill review. The bastard didn't even warn about giving away plot twists. I assure its nothing in trailers. Something I didn't see coming and i just about flipped. ok
rant done ==1

Was it the one on MSN or whatever? When I read that I was so pissed, it gives away a bunch of the little things that you think about, it was the worst review I've ever read. I'm upset, but I'm still gonna go see it.