Am I the only one?

[ShadowFox]

Personally, HLS looks better than I expected. The gleam from the reflections on the doors and the lighting looks really nice.

 

[DarkStar]

Yeah, it looks better than I expected too.

 

[AcousticToad]

The best change in my opinion is the skybox for the cliffside level, it looks so much better than cliff floating in the air. Here are some screens.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/acoustictoad/c2a5a0004.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/acoustictoad/c2a5a0005.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/acoustictoad/c2a5a0006.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/acoustictoad/c2a5a0007.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/acoustictoad/c2a5a0008.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/acoustictoad/c2a5a0010.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/acoustictoad/c2a5a0011.jpg

 

[Drax]

From the gritty and reflective looking textures to some of the newer sound effects, I completely dig HL:S. My only gripe is with the models, but I think that's fixable.

 

[h00dlum]

From the gritty and reflective looking textures to some of the newer sound effects, I completely dig HL:S. My only gripe is with the models, but I think that's fixable.

Yeah they could atleast put in the new Headcrab, Zombie and Vortigaunt(sp?) models..

 

[sdether]

I hadn't played HL in about 3 years, and i guess my memory kept upgrading the textures every time a new game came out, because i never thought that it looked horribly dated. Then i fired up HL:S and realized that while at the time HL has probably the most realistic and detailed environments, these environments now did look rather dated.

But i think with new models, and high res textures, the low poly count of the levels could easily be glossed over, at least until BM:S is ready

 

[jimbones]

The best change in my opinion is the skybox for the cliffside level, it looks so much better than cliff floating in the air. Here are some screens.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/acoustictoad/c2a5a0004.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/acoustictoad/c2a5a0005.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/acoustictoad/c2a5a0006.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/acoustictoad/c2a5a0007.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/acoustictoad/c2a5a0008.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/acoustictoad/c2a5a0010.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/acoustictoad/c2a5a0011.jpg

woooh this is sexeh!

 

[Lobster]

I like all the new door/button/ambient sounds and stuff, anomolous materials feels a whole lot more solid now.

 

[Shadow-warrior]

That new valley looks great.

 

[Rafa 5.0]

shoot a soldier on the cliff, then throw a nade near him and watch him fall off the cliff!! it roxxors your coxxors :E

 

[UndeadScottsman]

Yeah they could atleast put in the new Headcrab, Zombie and Vortigaunt(sp?) models..

Ehh, if you do that, then those models will stick out like sore thumbs while at the same time making the rest of the models in the game look bad by comparison.

All or nothing is how it should be, IMO.

 

[DEATH eVADER]

The best change in my opinion is the skybox for the cliffside level, it looks so much better than cliff floating in the air. Here are some screens.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/acoustictoad/c2a5a0004.jpg

I like the more 3D-esque surrounding landscape, but behind the mesa, I can't seem to see any visible horizon

 

[Klinge]

Yeah, HLS is really awesome, but I'm sure I'm not the first to say this but... I was told by tons of sources that hls would have blue shift high def models.... that's kinda a disappointment, but I mean seriously, 10 dollars more for something if I wasn't so lazy I could port some of the hl2 models into it.

 

[Flib>Noone]

Rumor says that Valve already ported models and they're working on textures now.