Gonna get it?

ray_MAN · Sep 20, 2003

The Half Life 2 Prima Strategy guide is shipping in four days and I was just wondering if you were gonna get it?

Joneleth · Sep 20, 2003

No. I want to play through the game myself, I don't need no strategy guide!

spitcodfry · Sep 20, 2003

Originally posted by ray_MAN
The Half Life 2 Prima Strategy guide is shipping in four days and I was just wondering if you were gonna get it?

Damn you, I thought it was referring to whether we plan on purchasing a physical copy of the game opposed to downloading it on Steam. Guess I need to read your post as well...harumph!

Harryz · Sep 20, 2003

Probably not, I wanna figure it all out by myself...

un0x · Sep 20, 2003

Maybe..

i never buy strategy guides

:dork:

DigitalAssassin · Sep 20, 2003

You need to make the poll clearer, I clicked yes thinkin' it was about buying half life 2...

manny_c44 · Sep 20, 2003

Why get a strategy guide? It ruins it, unless you're playing a squaresoft game inetntionally created to torture the player until they succumb to looking at a strategy guide or faq.

ray_MAN · Sep 20, 2003

I might get it just to look at pictures to drool and Spit I don't get what you just said.

ray_MAN · Sep 20, 2003

Originally posted by DigitalAssassin
You need to make the poll clearer, I clicked yes thinkin' it was about buying half life 2...

Read the post first

Joneleth · Sep 20, 2003

Reading is a wonderful skill to have, people.

SLH · Sep 20, 2003

Originally posted by Joneleth
Reading is a wonderful skill to have, people.

So much so that next week, i'm going to Reading uni.

Gorgon · Sep 20, 2003

The guid will help you develop skills (true say), but I prefer play HL2 first and maybe buy the guid later in the year.

Deadline · Sep 20, 2003

Who wouldnt buy HL2? Well, other than my girl friend anyway...

Lucifer Crass · Sep 20, 2003

She will when she see's u playing it

GinSlinger · Sep 20, 2003

For me 1/2 the fun is just diving into the game, totally lost and trippin on everything. I dont want to see a map of the level...or be walked thru the objectives one by one. Kinda ruins the "surprise factor" if ya ask me. Imho only of course.
Speaking of maps...I just had a cool flashback to when my crappy old rig was first tryin to render HL1 and eventually figuring out that the fuzzy blue blob on the wall was a representation of the level/floor you were on.

No Limit · Sep 20, 2003

Well buying the guide before the game ships will ruin the entire story of it, so I will not be buying it but I will read about it.

Mechagodzilla · Sep 20, 2003

It seems to me that the entire point of HL2 is to develop your own strategies using the physics and the environment.

I didn't get one for any of the other HL games, so I won't get this one either.

jabberwock95 · Sep 20, 2003

i'm not gonna get it. With the new physics system and realistic envioronment, i'm guessing theres gonna be fewer tricks to exploit than other games, like gauss-jumping, or strafing to run faster. This'll make it easier to develop your own strategy without resorting to tricks. All the strat guide can do is ruin the plot.

[[LuCkY]] · Sep 20, 2003

If I get stuck, I can check the internet for FREE.

ray_MAN · Sep 20, 2003

Yeah but I just want to get it to drool at the pictures before the game.

Lobster · Sep 20, 2003

i wonder if it will go out in 4 days, that would be wierd, u can bet leaked stuff from it would appear.

Mechagodzilla · Sep 20, 2003

Wait a minute... if the strategy guide is coming out this soon, wouldn't they need a playable version to base it on? The implication here is that the game is done, right?

jabberwock95 · Sep 20, 2003

BTW, I really hope anyone who gets it is not going to post any spoilers in these forums without ten-foot high spoiler warnings. Valve has been really secretive for ages about the game and now the guides out i bet it will be all over the net in minutes. Oh well, the suspense was nice while it lasted.

Yes, I know there are lots of people that would never dream of doing such a thing when they get the guide, so I don't mean any of you, but all it takes is for one moron to stick it on the net for the whole valve cover-up to be totally blown away.

Blair · Sep 20, 2003

I have never bought a guide for any game that I own, I don't plan on one now.

Letters · Sep 20, 2003

Beazil · Sep 20, 2003

Strategy guides are cool for filling in back story (if they are well written) and for giving info on hp's etc. But I hate it when games have stupid "puzzles" in them that almost require a guide or FAQ to finish. Ugh! I would much rather finish a game normally, and THEN read a guide for backstory.

shapeshifter · Sep 20, 2003

uh yea pretty much, if the straegy guide is done ,the game is done.

SFA · Sep 20, 2003

Oh dear. I guess I will have to abandon this forum in 4 days.

Anyone who wants to remain super spoiler free should also leave IMO.

Not reading HL2 Spoiler threads will not be enough. No way. HL2 is such a big game and so many people are looking forward to it that the trolls will be tripping over eachother to post LARGE spoilers in thread titles.

Imagine it. You wake up one morning and decide to check these boards (or any HL boards infact). You are adamant that you want to remain spoiler-free till the game comes out.

The forums load and the first thread you see has a title like :

City 17 is in another dimention. Dr Kleiner decieves you. Alex Dies at the end

And before you've even realised what your reading, HL2 is SPOILT.

I'm packing my bags in 3 days. Just to make sure.

Joneleth · Sep 20, 2003

Yeah, I'm outta here in 3 days, too. I feel bad for the mods who have to stick around these forums and read that stuff before they get a chance to delete it.

Smith · Sep 20, 2003

if its shipping in 4 days, why isnt anything about it up on their site?

forn1x · Sep 20, 2003

There's various ways that things can be done too, the guide will probably only show 1 or 2 of those ways, remember, everything is dynamic so you decide how the scenes are acted out, not the game.

ray_MAN · Sep 20, 2003

Check the EB site here:
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/235437.asp
Notice the date.

Saltpeter · Sep 20, 2003

If I want a walkthrough I'll look online. I don't need to spend any extra money on a book for that. Valve is asking enough already.

XtAkm4p · Sep 20, 2003

no. no spoils. and even if i was, id go to gamefaqs . com

DigitalAssassin · Sep 20, 2003

Originally posted by ray_MAN
Check the EB site here:
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/235437.asp
Notice the date.

Looks like the stores have no idea so they're posting whatever... half say november, more say october, and a few even say september. I've seen a store or two that still says "Summer 2004".

Direwolf · Sep 20, 2003

Once I hear that the guide's out, I too will be out of here.

He@t! · Sep 20, 2003

Hell nahh!! why kill the game???

Heitai · Sep 21, 2003

Doh as with some of the others in this thread I voted yes before noticing that it was for people buying the stratagy guide.

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