Half-Life 2 Demo Coming Today

[Chris D]

The following was posted earlier to day by Valve's Jess Cliffe:

A free demo of Half-Life 2 will be released later today. Featuring some of the amazing digital actors and physical gameplay that has made Half-Life 2 the leading contender for Game of the Year 2004, the demo takes players through some of the early levels of the game and later transports them to the area of the game known as Ravenholm. The demo will debut on ATI.com, and requires a Steam account to install. For more information about Half-Life 2, please visit www.half-life2.com.

The demo will be released today at 1pm PST. The easiest way to check the time over in Valve land is by clicking this link.[br]UPDATE: The demo has now been released and can be downloaded by clicking here.[br]To find out more information about the demo, click here.

 

[-smash-]

Omg!

Wait I've seen this before...

 

[Hanx158]

Lol, what happened?

 

[The Monkey]

Why was the last thread removed?

 

[Prince of China]

What time will the demo be released in Canada?
And what happened to the last thread?

 

[Ikerous]

It'll be released in 24 minutes.

 

[Chris D]

I doubt Cliffe appreciates having his posts copied to the front page and making it look like he works here

I re-did it on the news script anyway so it has the correct thingy for the news filters.

 

[The Monkey]

I doubt Cliffe appreciates having his posts copied to the front page and making it look like he works here

I re-did it on the news script anyway so it has the correct thingy for the news filters.

So he posted in General, you moved it to News forum. But then thought "It will look bad if someone who made the game post this" and replaced it with your own post?

EDIT: why do I make posts like this? :rolling:

 

[Some Kid 1992]

Awesome now i dont have to bug my mom about letting me open half life 2 17 MINUTES!

 

[Varsity]

I imagine the demo content will be compatible with the full version too, so that you can just plonk down you money and start playing the rest of the game there and then. That would be neat.

 

[Gorgon]

very cool,

Its time to start steam.

 

[Varsity]

Whoops...there go the steampowered forums.

 

[JPack]

I imagine the demo content will be compatible with the full version too, so that you can just plonk down you money and start playing the rest of the game there and then. That would be neat.

This doesn't look like a playable demo. It sounds like a technology demo - similar to the FarCry one available at ATI.com now.

 

[The Dark Elf]

I doubt Cliffe appreciates having his posts copied to the front page and making it look like he works here

I re-did it on the news script anyway so it has the correct thingy for the news filters.

If you don't want threads moved here, then simply have your peons post the news instead of sit with thumbs up their arses and making excuses why they aren't doing anything.


I had to delete my other reply before posting it, the censor replaced far too many words

 

[skull24]

4pm est is 1pm pst for the people who did not know.

 

[Varsity]

This doesn't look like a playable demo. It sounds like a technology demo - similar to the FarCry one available at ATI.com now.

That's not Valve's style. And even if it was, the point you quoted still stands.

 

[Chris D]

If you don't want threads moved here, then simply have your peons post the news instead of sit with thumbs up their arses and making excuses why they aren't doing anything.


I had to delete my other reply before posting it, the censor replaced far too many words

What do you think I've just spent all weekend reading news poster applications for??

 

[The Dark Elf]

What do you think I've just spent all weekend reading news poster applications for??

We'll see if it was a wasted weekend or not when those are hired

 

[Ikerous]

::downloading:: weeee
I've already beaten the game
Why am i excited about this >_>

 

[azz0r]

Its out?

 

[JPack]

751 MB !

 

[Maxi]

Oooo nice.

And if no one of them news guys works out, i'm always available.

 

[Varsity]

Why on earth do you want to download the demo if you already have the game? :s

 

[azz0r]

For shits and giggles.

 

[Prince of China]

Awesome!

I don't have the game.

 

[Ennui]

got to tell my non-hl2 owning friends

 

[Burning Fish]

got to tell my non-hl2 owning friends

Me too! They have to be convinced!!!

 

[Asuka]

Lol im going to download it just for the hell of it

 

[CookieCuttah]

Im gonna download it too lol

I was hoping for the ATI levels though = /

 

[Alix Mcdean]

I aswell.

-Alix

 

[Chris D]

I'm downloading

 

[Varsity]

You'll probably need a new account without HL2 on it to play.

 

[Maxi]

I'm downloading

As am I.

 

[Prince of China]

As am I.

As am I.

 

[Chadda]

Is there anything different in the demo that's not in the full version?

 

[JimmehH]

Is there anything different in the demo that's not in the full version?

If it's anything like the Half-Life 1 demo then there will be a few levels that have the same sort of theme as Half-Life 2 but don't really fit into the story and aren't in the normal game.

 

[Unfocused]

Lol, you're wasting your bandwidth to download something you've played already ;p

 

[Gorgon]

awsome 150mb done

 

[Ikerous]

we're killing the transfer rate for ppl that havent actually played the game yet..
Its gone down at least 100kb/s for me since i started downloading

 

[Some Kid 1992]

Uhh guys...
I started the download about 45 minutes ago then I went to do homework for a while. I got back and I saw it done (?). I wondered why because i thought it wouldnt be done for another 2 hours. I pressed the run button (I didnt save it when i started the download, i pressed to run when its done), and then it said the size doesnt fit into the size or something like that. Any help?