Has HL2 been hyped too much?

[Alec_85]

ScopeD: Plz edit your sig

I believe we've seen too much movies. If you combine the two E3 movies then we've seen around 50 minutes. And how is the game supposed to be? 12+ hours? Or was it closer to 20? I don't know. Either way, if you compare the figures, I think 50 minutes compared to 12 hours sounds like an awful lot. Yes I know noone's forcing me to watch them but still

 

[Ownzed]

ScopeD: Plz edit your sig

I believe we've seen too much movies. If you combine the two E3 movies then we've seen around 50 minutes. And how is the game supposed to be? 12+ hours? Or was it closer to 20? I don't know. Either way, if you compare the figures, I think 50 minutes compared to 12 hours sounds like an awful lot. Yes I know noone's forcing me to watch them but still

I thought it was around 36 hours.

 

[Alec_85]

I thought it was around 36 hours.

Well that's even better since it ruins my post even more Though I would've liked it more if the game actually WERE 3 days long as the story supposedly is. 24 the tv-series 3 times over :E

 

[Tiddalick]

Welcome Tiddalick. I'm an Aussie and just wondering where you preordered the Collector's Edition for $155AUD?

Well EB Games has the collectors Edition for Sale (only one that I know of)

I had two options:
Wait for the game to come here, possibly the collectors as well
Preorder from the only spot that has it listed just in case they make it a limited number.

I took the safer (though much more expensive option) of preordering it.

The price is broken down as such:
Game: 79.99 US
Shipping 29.99 US (only choice from EB)
Thats about 109 US Dollars.
At the Current exchange rate of about 70 cents (Dumb undervalued currency)
That brings it to 155 AUD!

 

[FoxDie]

I thought I heard it was closer to something around Ownzed estimation. 12 hours is a relatively short game, something close to Max Payne 2.

 

[lans]

I hope that it doesn't become a Deus Ex 2, I was hyped for that last year. It was all famous and stuff in last year's E3 and boy it turned out to be crap - at least in comparison to it's predecessor.

 

[Dr. Freeman]

I dunno about you, but I haven't seen thousands of pics or articles, or both combined..

Besides, VALVe have clearly shown VERY little. I'm sure we're to see atleast a half dozen more weapons (hopefully more), and TONS of more levels. Not to mention, we haven't seen a TON in terms of storyline.
It'll still be special, and good, and.. and..

yeah i hope so too

alot is made of the auto weapons and such and not much attention is given to alien weapons, granted we don't know much on the alien weapons side.. but still.. i find pple over-looked the alien weapons in HL1 and it might happen again with HL2.. :|

plus personally... every time i see a screen shot or read something about HL2, i take it with a grain of salt.. so the game really for me hasn't been over hyped.

 

[Esquire]

I hope that it doesn't become a Deus Ex 2, I was hyped for that last year. It was all famous and stuff in last year's E3 and boy it turned out to be crap - at least in comparison to it's predecessor.

Me too, i agree. That's my biggest fear for HL2.

 

[Polykarbon]

I actually liked Deus Ex 2, a lot. It wasn't Deus Ex 1...that's for sure. It did have a lot of things that I liked about it though.

 

[denlife7]

Thanks for the info Tiddalick. I can't believe EB charge US$30 for shipping. I presume that is priority courier. At least you will get the game probably before it hits the shelves here (I have written to Valve asking about a worldwide simultaneous release, no reply). I have heard that the worldwide release is most probably just through Steam, so I will probably buy it through Steam, Valve can have all my money!

 

[CrazyHarij]

It's just that the game is not hyped by Valve, they just show the stuff and people go crazy and cause all the hype.

But like all games that are better than shit, they get overhyped.

 

[Moejoe]

I think HL2 is getting a little too much attention. How many games have had this much scrutiny and anticipation before? none too many. At least, i haven't ever payed attention to any unreleased game this much. But if it delivers what's been promised, then all the hype and stuff will not have gone to waste. well...i guess all this hype can't really go to waste...or...something...

What?...

 

[dream431ca]

If you ask me..This isn't even the beginning of the so called "Hype". Wait until one week before release...now that's Hype!

 

[CrazyHarij]

If you ask me..This isn't even the beginning of the so called "Hype". Wait until one week before release...now that's Hype!

Hype was one week before 30th september 2003 when we didn't knew anything about the leak... Pretty much everyone was obsessed like mad.

 

[dream431ca]

Hype was one week before 30th september 2003 when we didn't knew anything about the leak... Pretty much everyone was obsessed like mad.

It's gonna happen again. Maybe even more so, this time.

 

[63]

I agree, all those lame 'Valve-Haters' will slink their slimy selves back to hl2.net with a different username

 

[CrazyHarij]

It's gonna happen again. Maybe even more so, this time.

Hehe, yeah you're probably true!

The problem is, I don't want it to happen again, it's bad for my general social status and health

 

[Tiddalick]

Thanks for the info Tiddalick. I can't believe EB charge US$30 for shipping. I presume that is priority courier. At least you will get the game probably before it hits the shelves here (I have written to Valve asking about a worldwide simultaneous release, no reply). I have heard that the worldwide release is most probably just through Steam, so I will probably buy it through Steam, Valve can have all my money!

No Problems,
Yeah Australians only get one options for shipping from EB, and thats 29 bucks. If I wasn't so desperate to get the collectors edition then I would of waited to see if it came to Australia (which they normally do anyway).

 

[Chrysalid]

I didn't mean that HL2 will probably suck. Just brought out my concern in this matter.

 

[evil^milk]

I think HL2 is getting a little too much attention

So do I, HL2 is being hyped a bit too much and everyones' expectations won't seem to satisfy what everyone's hoping to get satisfied Of course I will be proven wrong

OT: CutieKatey got banned?

 

[Sparta]

I think HL2 is only being overhyped by the community, not by Valve. I mean come on, Its Half-Life 2, what did you expect?

 

[Mr-Fusion]

You'll only be able to say it was too hyped based off your experience after actually playing the game.

If expectations are not met or exceeded people will claim it was too hyped. Personally i can't remember a game that's had this kind of marketing. The audio/visual quality of the BINK videos are the best i've ever seen for a computer game. The level of hype Valve have generated from those videos alone is astounding. Not many developers would dare to release such high quality footage of their game as it gives the potential player the greatest feel for how it plays (aside from giving them a demo, possibly spoiling the final product.

 

[lans]

I think HL2 is getting a little too much attention. How many games have had this much scrutiny and anticipation before? none too many. At least, i haven't ever payed attention to any unreleased game this much. But if it delivers what's been promised, then all the hype and stuff will not have gone to waste. well...i guess all this hype can't really go to waste...or...something...

What?...

If you think HL2 is getting too much attention, get out of this forum and go to some halo 2 forum. There are over 50,000+ members moaning that they won't have a anything to do untill 9th november 2004...

 

[MindCrafter]

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No i don't think it's hyped to much, but i wish i didn't know the few things i do know about this game.

 

[Cybernoid]

Now that we've seen two 20-minute videos about the upcoming ascension of 3d-shooters, thousands of pics and articles, we can ask ourselves: have we seen too much already. We are aware of the weapons, etc. I am just afraid that Valve has revealed too much of its game. But can we trust that the storyline could compensate this?

Opinions, please.

And today's "Why HL2 is going to suck" forum post is....