i saw the new vids and iwas like, dude.......

[Mr-Fusion]

I've been ON EDGE ever since the pre-load announcement was initially made. 3 delays later i'm still on edge!!

I need Valve to say the pre-load and game is indefinitely delayed so i can get off from being on edge. Being on edge is not fun.

 

[Ikerous]

Am i the only one that lost hype due to this video.. :-/

 

[Caminante]

Awww!! ::HUGS::!! I love hugs ^_^

The delay didnt really bother me.. i want the box ^_^

Like hugs as well, they made you feel love and accept it.

 

[GuNzABlaZiN]

http://mynptv.org/musicFeat/march/images/marchhopping.jpg
Just for you Ikerous.

 

[Ikerous]

w00t! I got a present. Thank you ^_^
I don't get it.. but i like it.

 

[AlaskanStewie]

The game looked pretty good, better then Doom3 or any other games that i've seen so far. But when will it come out! >.<

 

[aeroripper]

I think the heat distortion effect used in doom3 was the only dx9 effect that i can recall, IIRC... (also in the hell levels i thought it looked pretty nifty)

I think HL2 has HDR and (maybe?) heat distortion too but i'm not betting on it as dx9 effects... unless there's anothers i havn't heard or seen about yet

 

[Petabyte]

I thought the videos were pretty cool.. I thought the screams sounded kind of girly, but they still work I think. I also love how those oxygen barrel things explode when you throw them with the manipulator. And you can snatch up the health with it too. Awesome.

I don't why some of you are being asses to Ikerous, hes not doing anything wrong, just saying what he thinks. Hes not an obsessive fan boy.

 

[slider3005]

I could really care less about the graphics in hl2, they aren't better then doom 3's except for facial animations. I was actually more hyped by the extended bink because i imagined playing through it and i realized how many different things i could do, even in that 2 minutes of footage. If this is a 25 hour game just imagine how much replay value it must have.

 

[Styloid]

I loved the vid but I can see where people would be unimpressed by the graphics. Personally I'd go for art over technology which is why I always thought Grim Fandango is one of the greatest looking games (and why I find HL2's lighting, archtitecture and style more than makes up for any graphical sacrifices), however I can see how the shadows do not line up realistically and how some textures still look a little dull. Though I'm sure that textures and stuff could be sharper in the full game, I know that no system on earth would be able to play HL2 with real-time shadows and soft shadowing. I guess it's what you look for in the game that dictates whether you will be impressed or not.
I always take one thing into consideration and that is that something can only be really, truthfully bad if it is decided unanimously to be so. Otherwise it's just opinion.

 

[Petabyte]

Valve is known for making really creative stuff with an engine. They can do a lot with a little, because they have a real sense of "art" and not just tech. So I agree with you Styloid.