New Hi Res pics of HL2

GhostValkyrie said:
Even better would be if Gabe explained the functions and gameplay exactly the same as before. :)

Even in sync with the videos. :D
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opening scene - G-man:

"we have been rather.... well slacking off really... in your absence Mr. Freeman"
mwa mwa mwahaahahhahahaa


these have to be beta shots... wheres the improvement? why were we forced to wait a year if it looks worse? then it wasnt done?
 
If they're the screens from next E3, i'll hike to Alaska on foot, from here, in Australia
 
Guys, post the IMAGES not the scans.. If Munro wants rid of them he'll remove them in the morning or whenever he turns up.

It was a silly rule.. but do NOT post scans k?



Edit: oh and keep them in this thread, dont start new threads, I'll keep deleting those. Keep it all in this one thanks.
 
Mr. Redundant said:
opening scene - G-man:

"we have been rather.... well slacking off really... in your absence Mr. Freeman"
mwa mwa mwahaahahhahahaa


these have to be beta shots... wheres the improvement? why were we forced to wait a year if it looks worse? then it wasnt done?
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Dude, that's awesome.

Signature worthy!!!
 
wbcheater said:
history tends to repeat itself...
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Usually it takes a while to forget big mistakes though, in this case it didn't take long at all.


Memento 2: The Making of HL2, staring Gabe Newell
 
Anybody wanna email Gabe and ask if these screenies are full detail?
 
Mr. Redundant said:
opening scene - G-man:

"we have been rather.... well slacking off really... in your absence Mr. Freeman"
mwa mwa mwahaahahhahahaa


these have to be beta shots... wheres the improvement? why were we forced to wait a year if it looks worse? then it wasnt done?
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Definitally not beta shots, unless valve got hacked again :dozey:
 
They look like older shots then most of the ones released at E3 last year though
 
We know not to post the scans :) lol
Anyway, uhm.. yay?
 
in direct comparison with the other official (old old shots) sreenshots from last E3, these new ones are completely lackluster and disgusting... something must be up.
 
i emailed gabe a couple hours ago when i first heard, no response
 
yeah i gotta say these screens are not impressive. graphically this looks a while late. AA/AF could definately help these shots out but still...they are lacking.

but i will definately get hl2 just for the gameplay + story.
 
Somethings extremely....iffy about these screenshots
 
God you avatar annoys me.

Anyway guys lemme just point a little thing out, the high-res screenshot next to the bridge with the pistol fireing, the ground is very brown and earthy, like autumn, compare it to the very last bottom image on the last page of the PC Zone article, its very very green, not just a color balance issue, its quite a difference.

This leads me to believe all these shots are from different stages of development, and are simply from valves little screenshots folder from over the years lol.

The real test will be actual recorded demo/video stuff at E3.
 
Lobster said:
God you avatar annoys me.

Anyway guys lemme just point a little thing out, the high-res screenshot next to the bridge with the pistol fireing, the ground is very brown and earthy, like autumn, compare it to the very last bottom image on the last page of the PC Zone article, its very very green, not just a color balance issue, its quite a difference.

This leads me to believe all these shots are from different stages of development, and are simply from valves little screenshots folder from over the years lol.

The real test will be actual recorded demo/video stuff at E3.
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I'm hoping their saving the super amazing images for E3, cause if this is what HL2 currently looks like, then well.. yeah :(
 
Far Cry's looking better and better.. And I do mean just graphic wise, as I'm sure there will be at least a storyline to HL2. At least. Far Cry was kinda dumb in that regard as it was just a tech demo. meh, who needs this.. Play http://www.theprodukkt.com/ !!! And play hard! Might have to upgrade my video card for this game, too.. My FX5200 plays at about 24FPSmax.
 
Don't get your panties in a bundle, the quality of them most likely went down cause of file compression.
 
Fenric said:
I'm hoping their saving the super amazing images for E3, cause if this is what HL2 currently looks like, then well.. yeah :(
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I'm starting to think the biozeminade review was spot on ;) lol

Dsty2001 said:
Don't get your panties in a bundle, the quality of them most likely went down cause of file compression.
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Wow.. uhm, no. That makes no sense at all, those aren't small JPGs, those are beefy. If they're compressed, they're compressed very little.
 
Oh yeah, anybody who honestly thinks the graphics are going to get worser than from last year is smoking teh pipe.
 
lol 96k shooter scares me.. even if it is just a clever trick using makefiles, its still damned impressive for 96 kilobytes. thats half the size of even the smallest of these HL2 screenshots roflmao.
 
Dsty2001 said:
Don't get your panties in a bundle, the quality of them most likely went down cause of file compression.
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compression has nothing to do with it, they are inferior in many ways. edges of maps visible, no AA, no real shaders save for water, no visible normal maps, no examples of these super cool features HL2 and Source is supposed to have.
 
Wow.. uhm, no. That makes no sense at all, those aren't small JPGs, those are beefy. If they're compressed, they're compressed very little.
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A little compression can hurt the quality of the picture alot. Like I said, I seriously doubt the graphics are going to get worse. That would be pure stupidity to do so.
 
The screenshots don't look horrible in terms of geometery. There is just no texture detail to them. If they just bumped up texture detail, I would be happy. Don't really need a whole bunch of shaders or normal maps. Those things just slow down my FPS.
 
I really think the AA/AF are the major contributors to these shots looking a little unclean, that and the fact they all seem to be different in quality, they are not just one batch of shots made recently for the previews, they are all over the place, i think its just a case of "old for valve / new for us " media, happens all the time. :p
 
either this is hl2 without AA/AF (thats a certain that theres no aa/af on) and dx9 (???) ...or somthing is really really really fishy!
 
Johan_Tayn said:
Play http://www.theprodukkt.com/ !!! And play hard! Might have to upgrade my video card for this game, too.. My FX5200 plays at about 24FPSmax.
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Woah, thats pretty awesome considering its less than 1mb. Is this one of those games that uses mathematics to create textures on the fly? I like the graphics in the demo, but the gameplay is lacking...to say the least.
 
correct me if im wrong. if valves trying to make the best impresion for everyone, naturaly he'd choose to use the best performance hes got to make screens. these screens are of poor detail which leads me to believe this isnt the work of Valve..
 
have you seen the latest xbox doom3 screenshots, i thought it was a joke at first !!
 
wbcheater said:
correct me if im wrong. if valves trying to make the best impresion for everyone, naturaly he'd choose to use the best performance hes got to make screens. these screens are of poor detail which leads me to believe this isnt the work of Valve..
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not always the case, look at the doom3 shots for the x-box. they look god awful compared to the pc version.

and id rather have valve tell us the truth on the quality of the game than just give us a "good impression" so we can later be dissatisfied with the final.
 
Hey, if Valve keeps up this hardware regression, I should be able to play HL2 on my 200 MHz Pentium.
 
Lobster said:
have you seen the latest xbox doom3 screenshots, i thought it was a joke at first !!
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heh, I thought they were pulling a deus ex 2 on me
But it was because some site said that they were pc shots, so I was mislead.
 
Lobster said:
have you seen the latest xbox doom3 screenshots, i thought it was a joke at first !!
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Aye, those are a bit ugly. Very muddy and low-geometry...Xbox shouldn't even try to run this game.
 
blahblahblah said:
Hey, if Valve keeps up this hardware regression, I should be able to play HL2 on my 200 MHz Pentium.
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heh heh so true

From e3 demo
so im gonna be able to play this on my old 486 right, chuckle chuckle
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