BJP3E Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 Has anyone heard anything abouta release date for the game ??? looks sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoguePhotonic Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 I guess it's back to around april Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 Originally posted by BJP3E Has anyone heard anything abouta release date for the game ??? looks sweet Half Life 2? They're making a sequel? Boy, I bet if they use a new engine they can string the press along with cool looking tech demos that will be split and re-released and dominate the press for months, then they can hit a delay and find a cool patsy to blame it all on ... and push the release 6 - 9 months and look like complete victims and bury the actual delay. So they're making a sequel? Cool. I wonder when it's coming out ... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 No news about demos yet, but I heard it's coming out around March '04. I can't wait to get my hands on that game. It looks awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acrylic Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 Originally posted by txa1265 Half Life 2? They're making a sequel? Boy, I bet if they use a new engine they can string the press along with cool looking tech demos that will be split and re-released and dominate the press for months, then they can hit a delay and find a cool patsy to blame it all on ... and push the release 6 - 9 months and look like complete victims and bury the actual delay. So they're making a sequel? Cool. I wonder when it's coming out ... Mike ...You....never......knew??? Oh...my....god.... *Walks away laughing maniacly* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 ... You have to be really thick to misread that much sarcasm. And I only mention this because you had to rant about what an idiot this guy was in #echonet. *Relurks* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverhoodian Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 Lol, good one, Mike. Believe it or not, I have never seen or played the original Half-Life, so I'm really not following this game closely. Yes, I know, everyone and their mother has played Half-Life, but I haven't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 Originally posted by Redwing ... You have to be really thick to misread that much sarcasm. I debated putting in the 'wink' because I thought I was not particcularly subtle ... Originally posted by Redwing And I only mention this because you had to rant about what an idiot this guy was in #echonet. ? Really ? I don't remember ever being in #Echonet (I'm assuming that is an IRC group?) Too bad ... I at least like to be present when someone rips me a new one ... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 Originally posted by Neverhoodian Lol, good one, Mike. Believe it or not, I have never seen or played the original Half-Life, so I'm really not following this game closely. Yes, I know, everyone and their mother has played Half-Life, but I haven't. Most likely there are few mothers who have played Half-Life (apologies to leXX) ... [gross generalization] FPS has always been a male-techno-geek dominated genre [/gross generalization] But I similarly have never been a big Half-Life fan. It just never really grabbed me. Not like Jedi Knight or Wolf3D or Quake or Duke 3D or ... But I can see a cool looking feel evolving in this game, and I have beeen very much looking forward to playing it, but never got my cash ready for Sept 30th - I firmly believed it would be delayed significantly. My cynical views were enhanced by my awe at how well they played the gaming media. I don't think the delay was planned, and I am horrified at what the hackers did to them. But they had a 20 minute engine tech demo from E3 which they then re-rendered to Bink video and released a few minutes at a time, and all of the game sites put it as an absolute feature of their sites. It was amazing. Game reviewers began to treat the game like it existed and every other game should be judged against it - witness some of the JA reviews comments about graphics and technology. I am still looking forward to the game, but the whole thing has made me more cynical - not about the gaming industry, but the game media. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Fisher Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 HL2? Since the hackers stole about a third of the source code, its going to be released sometime in April Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCanr2d2 Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 Stole/Given, who's splitting hairs. From memory, I thought that Valve ended up admitting it was a hoax..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 Originally posted by BCanr2d2 Stole/Given, who's splitting hairs. From memory, I thought that Valve ended up admitting it was a hoax..... I don't remember that - I thought that someone managed to compile a pseudo-working HL2 build. Interesting, either way. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toms Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 looks like far cry has been pushed back to '04 as well. September/October 03 was looking unbelievable for huge FPS releases a few months ago. Now it has passed and almost every big one has been pushed back to 2004, and the few that have been released have been met with a fair amount of indiference. (not that they were necessarily bad, just not as groundbreaking as was made out in the hype.) i hate hype, it always leaves you dissapointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacky_Baccy Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 I've given up trying to understand all this HL2 farce ages ago - I just hope it actually -does- come out one of these years, and doesn't turn into vaporware... =\ Posted by txa1265 ? Really ? I don't remember ever being in #Echonet (I'm assuming that is an IRC group?) Nooooo no no no, Acrylic was in #Echonet, not you Although you'd be most welcome to stop by sometime Too bad ... I at least like to be present when someone rips me a new one ...LOL. Me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 Originally posted by Wacky_Baccy Nooooo no no no, Acrylic was in #Echonet, not you Might I ask what was said about me? Was it when I was on my Paladin's crusade against JA Piracy? And I'll check out echonet ... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acrylic Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Originally posted by txa1265 Might I ask what was said about me? Was it when I was on my Paladin's crusade against JA Piracy? And I'll check out echonet ... Mike Well, first off, I didnt know it was a joke. I thought you were serious. o_o But, mainly alll I said was OMG! How can he not know of this???? Yeah, thats about all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datheus Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 There isn't technically a new date set for the release... The Vivendi people said it would probably be in April... However, from what I read, there has been next to zero communication between Valve and Vivendi. As far as I know, there was no official statements made by Valve. There was the single post on HL2.net, but nothing beyond that. Just a bunch of hearsay and rumors... Take everything with a grain of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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