Half-Life 2 Release Date?

Prime · 06-19-2004, 10:41 PM

Half-Life 2 Nearly Finished?
(Taken from www.csnation.net)
(Complete Interview http://www.homelanfed.com/index.php?id=24085)
Synopsis: HL2 out in August

In a recent HomeLAN Fed interview with Gabe Newell of Valve and Tim Burns of Nuclearvision (creators of Codename: Gordon), Gabe states that Half-Life 2 should be ready to ship to Vivendi in a couple short months.

HomeLAN - Finally, we have to ask; how is Half-Life 2 coming along?
Gabe Newell - Good. It's in great shape. We anticipate delivering it to Vivendi in August.

I hope it isnt delayed again. I have a pass to get it free that I got with my ATI radeon 9600xt.

PlaystationFan · 06-19-2004, 11:27 PM

GREAT!!!! I can't wait. My pc will never touch it, but the sooner the PC version is done. They can start working on the Xbox version.

Pocky Fiend · 06-20-2004, 12:27 AM

Hopefully the X-Box version will come soon after..

Mr. SunburnMan · 06-20-2004, 09:53 AM

Hopefully it will be a good conversion.

Pocky Fiend · 06-20-2004, 10:47 AM

I don't see why they wouldn't put a good effort into it. They did a great job porting Half-Life to PS2.

Mr. SunburnMan · 06-20-2004, 04:28 PM

But the ps2 has better hardware than the original platform for the first game. The Xbox doesn't have better hardware than the original platform.

Prime · 06-20-2004, 05:14 PM

I am looking forward to Counter-Strike as its online play. CS with realistic physics and good graphics. Somthing I thought would take hell freezing over :P.

Pocky Fiend · 06-21-2004, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr. SunburnMan
But the ps2 has better hardware than the original platform for the first game. The Xbox doesn't have better hardware than the original platform.

Gameplay
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graphics

Mr. SunburnMan · 06-22-2004, 09:17 AM

Gameplay can be affected by weaker hardware. Would I play a FPS at 15fps on a console anymore (fps = frames per second => high impact on gameplay)? No. It has less RAM, will they be able to have huge levels without loading every 5 minutes? If not - will they be able to shrink down the levels, but still make a good game out of it? And what about the amount of enemies shown at once without slowdown? What about the AI - the sound?

Limited hardware does not only raise graphical issues.

Pocky Fiend · 06-22-2004, 12:12 PM

I doubt that the X-Box is that weak compared to the PC version that issues such as that would pop up..but what do I know?

06-19-2004, 10:41 PM	#1
Prime Mad Hatter Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,464	Half-Life 2 Release Date? Half-Life 2 Nearly Finished? (Taken from www.csnation.net) (Complete Interview http://www.homelanfed.com/index.php?id=24085) Synopsis: HL2 out in August In a recent HomeLAN Fed interview with Gabe Newell of Valve and Tim Burns of Nuclearvision (creators of Codename: Gordon), Gabe states that Half-Life 2 should be ready to ship to Vivendi in a couple short months. HomeLAN - Finally, we have to ask; how is Half-Life 2 coming along? Gabe Newell - Good. It's in great shape. We anticipate delivering it to Vivendi in August. I hope it isnt delayed again. I have a pass to get it free that I got with my ATI radeon 9600xt. __________________ \"Computer games don\'t affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we\'d all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.\" -Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989

06-19-2004, 11:27 PM	#2
PlaystationFan Bi-polar Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 3,187	GREAT!!!! I can't wait. My pc will never touch it, but the sooner the PC version is done. They can start working on the Xbox version. __________________ <b>I have nothing to show!!!</b>

06-20-2004, 05:14 PM	#7
Prime Mad Hatter Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,464	I am looking forward to Counter-Strike as its online play. CS with realistic physics and good graphics. Somthing I thought would take hell freezing over :P. __________________ \"Computer games don\'t affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we\'d all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.\" -Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989

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06-20-2004, 12:27 AM	#3
Pocky Fiend Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,111	Hopefully the X-Box version will come soon after..

06-20-2004, 09:53 AM	#4
Mr. SunburnMan I don't own a ps3 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,485	Hopefully it will be a good conversion.

06-20-2004, 10:47 AM	#5
Pocky Fiend Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,111	I don't see why they wouldn't put a good effort into it. They did a great job porting Half-Life to PS2.

06-20-2004, 04:28 PM	#6
Mr. SunburnMan I don't own a ps3 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,485	But the ps2 has better hardware than the original platform for the first game. The Xbox doesn't have better hardware than the original platform.

06-22-2004, 09:17 AM	#9
Mr. SunburnMan I don't own a ps3 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,485	Gameplay can be affected by weaker hardware. Would I play a FPS at 15fps on a console anymore (fps = frames per second => high impact on gameplay)? No. It has less RAM, will they be able to have huge levels without loading every 5 minutes? If not - will they be able to shrink down the levels, but still make a good game out of it? And what about the amount of enemies shown at once without slowdown? What about the AI - the sound? Limited hardware does not only raise graphical issues.

06-22-2004, 12:12 PM	#10
Pocky Fiend Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,111	I doubt that the X-Box is that weak compared to the PC version that issues such as that would pop up..but what do I know?