Half-Life 2

Koeienvlekken · 26 June 2003, 11:02

Op 30 september komt Half-life 2 uit. Ga jij het kopen?

Dit is wat info in het engels over het spel:

Gordon Freeman is back! Along with scientist Eli Vance and his daughter Alyx, your mission is to save the world from total alien domination. See, that little incident in Black Mesa was just the beginning: now those pesky Xen invaders have spread across the whole Earth, causing massive amounts of death and destruction. It’s up to you to set things right.
Half-Life 2 picks up some time after the original Half-Life left off - with Gordon working for the G-Man - and takes place in and around an eastern European-type city called City 17.

Nog wat extra info:

- A Half-Life 2 SDK (Software Development Kit) for mod developers will be released prior to the game hitting store shelves.
- Like the original Half-Life, Valve currently has no plans for a pre-release demo (Half-Life: Day One wasn't an official demo).
- An Xbox port is very likely, but Half-Life 2 will most likely be exclusive to Xbox on consoles. So no PS2 port.
- Barney is back, and all the voice actors from the original Half-Life are reprising their roles. Also returning is Half-Life's original writer, Marc Laidlaw.
- While the new engine has all sorts of fancy features, it's still designed to scale and work on lower-end machines. Apparently a 700mhz processor and a video card capable of running DX6 is enough, although a 2ghz with a GeForce4 is recommended. Rumors about NVidia or ATI exclusivity are unfounded.
- Alyx is not a playable character. You're still Gordon Freeman, and Gordon doesn't talk. Nor will there be cut scenes.
- Scripted Sequences will be more interactive.
- ALL objects in the game world are affected by the physics.
- Movement speed of HL will be retained.
- There will be drivable vehicles in both single and multiplayer.
- Known locations: City 17, a harbor, a jail, the suburbs, a dried up ocean, an icebreaker ship.
- An upgraded Hammer editor should ship with the game, but instead of just editing maps it's now described as a "complete development environment" for maps, mods, and more.
- Half-Life 3 is planned, so expect another cliffhanger ending.

26 June 2003, 11:02	#1
Koeienvlekken Lid Geregistreerd op: 25 June 2003 Berichten: 22	Half-Life 2 Op 30 september komt Half-life 2 uit. Ga jij het kopen? Dit is wat info in het engels over het spel: Gordon Freeman is back! Along with scientist Eli Vance and his daughter Alyx, your mission is to save the world from total alien domination. See, that little incident in Black Mesa was just the beginning: now those pesky Xen invaders have spread across the whole Earth, causing massive amounts of death and destruction. It’s up to you to set things right. Half-Life 2 picks up some time after the original Half-Life left off - with Gordon working for the G-Man - and takes place in and around an eastern European-type city called City 17. Nog wat extra info: - A Half-Life 2 SDK (Software Development Kit) for mod developers will be released prior to the game hitting store shelves. - Like the original Half-Life, Valve currently has no plans for a pre-release demo (Half-Life: Day One wasn't an official demo). - An Xbox port is very likely, but Half-Life 2 will most likely be exclusive to Xbox on consoles. So no PS2 port. - Barney is back, and all the voice actors from the original Half-Life are reprising their roles. Also returning is Half-Life's original writer, Marc Laidlaw. - While the new engine has all sorts of fancy features, it's still designed to scale and work on lower-end machines. Apparently a 700mhz processor and a video card capable of running DX6 is enough, although a 2ghz with a GeForce4 is recommended. Rumors about NVidia or ATI exclusivity are unfounded. - Alyx is not a playable character. You're still Gordon Freeman, and Gordon doesn't talk. Nor will there be cut scenes. - Scripted Sequences will be more interactive. - ALL objects in the game world are affected by the physics. - Movement speed of HL will be retained. - There will be drivable vehicles in both single and multiplayer. - Known locations: City 17, a harbor, a jail, the suburbs, a dried up ocean, an icebreaker ship. - An upgraded Hammer editor should ship with the game, but instead of just editing maps it's now described as a "complete development environment" for maps, mods, and more. - Half-Life 3 is planned, so expect another cliffhanger ending.