Slaiv Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Just like the title says - Valve has finally released the Half Life 2 demo. I was waiting for this to test if my PC could handle the higher graphics settings. Surprisingly, it ran with next to no framerate drop. Anyway, for the three of you that haven't played Half Life 2, check out the demo: Gamershell3D GamersUse this as your last resort. I mean, what other game lets you kill head crab-zombies with matresses, paint cans, and cardboard boxes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveme4whoiam Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god. And its only 751Mb. I'll be able to download that is i stay connected for the next... 23 days! Seriously, this is great. Has anyone, ie you Slaiv, played it yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaiv Posted December 24, 2004 Author Share Posted December 24, 2004 Yup. It's absolutely incredible. Buy the game. Now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark0ne Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Half "Loading" Life 2? Its all right -- until the ability to throw boxes at the resistance people and hear them say "Oi, stop that" starts to wear off. Then it gets boring ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveme4whoiam Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 My spanking new broadband connection is turned on at 9am on the 10th January 2005, and the second it is i'm registering my copy. I don't see the point to do it with dial-up. Be sure i'll be rather vocal about my new-found speed here the second its on, too. Look out world (or at least the small corner i occupy) - loveme4whoiam will be broadbanded. Muhahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Btcc22 Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 The demo just crashes as soon as it gets to the first loading stage. I've heard reinstalling the graphics drivers fixes the problem, but I've already done that once recently and I can't be bothered. Other than that it runs at full settings on mine (couldn't tell the difference when I set it to total max in speed or quality) but it has graphical texture glitches sadly. Ah yes, I'm back on the new GS forums!Guess I look like a newbie now. Hate it when that happens *mutters and wanders off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark0ne Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 I got bored of HL2 before bothering to complete it. Painkiller was less linear than HL2 -- thats insulting. Painkiller > Half-Life 2 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaiv Posted January 5, 2005 Author Share Posted January 5, 2005 Painkiller<Britney's Dance Mix ;) Seriously though - the game has run fine for me. Try reinstalling the drivers - what's to lose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoFreX Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Half-Life 2 is linear, but I still found it very fun. Dang long loading times though, I won't be playing it through a second time in a hurry. Oh, and about the drivers: It might not be that simple. If you have graphics-driver related issues with HL2 and reinstalling doesn't help, PM your pc details, I know a thing or two about these problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaiv Posted January 6, 2005 Author Share Posted January 6, 2005 Just because a game is linear, doesn't mean it's not fun. Every Mario game [excepting Super Mario RPG] is the definition of linear - and they're great fun. Warcraft III, Starcraft? Perfect Dark? Goldneeye? All great games.... Enough arguing. :P I experienced relatively short loading times, and I'm running a decent machine. [by that, I mean that it's not an uber-computer.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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