Half-Life 2 Demo comming today!

[sirplayalot]

http://steampowered.com/index.php?area=news&id=379

For all who didnt buy it yet :).

Links posted a few posts down.

[superklye]

that sucks it isn't a whole new level like the original HL demo was. Ah well.

[Gaco]

Oh yeah I remember that one: "Half-Life: Uplink". It was actually pretty good :)

[S.I.N]

I think someone stole the "news". Delayed?

That news item could not be found in the database.

[ajay()]

even the demo needs steam account

[GlowStick]

Its out on ATi.com (front page) and FileShack.com

http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=6013

http://www2.ati.com/hl2/demo/steaminstall_hl2demo.exe

More mirros comming up as i type this.

[OWA]

even the demo needs steam account
I think that's good though so you get the "full experience".

[superklye]

I think someone stole the "news". Delayed?

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go up like one level from the link and the post is there.

[Moot]

I think that's good though so you get the "full experience".:rofl


So the demo = a new mission that isn't in the game?

[superklye]

:rofl


So the demo = a new mission that isn't in the game?
no, some of the first levels and then part of Ravenholm.

[BioHazZarD]

and it stutters just like the full game :(

[NAZCA M12]

and it stutters just like the full game :(

No problem man,

I think that's good though so you get the "full experience".

[***CENSORED***]

runs at 30-40 fps on my rig! That's 20-30 fps faster than Doom 3! :)

[oldsk00l]

Well I'm sure glad for this demo, it just helps me to make sure I don't buy it.

That's the first cool thing Valve has done so far wrt HL2, warn potential customers of the sucky experience required to play it. :udawg:

[Mechanic]

even the demo needs steam account

So, if the demo needs steam, then what's all the crap about it preventing piracy? Spyware anyone? Oh, didn't buy the game and won't be downloading this lame ass demo either... :rw:

[wickfut]

the demo needs a steam account so that pirates dont look at the code and figure ways around how to get the game to run without it (like they have done already) :)

[Parts]

Yay I can finally try it out, I think im the only person alive who hasnt played HL2 yet.

[NightFire]

Actually, I'd say a good majority, above 90%, of the Earth's 7 odd billion haven't played Half Life 2.

[anzak]

So, if the demo needs steam, then what's all the crap about it preventing piracy? Spyware anyone? Oh, didn't buy the game and won't be downloading this lame ass demo either... :rw:

If you haven't played it then shut up.

I have no problems with Half Life 2 since the patch. The game runs totally smooth. Back when I did have stuttering it was a little annoying at times (having a 10 second stutter once in a while in the canals) but liveable. The game was still loads of fun. The minor stuttering does not detract from the bulk of the game nor the story.

[BioHazZarD]

I hate all people who can run hl2 flawless. i wanna run that too every other game runs for me flawless but not hl2 hell no.

[subbo]

Dled the frekkin demo, tried to install:

C:\Valve\Steam
"Steam needs 3250MB of free space" mmkay thats one big proggy
D:\Valve\Steam
"Steam needs 53MB of free space" mmkay the drive has 48GB free.

So unless I clear up 3500MB of space on C: I cant install this fkin demo. Thanks valve.

[Beng]

So unless I clear up 3500MB of space on C: I cant install this fkin demo. Thanks valve.

Well, it's about time then to burn some of your Pron on DVD-r. (xmasgrin)

[anzak]

Since when does steam need 3 gigs of space? Steam it self is less than 100mb I believe. The only thing that I could see using 3 gigs would be the full version of Half-Life 2.

[msxyz]

With this demo you can try the wonderful world of Steam and witness with your own very eyes and ears the dreadful stuttering. :D

As someone said, this demo sums up pretty well the whole "Half Life 2 experience" :p

[Marcos]

F*** Steam