Half Life 2: Episode Two / Orange Box Feedback - Page 4

Saintster · 10-09-07, 11:10 PM

I just ordered the Orange box I figure I try out Portal and TF2 something new and different.

vert305 · 10-09-07, 11:33 PM

The IGN article said something that made me thing about the procrastination of Half-life 2. This game is three years old and we have just begun episode 2 “Today”. Three years to make 1 full game and 2 small additions just does not make sense to me.

I am not complaining just curious. In a business stand point wouldn’t it make since to get these episodes out a little faster?

Wouldn’t they have most of the designs, maps, and shaders from episode 1? It is not like they are starting from zero right?

I love half-life 2 and will be buying episode 2 tomorrow.

**K007** · 10-09-07, 11:43 PM

I am getting Orange since i need EP1 still lol.

**MowTin** · 10-10-07, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by wysiwyg

what i found out since having my new components and now dual booting XP and vista

if Steam is installed on a spare non OS drive you can run steam and the games without any changes from either vista or XP

which was handy because i was getting crashes with episode 1 and cinematic mod in Vista

Hmm...this may be helpful to me. Maybe I can install steam on XP and point it to my steamApps folder on my vista partition. I get crashes with cinematic mod on vista. That's the main reason I haven't finished ep1.

Saintster · 10-10-07, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by vert305

The IGN article said something that made me thing about the procrastination of Half-life 2. This game is three years old and we have just begun episode 2 “Today”. Three years to make 1 full game and 2 small additions just does not make sense to me.

I am not complaining just curious. In a business stand point wouldn’t it make since to get these episodes out a little faster?

Wouldn’t they have most of the designs, maps, and shaders from episode 1? It is not like they are starting from zero right?

I love half-life 2 and will be buying episode 2 tomorrow.

I thought way back when Valve announced that they were going to do it by episode it would be every 6 months. Same thing with Sin but that didn't work out well. All in all it's here.

**MaXThReAT** · 10-10-07, 12:39 AM

I'll be up most of tonight waiting to play Portal and Ep2. I'll be going for Portal first for sure. Those that haven't started steam in a while might want to start it up. I did a bit more preloading on portal. It is kind of nice how they can put out an update minuets before the game is technically gold or minuets after really. 1:24:40 to go.

Sidric · 10-10-07, 12:50 AM

Well since Atari can't get their sh!t straight with the digital download business, I guess I'll be playing Ep2 and Portal tonight instead of MotB. Either way its win/win for me

SH64 · 10-10-07, 01:02 AM

/waiting ep2 screens ..

v3rninater · 10-10-07, 01:02 AM

Wow, TF2 = a blast, and boy it looks good @ 1680x1050 8xMCAA 16xAF.

Can't wait for Portal, I hope this game will be the tetris of FPS games, just never ending! LoL

jAkUp · 10-10-07, 01:11 AM

Preloading now, I will try to have the first SS's

jAkUp · 10-10-07, 01:12 AM

OMG 30KB/s I know I shouldn't have reformatted

**Rummy** · 10-10-07, 01:20 AM

45 min left

10-09-07, 11:10 PM	#37
Saintster Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 783	Re: Half Life 2: Episode Two / Orange Box Feedback I just ordered the Orange box I figure I try out Portal and TF2 something new and different.

10-09-07, 11:33 PM	#38
vert305 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 223	Re: Half Life 2: Episode Two / Orange Box Feedback The IGN article said something that made me thing about the procrastination of Half-life 2. This game is three years old and we have just begun episode 2 “Today”. Three years to make 1 full game and 2 small additions just does not make sense to me. I am not complaining just curious. In a business stand point wouldn’t it make since to get these episodes out a little faster? Wouldn’t they have most of the designs, maps, and shaders from episode 1? It is not like they are starting from zero right? I love half-life 2 and will be buying episode 2 tomorrow.

10-09-07, 11:43 PM	#39
K007 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Australia, Sydney Posts: 9,405	Re: Half Life 2: Episode Two / Orange Box Feedback I am getting Orange since i need EP1 still lol.

10-10-07, 12:39 AM	#42
MaXThReAT Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: EARTH Posts: 1,858	Re: Half Life 2: Episode Two / Orange Box Feedback I'll be up most of tonight waiting to play Portal and Ep2. I'll be going for Portal first for sure. Those that haven't started steam in a while might want to start it up. I did a bit more preloading on portal. It is kind of nice how they can put out an update minuets before the game is technically gold or minuets after really. 1:24:40 to go. __________________ Gigabyte V1.1 EP45-UD3R F5 GO-Q6600@3.6GHz 1/2" D5/GTZ Block W/BIX-II Dual 120mm Corsair 4GB Dominator DDR2-8500 5-5-5-15 2t@1066GHz Evga 280 GTX 621/1349/2268 SB X-Fi FPS / Z-5500 + Buttkicker! "Don't mind the posts, I've been around longer than most know."

10-10-07, 12:50 AM	#43
Sidric Evil Clown Face Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Minot, ND Posts: 524	Re: Half Life 2: Episode Two / Orange Box Feedback Well since Atari can't get their sh!t straight with the digital download business, I guess I'll be playing Ep2 and Portal tonight instead of MotB. Either way its win/win for me __________________ [Mastermind] [Case]Silverstone TJ10 [PSU] PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad [CPU]Intel Q6600 w/ TR Ultra-120 Extreme @ 3GHz [Mobo]EVGA nForce 680i [Memory]OCZ PC2-8500 4GB [GPU] BFG GTX 260 [Sound] ASUS Sonar Dx [HDD] --WD Raptor 150GBx2(Raid 0 Striped)-- --Seagate Barrucuda 300GB-- [OS]Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit [Monitor]Gateway FPD2485W Live/Xfire/PSN: SidRic SteamID: 3_gh05t_3

10-10-07, 01:02 AM	#44
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10-10-07, 01:02 AM	#45
v3rninater Blowin up since 1969 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,095	Re: Half Life 2: Episode Two / Orange Box Feedback Wow, TF2 = a blast, and boy it looks good @ 1680x1050 8xMCAA 16xAF. Can't wait for Portal, I hope this game will be the tetris of FPS games, just never ending! LoL __________________ Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.4ghz 1600fsb \|\| Gigabyte P45 EP45-UD3R stable as a rooock! \|\| 4gb G-Skill DDR2 PC8500 5-5-5-15 \|\| EVGA 580-GTX 1.5gb \|\| Creative Fatal1ty Xram Sound Card 7.1 \|\|G-Skill Phoenix Pro SSD 120gb\|\| WD BLACK 32mb cache 640gb HD \|\| 2x Samsung DVD burner 16x DVD+\- \|\| Corsair 620watt PSU Win 7 Ultimate 64bit (640gb hd) AMD Phenom II X6 T1090 \|\| Gigabyte GA880 \|\| 4gb G-skill Ripjaw DDR3 1600 \|\| MSI 8800 Ultra o/c \|\| WD BLACK 32mb cache 640gb HD \|\| ASUS DVD Burner \|\| XFX 750 watt PSU LG 60" 1080p 600Hz Plasma HDTV 60PS11 Xbox 360

10-10-07, 01:11 AM	#46
jAkUp eat. sleep. overclock. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Chino, California Posts: 17,744	Re: Half Life 2: Episode Two / Orange Box Feedback Preloading now, I will try to have the first SS's __________________ 965xe \|\| evga x58 classified \|\| 3x evga gtx 480 \|\| 6gb g.skill \|\| win7 x64

10-10-07, 01:12 AM	#47
jAkUp eat. sleep. overclock. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Chino, California Posts: 17,744	Re: Half Life 2: Episode Two / Orange Box Feedback OMG 30KB/s I know I shouldn't have reformatted __________________ 965xe \|\| evga x58 classified \|\| 3x evga gtx 480 \|\| 6gb g.skill \|\| win7 x64

10-10-07, 01:20 AM	#48
Rummy Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Under your bed Posts: 1,684	Re: Half Life 2: Episode Two / Orange Box Feedback 45 min left

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