AdiSRI
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I got it on CD, u still need steam to verify it...
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Mattss Corsa
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great games 
Vavle Are the best got like 98% and 96% PC GAMER
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Dave1682
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Registered: 18th Jul 04
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Just tried to connect to a game via Steam, and it says it needs to install CS?? I already have it installed, is this normal? Can anyone explain?
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Dave1682
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Now it's updating CS, will be able to play in 50 mins, great. 
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Mattss Corsa
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Ummh, i didnt come across this while i was installing, i installed the new halfife 2 then the counterstrike source, and earlier on this morning, it downloaded a load of sercurity things n that for halflife 2, took like 6mins, was preety big file. Ill ask around and see if anyone has come across the install / gamming problem mate  Dont kick the computer in just yet lol
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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This is so cool! just been playing it a bit - I love the phsyics in the game and the graphics are wicked - runs so smooth and fast too... 
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Dave1682
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Matt, I'm talking about the old CS not CS:Source. I don't think my PC could handle CS:S or HL2, it would just blow up!
Need a new machine for these new games!
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Dean_H
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Registered: 19th May 02
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I got it, its class.
Im on the speedboat thingy
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AdiSRI
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validated at last its unlocking now, STEAM really does seem crap..
oh well i too shall be HLing in a min
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Dave1682
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Does anybody know the minimum system requirements for HL2?
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
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Can someone explain to me what the game is about?
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Dave1682
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The original Half-Life was released in 1999 i think, and was heralded by almost everybody, as the greatest PC game ever. It concerned an accident at a research facility that the main character (Gordon Freeman)worked at. This accident opened up a parallel world where aliens could transport from their world to earth. At the time it was a very realistic gaming experience, with you not only battling the alien invasion but also a crack military force sent in to the facility to stop anyone surviving. The sequel has been in production since the first was released, and it's finally out today.
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Dean_H
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was released in nov 1998, i had it for xmas 1998 when i was...... 13 lol
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Dan B
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Can someone explain to me what the game is about?
Guns, bombs, aliens, zombies, explosions, and a superb physics-engine.
Just finished playing Max Payne 2, which uses the same "ragdoll physics" engine as HL2, and I can safely say it's great!
Nothing like dropping a grenade into a pile of corpses and watching them fly off in all directions in a nice realistic way (ie. arms and legs flail, the body is not just a block like in old-style FPS games)!
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Dean_H
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quickly i will explain
Gordon Freeman (YOU PLAY AS GORDAN), Researcher at the Black Mesa Research Facility, Black Mesa, New Mexico, gets to work on a high level experiment doing an analysis of a specimen mineral when something goes wrong. By a freak accident (or maybe not) hundreds of alien creatures appear all over the research facility, and they do not come in peace. Gordon fights his way up to the surface and halfway there he is told the military is coming in to save them all, great!
When Gordon encounters the nice friendly army guys, he discovers they are in fact there to silence all witnesses, especially Freeman seeing as he, ie you, are wearing a Mk IV Hazardous EnVironment protection suit in stylish hospital orange which not only shields you from radiation but also from bullets. You fight you're way through aliens, marines, bigger, badder aliens including a big nostril hair stuck in an rocket engine test lab and an owergrown beetle. Eventually you reach the Lambda complex, from which the BMRF has been sending expeditions into another dimension, Xen. It is from here that these creatures have come from. You are sent in to destroy the biggest, baddest alien you can find and end up encountering a huge walking testicle on four legs, which appearentely is the big momma of all those pesky little headcrabs. You kill it and then go on to meet with an enourmous floating stitched up baby-like alien, which you kill, then a thin guy in a suit that has been following you all day says in bad english that he's got an offer. Work for him or die. If you are smart you go to work and the game fades out to credits and if you are a bank manager you refuse and are left alone with ten or so big badass aliens and no weapons and no where to run.
There ya go...
You can pick up hl1 and all the addons for like a £5er lol and he graphics are still good to this day....
If you want a full read of what happens in hl1 it will take you 1-2 hours but this is the website...
http://website.lineone.net/~wingerden/index.htm
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Dean_H
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http://www.rlearm.com/i/g/hl2/
some screenshots and videos of what has been played so far in hl2 since 8am this morning when it was released.
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Dean_H
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Some screenshots from HALFLIFE 1
http://www.hlgaming.com/spmods/halflife/screenshots.php
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Rob B
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i tell ya the ultimate game is counter-strike not source not condition zero just plain normal counter strike
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Dean_H
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa_rob
i tell ya the ultimate game is counter-strike not source not condition zero just plain normal counter strike
yep played that since beta 2, thought it was shit, then played it for about 3 years from beta 5.1
I was 16 then so was more interested in girls
Now im 19 and have had a gf for 2 years im more interested in hl2
ONLY JOKING ROXY xxx lol
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Dave1682
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Registered: 18th Jul 04
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I've been trying to connect to game on CS for ages now but everytime it just doesn't happen, connections keep timing out!
After looking at some screenies of HL2, i want to play this game so much. It looks lovely!
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Dean_H
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are you sure you have the most upto date version of cs.... i.e steampowered?
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Dave1682
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Yeah got it all, CS has been fully updated. don't understand whats going on, but i imagine the Steam servers are experiencing high levels of traffic today though, for obvious reasons. I'll try later!
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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Just been playing some HL 2 - took some pics of cool things...
The glass in this first pic is wicked - shatters depending on where you hit it...
The effects on the water are lovely.
this pic shows some scale of the game though
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Ojc
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Sounds crap.
If its not WW2 im not intrested
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Dave1682
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Registered: 18th Jul 04
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You stick to MOH, BF, or COD then mate
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