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Toll Booth Willie
08-26-04, 05:55 PM
Anybody get it yet? Considering I'm on the road the day after labor day for 3 months, I'm not going to even bother.
AcidQueen
08-26-04, 06:42 PM
It's out already?
Superfluous_Nut
08-26-04, 07:22 PM
i've seen betas available on bit torrent, but the real deal doesn't come out till "this fall".

looks good, tho.
Toll Booth Willie
08-26-04, 10:58 PM
It says it came out today on Best Buy's site.
Savio
08-26-04, 11:08 PM
It says it came out today on Best Buy's site.


:thinking:



Another month big boy


Sept 30
Toll Booth Willie
08-27-04, 09:15 AM
Hmm. Guess Best Buy needs to update their site again. (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1056899605282&skuId=5756041&type=product)
Savio
08-27-04, 09:27 AM
Hmm. Guess Best Buy needs to update their site again. (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1056899605282&skuId=5756041&type=product)


Yup....


it's out already but you have to pre order :thinking:
Clay
08-27-04, 10:30 AM
It's actually out, as of last night. It's just not playable.

If you have Steam (Valve's online delivery system), last night you could "pre-load" HL2. Which basically means, assuming you paid for it, the instant they release it, you can play it.
Superfluous_Nut
08-27-04, 02:50 PM
It's actually out, as of last night. It's just not playable.

If you have Steam (Valve's online delivery system), last night you could "pre-load" HL2. Which basically means, assuming you paid for it, the instant they release it, you can play it.
weird. that sounds like a really bad idea. one crack and sales plummet.
Clay
08-27-04, 09:23 PM
weird. that sounds like a really bad idea. one crack and sales plummet.
nah it's probably just textures and sounds and stuff.
Superfluous_Nut
08-27-04, 10:12 PM
yeah, i've seen it on torrent. it's probably like you say, just resources. i suppose that'll cut down on traffic on "d-day".
bkfountain
08-31-04, 01:15 AM
people can't hack into it to produce a playable game. They are still missing at least a gig and a half of stuff, like maps and the actual game engine. you can however use GCFscape to dig through the files for images, skins, textures.


http://www.half-life2.com/secret/pwn3d/
maybe they should have been making the game instead of stuff like this and it could have been out earlier..

*view the source of the page
AcidQueen
08-31-04, 06:21 AM
It's asking for a name and a password. :-p
bkfountain
08-31-04, 09:11 AM
Name: valve
Pass: 437N452
Toll Booth Willie
02-15-05, 06:12 AM
Just got it this week. Most realistic graphics I've seen, even edges out Doom3, which is fucking impressive. These games just keep one-upping each other. I love it!
Science
02-15-05, 09:01 AM
I'm now in the process of trying to let a friend use the game since I'm done, but Valve has put a bitch of a protection scheme on it. Once installed on a PC, it seems forever locked to that machine unless you send the CDs back to Valve. Seems stupid as shit to me, but if anyone has heard of another way to "crack" the game, please post.

Otherwise, HL2 rocks.
Superfluous_Nut
02-15-05, 03:31 PM
yeah, they're a bit paranoid about the cracking thing. might have something to do with having had hl2 source code stolen once or twice.

it's a pretty scary thing they're doing. that is, if people accept the notion of HAVING to be online in order to install and then also being unable to install on another machine, other companies will follow suit and that's just how it will be.

maybe that'll make everything cheaper (they claim the reason things are expensive is to make up for all the stolen copies) but i seriously doubt it.
bkfountain
02-15-05, 03:41 PM
the only way a price physically goes up on a product is if it's stolen from a store. Then the retailer may adjust the price to make up for the loss. however, I dont see how they can justify raising prices because people downloaded games illegally.They technically didnt lose anything.
Superfluous_Nut
02-15-05, 04:01 PM
the only way a price physically goes up on a product is if it's stolen from a store. Then the retailer may adjust the price to make up for the loss. however, I dont see how they can justify raising prices because people downloaded games illegally.They technically didnt lose anything.
they aren't charging for the physical product -- the actual manufacturing is probably about $2 for a $50 game. it's like a movie. if you sneak in to see a flick, are you stealing anything?

not that i agree with the justification...
bkfountain
02-15-05, 04:28 PM
yeah, they're a bit paranoid about the cracking thing. might have something to do with having had hl2 source code stolen once or twice.

it's a pretty scary thing they're doing. that is, if people accept the notion of HAVING to be online in order to install and then also being unable to install on another machine, other companies will follow suit and that's just how it will be.

maybe that'll make everything cheaper (they claim the reason things are expensive is to make up for all the stolen copies) but i seriously doubt it.


I also am guessing that people accept it because it's Half Life 2. I'm not so sure any game could get away with a setup like that.
Superfluous_Nut
02-15-05, 04:40 PM
I also am guessing that people accept it because it's Half Life 2. I'm not so sure any game could get away with a setup like that.
absolutely. maybe doom 3 could have gotten away with it as well. but they've done it now and set a precedent. i'm sure somebody will eventually figure out a hack for it, but now companies now that people will accept this level of security.
Science
02-17-05, 09:07 AM
World of Warcraft is trying it now, even though it apparently violates their own EULA:

http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/16/1855214&from=rss