[Deepblue]

I really find it funny that I used the pistol as a bloody sniping weapon.

[Descenterace]

Anyone else sick of games that don't work on dual core CPUs? Yeah, there's no excuse for it.

So there are games actually incompatible with dual cores no matter what you do? You can't just use the processor affinity setting?

It will probably be a little while before I get a dual core myself anyway. I doubt I would get one that can come near my $200 3ghz single core and I'm not that keen on upgrading to SP2 in order to use the Windows dual core hotfix.

It's usually possible to use imagecfg to set the image affinity, but this really shouldn't be necessary. If the game doesn't work in a truly concurrent environment the image should not be set up to run on multiple CPUs.
Also, some games refuse to run if the executable is changed. Silent Hill 2, for example, will not load if you use imagecfg on it.

[Turambar]

using the crossbow was the most fun part of that game

something about nailing someone to a wall from really far away with a hot reebar pipe just is fun to me

as for looks, well, it was impressive at first, but farcry kicks its ass

[Fineus]

On the subject of looks though, there is one mod for HL2 which is utterly necessary these days:

http://halflife2.filefront.com/file/FakeFactorys_Oggs_Cinematic_Mod;55317

FakeFactorys Cinematic Mod. It makes the game all purdy like.

[aldo_14]

Has any game ever lived up to it's hype?

[Prophet]

Has any game ever lived up to it's hype?

Freespace 2 goes above and beyond the call of hype!!!!

[Flipside]

Half Life 2 left me a bit cold, but then, most FPS do, it was just the whole feeling of continually being pushed from one section to the next, I prefer games where you can take your time and explore more, but then, I'm more a city-builder person than a shooter

[SadisticSid]

I think my main bone of contention for HL2 was that it didn't draw me in at all. The story was monotonously boring all the way through, unlike, dare I say, Quake 4's - which I thought was better all round for a game with a similar setting and engine technology.

[Janos]

Has any game ever lived up to it's hype?

solitaire

[Stealth]

i loved HL2.

great game. couldn't fault anything with it.  i've now beaten it 3 times. the last time i did it just to see if i could do it in 12 hours. (7 AM --> 7 PM)

EDIT:

for the record, first time i played it cause i'd just got it
second time i played it because i wanted to explore, take in the great graphics, etc. on my new computer
third time i did it just to set a record.  i did it in 8 hours and something minutes

[Turambar]

you would

sorry to keep you waiting

[Stealth]

yeah sorry about that.  i realized that this isn't the old HLP... not all the posts have black backgrounds

[CP5670]

third time i did it just to set a record.  i did it in 8 hours and something minutes 

That's pretty good. Try going for the record though: http://speeddemosarchive.com/HalfLife2.html.

[Stealth]

watched that video (well, watched like 15 minutes of it. skimmed through it). i DOUBT that was the second time he played the game.

that was just amazing though lol

[SadisticSid]

Hehe that's nothing. Someone finished Morrowind in less than 8 minutes (video links on the left hand side).

[Turnsky]

Hehe that's nothing. Someone finished Morrowind in less than 8 minutes (video links on the left hand side).

i call bull**** on that.

[Ransom]

i call bull**** on that.

Er... did you bother to watch the video?

[vyper]

The worst thing to happen to HL2 was the code leak. It effectively led to a whole host of things being redesigned on the fly in some sort of attempt to invalidate the build that had escaped into the wild. Truth is that people would've bough HL2 in it's original form whether there was a leaked version or not.

Valve hit the panic button, and as a result we got a game far less beautiful or entertaining that we should have.

The lesson here children, is stick to the project development plan and content designs you spent years making, as opposed to the ones you drew up in five minutes.

[Turnsky]

i call bull**** on that.

Er... did you bother to watch the video?

yes, i did, and i smell cheating, no matter what.

[Fineus]

The worst thing to happen to HL2 was the code leak. It effectively led to a whole host of things being redesigned on the fly in some sort of attempt to invalidate the build that had escaped into the wild. Truth is that people would've bough HL2 in it's original form whether there was a leaked version or not.

Valve hit the panic button, and as a result we got a game far less beautiful or entertaining that we should have.

The lesson here children, is stick to the project development plan and content designs you spent years making, as opposed to the ones you drew up in five minutes.

I heard about that... any idea of specifics?

I know in the leaked build there was a ship level with all sorts of interesting things going on that never saw the light of day in the released game...