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Posted by azelito on Thu Apr 29th at 7:22pm 2004

(magazine scans illegalness, m'kay- Lep.)

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Posted by Kage_Prototype on Thu Apr 29th at 7:27pm 2004

I dunno if Lep cares or not, but that link leads to magazine scans i.e. a tad illegal. [addsig]



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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Thu Apr 29th at 7:42pm 2004

? posted by Myrk-

God you guys! You love HL so blindly you don't realise the truth. HL2 is dissapointing, its bog standard graphics. Released in september it would have blown the world away, but please, Stalker...

Stalker has an advanced weather engine, and it looks good, HL2 doesn't even cast shadows from { textures ffs! Look at the fences, no shadows. The graphics are just as good as Splinter Cell lol!

If you wanna see a good game I advise you try and find out more about the game Gearbox are anouncing... they released 5 screenshots of oh so goodness. When they were loading I thought they were photos!

A few points:

  • HL didn't have the best graphics when it was released, and I think it may have been a minor hit of some sort... graphics don't mean s**t (to me anyways)
  • Gameplay is king, and screenshots don't convey that at all. So, who cares if it isn't on the graphical cutting edge. See point above.
  • HAHAHA! Gearbox? Who the hell cares. They couldn't manage to port Halo correctly, they made a s**tty Bond game, they wasted people's time with Blue Shift, and apparently they couldn't handle CS:CZ.




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Posted by Wild Card on Thu Apr 29th at 7:43pm 2004

Magasin scans arent all that illegal. well, depending. If they are made to show images no, but if they also are contrasted enough to let others read the whole mag online then yes. [addsig]



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Posted by LAzerMANiac on Thu Apr 29th at 8:00pm 2004

i'm drowning in my own drool over the screenies. please help me.
I also saw a Creative Labs demo video (not in the E3 demo), a new e, called Tunnels. ordon fights off a few manhacks (flying sawblade robots) and then locks the remainder of them behind a steel door. Then gordon goes into a side tunnel and kills a combine. then he sets another one on fire with an incendiary nade launcher. then he dropdown and meets ALyx who goes :" Hope u didnt have trouble finding me..." then a combine drops down from somewhere, landing in a cool smus-like pose. then the hydra impales him and smacks him on the ground several times. the end. [addsig]



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Posted by Kage_Prototype on Thu Apr 29th at 8:03pm 2004

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i'm drowning in my own drool over the screenies. please help me.
I also saw a Creative Labs demo video (not in the E3 demo), a new e, called Tunnels. ordon fights off a few manhacks (flying sawblade robots) and then locks the remainder of them behind a steel door. Then gordon goes into a side tunnel and kills a combine. then he sets another one on fire with an incendiary nade launcher. then he dropdown and meets ALyx who goes :" Hope u didnt have trouble finding me..." then a combine drops down from somewhere, landing in a cool smus-like pose. then the hydra impales him and smacks him on the ground several times. the end.


That isn't new in the slightest. it was part of the E3 presentation last May. I remember it very distinctly. And even if I'm wrong, it was released over the Steam beta like last August. [addsig]



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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Thu Apr 29th at 8:11pm 2004

PS I almost forgot. I would rather have Valve spend a whole year working on content, gameplay, and story then wasting their time making an engine cast shadows from a f**king chainlink fence.



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Posted by ReNo on Thu Apr 29th at 8:14pm 2004

LOL, well said Yak [addsig]



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Posted by asterix_vader on Thu Apr 29th at 8:16pm 2004

wow, what a maps...
or i should say what a photos?

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Posted by Vash on Thu Apr 29th at 11:04pm 2004

Who cares about graphics. Want super-realistic, real-life graphics? Go outside. Half-life 2 offers much more than a pretty face. It seems to offer a variety of style, and content, rather than making levels full of polygons and labeling it a game. People these days are so distracted by how much prettier games have gotten that they havent noticed the fact that playing them is like stabbing yourself in the balls...What made Half-Life so compelling was its robust single-play story line, its online frag-fest of multiplayer, and its moddable content which kept it alive till this day. The reason I cant wait for Half-Life2 is because its just Half-Life 1, repackaged and suped up a lot for our pleasures. Just thinking of all my ideas from Half-Life 1 that couldnt be modded, but now can be in Half-Life2 is mind blowing.

To make it short: f**k graphics; give me fun gameplay.

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Posted by Leperous on Thu Apr 29th at 11:16pm 2004

Be interesting to see what sort of things us mappers will be making in 5 years time with it- compare early HL maps with todays...



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Posted by mazemaster on Thu Apr 29th at 11:43pm 2004

This is a joke, right? I mean, movie-quality renders dont look that real.

? posted by scary_jeff

The skies are dynamic.

But having seen pictures of FarCry, these suddenly don't look so amazing tbh...



^^ FarCry on the next ATI graphics card.





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Posted by Wild Card on Thu Apr 29th at 11:46pm 2004

someone take a real life picture photoshop in a gun?

Theres no freakin way a game and video card can display that

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Posted by LAzerMANiac on Thu Apr 29th at 11:47pm 2004

my drool is filling the room. i need desperate help. i imagine HL2 mapping. it would be harder to do, because of all new features, but it's gona KICK ASS!

i'm gonnna try and re-make UT2k4 vehicles. i'm so000ooo gonna do it...

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Posted by ReNo on Thu Apr 29th at 11:48pm 2004

LOL, yeah it is a joke guys, just a very well edited on gun and HUD...I hope. [addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Thu Apr 29th at 11:52pm 2004

The gun has a slightly different light source [addsig]



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Posted by Kage_Prototype on Thu Apr 29th at 11:55pm 2004

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someone take a real life picture photoshop in a gun?smiley

Theres no freakin way a game and video card can display that


It's quite obviously an IRL photo [addsig]



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Posted by ReNo on Fri Apr 30th at 12:24am 2004

Speaking of graphics, do you think it is really the area that FPS's need to push further? I personally think the most impressive FPS I've seen in ages is Namco's Xbox FPS "Breakdown". I've not played it yet, and it got hit or miss reviews, but the videos are absolutely amazing in my opinion. Graphically its not astounding (though nice enough for a console effort), but what sets it apart is its unique take on immersing the player. The whole game is viewed in first person, which is nothing new, but the level of interactivity and the way that the first person viewpoint is handled is breakthrough. For instance, near the beginning you start having some fit of illness in a bathroom, and the camera swings around realistically as your character runs into a toilet stall and is physically sick. Also, there is a hand to hand combat system which may or may not be any good, but when hit by a hard punch you can be swung around, knocked over, made dizzy, and so on.

I really recommend you download some trailers if you have a decent connection, even if you wouldn't consider buying it. Its definately one of the few FPS games that has really excited me for a while now, as its actually trying something different.

http://www.gametrailers.com

EDIT: I recommend grabbing Breakdown trailer 3 from this page, though its a tad hefty. The gameplay clips show the nicely handled FPS viewpoint pretty well too.

http://www.gametrailers.com/vault-b3.html [addsig]



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Posted by Campaignjunkie on Fri Apr 30th at 12:45am 2004

Graphics matter, especially in FPS's. Why?

There it is. Yep, pure gameplay. Pure action. No silly "graphics" to get in the way.

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Posted by Cassius on Fri Apr 30th at 12:49am 2004

? posted by Myrk-

God you guys! You love HL so blindly you don't realise the truth. HL2 is dissapointing, its bog standard graphics. Released in september it would have blown the world away, but please, Stalker...

Stalker has an advanced weather engine, and it looks good, HL2 doesn't even cast shadows from { textures ffs! Look at the fences, no shadows. The graphics are just as good as Splinter Cell lol!

If you wanna see a good game I advise you try and find out more about the game Gearbox are anouncing... they released 5 screenshots of oh so goodness. When they were loading I thought they were photos!

I won't bother to respond to this save by saying: don't be a fool Myrk. If you hate HL2 so much and are so confident that its 'bog standard graphics' and incapability to cast shadows from transparent textures will get it owned by Stalker and a motherf**king Gearbox game, then quit posting in these threads.






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