What's your best shot?

Almost everyone agrees that Half-Life 2 is a great looking game.
But in addition to the visuals, the incorporation of the physics system
into gameplay is revolutionary.

Submit a screenshot that represents the best of Half-Life 2. What
makes it stand out compared to the various other FPS games (i.e. Doom
3, Far Cry, Halo 2)?

Here is one that shows off the new water, the physics system, the cool hover craft, and of course, the Half-Life logo.

It also shows that overscaled textures look ugly as hell :biggrin:

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting ReNo</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>It also shows that overscaled textures look ugly as hell :biggrin:
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roflcopter

This:

ROFLMAO!

Hahaha, nice pic.

ROFL d00d!!!! what hands animation is that?

ROFL d00d!!!! what hands animation is that?

It's when you pick up the HEV suit for the first time.

Are you sure Gordon is just picking up the suit (and not some melons at the same time)?

And the best part is that Alyx seems to be enjoying it.

That's gotta be the best screenshot ever!

Hand me the keys to the ROFLcopter.

Are you sure Gordon is just picking up the suit (and not some melons at the same time)?

And the best part is that Alyx seems to be enjoying it.

That's gotta be the best screenshot ever!

... You're not too popular with the ladies are you? She looks annoyed more then anything else.

She's either looking away in disgust, or looking over to make sure her father isn't looking :biggrin:

Wow this is just great. I'm glad we've lowered our standards from debating politics and philosophy to repeating ROFL or ROFLCOPTER post after post.

Wow this is just great. I'm glad we've lowered our standards
from debating politics and philosophy to repeating ROFL or ROFLCOPTER
post after post.

We? Who is this We, you're talking about? And then,
realize that there are those who never had any standards to lower in
the first place. :smile:

Here's my contribution:

A Strider, charging up it's
mega-death-ray cannon, about to turn me into a charred corpse and
give me some unneccesary ventilation. I probably should have ran away.
I just love the effect it has; that there's so much power in this blast
that it's actually bending reality. It's quite possibly the most
fearsome charge-up sequence ever. Though in retrospect, I was probably too far away for this picture. Damnit!

I see how it is then. Gwil, Gollum, Orph, and Scary_Jeff need to break off and start a new forum where they can debate and I can read it.

I don't think it's as bad as you're making it out to be. It's only a
certain few who degrade their posts into "ROFL" or some other lousy acronym. For the
most part, we're still the same, good ol' Snarkpit, right? Except Orph isn't
around as much. And Gollum seems to have stopped visiting completely.
Hmm, I wonder why... :wink:

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Yak_Fighter</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>I see how it is then. Gwil, Gollum, Orph, and Scary_Jeff need to break off and start a new forum where they can debate and I can read it.

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Rollafamo

Go to hell!

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Yak_Fighter</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>I see how it is then. Gwil, Gollum, Orph, and Scary_Jeff need to break off and start a new forum where they can debate and I can read it.

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Do we get to have titles? I want to be the Philosopher Royal, so I can make all sorts of grand claims without any evidence. Gwil can be Ganja Gandhi, Jeff can be The Scientist, and Orph can be the Grand Old Man Who Lives Up the Tree.

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Gollum</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext> Orph can be the Grand Old Man Who Lives Up the Tree.</DIV></DIV>
i usually never say this, but: lmao

We'd like you to join in as well, Yak! I think your anti newbie
lashings have a lot more bite than ours, and security is essential in
this day and age. Our secret forum would be overrun by polls debating
the colour of the Hazard Suit by the end of the game.

Or whether Tom Cruise would make a good Walter.

Hot damn brother! Come to the light and taste my delicious salvation barbecue!

Yep, that was definitely a cool moment, gwil ... and those quick zombies crawling up teh buildings in Ravenholm ... scared the bejezus out of me, tho !

Hmm, I thought it was chestnuts that are roasting in an open fire, but I guess Combines will do for this holiday season. :wink:

I haven't gotten to that part yet, but I am eager for all the creative ways to eliminate those pesky Combines.

And all the rest need a forum where they can say ROFL or ROFLcpoter back and forth forevermore.

And all the rest need a forum where they can say ROFL or ROFLcpoter back and forth forevermore.

http://www.steampowered.com/forums/

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Yak_Fighter</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Wow this is just great. I'm glad we've lowered our standards from debating politics and philosophy to repeating ROFL or ROFLCOPTER post after post. </DIV></DIV>

I pretty much agree with you Yak, it's why I haden't posted in this thread.

Gollum said:
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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Yak_Fighter</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>I see how it is then. Gwil, Gollum, Orph, and Scary_Jeff need to break off and start a new forum where they can debate and I can read it.

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Do we get to have titles? I want to be the Philosopher Royal, so I can make all sorts of grand claims without any evidence. Gwil can be Ganja Gandhi, Jeff can be The Scientist, and Orph can be the Grand Old Man Who Lives Up the Tree.

I want to be The Scientist! Jeff can be Uber Computer Guy

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Nickelplate</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>And all the rest need a forum where they can say ROFL or ROFLcpoter back and forth forevermore.</DIV></DIV>
http://www.halflife2.net/forums/

C_J, my comp froze halfway through a strider firing the big blue cannon
to the side of me. I was surprised but found out that the spacial
displacement/distortion thing actually travels along the line of
fire. Weird but incredibly cool.

Here's one without the stretched 3D skybox texture, but has a great use of physics:

that was a easy puzzle.

that was a easy puzzle.

nevertheless, a cool one.

These are mine:

Dog was fun.



And for the surreal part: dying after falling off the bridge.

Did anybody else fall off the cliff, and get some white writing? It said something like 'Subject: Gordon Freeman, Status: Terminated, Reason: Displayed extremely ppor judgement'?

Did anybody else fall off the cliff, and get some white writing?
It said something like 'Subject: Gordon Freeman, Status: Terminated,
Reason: Displayed extremely ppor judgement'?

Yeah. Whenever you're in the buggy and go flying into water that you can't escape it does that.

Best shot eva? . :wink:

All I ever got was "failure to protect mission critical resources."

that was a easy puzzle.

Yeah, I agree. But doesn't it feel good to push that washing
machine into the basket? I don't know any other game that uses
such physics system in the gameplay.

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Andrei</DIV>
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Best shot eva? . :wink:

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OMG its the infamous Red X Zombie!!1

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Tracer Bullet</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>All I ever got was "failure to protect mission critical resources." </DIV></DIV>
that is when you are not IN the buggy i think...

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Forceflow</DIV>
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I think we need to notice Alyx's expression in this picture.

She's chillin with dawg, yo.

Tracer Bullet said:
All I ever got was "failure to protect mission critical resources."

that is when you are not IN the buggy i think...

I went front first into an oncoming train while driving the buggy and it said this.

Because you don't die from the impact, but the buggy does...I semi-hit
the train and jumped out while it was rolling around but the buggy ate
it. Dog looks mighty fine with high quality textures, nothing beats
full detail :smile:

Because you don't die from the impact, but the buggy does...I semi-hit
the train and jumped out while it was rolling around but the buggy ate
it. Dog looks mighty fine with high quality textures, nothing beats
full detail :smile:

Meaning it doesn't matter whether you're in the buggy or not :razz:

Lol whenever I died I got no message- too l337 it didn't know what to say ;-)

Also the strider charging ray- I saw it like once in game, they don't tend to do it often- probably because I never stood still whilst fighting them, I found it best to stay below them or hidden safely.

Forceflow any chance of getting a bigger version of that red pic- would make a cool background!

Is it me or is the red pic a bit pixelated?

It is, because of the water shaders...

I find it too 'reddish' anyway... :razz:

Mhh, anyone knows where Cassius got that new avatar from?

Mhh, anyone knows where Cassius got that new avatar from?

His face infront of a digital camera ... with badass sunglasses on.

So Cassius is the one they used as a template for Alyx, I suppose? :razz:

Just in case, I meant his new avatar... :smile:

From the picture I quoted on the last page. The avatar text is from Tupac.

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Captain P</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>It is, because of the water shaders...

I find it too 'reddish' anyway... :razz:

Mhh, anyone knows where Cassius got that new avatar from?

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Meh....sets it as desktop