Half Life 2 Package Details!

Canyarion · 09-29-2004, 11:46 AM

Hm I'm afraid Steam doesn't deliver in Turkey? Or do they?

Bube · 09-29-2004, 01:54 PM

Steam works here, I don't know if they sell though. I used to play CS 1.6 with my 56k, but after buying a new computer, and a DSL connection, Steam couldn't update itself. Or maybe it was because I installed it during the CS:Source preload period.

Ahh, whatever, I won't pay money to download a game off the internet. I'll probably pay, and won't be able to download it... I hate Steam...

And getting a DVD drive just isn't worth it. I'll pay 30$ to play a game I've played before (and hated, I should add) with better graphics.

thatmariolover · 09-29-2004, 02:31 PM

It's just Half Life 1 running on the Half Life 2 engine. I'm fairly sure all you're going to get is physics improvements, reflection improvements, and light/shadow improvements. I've been running the HL1 maps on the old HL2 beta that leaked for a while now. It'll be cool. I'll definitely be buying the Collector's package.

Null · 09-29-2004, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Bube

Steam works here, I don't know if they sell though. I used to play CS 1.6 with my 56k, but after buying a new computer, and a DSL connection, Steam couldn't update itself. Or maybe it was because I installed it during the CS:Source preload period.

Ahh, whatever, I won't pay money to download a game off the internet. I'll probably pay, and won't be able to download it... I hate Steam...

And getting a DVD drive just isn't worth it. I'll pay 30$ to play a game I've played before (and hated, I should add) with better graphics.

well, you have to start reconizing a trend here man. havnt you noticed the games now starting to release 2 versions? DVD, or a pack of CD's? the switch is happening, it wont be too long before games come out on DVD only,
so IMO, a DVD drive that doesnt cost much is very much worth it.

i get angry when i see people telling developers to release games on the CD format, theres no reason why anyone shouldnt be able to get a DVD drive now. and theres no reason to get games to install on a computer that have 6+ CD's.

i have the DVD version of UT 04, my friend bought the CD version. i was reformating his comptuer for him, and i had to reinstall that game. OMG! what a pain to keep switching CD's, took like 15min. my DVD version, i just put it in, takes a min to install and im done.

GiMpY-wAnNaBe · 09-29-2004, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Null

well, you have to start reconizing a trend here man. havnt you noticed the games now starting to release 2 versions? DVD, or a pack of CD's? the switch is happening, it wont be too long before games come out on DVD only,
so IMO, a DVD drive that doesnt cost much is very much worth it.

i get angry when i see people telling developers to release games on the CD format, theres no reason why anyone shouldnt be able to get a DVD drive now. and theres no reason to get games to install on a computer that have 6+ CD's.

i have the DVD version of UT 04, my friend bought the CD version. i was reformating his comptuer for him, and i had to reinstall that game. OMG! what a pain to keep switching CD's, took like 15min. my DVD version, i just put it in, takes a min to install and im done.

I believe far cry was released only on dvd....t'is a good game

, sorry guys.

in anycasse, verrrrrry, good news for people with ATi vouchers

Bube · 09-30-2004, 04:54 PM

Well, I decided to listen to the people who like Steam, and installed it. The updates aren't bad as I remembered, and I downloaded Codename Gordon in quite a short time. But I couldn't remember my old username (

), so I couldn't get my already registered Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat and the others to register again

. Then I found a way around it...

Then I found my old username and password...

But still, I'm not ready to download 6GBs off Steam. I'm still buying it off the shelf. When I format, I'll have to download it all over again...

Canyarion · 09-30-2004, 05:23 PM

Carefull with the wall. No stains please.

Jonbo298 · 09-30-2004, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Bube

But still, I'm not ready to download 6GBs off Steam. I'm still buying it off the shelf. When I format, I'll have to download it all over again...

You don't have to pre-load HL2

Bube · 10-01-2004, 04:18 AM

Doesn't Steam download the game after you buy it? At least some neccesary parts of it? If I'm wrong, then I'm going to need a pretty in-depth explanation of buying games off Steam. And if I'm convinced, I might actually buy something

...

Jonbo298 · 09-29-2004, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Canyarion

Hm I'm afraid Steam doesn't deliver in Turkey? Or do they?

Steam can deliver anywhere in the world AFAIK since its all run off of servers and it can contact anywhere it feels to download data.

And Steam is free to download. It's just that to play MOST games (not all because there is a free game you can get off Steam - Codename Gordon) you have to pay which is obvious.

But overall, I've had no real issues with Steam. They have really good servers that can handle a ton of bandwidth.

Bube · 09-29-2004, 03:15 PM

I'm not much of a PC gamer, although I've got a pretty good PC, so I just don't see the reason to buy a DVD player for faster installs, and a remake of HL. If it came with the CD version, I would be happy. And even though I do want it, I won't go out and buy a DVD drive for it.

And Steam, IMO, is the tool of the devil. The endless updates are a total pain. Why not put the updates into an optional installation package, manually downloaded? Do I have to wait hours for the stupid program to find an empty slot to connect to?

Give me the boxes, CDs, cash, cashiers and reciepts over downloads any day. It's been so long since I purchased a game off the shelf myself. Ahhh, the smell of a new game being opened, bought from the store with real money...

Canyarion · 09-29-2004, 03:46 PM

Ah ok I had NO idea what steam was.

Thanks for informing me.

Jonbo298 · 09-29-2004, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Bube

And Steam, IMO, is the tool of the devil. The endless updates are a total pain. Why not put the updates into an optional installation package, manually downloaded? Do I have to wait hours for the stupid program to find an empty slot to connect to?

Usually you don't have to wait for a slot to open. The only time you may have to wait is if there is a very large update that takes alot of bandwidth. The only times i've seen Steam make you wait was when they started pre-loads for HL2. Each person wanting about 900megs of stuff off the server can make you wait. But typically updates are far less then it and typically causes no waits because their servers are very large and can handle alot. I think Gabe mentioned that with an expensive call, he can get bandwidth to like 14 or 16 gbps (thats gigabytes (or gigabits?) per second). But it hasn't had ot happen yet but they can at the flip of a switch.

Jonbo298 · 09-29-2004, 07:10 PM

After firing an email to Gabe Newell last night asking about which package Ati voucher owners will get, I got a reply from Steam support saying

Hello,

ATI key holders will receive the bronze package. There is a plan to allow for upgrades in packages, but pricing has not yet been announced.

So I hope upgrading to Silver will only cost like $10 or so because I'll be all over it. And if Gold isn't that much more expensive, I'll go for that instead of Silver. *waits for pricing announcement

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Jason1 · 09-29-2004, 09:11 PM

Well, Im just glad ive done all the Pre-loading so hopefully I wont have to spend all that time installing the 6 CD's.

That and my CD-rom drive sometimes likes to act up during installations.

EDIT:

Welp, some serious news now...read it.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/ha...s_6109232.html

I would be estatic about this news, but I just pre-ordered the fugging retail version a week ago. Valve has totally screwed those of us who have allready pre-ordered over. What are we suppoused to do while the rest of the world is playing CS:S? Just sit here and wait for the retail huh?

And who knows when that will come. After this move by valve, I just see vevendi pushing this court case thing as much as they possibly can. I honestly dont even see it coming out this year now. Makes me sick just thinking about it.