View Full Version : Half Life 2: Episode Two Trailer
torrefaction
06-02-2006, 08:42 AM
Looks like Valve messed up, and embedded (http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/01/half-life-2-episode-two-trailer-alyx-is-hurt/) the Episode 2 trailer.
With Episode One (http://ep1.half-life2.com/) just being released, this makes me even more excited to pick HL2 back up.
BleedTheFreak
06-02-2006, 08:52 AM
...this makes me even more excited to pick HL2 back up.
Did they really mess up then? ;)
Schnoogs
06-02-2006, 09:05 AM
Love the outdoor scenes...looks like the Source engine can do forrests now! ;)
Definitly stoaked to play that...
falcon
06-02-2006, 09:07 AM
While I haven't completed the first episode yet this may be the teaser that gets show at the end of the first one that teases what happens in the next one (SiN Episodes did something similar)
Rafer
06-02-2006, 09:28 AM
Love the outdoor scenes...looks like the Source engine can do forrests now! ;)
Definitly stoaked to play that...
Yeah I hope they have some large outdoor sections, instead of a skybox surrounding a patch of land so tiny that you have a loading screen every single minute when you're in a vehicle.
The interesting thing is that a different team has been working on Episode 2 for a while now, and the Episode 1 team should be starting work on Episode 3 now.
RainOfTerror
06-02-2006, 09:33 AM
This isn't a mess up, they had already announced it before Ep One launched that it would give people a sneak peak at Ep Two.
51|RandoM
06-02-2006, 09:48 AM
Love the outdoor scenes...looks like the Source engine can do forrests now! ;)
Definitly stoaked to play that...
The source version of cs_militia has some nice tree action.
torrefaction
06-02-2006, 10:21 AM
Ah, well. I was just going off the blurb at Joystiq. I guess it would have been more appropriate to say someone had ripped the trailer out.
ParrapaEast
06-02-2006, 10:37 AM
Clever trailer. Alyx could become her own entity soon enough.
Varsity
06-02-2006, 11:16 AM
Messed up? That's what you get for relying on Joystiq. It's Chapter Six in the Ep1 New Game menu, if anyone with the game fancies saving a download.
I'm just completing my second run through, with commentary enabled this time. It's great to hear all this stuff, but I wish the game would pause while it was going on.
Schnoogs
06-02-2006, 11:17 AM
The source version of cs_militia has some nice tree action.
My comment was sarcastic hence the "wink" at the end.
Eggplant!
06-02-2006, 12:00 PM
Yeah, I don't think this was a mess up. Ep1 shows this automatically when you complete the game, and it's selectable on the main menu. Hardly the work of "h4xx0rz"
Looks cool though! I love the little tripod thingies. (which also make a very brief appearance in Ep1 BTW... you just gotta look close)
Varsity
06-02-2006, 12:30 PM
which also make a very brief appearance in Ep1 BTW... you just gotta look close
You can enter "npc_create npc_ministrider" in the console, if you don't mind seeing them with no textures or sounds. They are fully (not to mention beautifully) animated and have AI though.
So they aren't enemies in Ep1? Is there anything new in Ep1?
Other than zombines?
I caught a glimpse of one in the Citidel on a monitor at the beginning, and I assumed they were some kind of new 4th or 5th party, because they looked like they were attacking the Combine.
If there is other stuff, dont tell me what it is, I just want to know if there is actually anything new. The Combine zombie thing is not a 'new' enemy. They look different and take more damage. I want to see something that performs completely differently than anything we've seen (like those crazy tripod things).
Also, any new guns?
Varsity
06-02-2006, 01:36 PM
Combine zombies perform very differently. It's a great mechanic. You'll know what I mean when you meet them.
No new guns. This isn't an expansion pack you know.
Varsity
06-02-2006, 02:03 PM
Best picture ever (http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/2489/emotions9ju.jpg). It's amazing what they've done with a bunch of sliders.
Eggplant!
06-02-2006, 02:21 PM
Some of the old monsters have some unexpected new tricks too....
thecrazyd
06-02-2006, 02:22 PM
So they aren't enemies in Ep1? Is there anything new in Ep1?
Other than zombines?
I caught a glimpse of one in the Citidel on a monitor at the beginning, and I assumed they were some kind of new 4th or 5th party, because they looked like they were attacking the Combine.
There are also Stalkers. I haven't played too far in yet.
Yeah, the zombines are different. So now, I have to shoot them faster than the other zombies. Great. I know this wasnt an expansion, but I was expecting them to mix things up a little more. The first 30 minutes had me going "holy shit, this is awesome", then it just dropped off.
Draft
06-02-2006, 04:46 PM
I just wish I could play it. The fucking POS crashes every time I try to load a new game. EVERY other Steam game works perfectly.
oh, and a big lol at this:
# General System Performance: Failed
Your system does not meet the system requirements for any Source games. This is critical in having an enjoyable play experience.
Your CPU: 2204 MHz
Recommended CPU: 2400 MHz
Total Memory: 1024 MB
Available Memory: 693 MB
Recommended Memory: 512 MBSuck my dick, Valve. Fire an artist and hire a goddamn QA tech.
Liquidize105
06-02-2006, 06:03 PM
Are those walking chrome balls in Episode 1? Haven't had the time for Epi1 yet, this weekend!
Schnoogs
06-02-2006, 06:05 PM
I just wish I could play it. The fucking POS crashes every time I try to load a new game. EVERY other Steam game works perfectly.
oh, and a big lol at this:
Suck my dick, Valve. Fire an artist and hire a goddamn QA tech.
Have I mentioned how well this game is running on my PC? ;)
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