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bean19
08-09-2005, 10:53 PM
Gamespot (http://www.gamespot.com) is hosting the first Official Trailer to the upcomging Half-Life 2 expansion entitled "Aftermath."

You can get it here (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/halflife2aftermath/media.html?gcst=hl2aftermath_ot_pc_080905.asx&tag=gs_hp_flashtop_watch).

/drool
RevGored
08-09-2005, 11:41 PM
I'm ready to put the boots to some more headcrabs
Dirty Harry
08-09-2005, 11:48 PM
Wow, if Half life 2 follows the doom 3 formula, then the expansion should make the first game look like shit in comparison.
thiby
08-09-2005, 11:51 PM
I wonder what those stalker things were, they look mighty scary.

I wish i had a pet headcrab.
feeble
08-09-2005, 11:57 PM
I wouldnt worry to much about the stalkers.

no really, they are those things at the end of HL2, they are drones.
Liquidize105
08-10-2005, 12:08 AM
It's all about those walking tanks in the citadel.

It's all on this page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combine_%28Half-Life_2%29).
Varsity
08-10-2005, 01:15 AM
I'm going to time how long I can resist temptation. Time now is 9:19 AM.
genocidalrobot
08-10-2005, 02:38 AM
any other non-gamespot places to download it from?
bKangy
08-10-2005, 03:06 AM
Oh my, that looks fantastic! The little Gman bit at the end is great.
bapenguin
08-10-2005, 04:10 AM
not much to see there....
koorb
08-10-2005, 05:06 AM
Unless STEAM sorts out that stupid login problem I won't be buying this.
bean19
08-10-2005, 05:44 AM
not much to see there....

Yeah, Valve showed off a lot with HL2 because there were so many physics and tech elements to show, but they've always been pretty tight-fisted with the story spoilers.

I'm glad to see that Alex seems to be featured a lot though. I really wanted a resolution to the story told in HL2, and what happens to her.

Maybe we'll even learn something about the Overseers and/or G-Man. . . I wonder if they even know wtf G-man is over in the Valve offices.
Varsity
08-10-2005, 06:08 AM
Unless STEAM sorts out that stupid login problem I won't be buying this.
Is there one?
SlamDunk
08-10-2005, 06:47 AM
VERY good little teaser. So much atmosphere...

Finally we get to play more official HL content.
Him_Again
08-10-2005, 06:50 AM
Need mirrors!
XxSATANxX
08-10-2005, 07:19 AM
Is this going to be available in a retail box?

Is this going to be worth putting up with STEAM?

Glad to see very few if any future games are going the steam route.

Very effective DRM though!
Bone
08-10-2005, 07:22 AM
I'm hooked already. I didn't realize how much I would miss those characters, but it's like a sequel to a great movie is coming out.
Librum
08-10-2005, 07:22 AM
I've never had a single problem with Steam, myself, and it continues to work beautifully for me. I hope more games go that direction.

Definitely stoked about the add-on here, I had so much fun with the original.
themulf
08-10-2005, 08:42 AM
If you have log in problems (i have, drive me nuts as im not always online) just shutdown steam, delete ClientRegistry.blob is the /steam/ folder, then start up and login. That should fix any anomalies.
Dirty Harry
08-10-2005, 09:07 AM
Steam is great, ive had many problems with it but ive managed to fix it everytime because i am not technically innept.
TheKeck
08-10-2005, 09:09 AM
If you have log in problems (i have, drive me nuts as im not always online) just shutdown steam, delete ClientRegistry.blob is the /steam/ folder, then start up and login. That should fix any anomalies.

Believe me when I say that this will NOT necessarily fix all your problems. (Well perhaps it will, since they have upgraded steam quite a few times since I had my problems with it. But it wouldn't have ALWAYS solved all your problems.) Either way, Steam works fine for me now and I will definitely have to get this expansion. Looks sweet.
RandomViolence
08-10-2005, 09:13 AM
Give it to me, and give it to me now. I demand satisfaction!
The Iron Weasel
08-10-2005, 09:21 AM
Need more, HL2............I NEED MY FIX VALVE DONT FUCK THIS UP!!!!
Wombat
08-10-2005, 09:33 AM
Steam is great, ive had many problems with it but ive managed to fix it everytime because i am not technically innept.

You shouldn't need to be technically anything just to get a game to run.
Kefkataran
08-10-2005, 10:24 AM
Ohmanohmanohmanohman. Sweeet.

You shouldn't need to be technically anything just to get a game to run.

Er, that's what he said. He said he's NOT technically inept. He didn't say he was technically anything.
XxSATANxX
08-10-2005, 10:26 AM
Steam is a DRM masterpiece! I'm so proud of my time as a member of the Valve Police force.

HL2 was brilliant. 8 seconds after I finished I deleted it. Not sure I'm up for another tour of the STEAM POLICE.

In the real world normal folks are'nt that fond of STEAM. Here in the MATRIX I guess it's the cats ass. Did you like the girl in the red dress?
Bone
08-10-2005, 10:27 AM
Steam is great, ive had many problems with it but ive managed to fix it everytime because i am not technically innept.
Yea, nice one. But all the technical knowledge in the world wouldn't get your game running when the account servers were hosed and you didn't yet have the option to play offline. They've fixed the major problems, but don't try and pretend they didn't exist.

Oh, and it's "inept".
Skookum
08-10-2005, 10:50 AM
It's all about those walking tanks in the citadel.


What, you mean the tripods?
drakkarim
08-10-2005, 11:10 AM
man that is one crappy 'trailer'
TheKeck
08-10-2005, 12:42 PM
man that is one crappy 'trailer'

It specifically said it was a teaser trailer. That's a lot more than you get from many teasers.
Draft
08-10-2005, 03:21 PM
I'll buy it. HL2 was a good game- not the second coming in your pants that a lot of you make it out to be, but a solid FPS games, and one of the best ones to come out in the last few years.

What I wonder is how many art assets they'll re-use. I'm just conjecturing here, but I bet a LOT of HL2's 5 (or was it 6?) year development was art creation. The game's gorgeous, and not because of any fancy engine, but because there's some genuine fucking art crammed in there. It takes a while to create that though, and HL2 hasn't been out that long.
endrom
08-10-2005, 08:36 PM
One question for the HL story freaks like me, Is that the G-man saying "we shall see" getting more angry in tone of voice? or is that just me, imagine you fight against g-man in aftermath, and gordon finally fucking says something cool, or anything at all.
Kefkataran
08-10-2005, 10:25 PM
It sounds like the G-Man, definitely.

I dunno if you'll really fight against him or not. It's still so hard to tell if he's a bad guy, although there's suggestions leaning both ways.
bean19
08-11-2005, 04:37 AM
It sounds like the G-Man, definitely.

I dunno if you'll really fight against him or not. It's still so hard to tell if he's a bad guy, although there's suggestions leaning both ways.

Huh. That description sounds an awful lot like God. Maybe he's God.
Kefkataran
08-11-2005, 06:43 AM
That description sounds an awful lot like God. Maybe he's God.

It has been rumored as such.