Half Life 2 May Not Make 2004?

[wolfie]

WHAT A JOKE!!!!!!!!:mad:

http://www.vgpro.com/news/4590

there going to put that kind of money into a game that was supposd to be out last year? plus i bought a new card to get this game free and the cards going to be obsulete:eek:

wolfie

[ghost2003]

Do they think anyone will even buy the game if its that late!? The only reason im gonna have it is becaus it came with my video card but I would never pay 1 cent on that.

[lil Jimmie]

Originally posted by wolfie
WHAT A JOKE!!!!!!!!:mad:

plus i bought a new card to get this game free and the cards going to be obsulete:eek:

wolfie

So will the rest of your rig.

This is one of those times when I'm glad I was a lil late getting into gaming, I have never played HL and by the way it's going I'm not gonna mess with HL2.

[ghost2003]

Although it is still going to be a very sweet game, just look at this http://www.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_halflife2_vol1.html
Still wouldnt pay for it though

[tomster2300]

Face it guys. It's not going to come out. This has to be some kind of scheme to keep Valve's name in the spotlight. Last I heard it had been pushed back to this June. Halo 2 will be out before it is and nobody will care about Half Life anymore. (Yeah right).

[wolfie]

Originally posted by lil Jimmie
So will the rest of your rig.



working on that too:D

wolfie

[tigstah]

Originally posted by wolfie
WHAT A JOKE!!!!!!!!:mad:

http://www.vgpro.com/news/4590

there going to put that kind of money into a game that was supposd to be out last year? plus i bought a new card to get this game free and the cards going to be obsulete:eek:

wolfie

i saw that on bluesnews. and they said that was a quote after the delayed release from september 2003

[ghost2003]

Originally posted by tomster2300
Face it guys. It's not going to come out. This has to be some kind of scheme to keep Valve's name in the spotlight. Last I heard it had been pushed back to this June. Halo 2 will be out before it is and nobody will care about Half Life anymore. (Yeah right).
Not a good thing to be in the spolight as the companey that cant release a game. It will make people think twice about pre-ordering a game from them.

[bigandy]

I'm sorry to say, but this news doesn't exactly surprise me.

[DragonNOA1]

When it finally comes out, then I will begin to get excited. Right now, it's just like any other game being developed.

[colecifer]

This reminds me of brute force, it got so delayed that i got it a year after i preordered! Makes me think twice about ever preordering again. Except Halo 2 i should probably preorder that soon, i know lots of people have already.

[DragonNOA1]

You're funny colecifer...

You say you never wanna pre-order again yet you want to pre-order Halo2. Then you'll pre-order HL2, then Duke Nukem Forever, then... and the list goes on. You're funny.

[sheeepy the noob]

im lookin more foward to vc san andreas comin in october.

[Nuclear Krusader]

I no longer care for this game.

[Strider]

All I can say is "Vaporware" :D

[Force Flow]

/me groans

Not another delay. I'm getting, really, really, really sick of hearing that term combined with HL2

[James.M]

Here is what Halflife2.net had to say about Gabe Newell’s quote from the 2003 interview with Polygon magazine:

There have been a lot of rumours and assumptions produced at other sites (or should we say tabloids?) about Half-Life 2 being delayed until 2005. This isn’t the case at all; people are simply getting confused by a hypothetical comment from Gabe Newell.

The comment was a reply to a question about Valve’s reasons for the delay back in September 2003. It’s purely hypothetical and there’s no reason to think Valve will be delaying the game until 2005 or putting $20 million more into it.

2.

they updated it

[Force Flow]

Check this out, according to amazon.com, it's already been released :p

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006I02Z/qid=1082406763/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/103-0066859-1325404?v=glance&s=videogames&n=507846

[Eagle]

i really want this game.... it looked the best one ever.. i bet its gonna need a better rig now :(

anyways i bet this new bit of news is a cover up from the truth.... i bet someone has hacked into them again and they are to ashamed to admit it...

[Force Flow]

Here is what Halflife2.net had to say about Gabe Newell’s quote from the 2003 interview with Polygon magazine:

There have been a lot of rumours and assumptions produced at other sites (or should we say tabloids?) about Half-Life 2 being delayed until 2005. This isn’t the case at all; people are simply getting confused by a hypothetical comment from Gabe Newell.

The comment was a reply to a question about Valve’s reasons for the delay back in September 2003. It’s purely hypothetical and there’s no reason to think Valve will be delaying the game until 2005 or putting $20 million more into it.

According to HardOCP, this was from an interview from last year.

UPDATE: More than a few of you have noted that this was taken from an interview last year that is just now coming out. I think the statements most likely still stand though.

[edit]: And from halflife2.net :
There have been a lot of rumours and assumptions produced at other sites (or should we say tabloids?) about Half-Life 2 being delayed until 2005. This isn’t the case at all; people are simply getting confused by a hypothetical comment from Gabe Newell.

The comment was a reply to a question about Valve’s reasons for the delay back in September 2003. It’s purely hypothetical and there’s no reason to think Valve will be delaying the game until 2005 or putting $20 million more into it.

The game will be released this year so sit back, relax and keep checking Halflife2.net for real information about Half-Life 2. There isn’t long to wait now.

This is Gabe Newell’s quote from an interview with Polygon magazine:

"We've already spent millions into this project, and we're willing to spend as much as we need to make this the best first person experience ever. If that means delaying the game to 2005, we'll do it without any hesitation. If it means sinking another $20 million into the project, we can do it. Rest assured, if we delay the game, it'll be only to blow your socks off even more when it finally releases."

[mystvearn]

Vaporware, maybe taking the crown from Duke Nukem Forever :D
All the better to avoid graphics cards giving free coupons with the game.

[ghost2003]

The game better be good atleast(even if it isint in 2005) caus if people wait this long and it ends up being crap there will be ALOT of angry geeks out there :D

[Werewolfdaddy]

With all the new games coming out that have updated graphics engines and better physics engines, has anyone seen or played a game with improved gameplay? And, I mean something revolutionary. I haven't and I've played most of the new games out.

[DragonNOA1]

From Amazon:

Availability: This item will be released on December 31, 1969. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives.

LoL.


Werewolfdaddy,

I haven't seen any new gameplay. It all seems to have been done before. That's why I try not to get excited about every new game. I don't expect anything awesome anymore. Just new and exciting.

[Werewolfdaddy]

I do enjoy UT2004, Battlefield:Vietnam and Call of Duty, though.

[aym]

I don't know why people are still waiting for HL2 and Far Cry is out there, the game is awesome, great graphics, gameplay, and atmosphere, it would be really hard for HL2 (if ever released) to beat it.

[ric449]

Do you think it was the game being stolen from valve that slowed it down?

[tomster2300]

Wouldn't it be funny if the game were released a couple of years from now and barely ran on the video card they were giving the free game tickets with? That would be hilarious. :) You crazy Radeon people.

[tigstah]

Originally posted by mystvearn
Vaporware, maybe taking the crown from Duke Nukem Forever :D
All the better to avoid graphics cards giving free coupons with the game.

nothing is gonna take duke's crown.......its was 1997 when they were talking about it....pc gamer ran a cover story......here we are 7 1/2 years later and still no game....not even a screen shot.....

[aym]

Originally posted by ric449
Do you think it was the game being stolen from valve that slowed it down?

This is the 3rd time they delay it after the leak, I don't think so.

[colecifer]

Originally posted by ric449
Do you think it was the game being stolen from valve that slowed it down?

that steal seemed a little to conveinent. And to just change the code a little wouldn't take this long.

[DragonNOA1]

Games always take time to build and to make them run efficiently. Anytime you hear a big name game being produced I never believe their release date. HL2 and D3 as examples.

[Eagle]

i no that games take time to make them... but usally they have made some portian of the game b4 they advertise it... on most games anyways....

[tomster2300]

Doom 3 has gone far beyond any realistic building period. It has to have been discontinued due to some reason reason not being let known to the general public. They're probably just letting the game sink slowly into oblivion.

[DragonNOA1]

That's a lot of time and money to just let sink into oblivion.

[Werewolfdaddy]

Another thing to take into consideration is the possibility that these games will not play well on the current generation of video cards. The game designers could well be waiting on the graphics cards to catch up with their games. Ofcourse, I'm probably wrong.

[James.M]

i actually think that the graphics dont look too demanding and that all cards above the 9600 will play the game

[Werewolfdaddy]

You're probably right.

[tomster2300]

That's a lot of time and money to just let sink into oblivion.

So you're saying Doom 3 will make some kind of surprise comeback? There have been games which have taken this long to create, but they at least showed some proof of their existence and the game's progress. I am doubting that Doom is coming back anytime soon. I could be wrong though of course.

[CaptTuna]

We can always go back to playing checkers.

[Werewolfdaddy]

I'm in. I used to be very good at checkers.

[DragonNOA1]

I was always a fan of Uno and Jenga.

[wolfie]

Originally posted by CaptTuna
We can always go back to playing checkers.

me too, less gray hair :D

[tomster2300]

Chess was fun for me. So is rummie.

[Ryjor]

The only reason I want HL2 and D3 to release is so others can start using their engines. I think they are trying too hard to perfect these games. Someone else will eventually put their engines to better use any ways, so just get it done already.

I almost hope a sleeper company comes out of nowhere and puts the new HL2 and D3 engines to shame! That would make me feel good inside, heh.

[tomster2300]

What kind of engine is Far Cry running on? It's supposedly taking advantage of some next generation graphics.

[CaptTuna]

Originally posted by wolfie
WHAT A JOKE!!!!!!!!:mad:

[ plus i bought a new card to get this game free and the cards going to be obsulete:eek:

wolfie

It will be obsolute for the new games in 2006, but should work fine on HL2.

[Ryjor]

Originally posted by tomster2300
What kind of engine is Far Cry running on? It's supposedly taking advantage of some next generation graphics.

Crytek developed their own engine for Farcry. I love it but I dont think they optimized Farcry very well. I hope its the game and not the engine, anyways.

[tomster2300]

Is the Far Cry engine similar to the one being developed for HL2?

[wolfie]

im playing farcry now and this game has the best graphics and detail i have ever seen for a game:cool: :D

wolfie

[DragonNOA1]

Originally posted by wolfie
im playing farcry now

How can you play the game AND post @PcMech? Where's that option at in the menus? ;)

[aym]

Originally posted by tomster2300
Is the Far Cry engine similar to the one being developed for HL2?

No, they are completely two different engines.

[Nuclear Krusader]

Farcry without too much fuss and propaganda is a helluva game.

[tomster2300]

Far Cry runs so so on my pc with everything on high - great on low. I dont think I'll be buying it anytime soon though.

[Werewolfdaddy]

The demo looks great. I don't have the money for now, but I look forward to buying the game in the future.