Which Half-Life 2 will/did you buy?
Friday, October 8th, 2004 - 2:33pm
Just a quick look at which Half Life 2 version is the most popular.
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STEAM OFFERINGS1. "Bronze" -- $49.95
-- Half-Life 2*
-- Counter-Strike: Source
*(To be made available upon product's release.)2. "Silver" -- $59.95
-- Half-Life 2*
-- Counter-Strike: Source
-- Half-Life 1: Source*
-- Day of Defeat: Source*
-- Valve's back catalog currently available on Steam *(To be made available upon products' release.)3. "Gold" -- $89.95
-- Half-Life 2*
-- Counter-Strike: Source
-- Half-Life 1: Source*
-- Day of Defeat: Source*
-- Valve's back catalog currently available on Steam
-- Complete Half-Life 2 Strategy Guide from Prima Games
-- 3 different Half-Life 2 posters
-- Half-Life Collector's box
-- Half-Life 2 hat
-- Half-Life 2 postcard
-- Half-Life 2 stickers
-- Half-Life 2 Soundtrack CD
-- Chance to win a trip to Valve! (1 trip offered for every 5000 Gold packages purchased).
*(To be made available upon products' release.)
Retail Standard Ed -- $54.99 (ebworld.com)
Retail Collector's Edition $79.99 (ebworld.com) includes:
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In addition to a limited edition DVD-ROM version of Half-Life 2, this Collector's Edition also includes:
Counter-Strike: Source - The next generation of the #1 online action gameHalf-Life: Source - Digitally remastered version of the original acclaimed PC game
Free Limited Edition T-shirt - Offered in men's size XL only
Half-Life 2 Prima Book - Information on character backgrounds, the making of the game, and more than 100 pieces of artwork
Oh. I went for the Retail version, luddite that I am.
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Std. retail edition here. I have no interest in Staem or an $80 collector''s version.
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There wasnt an option for both Retail Collectors and Steam Gold
Aint nothing new about the world order..it's been playing since the day they put George Washington on a quarter
85's face the truth you're too dumb.
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Silver - For $5 more I get (the latest version of) the best WWII FPS ever created in addition to instant CS:S access.
With the original HL/CS/DoD, once you purhcased you could enter your key into to Steam and have it available anywhere where the (Steam) client was loaded. Is that going to be true for retail purchasers of HL2?
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Retail Standard. I''d like Half-Life Source, but I don''t give half a crap about CounterStrike.
Oh, and does this mean that the CS and DoD mods are no longer free? I guess so, they wouldn''t up the price if you could just download them when you got the stardard edition home...
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I picked up Silver Steam. I have to admit, on a whole I''m more in favour of electronic distribution than physical for the most part. I agree with the comments that I should be getting it for a cheaper price, but that being said its nice to not have another box to clutter my office up.
no particular interest, no particular talent
No option for people with the coupon. I guess I''ll go with steam bronze
I believe you will get CS:Source in one form or another regardless of which package/delivery method you choose as Valve has stated that CS:Source is considered to be the official version of ""Half-Life 2 Multiplayer"". My guess would be that the regular box package, just like the Bronze Steam set does not include DoD:Source, though.
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
If you''re talking about the ATI coupon, you have the option of purchasing the Silver or Gold version at their standard price less the price of the Bronze version. Otherwise, the ATI coupon is the Bronze version.
Edit:Bah ... Friday afternoon pwns me.
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
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*grin* Gold Version.
I am a consumer whore!
Counter Strike and Half-Life have enriched my life beyond measure. Certainly beyond the measure of any paltry financial concerns. I pay homage to my gaming overlords and salute them with my debit card! Hail the age of steam!!
Now gimme posters, music cds, and other shiny crap!
Politely rude. Briskly vague. Firmly uninformative.
Did buy. Steam Bronze. I don''t see playing the CS:S much since the JO Escalation Beta is out.
BF2
BF2142
Y''all need an option for ""Not Buying.""
I got CS:Source bronze as well. I was planning to play it more but since everyone else was playing JO, I played that instead. Looking forward to CS:source action soon.
CS:Source
JO beta
Rome:TW
with BO3 and Fable waiting to be played.
arggg!
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I dunno. Maybe I should just go for Bronze so I can pwn you n00bz in CS:S until November 23 or what is the current ""September 30"" date is for HL2 these days.
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I completely missed the original Half life boat. I kept saying I was gonna buy it and never did. So I''ve never been in on any of the gaming goodness. That being said, I picked up the silver package so if the whim is upon me, I can see what I missed out on and kick myself in the arse.
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I want the DVD version, so retail special edition for me.
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I didn''t see a ''not even thinking about it until R:TW releases me from it''s clutches'' option.
But I''ll probably either go with Steam when I finish all of the crack contained in that little red box. I don''t like Vivendi very much and I really want to see electronic distribution take off.
I never minded piracy. Anyone who minds about piracy is full of sh*t. Anyone who pirates your game wasn't going to buy it anyway! -Warren Spector
I never finished HL1 so I''ll be trying to do so in HL:Source
I'm still right here
Giving blood, keeping faith
if you read the poll question that option wouldnt really make sense.
Aint nothing new about the world order..it's been playing since the day they put George Washington on a quarter
85's face the truth you're too dumb.
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Bah, you place FAR too much importance on actually READING these things, it''s so much more fun to have a knee-jerk reaction to a poll.
I should be on vacation when HL2 releases, I don''t like CS, DoD isn''t out yet, so there''s no reason for me to preorder. I''m also waiting to see if they''ll offer a version that substitutes DoD for CS. My guess is ""no"" since I assume Activision still has the DoD publishing rights & the additional $10 will cover that license fee.
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-- Gebhard von Blucher.
I''ll wait and see. I have a hefty store credit from the last Circuit City $5 sale at GameStop so more than likely i''ll get the collectors.
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Whichever one''s got HL: Source. I''m planning on giving that to my wife as an inauguration to FPS present
. And - for the nostalgia.
Fedaykin98 wrote:
Aperture Science wrote:
You should''ve put the Import from GoGamer DVD option.
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I''ll get the full Monty, $79.99 for a game of this magnitude even though I have no interest in CS at all.
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I bought the Silver. My name online for the Friends list is Wabu.
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seems like many of us have CS:Source. When will there be an official cs night?
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Once uncle Certis has the server up!
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Server is down at the moment due to some connection issues with the T1, we''ll get something going soon assuming you can run the dedicated server without buying the full game.
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