Half-Life 2 Episode 2 Catch-All
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 - 6:26pm
The game launches at midnight PST, but I wouldn't hold your breath. Impressions (use spoiler tags as needed), anticipations and gyrations can be made here.
Yeah, it's scary. I'm staring into the abyss right now, and it's staring into me, which I think is kind of a dick move on the abyss's part. - Nyles
Every delayed release has been during the day. I'm pretty confident it'll unlock on time because everything will be ready and waiting.
I've been looking forward to bagging me a hunter since the first gameplay movie came out. Please come out on time!
"We don't care how we get the money as long as we get it!"
- Eric Hartness, Electronic Arts
I'm definitely going to try and stay up until midnight. I have a lot of work to do before now and then, so it's good to know I'll have something to do while I wait.
everyone dont forget to ge tin the server to play some TF2 before the unlock, thats where i will be.....
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I was really looking forward to this but after all the buzz I've been hearing about portal it may be second in the queue.
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steam: casktapper
unlocks in exactly 5 hours.
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Waitaminute...what time zone are they releasing it in for midnight?
EDIT: Oh, nvm, I see it in Certis' post. Damn....5 hours.
"We don't care how we get the money as long as we get it!"
- Eric Hartness, Electronic Arts
Yeah, blows that if I had bought it at Wal-mart or EB in the area I could be playing it three hours earlier... but I've got a lesson on the American Revolution and John Locke tomorrow, so I don't really have the ability to stay up that late... gonna have to wait till I get back from school tomorrow to play it. Luckily, the next Thursday and Friday are review games and a test. So after school tomorrow, I'll have plenty of time to play both Portal and Episode 2.
"Just remember that sometimes you need to allow problems to just roll like water off of a duckilama's back." ~Reaper
I re-played all of HL2: Ep 1 during the week for a memory refresher and can't wait for Ep2. If you guys start now, you could probably finish it before the unlock at 12 PST.
Currently on a gaming hiatus until the fall.
After the "unlock" of TF2, I'm never staying up again for anything. You just end up playing way too late and don't really even enjoy the thing.
The man wears a bucket of KFC on his head. I wouldn't expect anything less. - Pred
I guess it's time to finally finish Episode 1. Not really in a rush to play 2, although I'm sure I'll absolutely love it.
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Mex: I have a good feeling about this one though, now that they finally have a timer. If they don't get it right after this, then I don't know what Valve's problem is.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/26195.html
Awesome gameplay trailer.
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IGN's review of the Orange Box is up. 9.5/10.
"There's nothing else available on any console like The Orange Box. Though you could argue that Half-Life 2 is old news by now, there are still four components of the Box brand new to consoles. That so much great content is offered at the standard single-game price is astonishing. Playing through Half-Life 2 again and then continuing on through Episodes One and Two is like batting with the '27 Yankees. These are Hall of Fame titles; it doesn't get much better than this. Throw in Portal, an imaginative puzzle game with a wicked sense of humor, and Team Fortress 2, one of the few multiplayer games to get the class system right, and you have a tremendous package. And all on one disc. While Portal and TF2 may not be strong enough to stand on their own, coupled with the Half-Life titles, The Orange Box really is one of the best games ever released."
Currently on a gaming hiatus until the fall.
Psh, we all know Portal's where it's at anyway... I can't wait for Ep2, but until Ep3 comes out, I'm just gonna be pining for that so I can play through the whole series of Gordan Freeman adventures.
"Just remember that sometimes you need to allow problems to just roll like water off of a duckilama's back." ~Reaper
False!
Those uptight bastards. Just for comparison, how did Halo 3 do? Because in my mind, the Orange box deserves more than 9.5, even if just for the stupid amount of quality games.
The man wears a bucket of KFC on his head. I wouldn't expect anything less. - Pred
Halo 3 got a 9.5.
Team Fortress 2 (PC) got an 8.9:
"Team Fortress 2 is finally available, and it's one hell of a game. With its powerful artistic style and blazingly quick, yet accessible gameplay, it's enough to melt the icy cynicism imprisoning the hearts of even the most jaded among us. That being said, it's not the most complex shooter out there, and lacks bot support for now. Still, the game's got enough to it to last for a long while, and there's a statistics system built into Steam to help keep track of everything. Buy it, load it up and let loose. It's near-impossible to be disappointed."
Portal an 8.2:
"For 20 dollars, it may be a little pricey for what's there, but we certainly won't tell anybody not to buy Portal. We recommend picking this one up with the full Orange Box because it's hard to say no to another peek into this awesome universe and it does fit together with Episode Two."
Currently on a gaming hiatus until the fall.
Unlocking right now, on time, hell ice cold.
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Were there any Steam hiccups when Episode 1 launched?
I believe so. This is history in the making! Valve releasing a game on Steam when they said they would!
PS: I told you Mex.
Edit: This is taking forever to unlock.
Lupus, we have a challenge for you.
Looking at the xbox achievements for the orange box, I found this:
43. The One Free Bullet
Beat Episode One firing exactly one bullet. Grenade, crowbar, rocket, and Gravgun kills are okay!.
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Okay I played only the first 15 minutes of this so far.
Is it just me or...
I'm not really a girl. I just play one in video games.
@Mordiceius: Its not just you
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"We don't care how we get the money as long as we get it!"
- Eric Hartness, Electronic Arts
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baggachipz: Who cares about Japan, let them have their silly pointless dog games and countless re-hashes of anime-based dragon princess super lucky crapitty crap.
I KNEW VALVE HATED ME >_<
The man wears a bucket of KFC on his head. I wouldn't expect anything less. - Pred
I'm a couple hours in and I saw boob. Stay classy, San Diego.
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I just finished Ep.2....now THAT'S how you end a game.
"We don't care how we get the money as long as we get it!"
- Eric Hartness, Electronic Arts
Wow that quick? How long was the whole game?
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I just finished it as well. Took a little over seven hours, compared to about six for episode 1. I expected this to be longer.
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