So I wonder who's decision it was to make the Shattered Horizon free weekend end at 1 PM PDT on Sunday instead of actually lasting the whole weekend? I didn't get to even play it at all because every time I'd go to play it on Friday or Saturday one of my buddies would ask to play a different game when I'd get online, and I finally go to play it and it turns out the sale lasts longer than the free gameplay. I was assuming that their definition of a weekend sort of meshed with what everyone else considers the weekend.
Its not that I don't have the money to spend on a $10 game, I just hate buying games and finding out I don't like them. I have far too many games that I thought would be fun, bought, and then found out that I didn't like them enough to play more than an hour. Steam certainly doesn't help in this regard with its $10 or less sales.
Its not that I don't have the money to spend on a $10 game, I just hate buying games and finding out I don't like them. I have far too many games that I thought would be fun, bought, and then found out that I didn't like them enough to play more than an hour. Steam certainly doesn't help in this regard with its $10 or less sales.
I think this is really the only way a movie based on anything Half-Life could work. You have to show other people in the conflict, similar to what Blue Shift did, with possibly a few glances at Gordon off in the distance doing his thing.
You can't just have "The Gordon Freeman Movie", because we've all seen that. We've all played it. We need to really see what else is going down in this human/combine war.
On that matter, I'd love to see a film bridging Half-Life & Half-Life 2. "The Seven Hour War" or whatever it was referred to as.
IMO, this is also a bad way of going about it, and one of the reasons why video game movies often end up sucking.
A video game movie, first and foremost, needs to be a good movie, otherwise there's no point to it. I'm okay with them burning any and all bits of plot, gameplay contrivances, or themes of the half-life universe (like a silent protagonist) if it would improve the movie. I also think it's a terrible idea to spend a hundred million dollars on a piece of media that doesn't even feature the main character. Certainly the audience is going to feel a bit shafted when they follow a bunch of guys who are simply reacting to situations created by Freeman. You can't have a movie hearing about the heroic exploits of a guy, and barely ever see him. That would not make a good movie.
And I really don't ever want to see the Seven Hour War, and it probably wouldn't make a good movie either. A movie about humans getting the shit kicked out of them for seven hours until they surrender... Not to mention that you'd need a bunch of backstory for that one for it to make ANY sense. No matter how many fans of Half-Life there are, you still need to get joe-blow movie-goer into your movie as well; unless you budget is tiny. (Which for a big scifi epic, probably wouldn't go so well.)
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A video game movie, first and foremost, needs to be a good movie, otherwise there's no point to it. I'm okay with them burning any and all bits of plot, gameplay contrivances, or themes of the half-life universe (like a silent protagonist) if it would improve the movie. I also think it's a terrible idea to spend a hundred million dollars on a piece of media that doesn't even feature the main character. Certainly the audience is going to feel a bit shafted when they follow a bunch of guys who are simply reacting to situations created by Freeman. You can't have a movie hearing about the heroic exploits of a guy, and barely ever see him. That would not make a good movie.
The thing here is that Freeman is mostly a non-character, and one of the most important aspects of the series is that nothing he's accomplished has even been his own doing. Outside of being namedropped for the events of HL1, he's basically irrelevant. Even in HL2, his messianic stature among the resistance lends well to having minimal screen time.
The real characters in the series are people like Eli, Gman, and Kleiner, who actually have personality and thematic substance. And Barney's there, too. I've long thought that the best Half-Life movie that could ever be made is one that follows Eli through Black Mesa, losing his wife and his leg to save his daughter.
A video game movie, first and foremost, needs to be a good movie, otherwise there's no point to it. I'm okay with them burning any and all bits of plot, gameplay contrivances, or themes of the half-life universe (like a silent protagonist) if it would improve the movie. I also think it's a terrible idea to spend a hundred million dollars on a piece of media that doesn't even feature the main character. Certainly the audience is going to feel a bit shafted when they follow a bunch of guys who are simply reacting to situations created by Freeman. You can't have a movie hearing about the heroic exploits of a guy, and barely ever see him. That would not make a good movie.
The thing here is that Freeman is mostly a non-character, and one of the most important aspects of the series is that nothing he's accomplished has even been his own doing. Outside of being namedropped for the events of HL1, he's basically irrelevant. Even in HL2, his messianic stature among the resistance lends well to having minimal screen time.
The real characters in the series are people like Eli, Gman, and Kleiner, who actually have personality and thematic substance. And Barney's there, too. I've long thought that the best Half-Life movie that could ever be made is one that follows Eli through Black Mesa, losing his wife and his leg to save his daughter.
Well, he doesn't do much story wise. He is sort of the resistance's unstoppable juggernaut of death.
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But only because Gman's been doing Godknowswhat to the path ahead of him.
So SupCom 2 is on sale for pretty damn cheap. How is that game? I played the demo and wasn't entirely impressed by it for its price at the time, but $10.99 on the other hand is a good price. I have the original one and enjoyed it a lot.
So SupCom 2 is on sale for pretty damn cheap. How is that game? I played the demo and wasn't entirely impressed by it for its price at the time, but $10.99 on the other hand is a good price. I have the original one and enjoyed it a lot.
I asked the same question a couple pages back. Basically the answer I got was that the game has a fairly lack-luster single player component, but the online play is fun if you can find people to play with, and I guess even skirmishing against some AIs is entertaining enough.
So SupCom 2 is on sale for pretty damn cheap. How is that game? I played the demo and wasn't entirely impressed by it for its price at the time, but $10.99 on the other hand is a good price. I have the original one and enjoyed it a lot.
I'm interested in it too, but the price dropped staggeringly fast.
Last time I checked Supreme Commander 2 was still $49.99.
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So SupCom 2 is on sale for pretty damn cheap. How is that game? I played the demo and wasn't entirely impressed by it for its price at the time, but $10.99 on the other hand is a good price. I have the original one and enjoyed it a lot.
I'm interested in it too, but the price dropped staggeringly fast.
Last time I checked Supreme Commander 2 was still $49.99.
it still is $49 in most stores around here. But yes the price dropped incredibly quickly, i feel bad for the people who bought it on launch.
IMO and all that; but why would you get SupCom 2? Is it Starcraft 2? No it isn't!
I played the demo yesterday; finished the tutorial and got into the first mission and uuuggghhhh it's so generic and bland to me.
I tried to play DoW2 multiplayer today, but I guess squad-based RTS's are either beyond me, or the sense of disconnect in having my troops NOT do what I say instantly meant I lost, badly. I quit after my 5th straight humiliating defeat.
I love me some Shatter though, I just started it up again today and whoooo awesome sound-track!
IMO and all that; but why would you get SupCom 2? Is it Starcraft 2? No it isn't!
Unless you're hugely strained for cash, or dislike the kind of gameplay on offer, I'm not sure that's relevant.
I mean it's kind of like saying "Why would you get Team Fortress 2? Is it Battlefield? No it isn't!". They're both ostensibly of the same genre but that's pretty much where the comparison ends. And I'm saying that as someone who fully expects to buy Starcraft 2 and all its expansions.
First up, I'll be the first to say that SupCom's singleplayer campaign isn't really all that great, if you were to get it, it would have to be for the multiplayer.
SupCom 2 is a vastly different style of RTS to Starcraft. It's a lot more focussed on larger scale battles and overall strategy, less focussed on micro. Especially individual unit micro, which Starcraft is heavily focussed on.
From a strategy perspective, it's an RTS where you've got the option to go land, sea or air right from the start. Eschewing one or even two of these branches (or making them the focus of your army) doesn't break the balance like it would in other RTS's because of the way the gameplay is designed. Another key difference in comparison to say, DoW2, is that turtling is a much more viable strategy. There's an entire research tree devoted to structures for example, leading to things like shields, artillery, and eventually nukes.
Then again, I'm also a huge DoW2 fan, so I guess what I'm saying is that I can't really see where you're coming from. They're each RTS's but the way they play is pretty much completely different, a direct comparison along those lines doesn't ultimately say all that much.
What I'm saying is; IMO Starcraft 2 is the only RTS worth getting (when it comes out), pretty much for the reasons you mentioned. I'm just offering another opinion. You like it for those reasons, I hate it.
Well yeah in your opinion. I like a lot of RTS games and agree with Subedii on this one. SupCom 2 has a lot going for it if you like a larger style game.
I've been playing SupCom2 all weekend. Mostly campaign (half-way there!) and one or two skirmishes to get used to it.
Frikken AI is awesome.
Campaign has some fun stuff here and there, but it's, at least so far, not something I'd play a second time (It's mostly achievements holding me there, and completionist sense.) It saddens me to see the MP landscape to barren, though. This game seems like it's a blast to play in huge games...
BTW, Relic certainly improved the skirmish AI by a huge amount, in CoH. I used to steamroll the AI on the highest difficulty, and it made some really glaring mistakes (like sending endless waves of ONE mortar squad down the main road in Angoville, when I had an MG squad in one of the houses). Now the AI kicks my ass without breaking a (virtual) sweat.
So for anyone who is looking for a sale on Just Cause 2 target has it on sale for $30. I recommend calling your local store to make sure they have it at that price. The reason I'm putting it in this thread is because the key can be activated over steam. Can't say if this offer is good outside of the US.
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Yeah, I've deleted ClientRegistry.Blob many times. No dice!
It's getting pretty frustrating, the error only occurs when I try and install games I'd actually like to play.
Yeah, I've deleted ClientRegistry.Blob many times. No dice!
It's getting pretty frustrating, the error only occurs when I try and install games I'd actually like to play.
Obviously you have somehow offended God, or possibly multiple gods. You should trace your steps back and figure out what it was you did, and offer appeasement before they smite you further.
So for anyone who is looking for a sale on Just Cause 2 target has it on sale for $30. I recommend calling your local store to make sure they have it at that price. The reason I'm putting it in this thread is because the key can be activated over steam. Can't say if this offer is good outside of the US.
I got this a few days ago and I'll say that I haven't had such a fun time with a sandbox game since Crackdown.
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pyromaniac221this just might bean interestin YTRegistered Userregular
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Fuck this thread
I saw the thread title and thought there was SOMETHING about Half Life 2 Ep 3 but no
So for anyone who is looking for a sale on Just Cause 2 target has it on sale for $30. I recommend calling your local store to make sure they have it at that price. The reason I'm putting it in this thread is because the key can be activated over steam. Can't say if this offer is good outside of the US.
I got this a few days ago and I'll say that I haven't had such a fun time with a sandbox game since Crackdown.
Am I the only one who feels that this game controls like ass on PC? I've tried the demo a few times because I really want to like it, but the mouse aiming is just so sluggish that it's virtually unplayable. Is there any way I can tweak this to be a bit more snappy like an FPS?
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I saw that Just Cause deal, and passed.. mostly because the sale will be over before I get paid, and also because I'm hoping to find it on better sale. But who knows.
I think Episode 3 will either come out this year or at the very least be announced by E3 if not summertime. If neither of those things happen Valve is either making Half-Life 3 proper or... well past that I don't know. But it's been almost 3 years since Episode 2 and Episode 3 is already overdue as fuck for release, no matter how many engine overhauls they want to do.
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I got it the other day too. I still have no idea why I didn't get it on my first time through since they put in the achievements, but it's all good. All I have left is Vorticough and Lamda Locator, and fuck that last one.
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We're talking about a company that once took nine years to release a game after announcement, here. I wouldn't take any bets on what the deuce is going on with Ep3.
We're talking about a company that once took nine years to release a game after announcement, here. I wouldn't take any bets on what the deuce is going on with Ep3.
What? What game was that? Half-Life 1? I remember Half-Life 2 being like a 1 or 2 years after announcement, could be very wrong though.
We're talking about a company that once took nine years to release a game after announcement, here. I wouldn't take any bets on what the deuce is going on with Ep3.
What? What game was that? Half-Life 1? I remember Half-Life 2 being like a 1 or 2 years after announcement, could be very wrong though.
We're talking about a company that once took nine years to release a game after announcement, here. I wouldn't take any bets on what the deuce is going on with Ep3.
What? What game was that? Half-Life 1? I remember Half-Life 2 being like a 1 or 2 years after announcement, could be very wrong though.
Team Fortress 2. Announced in 1998 IIRC.
Ohhh yeah of course. I remember when it was supposed to be all military style. And then it went through like 4 or 5 revisions.
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I fell for that as well
That looks good, but considering the trailer if FIVE MINUTES LONG, I guess I don't actually need to play through it now.
IMO, this is also a bad way of going about it, and one of the reasons why video game movies often end up sucking.
A video game movie, first and foremost, needs to be a good movie, otherwise there's no point to it. I'm okay with them burning any and all bits of plot, gameplay contrivances, or themes of the half-life universe (like a silent protagonist) if it would improve the movie. I also think it's a terrible idea to spend a hundred million dollars on a piece of media that doesn't even feature the main character. Certainly the audience is going to feel a bit shafted when they follow a bunch of guys who are simply reacting to situations created by Freeman. You can't have a movie hearing about the heroic exploits of a guy, and barely ever see him. That would not make a good movie.
And I really don't ever want to see the Seven Hour War, and it probably wouldn't make a good movie either. A movie about humans getting the shit kicked out of them for seven hours until they surrender... Not to mention that you'd need a bunch of backstory for that one for it to make ANY sense. No matter how many fans of Half-Life there are, you still need to get joe-blow movie-goer into your movie as well; unless you budget is tiny. (Which for a big scifi epic, probably wouldn't go so well.)
The real characters in the series are people like Eli, Gman, and Kleiner, who actually have personality and thematic substance. And Barney's there, too. I've long thought that the best Half-Life movie that could ever be made is one that follows Eli through Black Mesa, losing his wife and his leg to save his daughter.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
Well, he doesn't do much story wise. He is sort of the resistance's unstoppable juggernaut of death.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
I asked the same question a couple pages back. Basically the answer I got was that the game has a fairly lack-luster single player component, but the online play is fun if you can find people to play with, and I guess even skirmishing against some AIs is entertaining enough.
I'm interested in it too, but the price dropped staggeringly fast.
Last time I checked Supreme Commander 2 was still $49.99.
it still is $49 in most stores around here. But yes the price dropped incredibly quickly, i feel bad for the people who bought it on launch.
I played the demo yesterday; finished the tutorial and got into the first mission and uuuggghhhh it's so generic and bland to me.
I tried to play DoW2 multiplayer today, but I guess squad-based RTS's are either beyond me, or the sense of disconnect in having my troops NOT do what I say instantly meant I lost, badly. I quit after my 5th straight humiliating defeat.
I love me some Shatter though, I just started it up again today and whoooo awesome sound-track!
Unless you're hugely strained for cash, or dislike the kind of gameplay on offer, I'm not sure that's relevant.
I mean it's kind of like saying "Why would you get Team Fortress 2? Is it Battlefield? No it isn't!". They're both ostensibly of the same genre but that's pretty much where the comparison ends. And I'm saying that as someone who fully expects to buy Starcraft 2 and all its expansions.
First up, I'll be the first to say that SupCom's singleplayer campaign isn't really all that great, if you were to get it, it would have to be for the multiplayer.
SupCom 2 is a vastly different style of RTS to Starcraft. It's a lot more focussed on larger scale battles and overall strategy, less focussed on micro. Especially individual unit micro, which Starcraft is heavily focussed on.
From a strategy perspective, it's an RTS where you've got the option to go land, sea or air right from the start. Eschewing one or even two of these branches (or making them the focus of your army) doesn't break the balance like it would in other RTS's because of the way the gameplay is designed. Another key difference in comparison to say, DoW2, is that turtling is a much more viable strategy. There's an entire research tree devoted to structures for example, leading to things like shields, artillery, and eventually nukes.
Then again, I'm also a huge DoW2 fan, so I guess what I'm saying is that I can't really see where you're coming from. They're each RTS's but the way they play is pretty much completely different, a direct comparison along those lines doesn't ultimately say all that much.
Frikken AI is awesome.
Campaign has some fun stuff here and there, but it's, at least so far, not something I'd play a second time (It's mostly achievements holding me there, and completionist sense.) It saddens me to see the MP landscape to barren, though. This game seems like it's a blast to play in huge games...
BTW, Relic certainly improved the skirmish AI by a huge amount, in CoH. I used to steamroll the AI on the highest difficulty, and it made some really glaring mistakes (like sending endless waves of ONE mortar squad down the main road in Angoville, when I had an MG squad in one of the houses). Now the AI kicks my ass without breaking a (virtual) sweat.
It's getting pretty frustrating, the error only occurs when I try and install games I'd actually like to play.
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I saw the thread title and thought there was SOMETHING about Half Life 2 Ep 3 but no
Am I the only one who feels that this game controls like ass on PC? I've tried the demo a few times because I really want to like it, but the mouse aiming is just so sluggish that it's virtually unplayable. Is there any way I can tweak this to be a bit more snappy like an FPS?
Was easier than it looked.
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There was. It was fake, but also unintentionally made it look like the Gman had a 'fro, hence the thread title change.
Hats. Episode 3. I have called it and am continuing to call it.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
I got it the other day too. I still have no idea why I didn't get it on my first time through since they put in the achievements, but it's all good. All I have left is Vorticough and Lamda Locator, and fuck that last one.
What? What game was that? Half-Life 1? I remember Half-Life 2 being like a 1 or 2 years after announcement, could be very wrong though.
Team Fortress 2. Announced in 1998 IIRC.
Ohhh yeah of course. I remember when it was supposed to be all military style. And then it went through like 4 or 5 revisions.