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[Duo Lets Play] Half Life 2, updated May 29th

JaramrJaramr Registered User regular
edited June 2010 in Games and Technology
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For this LP i'm going to assume most of you have already played Half Life 2, and so i'll be talking about the small little details in the game, some of the old beta concepts and what not.

So I heard this is a duo LP now?

That is correct, in order to revive the LP, me and Nappuccino will be playing through the game at the same time, Napp's LP will be more comedy, where as mine will be more informative.

Videos

Jaramr
Video 1
Video 2
Video 3
Video 4
Video 5

Nappuccino

Set 1 Part 1
Set 1 Part 2
Set 2 Part 1
Set 2 Part 2
Set 2 Part 3
Set 3
Set 4 Part 1
Set 4 Part 2
Set 5 Part 1
Set 5 Part 2
Set 5 Part 3

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  • GeoMitchGeoMitch Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Pretty cool so far. You should get the block from the apartment and put it on the thingy.

    Also, get me in on dis.

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  • Zombie MonkeyZombie Monkey Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Good stuff, speak a bit louder and a bit clearer, nothing wrong with your voice at all but sometimes its a little hard to hear the commentary, otherwise keep it up!

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  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Looks good Jaramr, a little quite but I can still make everything out.

    I can't wait to see the next volumes of the LP. I'd also like to see longer clips (which mostly says how much I'm liking what you have so far.)

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    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    There's also the possibility you just can't really grow a bear like other guys.

    Angel_of_Bacon wrote: »
    Not even BEAR vaginas can defeat me!
    cakemikz wrote: »
    And then I rub actual cake on myself.
    Loomdun wrote: »
    thats why you have chest helmets
  • NerdtendoNerdtendo Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I actually just played this for the first time at the end of April. I managed to go all this time avoiding spoilers. Loved every minute of the game.

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  • enderjsvenderjsv Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I can't see the video. I'm behind a proxy. Somebody describe every detail for me. Also, if you could draw some doodles to illustrate the action, scan them and post them, that'd also be appreciated.

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  • exoplasmexoplasm Gainfully Employed Near Blizzard HQRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    enderjsv wrote: »
    I can't see the video. I'm behind a proxy. Somebody describe every detail for me. Also, if you could draw some doodles to illustrate the action, scan them and post them, that'd also be appreciated.

    Basically he walks around during the opening scenes and all you can hear is the clicks of his keyboard. :P

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  • Gennenalyse RuebenGennenalyse Rueben The Prettiest Boy is Ridiculously Pretty Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Damn you, I was going to LP this once I got a better video card, a better video recording program, and a decent video editing program! Which was going to take years anyway, so I'm not really serious. Anyway, I digress. I just played this game for the first time last month, and my only knowledge of the series at the time was Full Life Consequences. Quite a treat to discover such a quality series that I'd skipped over for so long and I look forward to your treatment of the material.

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  • HakuninHakunin Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    The audio in that video is awful.

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  • LamoidLamoid Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Guys trust me, I know from experience that this dude Jaramr knows his half lives like the back of his hand. Watch and be amazed!

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  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Hakunin wrote: »
    The audio in that video is awful.

    Audio is very hard to get right. At least you can hear everything and understand what is being said.

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    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    There's also the possibility you just can't really grow a bear like other guys.

    Angel_of_Bacon wrote: »
    Not even BEAR vaginas can defeat me!
    cakemikz wrote: »
    And then I rub actual cake on myself.
    Loomdun wrote: »
    thats why you have chest helmets
  • JaramrJaramr Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Hakunin wrote: »
    The audio in that video is awful.

    Yeah, it took like 5 go's to actually get the audio to the point where you can hear the game and me. But I will try to improve the audio, hopefully I can find someway to remove the sound of my typewriter keyboard.

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  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    one way would be to get a "silent" keyboard... they're still rather loud though.

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    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    There's also the possibility you just can't really grow a bear like other guys.

    Angel_of_Bacon wrote: »
    Not even BEAR vaginas can defeat me!
    cakemikz wrote: »
    And then I rub actual cake on myself.
    Loomdun wrote: »
    thats why you have chest helmets
  • VeganVegan Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Not to steal any thunder away, but I highly recommend the commentary videos by this guy GammyGoose: http://www.youtube.com/user/GammyGoose
    The Ep1 commentary is only on Google Video, I believe, not Youtube.

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  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Goose's commentary is good, but I think he had a different purpose in mind when he did his.

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    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    There's also the possibility you just can't really grow a bear like other guys.

    Angel_of_Bacon wrote: »
    Not even BEAR vaginas can defeat me!
    cakemikz wrote: »
    And then I rub actual cake on myself.
    Loomdun wrote: »
    thats why you have chest helmets
  • VeganVegan Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Absolutely, it's definitely more analytical. Takes time to stop and smell the roses in the world of Half-life.

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  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    He also bent the game useing console commands to show things not intended for us to see- which, while very interesting, didn't show us the game :)

    I did enjoy his commentary but I can't wait to see Jaramrs take on things and the depth/detail he'll go into.

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    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    There's also the possibility you just can't really grow a bear like other guys.

    Angel_of_Bacon wrote: »
    Not even BEAR vaginas can defeat me!
    cakemikz wrote: »
    And then I rub actual cake on myself.
    Loomdun wrote: »
    thats why you have chest helmets
  • JaramrJaramr Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Video Two is now out.

    A bit shorter than I intended, sorry about that.

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  • GrimReaperGrimReaper Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Any chance of uploading to youtube instead? That way the forum will embed it.

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  • GrimReaperGrimReaper Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Minor bump, but this thread got me in the mood for some Half-Life 2. And whilst we're waiting for the next update...

    Is it just me or does the anti-aliasing setting do absolutely nothing in this game? I've tried setting the AA settings in-game and using the ATI settings and still the same thing. Jaggies a plenty.

    For example:

    hl2-jaggies.jpg

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  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    that bothers me as well... but I'm pretty sure ep1 doesn't have those problems.

    I'm hoping that the (hopefully eventual) graphics update to hl2 fixes that problem.

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    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    There's also the possibility you just can't really grow a bear like other guys.

    Angel_of_Bacon wrote: »
    Not even BEAR vaginas can defeat me!
    cakemikz wrote: »
    And then I rub actual cake on myself.
    Loomdun wrote: »
    thats why you have chest helmets
  • VeganVegan Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Nappuccino wrote: »
    I'm hoping that the (hopefully eventual) graphics update to hl2 fixes that problem.

    Wha...?

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  • JaramrJaramr Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    GrimReaper wrote: »
    Minor bump, but this thread got me in the mood for some Half-Life 2. And whilst we're waiting for the next update...

    Is it just me or does the anti-aliasing setting do absolutely nothing in this game? I've tried setting the AA settings in-game and using the ATI settings and still the same thing. Jaggies a plenty.

    For example:

    hl2-jaggies.jpg


    Ive noticed that 6x MSAA does nothing at all.

    4x and 2x seem to be fine though.

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  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Vegan wrote: »
    Nappuccino wrote: »
    I'm hoping that the (hopefully eventual) graphics update to hl2 fixes that problem.

    Wha...?

    The console port saw some graphics updates and added acheivemtents. Valve (some time ago) said they were working on making these improvements available to the PC crowd.

    There's a little bit if info about it here http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=785102 (4th post with the emails)

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    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    There's also the possibility you just can't really grow a bear like other guys.

    Angel_of_Bacon wrote: »
    Not even BEAR vaginas can defeat me!
    cakemikz wrote: »
    And then I rub actual cake on myself.
    Loomdun wrote: »
    thats why you have chest helmets
  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Half Life 2 is one of my favorite games of all time, it's one of the reasons I'm such a huge Valve fanboy. I can't wait for Ep. 3 to come out, I wish Valve would give us fuckin' something, ya know?

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  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Also, I know you aren't there yet, but I hate, hate hate manhacks.

    I want to see you destroy them.

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    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    There's also the possibility you just can't really grow a bear like other guys.

    Angel_of_Bacon wrote: »
    Not even BEAR vaginas can defeat me!
    cakemikz wrote: »
    And then I rub actual cake on myself.
    Loomdun wrote: »
    thats why you have chest helmets
  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Videos are interesting, but you might want to turn subtitles on; that way, you can talk over the NPCs without fear of losing dialogue.

    Is there any way to add a new commentary track to the game? That'd be pretty cool.

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  • Sir PlatypusSir Platypus Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I have a fairly good system, but it absolutely hates the shit outta Half-Life 2. I can play Bioshock, Portal, and even Episode 1 on high settings, but Half-Life 2 won't run on low settings. This is especially obvious when physics kick in. Even throwing the damn Chinese take out box at people causes it to slow down.

    Halp.

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  • GrimReaperGrimReaper Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Jaramr wrote: »
    GrimReaper wrote: »
    Minor bump, but this thread got me in the mood for some Half-Life 2. And whilst we're waiting for the next update...

    Is it just me or does the anti-aliasing setting do absolutely nothing in this game? I've tried setting the AA settings in-game and using the ATI settings and still the same thing. Jaggies a plenty.

    For example:

    hl2-jaggies.jpg


    Ive noticed that 6x MSAA does nothing at all.

    4x and 2x seem to be fine though.

    Hmm yeah, setting it to 4x makes it work fine. Pretty odd that.

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  • LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I use 16x, it works

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  • GrimReaperGrimReaper Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    LaCabra wrote: »
    I use 16x, it works

    16x is one of the texture filtering modes, not the anti-aliasing.

    For example:

    hl2.png

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  • AmpixAmpix Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I actually enjoyed that a lot more than I thought I would (having played the game like five times), keep it up! The audio needs some work though, and I strongly suggest using Youtube, as the HD function would preserve the quality of the video a lot better than Viddler.

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  • LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    GrimReaper wrote: »
    LaCabra wrote: »
    I use 16x, it works

    16x is one of the texture filtering modes, not the anti-aliasing.

    For example:

    hl2.png

    AA.jpg

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  • GrimReaperGrimReaper Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    LaCabra wrote: »
    GrimReaper wrote: »
    LaCabra wrote: »
    I use 16x, it works

    16x is one of the texture filtering modes, not the anti-aliasing.

    For example:

    hl2.png

    AA.jpg

    That's for Ep2 etc, not Half-Life 2. Half-Life 2 uses an older source engine that can't do 16x.

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  • LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    i am sure i remember doing that with hl2

    my hl2 won't start now though so i can't check

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  • StormwatcherStormwatcher Blegh BlughRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Many games need to have AA OFF on the catalyst panel, so that in-game AA can work. I think Source isn't one of those engines, though. FO3, Crysis, ETW are all in that category.

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  • VeganVegan Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Nappuccino wrote: »
    Also, I know you aren't there yet, but I hate, hate hate manhacks.

    I want to see you destroy them.

    Gravity gun makes them a cinch.

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  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Vegan wrote: »
    Nappuccino wrote: »
    Also, I know you aren't there yet, but I hate, hate hate manhacks.

    I want to see you destroy them.

    Gravity gun makes them a cinch.

    Yes, but no gravity gun when you first encounter them. And on the harder difficulty 4 manhacks and a couple combine can be killer.

    Also, Hl2 only have upto 6x AA (which doesn't work, but like Jaramr said, 4x works just dandy)

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    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    There's also the possibility you just can't really grow a bear like other guys.

    Angel_of_Bacon wrote: »
    Not even BEAR vaginas can defeat me!
    cakemikz wrote: »
    And then I rub actual cake on myself.
    Loomdun wrote: »
    thats why you have chest helmets
  • JaramrJaramr Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    The LP lives in death!

    This is now a duo LP, me and Napp will be playing up to the same point ingame, and we hope to bring two diffirent styles of LP to Penny Arcade, his video will be posted sometime today.

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  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    So.. power just went off in the middle of my upload.


    I've stared the upload again and Youtube estimates 1 hour and 40 min for the first video. Sadly, I won't be back until late tonight so the actual update is likely to come around 11pm est time.

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    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    There's also the possibility you just can't really grow a bear like other guys.

    Angel_of_Bacon wrote: »
    Not even BEAR vaginas can defeat me!
    cakemikz wrote: »
    And then I rub actual cake on myself.
    Loomdun wrote: »
    thats why you have chest helmets
  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Alright, its finally uploaded and online. I hope you enjoy our LP.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8RojBy1yvw

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyKrIsOD4E4

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    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    There's also the possibility you just can't really grow a bear like other guys.

    Angel_of_Bacon wrote: »
    Not even BEAR vaginas can defeat me!
    cakemikz wrote: »
    And then I rub actual cake on myself.
    Loomdun wrote: »
    thats why you have chest helmets
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