Half Life 2

[audiobliss]

Since I got my new PC up and running, I've started playing a few games. A buddy set me up with Battlefield 2, Half Life 2, and Half Life 2 Episode 1. So right now I'm playing the first two, saving EP1 for later.

This is pretty fun! It sure is nice to finally have a PC that will run games with no problems! :D:D

[Shizelbs]

Better late than never. Pretty impressive graphics for being 3 years old, no?

[mutelight]

Fakefactory makes some great mods for the Half-life games.

http://halflife2.filefront.com/file/HalfLife_2_FakeFactorys_Cinematic_Mod_V30;69829

Adds much higher resolutions textures all over the place. :cool:

[Face]

Episodes 1 and 2 were way too quick IMO. I guess I'm going to have to wait another year for episode 3 now. :rolleyes:

[audiobliss]

Hahahaha, wow, is it really THAT old?! Man, I didn't know I was THAT out of touch with reality. However, since I have been out of touch with the gaming world, yeah, the graphics really do look awesome.

America's Army is the ONLY game I had played on my old computer (and with all the graphics turned all the way down, at that), so all this stuff looks really awesome.

Especially at 1680x1050!

[mutelight]

I used to play HL2 at 1280x1024 then when I purchased my new computer I played through the whole game at 2560x1600 resolution, it was a whole new experience.

[stea1thv]

Orange Box FTW

[stea1thv]

Ya i have a 8600 GT 512 mb DDR3 it eats Half life 2 the series to peices. CAll of Duty 4? different story lol

[zingo]

Episode 2 is amazing. IMO Episode 1 was just a a continuation, but not an improvement. As great as HL2 was, Episode 2 is even better. Nice job Valve.

[Face]

Too bad I beat it in 2 days.

[Refefer]

Do you have HDR enabled? So gorgeous.

[audiobliss]

What's HDR? :confused:

[zingo]

High Dynamic Range or super graphics. With the graphics cranked all the way up on Episode 2, it is amazing as you say referfer. However, the lenght of it was a little disappointing, but expected.