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Good old HL2, as much as I hate to say "old"

Even when I played it on a low-end desktop right after its release, I was still floored by how amazing it was at the time.

Valve seem quieter these days, but I'm sure they haven't folded. I heard a couple of years ago that Left 4 Dead 3 was in the works with a new engine - "Source 2" I believe.

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  On 2/24/2015 at 7:25 AM, ambermonk said:

Good old HL2, as much as I hate to say "old"

 

Even when I played it on a low-end desktop right after its release, I was still floored by how amazing it was at the time.

 

Valve seem quieter these days, but I'm sure they haven't folded. I heard a couple of years ago that Left 4 Dead 3 was in the works with a new engine - "Source 2" I believe.

Yeah, people have found references to the Source Engine 2, L4D3, HL3 etc. in various data files in DOTA updates. It's kinda exciting, but it's been so long since HL2 so there's no way it can live up to the hype - unless they do something sick! I think in some ways I would rather speculate about what HL3 might be than actually play it.

I haven't played HL2 for so long that playing this new CinematicMod version is like playing it brand new again. Haven't got far at all (the second picture I posted was the last place I reached before bed) but the initial chase through the flats and out through the window: birds flapping around, helicopter whizzing by, music dynamically shifting depending on the situation, god rays drifting between the buildings ... just amazing. Don't care if HL3 never happens - this is my HL3 !

Just a shame the CM team never found a way around the episode separation - they've always planned to make HL2 + Ep1 + Ep 2 into one big thing but the source engine wasn't having any of it ....

sorry. hln00b here. never played hl at all but own orange box ps3(mainly played portal a few times and tf2) and own hl 1 & 2 on steam. do you need to play hl1 to know what's going on? also if i were going to dive in is it worthwhile to implement these mods and play it on pc vs ps3? are they pretty easy to implement on the steam versions?

Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix on PCSX2, shit is tight

  On 2/24/2015 at 5:38 PM, juiceciuj said:

sorry. hln00b here. never played hl at all but own orange box ps3(mainly played portal a few times and tf2) and own hl 1 & 2 on steam. do you need to play hl1 to know what's going on? also if i were going to dive in is it worthwhile to implement these mods and play it on pc vs ps3? are they pretty easy to implement on the steam versions?

I didn't finished HL2 yet, but I know I enjoyed it a lot because of the HL1 references.

You don't really need to play HL1 tho, because the stories are not really tight together. But playing HL1 will help you having a better understanding of what's going on in HL2 for sure.

Anyway, HL1 is one of the best games ever so you should play it.

Plot of HL1 - you test a crystal thing, it causes a rift in space and time - military try and contain it all including nuking the factility , you try and escape from it all and go to a world a close the rift. (but more amazinger)

So no, you really don't need to know what's going in HL1 on to enjoy HL2. I definitely would recommend the PC build with the CM mod though - the PS3 build really was quite shonky in the frame rate department IIRC it was an early PS3 release so they were still getting to grips with everything.

The mod itself is very easy if you have it on steam (do you have the additional Ep1 & 2 on the PC as you'll need them for this mod to work). Download the torrent and latest mod patch/update here - http://getsio.net/ext/cinematicmod.com/Torrent/ (CinematicMod_2013_final.torrent & HL2_CinematicMod_2013final-1.01.torrent ), unrar, run the setup, then the patch setup, and you're done.

N.B. The mod is bloody big though, we're talking like 50/60 gig once fully installed - so make sure you've enough HD space ...

fuck me 50/60 gig? that's gonna take ages to dl but i should have the space. i think i have all the expansions for both games from some ridiculous steam sales.

Ah, no it expands to about that size, think the download (including the patch torrent) is around 10-15 gig

Jee, how come it's this big ? It's like twice the size of Max Payne 3

The textures are the biggy - some of them are insanely detailed even when standing right up to the objects. It's now got a really huge soundtrack as well (like I said, from what I've played so far all the themes appear to be dynamic based on the action). Don't forget it's a mod for the two episodes as well - It's a pretty huge project.

Just make sure you use the default character models, most of the alternative skins in the 'character pimper' tool are

That mod looks beautiful tho.

I know I probably should google it first, but do you know if it works on Mac ?

  On 2/24/2015 at 6:30 PM, mcbpete said:

Just make sure you use the default character models, most of the alternative skins in the 'character pimper' tool are

Haha oh yes I saw some screenshots and they're indeed pretty cringeworthy!

street fighter 5 beta announced. automatic entry for pre-orders. no beta start date or release date tho.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/02/24/street-fighter-v-nash-returns-online-beta-plans/#sf7638089

really hope tekken 7 follows this model to get the games in westerners hands a little bit faster. last couple of titles have had a nearly 2 year lag between arcade release (typically only asia and a few european countries) and console

Batman: Arkham Knight was just confirmed to be getting an M rating... Which means it's gonna have a proper dark and gritty Batman feel. I didn't think I could get any more hyped for it, but it seems it was given the rating not because of anything gratuitous like excessive blood and killing (that would be unlike Batman anyway) but the plot gets pretty damn heavy Rocksteady claims. Rather than diminish the vision and story they planned to tell by toning it down to make it a T rating like the previous series entries they decided to just make it M, which is awesome. Being a huge Batman fan and fan of the previous Arkham games, this game is the reason I bought a PS4. I now have no doubt in my mind this game is going to be badass... Rocksteady, shut up and take me money already!

More on the rating and decision to just make it M: http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/02/24/batman-arkham-knight-shows-bruce-wayne-at-his-darkest

I want that game now. Didn't like City too much but Asylum was super duper.

Asylum and City were both great. I think it did an Assassin's Creed after that and dropped off. Mark Hamill leaving contributed in no small part to that.

haven't played city but asylum was so easy with "detective mode" or whatever. have no idea what 3/4 of the game's textures are because all i ever saw was some neon tron stuff. also the character models were all ugly. reminded me of nether realm stuffs

Still hooked on diablo 3 on my ps4. It's such mindless brain-candy filled satisfaction. It quells my luxuriously lavish hording tendencies.

Playing some bullet hell with Danmaku Unlimited 2, good chaotic stuff

  On 2/25/2015 at 12:01 AM, usagi said:

Asylum and City were both great. I think it did an Assassin's Creed after that and dropped off. Mark Hamill leaving contributed in no small part to that.

Asylum and City are the only one's done by Rocksteady, Origins was done by another company as a prequel and is definitely sub-par... The Rocksteady ones are meant to be a trilogy with the upcoming Knight being the final entry.

I'm still on Borderlands 2. I killed Handsome Jack again on True Vault Hunter mode, and decided to go for that Captain Scarlett DLC thing afterwards.

The sole resident of Oasis is named Shade. Though not an enemy, he is an annoying cunt and should be kicked in the ball sacks by a mule.

  On 2/25/2015 at 6:22 AM, ghOsty said:

 

  On 2/25/2015 at 12:01 AM, usagi said:

Asylum and City were both great. I think it did an Assassin's Creed after that and dropped off. Mark Hamill leaving contributed in no small part to that.

 

Asylum and City are the only one's done by Rocksteady, Origins was done by another company as a prequel and is definitely sub-par... The Rocksteady ones are meant to be a trilogy with the upcoming Knight being the final entry.

 

oh, sweet.

I'm still not sold on the new Joker though.

Well, not to give spoilers to the cannon of the games, in case you never finished City but Joker will not be in the new game.