700 MB HL2 demo video from E3

You could wait in line for 2.5 hours at fileplanet, but I bring you the <A HREF="http://66.90.75.92/suprnova//torrents/1735/hl2_fulldemo_e32004-zip.torrent" target="_new">torrent</A>

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Wait 2 hours in line on FilePlanet, or wait 57 hours to download the whole file on BitTorrent...

The bittorrent download is a bit slow right now, only 9 KB/sec, but it seems like it is speeding up.

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It always starts slow and speeds up gradually.

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Damn it looks cool, but HOLY DAMN does CounterStrike ever look sweet now.

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Well, mine ran on Torrent all night and it still has 6 hours to go. Pretty strange, as I have 3.0 Mbps cable... When I woke up it had an error window saying the connection is refused to somewhere, so I'm thinking sometime at night it stopped until that window was cleared. Oh well.

Fileplanet wait is only 9 minutes, so I'll just use that.

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I've played the doom 3 alpha and the HL2 leaked game... I much prefer hl2 to doom 3.

And CS man... oh god, I almost jizzumed my pants.

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Some weirdo motivational speaker told me that 1940-1990 advanced 100 years and 1990-2000 advanced 100 years. 2000-2005 will be 100 years.

Life as we know it will be drastically different in short periods of time.

CS is just the begining.

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Nov. 6, 1971: "I gave back, I can't remember, six, seven, eight, nine medals"

- John Kerry, a Presidential Candidate

Screw that. The gameplay is the best out of any fps out there right now. Probably even ever. That's what has kept it around. The new engine and physics are gonna be great.

Notice when the CT threw the nade at the end there how the barrels blew up and flew around? Notice how you could see reflections in the water? That'll add to the game a lot.

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I loved that too... seeing the wall of spray as the bullets whip by... ooohhh man

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Hehe, you are right in a sense. HL2 singleplayer we can see more improvement in the extra scenarios they can create. CS is already really good. However, there is strategy in CS, but imagine the added complexity, should they choose to implement it, with the physics engine. Think about destruction of walls, slight cracks created, etc. If they can full that off and raise the realism to a new level, and not just be content with CS gameplay, it could become grand.
The feeling is like when I go paintballing and there ANYTHING can happen and is totally unpredictable and real. In CS, tho it's my fav game, there are large limits. If we could push those limits back, imagine then. I also feel the keyboard really limits gameplay, but what can we do about that.

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Considering Doom III Alpha has barely anything to offer while the HL2 leaked almost has its own scenario and much less bugged beasts, I don't think you can judge it already.

BTW I was talking about visuals. No matter how good the HL2 visuals are, they simply are not going to touch Carmack's ability to bring forth true immersion. Hence why I said the Unreal 3 will change that.

Bah, D3 and HL2 are equal to me in the end, they're both going to kick ass, and none of you all should close your minds to either. I say both will deserve a solid 10. D3 most for immersion and scare factor, HL2 for the excitement and scenario.

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Well, I know when I'd play DOOM II, that was chilly enough sometimes.

D3 prefers the dark hallways approach. Considering the monsters in DOOM have always been truly refined (not saying the little jumping beasts in HL weren't, those made you jump though), I doubt you would not be gotten into the game as much. Seeing the IMPs, the Masterminds and other hell's demons back in, I'd say you're definitely going to get the bang for your buck. The Doom III approach is to use the limited hallways feeling, combined with some serious music for atmosphere, as well as 5.1 sound effects (I believe Carmack has claimed they will have the most optimized sound experience on PC yet). I seriously doubt it will fail at it. IIRC they have Trent Reznor for that part too.

I've seen the HL2 video though and am definitely excited. However it is NOT the same atmosphere, and I think I will play DOOM III if I want to look for scare factor, while HL2 when looking for adrenaline. (lots of monsters around or having town folks with you shooting at the enemy)

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You do know that Auburn is going to have a field day with this right?

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- John Kerry, a Presidential Candidate

Well, consider that Doom II was out in 1995, and had barely any real storyline to base on (as most PC games back then), and you would know why. Embedding a storyline into a game about 16MB big, at a time where 256MB hard drives were mainstream definitely didn't make sense. Nowadays Carmack has that ability. Then again, since when was there THAT much of a storyline in HL as well? I don't ever recall stopping and hearing long storylines. I remember also running around, finding new places on one big map for the game, helping out scientists who were to die eventually, etc.

Basically it was the new Doom of its era, if anything.

And you can definitely bet that the puzzles part will also be part of DOOM III. Else they would not also work on an advanced physics engine like almost any new game out there. I do have to fault Carmack for taking too much time to get it out though. The HL2 hype is there, that hurt its thunder a lot, I admit.

I do think however, your judgment is lacking here.

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have you rread the toms article on stalker(chernobyl, i think) game??

"This Steel ain't stainless, Your bloodstains are all over this steel."

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Probably, tho maybe it was funnier when I was being all manly carrying a hundred pound part of a tree in one hand and then I saw a little worm come out, screamed, and ran away. Lol.

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you ever play the game "heretic"?

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that was back in the day when piracy was legal

i used to love heretic... man that game was awesome.

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No I haven't. Was that homework?

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they talk about the physics and how it works with their engine and it sound like it should be a pretty good game... graphicwise and storywise, ya know?

"This Steel ain't stainless, Your bloodstains are all over this steel."

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i see your burning the latenight oil as well.

hows life been for ya?

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How many times has he told us about doing something like a little girl? Dancing around and singing at work? Screaming like a little girl? I've lost count.

If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck....

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ducks talk?

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they quack....

but i guess that form of communication is talkin to them.

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*imagines phukky squating next to a duck with a notepad and a pencil scratching his head* hehehehehe

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