bsu legato Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 http://money.cnn.com/2004/02/02/commentary.../column_gaming/ It's about damn time they told us something. Now, who want to place their bets on what the real release date is? Quote
imode Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 December 2004, just in time for the holiday season! Quote
Vostok 7 Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 I'm also going to have to go with December... that seems to be "summer" for most releases nowadays Vostok 7 Quote
JsARCLIGHT Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 Was I right or was I right.... My prediction for the actual release: two days after I totally lose interest and buy something else to occupy my time. Cough Cough Diakatana Cough Cough Quote
Abombz!! Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 I'll go with....... someone will steal the new code... again... and the game will be released after Duke Nukem Forever comes out... and it will be the new Daikatana. Quote
Vostok 7 Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 I'll go with....... someone will steal the new code... again... and the game will be released after Duke Nukem Forever comes out... and it will be the new Daikatana. But wait, where's the John Romero saying Half Life 2 will make the world it's bitch? Vostok 7 Quote
bsu legato Posted February 3, 2004 Author Posted February 3, 2004 Ok, so we have.... imode - Christmas 04 Vostok 7 - Dec. 04 JsARC - loss of interst +2 days Abombz - post Duke Nukem 4evah And just for the hell of it, I'll say October 04, just in time for my birthday. Quote
unsped Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 (edited) the stolen source code did not affect the release date this much, even ID has had tons of code stolen. what the stolen code showed is that the game was far from being done. its just an excuse of valves. Edited February 3, 2004 by unsped Quote
bsu legato Posted February 3, 2004 Author Posted February 3, 2004 the stolen source code did not affect the release date this much, even ID has had tons of code stolen. what the stolen code showed is that the game was far from being done. its just an excuse of valves. Well, from the article: The summer release date of Half-Life 2 is certain to once again divide gamers. Some will be relieved to finally have a date, however vague, that they can target. Others are likely to howl in outrage that the game has been delayed so far beyond its initial target date. (The game was originally scheduled to hit stores on Sept. 30, 2003.) Some ludicrous conspiracy theorists will likely begin regurgitating the ridiculous story that the source code leak was intentional, so Valve would have an 'excuse' to delay the game. Quote
Max Jenius Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 the stolen source code did not affect the release date this much, even ID has had tons of code stolen. what the stolen code showed is that the game was far from being done. its just an excuse of valves. Well, from the article: The summer release date of Half-Life 2 is certain to once again divide gamers. Some will be relieved to finally have a date, however vague, that they can target. Others are likely to howl in outrage that the game has been delayed so far beyond its initial target date. (The game was originally scheduled to hit stores on Sept. 30, 2003.) Some ludicrous conspiracy theorists will likely begin regurgitating the ridiculous story that the source code leak was intentional, so Valve would have an 'excuse' to delay the game. True bsu... but that could be a red herring. "That's crazy! You're crazy! ...... gotta go!" Quote
Mr March Posted February 4, 2004 Posted February 4, 2004 (edited) All I can say is this better not be another Daikatana. I assume no one can match the utter failure of Romero's spawn, but there's always new world records being broken... *prays for an early release for beloved Half-Life 2* Edited February 4, 2004 by Mr March Quote
imode Posted February 4, 2004 Posted February 4, 2004 I'll go with....... someone will steal the new code... again... and the game will be released after Duke Nukem Forever comes out... and it will be the new Daikatana. That's all wrong because Daikatana, for better or for worse, actually came out! Duke Nukem Forever on the other hand.... That sucker will be forever immortalized in the Vaporware Hall of Fame. Quote
unsped Posted February 4, 2004 Posted February 4, 2004 i never said they leaked it on purpose. that would be crazy. im just looking at id's track record with such issues, it does not delay a project an additional 6 months+ Quote
SuperOstrich Posted February 4, 2004 Posted February 4, 2004 Heh. No way it comes out this summer, unless you consider 4th quarter to be summer. Quote
Graham Posted February 4, 2004 Posted February 4, 2004 Half Life.....what's that? The only game I'm interested in is a Macross Zero and/or Macross Plus game for the PS2. Graham Quote
ogami Posted February 4, 2004 Posted February 4, 2004 I don't care about HL2. All I care about is CS2 using HL2 engine. Quote
Max Jenius Posted February 4, 2004 Posted February 4, 2004 Half Life.....what's that? The only game I'm interested in is a Macross Zero and/or Macross Plus game for the PS2. Graham PS2? X-Box or even Gamecube would make it look way sweeter. Quote
Abombz!! Posted February 4, 2004 Posted February 4, 2004 Half Life.....what's that? The only game I'm interested in is a Macross Zero and/or Macross Plus game for the PS2. Graham PS2? X-Box or even Gamecube would make it look way sweeter. And much more import friendly. Quote
bsu legato Posted February 4, 2004 Author Posted February 4, 2004 Heh. No way it comes out this summer, unless you consider 4th quarter to be summer. Hmmm....is there something you'd like to share with the rest of the class? Quote
Ghadrack Posted February 4, 2004 Posted February 4, 2004 I was thrilled about the impending release of HL2 until a friend of mine explained the "STEAM" scheme to me. Now this is second hand information but I have been told that HL2 will not be playable unless you subscribe to Valve's online service called STEAM, and this is the only way you will be able to patch or play the game. If this turns out to be true, no matter how awesome the game is I am not going to buy it. I loved half-life more than some people love theri kids, but I disagree with charging a monthly fee for a person to buy and play a singleplayer, Non-online game. If they want to charge people to play multi-player online through their servers that is their business, but Ill be damned if I am going to pay a fee to be able to sit home and pay a game that I paid for on my own computer not eating up anyone elses bandwidth or servers. That is like the old DiVX garbage where they wanted to stop DVD sales and make you pay a rental fee anytime you wanted to watch a movie. Didn't support the dumb idea then and I won't support it now. Quote
bsu legato Posted February 4, 2004 Author Posted February 4, 2004 (edited) Steam doesn't cost anything. It's even included in the retail Day of Defeat, where my experience with it comes from. The only costs are 1) price of game 2) dial-up/dsl fees. Edit: you don't need Steam to play single player, but you will need it for patches. Edited February 4, 2004 by bsu legato Quote
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