Posts by D3ads

I was going to install my original copy of HL2 to play but didn't want to if the OB version was different, thanks.

Quick question about Orange Box, Google doesn't seem to give me a definitive answer.. Does the version of Half-Life 2 (as in the original game not the episodes) in OB run on the OB engine or is it just the original version of Source?

You're kidding right? How did you avoid those things turning red and blowing you up?!!

I finished it;

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I got the war ending, was actually kinda sad at them wiping The Dark Ones out, they hadn't really done any damage and the PSI instances were just their way of trying to reach out to the human race.

Very good game, atmosphere like no other.

Nothing really wrong with the AI, it's not the best but it's decent and enemies tend to hit you a lot if you let them...

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Loving this game so far! I think the graphics are fabulous...and I am not talking OMG what an amazing shader, lighting effect, DX11 shit either. That technical stuff means nothing if the ART direction isn't there.

Agreed, 4A Games have balanced next-gen effects with beautiful artwork on every surface, the outdoor areas especially look absolutely stunning.

Btw, for anyone who gets stuck on the levels with the Amoebas or "Snot Balls";

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Switch to military rounds if you have them, you wont need to trade them again as you'll have the best gun in the game by now and shoot the pods which spawn them. With dirty rounds it takes quite awhile to destroy these but military rounds will vapourise them in no time. Switch between the two to conserve the ammo types.

lol.. party hard eh?

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Deads, i've got some pretty decent sound recording equipment, how long do you want it? A lot of glass or just a little, on what surface?

Well it's got to be for a player walking on glass.. like step1-4.wav. I was going to find a game with ice cracking sounds and then add in chinks from glass hitting the floor but I can't even find ice cracking sounds except for icebergs collapsing lol..

So if you record about a minute or something and then edit it out? or just send me the raw file and I'll cut her up. Glass amount should be medium (mixture of small/large shards).

Thanks

[edit]Sorry Steppen, forgot to say thanks for that link!

Well if you have the ammo to spare...

I don't have any problem in that department anyway, there's shitloads of ammo hidden in little nooks and crannies everywhere, the game rewards players who explore that's for sure.

Does anyone know where I can find a good sound effect of someone (or something) walking on broken glass? Or if not, walking on fragile ice? I've done a little Google search but some of these free wav file sites are rather dodgy...

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I got the achievement too.. because I didn't realise that was one the creatures described in the previous level (didn't see it because the room was so big and didn't know where I was looking!

at first i thought the creature was the statue in the middle of the room, so i kept making eye contact with it while the

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dragon thing was fighting the other two guys

. the problem with the mechanic in teh first place was that you'd have a huge problem opening doors etc., since you walked backwards all the time.

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They eventually walk off and jump to a higher position, then you can move, at one point you could avoid them completely by not stepping on the bones around the sleeping ones

I think I've got it..

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Make eye contact with them at all times.. even when they turn to walk away, if you break eye contact with them and they turn around, they'll attack.. keep moving side-to-side.. back-to-back in small steps.. don't move suddenly or they'll charge you. Whatever you do, when they're looking at you.. keep looking back at them

I got the achievement too.. because I didn't realise that was one the creatures described in the previous level (didn't see it because the room was so big and didn't know where I was looking!

Jesus I fucking hate

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Librarians

.. they're so bugged, sometimes you can get past ok and other times you do what you're supposed to and they still beat 7 bells of shit out of you...

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/ ... -Company-2

I call bus drivers assholes all the time and I don't get fined... your country sucks

Ok... nice trailer and all but...

The Russians are the bad guys... AGAIN? and if the US has advanced in technology then why is Russia using pretty much the same equipment they do today... shit they even have Maska helmets on.. they're barely used today since the K6-3 was introduced. Russia have a formidable military unit that is more than upto the task of going up against America's Army... what year is this shit supposed to be?

America... fuck no, I'm sick of all these boring US army is teh win games.. I want to play a game as a soldier of the PLA.. or something for a change.

Good Lord this game is hard as nails at times... the only weapon that seems to be effective is the AK.. everything else pails in comparison (shotgun does wonders but you actually have to get close to do anything...).. and getting close to an enemy is not easy since they seem to be able to spot you from miles away... in the dark. Stealth is pointless in this game, I managed to knife two guys before another spotted the bodies... and then me... those GT AI videos are rubbish... the game is nothing like this.. it's made of rock covered cement! Starting to pickup though, I just

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Plowed through Nazi soldiers using the buggy train

... don't play this game if you suffer from vertigo.. lol

Damn.. seems like there's two colours in this game.. black (metro) and white (surface), it's getting a bit tiring with all the dark locales...I usually like that sort of thing but it's a bit much in this game. "Ghosts" was great though.

Also I don't know what the Hell is up with people slating the AI and shooting mechanics.. the enemies AI is no easy ride and shooting feels very solid.

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lol d3 I love you and stuff... but what the fuck man

I explained why I haven't played them clearly! I suppose you think it's like asking if a bear shits in the woods?

I'm thinking of buying The Orange Box, since I still have yet to play anything past HL2.. I was going to get the inevitable trilogy with all 3 episodes in but meh.. doesn't look like Ep3 will be out before Xmas... should I indulge?

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":35a7jerl]Dude, your screenshots are stretched. if you have a 16:10 monitor, you should be playing at 1280*800 not 1280*1024.Awesome shots tho!

I don't know what monitor it is, it's a 19" LCD and that's all I know Maybe loweing res will help the framerate though...

Jets: Not since NOLF afaik...

Damn.. the fucking bloom shit slows some scenes down to 20fps... ffs.

I was going to play in Russian but some of the background audio doesn't have subtitles so you'll miss some ambience... so for first playthrough I'm using English voices, which are kind poor really. I tested the Russian voices and they are fantastic... shame not everything is subtitled.. but the sentences of some characters loop so it gets repetitive so it's probably not a massive deal.

First person cutscenes are well done... really don't know why there are thirdperson scenes... doesn't really work too well in narrative.

Children in a videogame... omg!

More shots, even something simple like a sink has oodles of detail in it.

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Yet another game dev using cgtextures

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Character model detail is insane.

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Objectives clipboard is a cool idea and works well.

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I can see me falling in love with this game very quickly...