Any1 NOT played HL2?

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Is there anyone here that has NOT ever played Half life 2?
Explain if you havent (please dont turn this into a crap thread as I have a secret agenda)
 
I have not played Half Life 2 at all. I refuse to pay for/support software that utilizes any form of DRM that requires activation when its installed. I just don't like the idea and won't support it. It does not stop piracy. It doesn't even slow it down. It only inconveniences the end user who legitimately payed for the license to use the software.
 
Oh my god another person whining about not supporting a game because of DRM. Well too bad, youre loss on a gaming experience anyway. And to think of it, a person having a beef at steam? You must be nuts.
 
I haven't played it yet, mainly because I had a crappy PC back when it was released. Now that I have a better computer, I might play it some time, though I doubt it. The original Half-Life never really interested me either.
 
toolbox7448 said:
I have not played Half Life 2 at all. I refuse to pay for/support software that utilizes any form of DRM that requires activation when its installed. I just don't like the idea and won't support it. It does not stop piracy. It doesn't even slow it down. It only inconveniences the end user who legitimately payed for the license to use the software.
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I agree that DRM can hurt the innocent more so than the pirates if it is implemented poorly. But honestly, Steam has not inconvenienced me. If anything it made my life more easier. What is so inconvenient about Steam anyway? At the moment it seems you are against it on principle and haven't even tried it out.
 
Steam is great. There is nothing nicer when setting up a new PC then to just install Steam, the click download game a bunch of times, without having to worry about CD's or CD keys.
 
toolbox7448 said:
I have not played Half Life 2 at all. I refuse to pay for/support software that utilizes any form of DRM that requires activation when its installed. I just don't like the idea and won't support it. It does not stop piracy. It doesn't even slow it down. It only inconveniences the end user who legitimately payed for the license to use the software.
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Saying Steam doesn't slow piracy down at all just shows you don't know what Steam is about.

There are pretty much two companies whose games aren't getting pirated out the ass right now. Valve and Blizzard.
 
I've only intermittently had a gaming-capable PC. Basically didn't have one from 2003-2006. I have one now, but I've got a few of other games that I'm in the middle of at the moment. I do intend to try it at some point.
 
My bet is that OP has an extra copy of HL2 that came free w/ orange box, so whoever hasn't played first the OP will give the code too!

Foiled OP, btw, I played it :p
 
Even though I've had a capable system for over two years now, I didn't get around to playing HL2 on the PC until half a year ago (AFTER I had rented Orange Box on my 360 to play Portal and Episode 1 & 2).

All I kept thinking was, "Why the hell didn't I play this game earlier???" Same feeling when I finally put Dead Rising into my 360 earlier this week after owning the game for half a year.
 
I own every game the Valve has released :), never been disappointed. HL2 rocked..
 
bobdole369 said:
<--- Never played hl2. Never had a rig capable until recently. HL1 ruled.
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what? you mean you couldnt even meet these requirements until now: Minimum: 1.2 GHz Processor, 256MB RAM, DirectX 7 level graphics card, Windows 2000/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection :confused:
 
Half-Life 1 and 2 (and its sequels) are probably the only games I go back to and play over and over.

Valve just makes excellently crafted games, period.

Steam is painless.
 
Steam kicks ass. HL2 and the sequels are on my top 5 favorites list. Absolutely wonderful games. So freaking awesome. So immersiveand replayable.
 
cannondale06 said:
what? you mean you couldnt even meet these requirements until now: Minimum: 1.2 GHz Processor, 256MB RAM, DirectX 7 level graphics card, Windows 2000/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection :confused:
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Well, my PC was also really horrible until 2005. I built that PC specifically because I heard people say how HL2 rocked, and I couldn't even hope to have it play on my dual 400MHz Celeron machine with 256MB of ram and a Hercules Kyro II card. :eek:
 
fam said:
Is there anyone here that has NOT ever played Half life 2?
Explain if you havent (please dont turn this into a crap thread as I have a secret agenda)
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I've played it and thought it was incredibly boring. And yes, I know that's not what you asked.
 
PWMK2 said:
Saying Steam doesn't slow piracy down at all just shows you don't know what Steam is about.

There are pretty much two companies whose games aren't getting pirated out the ass right now. Valve and Blizzard.
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Funny how the latter is far more successful (even when you exclude WoW) and uses no insane DRM on any of their games.

HL2 is a well-constructed game, however Steam is still a piece of crap. I own the Orange Box and quite frankly I do not need another background app/messaging service that also likes to update itself every second and spams the shit out of me with advertisements of games I'm not even remotely interested in (or any kind of advertisements). It's a bloated, slow piece of shit app that I have no use for. It's on the level of having AIM on my computer (no, not Trillian, the actual AIM). It's yet another social networking app that tries to do everything: browsing, video playing, advertisements, homepage editing, messaging, shopping, etc. Real Player, AIM, and, to a lesser extent, WinAmp tried to do it, and it was fucking annoying then, and it's still annoying now when Steam does it.

Don't even get me started on trying to join a buddy's game in TF2 through the friends list when I get stuck behind an update, then having to reload Steam, then finally loading in TF2.

cannondale06 said:
what? you mean you couldnt even meet these requirements until now: Minimum: 1.2 GHz Processor, 256MB RAM, DirectX 7 level graphics card, Windows 2000/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection :confused:
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LOL Yeah, no one's going to play it on that. That is completely unrealistic unless you really like playing a HL2: The Slideshow. The graphics wouldn't even look like HL2 anymore.
 
PWMK2 said:
Well, my PC was also really horrible until 2005. I built that PC specifically because I heard people say how HL2 rocked, and I couldn't even hope to have it play on my dual 400MHz Celeron machine with 256MB of ram and a Hercules Kyro II card. :eek:
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ouch. I played it on a celeron and mx440. AvP2 was the first pc game I ever played and HL2 was the second. HL2 got me hooked on pc gaming because it was so much fun. anybody that refuses to play it because of Steam doesnt deserve to even know how much fun they are missing out on.
 
Minimum: 1.2 GHz Processor, 256MB RAM, DirectX 7 level graphics card, Windows 2000/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection
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Had a athlon 1.4ghz 512MB ram and a geforce 5200 for the LONGEST time. the 5200 wasn't much of an upgrade from my original geforce 3. It barely played DAOC, let alone hl2. Now have a p4 3.4 8600gt 2GB ram.
 
bobdole369 said:
Had a athlon 1.4ghz 512MB ram and a geforce 5200 for the LONGEST time. the 5200 wasn't much of an upgrade from my original geforce 3. It barely played DAOC, let alone hl2. Now have a p4 3.4 8600gt 2GB ram.
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yep my mx440 ran HL2 much better in DX7 than the 5200 could do in DX8.1. Valve made it possible for almost anybody to play the game and it looked great even in DX7.
 
I haven't played it all the way through yet and I've had it since release. Sames goes with the Orange Box. I don't even play TF2 or the two HL2 episodes :)

I have no real good reason to explain my actions though.
 
I've gotten to Ravenwhatever about 3 or 4 times now, but I always move on to something else at that point (like CS:S or TF2), end up deleting my save sometime down the road and eventually start the cycle all over again.
 
Man, Steam is pretty awesome like bholstege said. Just get the Orange Box. You WILL NOT regret it. If you don't like that you don't like FPS games. Seriously. And it's not expensive for a bunch of really great games. I'm gonna go play some TF2 now that I'm talking about it.
 
Leepox said:
Oh my god another person whining about not supporting a game because of DRM. Well too bad, youre loss on a gaming experience anyway. And to think of it, a person having a beef at steam? You must be nuts.
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I wouldn't say I'm whining at all actually. I stated why I hadn't played it and what better way to make your sentiments clear to a company than with your wallet. However I may in fact still be a bit nuts.

synergyo1 said:
I agree that DRM can hurt the innocent more so than the pirates if it is implemented poorly. But honestly, Steam has not inconvenienced me. If anything it made my life more easier. What is so inconvenient about Steam anyway? At the moment it seems you are against it on principle and haven't even tried it out.
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To be completely honest I am against it on principle alone. I have not personally tried steam or any service that is like it. I'm not saying that nobody else should its just not for me.

PWMK2 said:
Saying Steam doesn't slow piracy down at all just shows you don't know what Steam is about.

There are pretty much two companies whose games aren't getting pirated out the ass right now. Valve and Blizzard.
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I'm not looking to pick a fight by any means but I have to think that you've just never looked or haven't looked in the right places. Even WoW can be pirated and played on private servers.

Personally I'd much rather pay a developer to continue making good games without draconian security features.

Please don't take my statements to be an attack on anyone. I was merely giving my personal reason for not playing HL2 at the request of the OP. I'll be crawling back under my rock now.
 
haven't played it. Could've gotten it with the orange box but I was short ten bucks and really wanted to play TF2 <_<

Should've gotten the Orange box!!!!
 
lol youre completely right.
1st time I got to check this thread after I posted it.




ScreamingBroccoli said:
My bet is that OP has an extra copy of HL2 that came free w/ orange box, so whoever hasn't played first the OP will give the code too!

Foiled OP, btw, I played it :p
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bob dole 369

PM me.

I have an extra copy I can give as a gift through my steam account.

(make a steam account if you dont already) and pm me.
 
I used to LOVE Half life 2 DM. I didnt play the single player that much, but DM was freaking amazing.

I loved the fast pace, especially on some of the non-realisitic levels like the box ones and such, just insane times....With my BFG 6800OC :)



Favorite weapon? Mine personally was the Bow that shot rods. Had a delay so it took some skill, and was awesome to lead into shots and nail people from long range!
 
I find it funny that when Steam first came out, everyone seemed to hate it. Now, everyone loves it.
 
what drm are we talking about? i just install steam and play through there. Theres no hassle to it.
 
My only grievance with Steam is that it requires you to have an internet connection to play single player games. This hasn't been a problem for me yet but it likely will towards the end of October until February. The reason is that I am in the military and will be in Afghanistan. There are many military gamers who would love to be able to fire up HL2 while deployed but cant due to lack of free connection (free meaning, not a secure government encrypted network). This scenario is the main reason I haven't bought other single player games off of steam. I doubt it will be a big deal for me though seeing that I will have Far Cry2, Fallout3, Spore, STALKER Clear Sky, and possibly Crysis Warhead and Project Origin to keep me company. Unfortunately I will miss Left 4 Dead and Deadspace and will have to play them when I return. It would be nice if Valve offered a way for people like me who have a history of having Steam Installed (4+ years now) able to play their games offline.

I have some gift copies as well if anyone wants them.
 
Sobek said:
My only grievance with Steam is that it requires you to have an internet connection to play single player games. This hasn't been a problem for me yet but it likely will towards the end of October until February. The reason is that I am in the military and will be in Afghanistan. There are many military gamers who would love to be able to fire up HL2 while deployed but cant due to lack of free connection (free meaning, not a secure government encrypted network). This scenario is the main reason I haven't bought other single player games off of steam. I doubt it will be a big deal for me though seeing that I will have Far Cry2, Fallout3, Spore, STALKER Clear Sky, and possibly Crysis Warhead and Project Origin to keep me company. Unfortunately I will miss Left 4 Dead and Deadspace and will have to play them when I return. It would be nice if Valve offered a way for people like me who have a history of having Steam Installed (4+ years now) able to play their games offline.

I have some gift copies as well if anyone wants them.
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you CAN play in offline mode. heck if you fire it up without an internet connection it will even ask you if you want to play in offline mode. for someone that has had Steam for 4 years how could you not know that?????

EDIT: the game does have to be up to date to go offline
 
cannondale06 said:
you CAN play in offline mode. heck if you fire it up without an internet connection it will even ask you if you want to play in offline mode. for someone that has had Steam for 4 years how could you not know that?????

EDIT: the game does have to be up to date to go offline
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Wow, I never knew that since I've always had an internet connection and launched the game through Steam. Thanks.
 
To be completely honest I am against it on principle alone. I have not personally tried steam or any service that is like it. I'm not saying that nobody else should its just not for me.
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So - heres what's awesome about steam.

No disks, you can download your crap whenever you like, as many times as you like.

I have ~15 games on steam right now, for someone who seems too spend like six months in any one place its incredibly convenient.
 
fam said:
Is there anyone here that has NOT ever played Half life 2?
Explain if you havent (please dont turn this into a crap thread as I have a secret agenda)
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I have never played HL2, Basically HL1 and all that CS crap that followed turned me off on the game...
 
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