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Right that's it.
I'm only buying three games before Christmas.
GC - Metroid Prime 2
PC - Half Life 2
Xbox - Halo 2
Otherwise, I won't have time, money, or a life to spend on any more.
I'm only buying three games before Christmas.
GC - Metroid Prime 2
PC - Half Life 2
Xbox - Halo 2
Otherwise, I won't have time, money, or a life to spend on any more.
I would think so as the games are installed directly onto your PC, but have yet to try it myself as I don't have any blank DVD's at my disposal.
Don't bother trying to back up HL2 yet though, Valve aren't releasing the final part until the games official release to prevent people hacking their way into it.
Don't bother trying to back up HL2 yet though, Valve aren't releasing the final part until the games official release to prevent people hacking their way into it.
oasismark wrote:
> So i wonna ask when half life 2 comes out will it include the counter
> strike online games with it?
>
> Or will counter strike be a seperate game. As i've seen counter
> strike sold seperatly.
Counter Strike is a seperate game (which is why if you buy HL2 from Steam you can play it right now) but it's bought with Half Life 2 as a whole package deal.
> And whats "source" mean?
Source is the graphics engine powering HL2, Valve have spent years developing it and if you play CS: Source you'll see that the engine is visually one of the most impressive around.
> and what's this...
>
> Half-Life 1: Source*
> ▪ Day of Defeat™:
> Source*
Half-Life 1: Source = the original Half Life game, but remade with the same graphics used to power Half Life 2
Day of Defeat: Source = a World War II mod, perhaps the second most popular after CS (and my personal favourite) and like CS and the orignal Half Life, powered by new graphics.
You can also look forward to many more additional mods, as Vavle have already released their graphics technology to bedroom coders to get working on a whole new set of additional games, but don't expect to see those until sometime next year.
> So i wonna ask when half life 2 comes out will it include the counter
> strike online games with it?
>
> Or will counter strike be a seperate game. As i've seen counter
> strike sold seperatly.
Counter Strike is a seperate game (which is why if you buy HL2 from Steam you can play it right now) but it's bought with Half Life 2 as a whole package deal.
> And whats "source" mean?
Source is the graphics engine powering HL2, Valve have spent years developing it and if you play CS: Source you'll see that the engine is visually one of the most impressive around.
> and what's this...
>
> Half-Life 1: Source*
> ▪ Day of Defeat™:
> Source*
Half-Life 1: Source = the original Half Life game, but remade with the same graphics used to power Half Life 2
Day of Defeat: Source = a World War II mod, perhaps the second most popular after CS (and my personal favourite) and like CS and the orignal Half Life, powered by new graphics.
You can also look forward to many more additional mods, as Vavle have already released their graphics technology to bedroom coders to get working on a whole new set of additional games, but don't expect to see those until sometime next year.
You get the complete GOLD package, including the game disc to install from.
Mav wrote:
> So how would it work... I'd pay for the Gold edition, then download
> all the games and then a little while later receive all these
> promotional things in the post?
I would think so. I got the Silver edition last night. No fuss, just put in credit card details, followed the simple instructions and bam, withing five minutes I'd pre-ordered HL2 and had CS: Condition Zero, CS: Deleted Scenes and CS: Source ready to play.
> It's the lack of a hard copy that's my problem with it. I like games
> in their nice boxes with the manual and artwork and on a DVD that you
> can keep and then sell on. Makes it feel more as if you've bought
> something.
That's what bothered me at first, but now I've got it ordered it really doesn't matter. I'll back up HL2 anyway on a blank DVD, when it's ready. Besides, I'd rather Vavle get my money than the Publishers and shop Retailer, who always get a bigger cut of the profit.
> So how would it work... I'd pay for the Gold edition, then download
> all the games and then a little while later receive all these
> promotional things in the post?
I would think so. I got the Silver edition last night. No fuss, just put in credit card details, followed the simple instructions and bam, withing five minutes I'd pre-ordered HL2 and had CS: Condition Zero, CS: Deleted Scenes and CS: Source ready to play.
> It's the lack of a hard copy that's my problem with it. I like games
> in their nice boxes with the manual and artwork and on a DVD that you
> can keep and then sell on. Makes it feel more as if you've bought
> something.
That's what bothered me at first, but now I've got it ordered it really doesn't matter. I'll back up HL2 anyway on a blank DVD, when it's ready. Besides, I'd rather Vavle get my money than the Publishers and shop Retailer, who always get a bigger cut of the profit.
So how would it work... I'd pay for the Gold edition, then download all the games and then a little while later receive all these promotional things in the post?
It's the lack of a hard copy that's my problem with it. I like games in their nice boxes with the manual and artwork and on a DVD that you can keep and then sell on. Makes it feel more as if you've bought something.
It's the lack of a hard copy that's my problem with it. I like games in their nice boxes with the manual and artwork and on a DVD that you can keep and then sell on. Makes it feel more as if you've bought something.
I lost my coupon...
Mav wrote:
> Can you only get this gold edition through steam?
Yep, I think so.
> Can you only get this gold edition through steam?
Yep, I think so.
Can you only get this gold edition through steam?
You need to download the program STEAM and in that program you can order Half-Life 2. There is no link to the actual buy but you can download steam here: [URL]www.steampowered.com[/URL]
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