Re: HL2: The Lost Coast is OUT

**StrikeFear** · 10-29-2005, 11:09 AM

Speaking of which, when is Aftermath coming out?

**ScratchMonkey** · 10-29-2005, 11:15 AM

Now that's something I'm really looking forward to. I'm about 2/3 of the way through Quake 4 which is more fun for the nostalgia factor than anything. I'm willing to set it aside for Lost Coast and the usual Saturday TG BF2 play. Q4 has some potential in the squad play but there's just not enough of it, and the AI's aren't very bright. They keep wanting to rush out and get killed. I also loved how the bad guys in earlier Id games would fight with each other if you get one to FF another, but they don't seem to do that anymore. I'd rush through the midst of a heterogenous mix of bad guys, wait for the carnage to start, then wait it out in a corner and mop up any survivors. Good times.

**Wintermute** · 10-30-2005, 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by lucky15234

Well i have it pre-loaded but I jsut bought anouther great game called F.E.A.R. and im currently playing that but i will get to Lost Coast ASAP! tahnx for the reminder black death.

Fear is a very good game. The best FPS AI I have ever seen. Remeber when you first fought the grunts in HL1 and they grenaded you, ducked behind cover and set up cross fires? Well FEAR takes that to the next level.

I will definately download Lost Coast although my GF4 is not DX9 and I only have 512MB RAM.

**Mateo** · 10-31-2005, 02:54 AM

Originally Posted by CingularDuality

Yeah, it's VERY short...

The new HDR stuff isn't all that impressive, either...

I can't render any of it, so other than the commentary, it's not all that interesting.

The commentary is cool though, in a behind the scenes sort of way.

**Steel_Penguin** · 10-31-2005, 03:28 AM

I don't know what your talking about Cingular.Maybe your system isn't up to snuff

?The HDR stuff is PREEETTTTYYYY. Especially with everything turned up

. You can really see a difference from the original lighting system, especially when you go from a dark area to a light area. Your "eyes" actually need to take time to adjust too bright light or darkness.The light reflects the sun better and The effect of the sun on the fisherman's skin looked really good. I got that god mode thing too though, doesen't matter because this isn't really about the gameplay, although the commentary has some interesting things about level design. I just want to see all this stuff in a real game so i can't wait for Aftermath, even though i haven't even started the HL2 singleplayer yet

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**SinisteR_NL** · 10-31-2005, 05:37 AM

I just finised it (im guessing about 15 minutes gameplay

) and i was quite impressed with the HDR. The sky outside looked somewhat "overexsposed" but inside the church was exelent. There are some bronze things hangning from the celing that reflect everything... very nice. I had disabled the commentary but ill go play it with that on so i can find the hidden gems in the demo.

**CingularDuality** · 10-31-2005, 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by Steel_Penguin

I don't know what your talking about Cingular.Maybe your system isn't up to snuff

?The HDR stuff is PREEETTTTYYYY. Especially with everything turned up

. You can really see a difference from the original lighting system, especially when you go from a dark area to a light area. Your "eyes" actually need to take time to adjust too bright light or darkness.The light reflects the sun better and The effect of the sun on the fisherman's skin looked really good. I got that god mode thing too though, doesen't matter because this isn't really about the gameplay, although the commentary has some interesting things about level design. I just want to see all this stuff in a real game so i can't wait for Aftermath, even though i haven't even started the HL2 singleplayer yet

.

Eh... I have everything turned up to their highest settings (AA on 4x), and it's a cool effect, but it's not all that...

**Acid** · 10-31-2005, 08:15 AM

.....impressive. the screenshots look cool, but i havent gotten to actually load it up yet.

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**Limenote** · 10-31-2005, 01:31 PM

not played it, but if its anything like farcry's or splintercells than it should look amazing imo

**Steel_Penguin** · 10-31-2005, 01:36 PM

It looks a good deal better than Farcry. It's slightly better than Splinter Cell 3.

**SkidMark** · 11-06-2005, 09:12 PM

I just beat it and I ahve to agree with Cing, yeah its a tech demo, and it wasnt all that impressive. Just a tech demo, nothing more.

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