HL2: Aftermath via Steam for $12.95

Post by **Grudge** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:27 pm

Interview with Valve:

http://www.shacknews.com/extras/2005/09 ... lvehdr_1.x

The game will ship over Steam this year, most likely in November, and will have an incredibly reasonable purchase price of $12.95.

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:29 pm

I hope that doesn't mean it's really short

Post by **MKJ** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:14 pm

i also hope you dont need steam to get it

Post by **Grudge** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:20 pm

I read somewhere that there will be 4 episodes per year, and at the end of the year, those episodes will be bundled together and sold as a retail expansion.

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:33 pm

So essentially the expansion will be $52?

Post by **Psyche911** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:36 pm

phantasmagoria wrote:So essentially the expansion will be $52?

Great, so we save $2 in taxes by buying it over Steam.

Post by **Mr.Magnetichead** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:53 pm

Grudge wrote:I read somewhere that there will be 4 episodes per year, and at the end of the year, those episodes will be bundled together and sold as a retail expansion.

That's for future Half Life games. Not aftermath.

Post by **Grudge** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:03 pm

Yeah, seems like Aftermath is just a test of the concept.

Post by **Mr.Magnetichead** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:17 pm

As well as Sin Episodes.

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:18 pm

i guess i will have to start downloading that stuff...i don't pay for games like that...

Post by **Turbine** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:20 pm

Wow Half Life is moving faster than I am catching up.
First Half Life, and I loved every second of it, except where you have to get in to water. Then Half Life 2 (sort of a bit boring when you are on the streets trying to get trought the barriers (reminds me of the alien levels of the original HL) now we have Aftermath, or something else I have been hearing about. Then allso there is this talk of the episodes. Then thereis this wholesteam thing, and I DO NOT GET STEAM...

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:22 pm

hl2 sucky sucky...nothing is gayer then hordes of electronic flying bugs...fuck that...

Post by **Turbine** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:25 pm

And then there is the Lost Coast.

So what is the order (that they should be played in, story wize) of these new HL2 games?

Post by **Eraser** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:27 pm

Turbine wrote:And then tereis the Lost Coast.

So what is the order (that they should be played in, story wize) of these new HL2 games?

Lost Coast is just a demo level and doesn't tie in into the story line.

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:28 pm

and who cares anyways..the story is crap...

Post by **MKJ** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:34 pm

Freakaloin wrote:hl2 sucky sucky...nothing is gayer then hordes of electronic flying bugs...fuck that...

in other words, you played the first 2 maps

Post by **MKJ** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:34 pm

Turbine wrote:Wow Half Life is moving faster than I am catching up.
First Half Life, and I loved every second of it, except where you have to get in to water. Then Half Life 2 (sort of a bit boring when you are on the streets trying to get trought the barriers (reminds me of the alien levels of the original HL) now we have Aftermath, or something else I have been hearing about. Then allso there is this talk of the episodes. Then thereis this wholesteam thing, and I DO NOT GET STEAM...

you played half life n then halflife 2?
best play Opposing Force after you beat halflife, sir

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:37 pm

MKJ wrote:
Freakaloin wrote:hl2 sucky sucky...nothing is gayer then hordes of electronic flying bugs...fuck that...
in other words, you played the first 2 maps

no i finished it and i rememeber those moronic bugs on lots of the maps...and wtf did they even have combines in it? they couldn't kill u if u just stood there waiting to die...

Post by **Turbine** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:38 pm

I played Half Life,
then what feels about 27% of Opposing Force,
then the whole Blue Shift.
Then Half Life 2.

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:47 pm

i hated hl1 too..most overhyped franchise ever...

Post by **Mr.Magnetichead** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:51 pm

Eraser wrote:
Turbine wrote:And then tereis the Lost Coast.

So what is the order (that they should be played in, story wize) of these new HL2 games?
Lost Coast is just a demo level and doesn't tie in into the story line.

Yes is does. It was a planned chapter but was cut along with the headcrab factory. Read raising the bar.

Post by **Turbine** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:51 pm

Freakaloin wrote:i hated hl1 too..most overhyped franchise ever...

No, it was revolutionary at its time.
Great storyline. (it keeps you asking questions)
It had amazing gaming moments, one of my most memorable ones is geting shot at by marines while I was crawling trought air ducts. You couls actualy see light comming in trought the wholes, and them talking about you.
The game had exilent AI, that actualy took cover, and threw granades at you. Called support.

Great sound engine, with echo in large areas.

Who can forget all the huge Turbines?

Post by **Wizard .3** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:04 pm

And it seems the voice at the end of the Aftermath trailer is in fact G-man...

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:06 pm

Turbine wrote:
Freakaloin wrote:i hated hl1 too..most overhyped franchise ever...
No, it was revolutionary at its time.
Great storyline. (it keeps you asking questions)
It had amazing gaming moments, one of my most memorable ones is geting shot at by marines while I was crawling trought air ducts. You couls actualy see light comming in trought the wholes, and them talking about you.
The game had exilent AI, that actualy took cover, and threw granades at you. Called support.

Great sound engine, with echo in large areas.

Who can forget all the huge Turbines?

wow scripted scenes...a revolution...lol...

Post by **Turbine** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:12 pm

But they made them feel like a part of the story, so you did not realy go: "Oh, looky a scriptie"