Liveblogging HL2: Episode One

Hell YES!
Episode One is going to ROCK!

EDIT:
I would actually buy it, and play it right now, but I have too much of a crappy computer. :(

Maybe when DX10 arrives... :D

EDIT2: holy crap that was fast:
"Today, 19:38 #1
WilHarris"
"Today, 19:39 #2
korhojoa"
1 minute :P

Dammit, I didn't pre-load it, and the website to pre-order has been dead all day. :(

However, I do have a lot of imminent exams so this is a good thing.... or at least thats what I have to convince myself :p

jesus guys.....dont wet urself's

Sort of preloading now, i forgot about it :/ ah well, 20% preloaded...

99.7% Preloaded.

Stuck behind a bloody proxy server so there's no point even thinking about it... :'(

Damn, since I can't afford it I'm just going to play some more Dystopia..

Decrypting now... so happy that my worthless math class finished early.

Anyone else getting rediculous download speeds, I'm gett liek 30kb/s most of the time on 10mbps connection, bloodly Valve :/

-Fr4nk

just got episode 1 unlocked and played some and let me tell you it looks great and the
color is much more vivid than in hl2 well back to the game!!!!!!!!

well im ****ed

steam has just upped and decied that i have no installed games what so ever, even though i still have HL2, lost coast and CS:S installed on my machine. steam wont let me play any of them, lists them all as not installed.

non of the pop ups with links work, my pre load of HL2 EP1 seems to have vanished and isnt listed within steam

what a crock of ****, the same old story from valve....

The horror of getting a decent inernet connection in a 3rd world country... I have a few hours of Pre-loading left even though I've started last week. :'(

Why is page 2 of the review blank?

This game looks better than all the tostada's in China...

Originally Posted by Strategy
Why is page 2 of the review blank?

Sorry. You might get a glitch every now and again, since we're adding pages and comments on the fly as we go.

Ack.. where's the pic of the guy with the jaw snapped off?


Edit: nvm it's up

Nice style Wil, keeps us that don't have it (yet) in the picture.

Interested to see how long it does last - and the screenshots make it more and more enticing.

This looks quite good - the graphics are certainly a step forward. What sort of FPS are you seeing on the 7900?

lol I'm liking that on the fly artical style it's very original


anyone else getting very slow steam download speeds, i'm getting 4kb/s on my 1mb/s DSL connection at the moment having just bought episode 1 :(

I'm playing now, onto the third chapter. It's fairly fast-playing, but so far I'm thinking I'll go for a few runs through like I did with HL2. Plays quite smoothly (probably 30fps min, I haven't noticed any choppiness but can't say I've been running an hour+ FRAPS benchmark either) with my setup (see sig) at 1920x1200 2xAA 4xAF HDR, and looks quite nice too.

Alas, work today :( I tried to cheat Steam like I did with Lost Coast by setting my clock ahead to past midnight, only to be foiled by a 10am release (or whenever it was, I was at school). Gah. At least all is running smoothly.

http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/half_life_2_episode_one/3_large.jpg
did anyone else see this in game and immediately think "lol sky goatse!" or was it just me?

i played the first bit (up to the van 'ride') just to get a feel for it on my current card (x800xl :p) so i can compare to playing it on max settings with my x1900xt when it arrives :D :D :D

Anyone wanna to let me borrow their steam account so I can play it? :p :D

Argh. Unlocked okay, but still downloading the game files. Goddamn it's slow.

and i completed it, i didnt start till 6:25 either lol

i had a break so i recon i completed it in like 2 and a half hours

Edit
Oh yeh i thought it was pretty dissapointing, only like 1 new monster, The game is pretty short ....

the game is rather predictable, and as allways the puzzles are far too easy to figure out

Originally Posted by Article
20:30
Right, 10 minute break to go to the bathroom and get a drink. Perhaps my next upgrade should be a Level 10 Bladder of Holding.

That's the only thing that annoys me with gaming. Especially when you're playing an online fps or MMORPG, as toilet breaks have to be taken and they ruin your pvp.