Half Life 2 released and on shelves.....but not released!?

xKALECx · Post by **xKALECx** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 11:26 pm

Well it's all over the net. HL2 was purchased by thousands today from places like Best Buy and Wal-Mart, even EBGames and Gamestop. Yet shortly after some people installed and ran the game, Valve was forced by Vivendi to LOCK the game once more through Steam not allowing people to play until Tuesday as for breach of contract.

Ciladan · Post by **Ciladan** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 11:26 pm

Fucking Vivendi

Kaeerwen · Post by **Kaeerwen** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 2:02 am

Fuck those assbags... I'd go back to the store and return my copy np.

Malluas · Post by **Malluas** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 2:10 am

isn't there single player game? or is HL full multiplayer?

hehe i don't kno cause i only saw lan games of HL and unreal.... unreal had a single player game i kno that hehe

would be funny if that happened with GWs hehe

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 9:26 am

It's single-player mostly but you cannot play the game until you connect through the internet the first time...it's really fucking stupid.

Malluas · Post by **Malluas** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 1:15 pm

ok that is fuckin stupid

congrats on stupidy hehe for that company.

but at least when you went to the store and it was on the shelf.. it had some crime scene tape around it saying DO NOT SELL TILL (this date)

you should have seen my amazon package when the 5th harry book was sent to me

DO NOT DELIVER TILL JUN WHATEVER THE DATE WAS! and it was all over the damn thing

xKALECx · Post by **xKALECx** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 3:37 pm

http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=news&id=344

Official response.

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 10:17 pm

hehe

Aatrex · Post by **Aatrex** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 11:53 pm

teehee

downloading it now~ can't wait!

Post by **Lyion** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:27 am

So what happens if someone doesn't have Internet access? It seems idiotic to require access to play a single player game.

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:34 am

They can't play. It's listed in the minimum requirements that you need internet access. You can do it like ANYWHERE that you have steam installed...you don't need the game installed. It authentics it from your steam account.

Post by **Mop** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:35 am

this happens all the time

place one sells befor epre release

then chain hears about it and begins to sell before release date

then everyone is selling...

it's fucking stupid I h8 the video game industry

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:22 am

In case nobody has seen this...it's been around forever but it's so fucking cool.

http://members.home.nl/gis/

Kaeerwen · Post by **Kaeerwen** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 11:18 am

Damn...

Diekan · Post by **Diekan** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 10:49 pm

I've always hated HL... had no intentions on buying that piece of shit game anyway... ha ha ho.

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 11:11 pm

Piece of shit? Have you played even the leaked beta?

All I have to say is, "wow"

I can't wait.