New Half-Life 2, Portal, and Team Fortress vids
by Joystiq Staff 
{ Aug 23rd 2006 at 8:45PM }
YouTube continues to prove its worth as we've just been tipped to a whole bunch of new Valve-related videos from the Leipzig convention in Germany. With such good physics gameplay, it's certainly hard to play favorites on this one because they all look completely worthwhile.
Either click the links or check out the videos after the break. Which one impresses you the most?
- Portal
- Team Fortress 2
- Half-Life 2: Episode 2 (Part 1)
- Half-Life 2: Episode 2 (Part 2)
- Half-Life 2: Episode 2 (Part 3)
- Half-Life 2: Episode 2 (Part 4)
- Half-Life 2: Episode 2 (Part 5)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Nicholas @ Aug 23rd 2006 8:51PM
tf2 looks great, i cant wait to get my hands on that game.
Babylonian @ Aug 23rd 2006 8:55PM
Ooh, Portal's really looking great.
Rawnblade @ Aug 23rd 2006 9:04PM
It all looks good, the antlion lair has me crossing my fingers for a Hive Queen battle.
ill trooper @ Aug 23rd 2006 9:12PM
TF2... Something to look forward to. Nice one, Valve.
Sintax @ Aug 23rd 2006 9:20PM
AWSOME!! All three games are coming along better than I could hope for. Inovation is the one reason I want to work for valve! I can't wait to play portal and TF2.
Sub @ Aug 23rd 2006 9:22PM
In my mind, Valve is THE best developer ever. I can't wait for this to come out.
GSI @ Aug 23rd 2006 9:23PM
HO-LY-SHIT.
Those last 2 videos were just BAD ASS!
I just hope EP2 doesn't have a lot of those "escort missions" that the end of EP1 had b/c that got kind of boring at a while.
Team Fortress looked awesome as well. I except there to be a LAN party here at my office when that baby comes out.
GSI @ Aug 23rd 2006 9:24PM
@ T-Bag:
...and you wonder why you have 4 negative stars.
Get lost...
Chiablo @ Aug 23rd 2006 9:24PM
I just can't get over how fanstastic the art style of Team Fortress 2 is. Hopefully the character animations translate well into the actual game.
And I'm a huge fan of puzzle games, so Portal has me super excited... I just hope there are hundreds of puzzles and not just 10 or so. And I hope they allow users to create their own maps for Portal, that would increase the life of the game by 1000%.
Bob @ Aug 23rd 2006 9:36PM
LOVE THE TFC!
I really wish there had been some medic action as that's my class of choice. Dear god I hope conc jumping is still intact.
Yay Valve!
Dr.Swiss @ Aug 23rd 2006 9:40PM
each negative star = each generation of incest?
mike_p @ Aug 23rd 2006 9:41PM
I really applaud Valve and their recent record. Decide to distribute your games online through one source. Great Source engine. Three, yes three, good games coming out. I know TF2 will not disappoint and neither will Portal, which looks the most spectacular of all, IMO. The concept of that game (and the outcome) are damn amazing!
Seroth @ Aug 23rd 2006 9:47PM
Awesome games. Now let's fix those stuttering problems, Valve!
GSI @ Aug 23rd 2006 9:52PM
-->"Awesome games. Now let's fix those stuttering problems, Valve!"
You've never read the tweak guides at Tweakguides.com have you?
T-Bag @ Aug 23rd 2006 9:52PM
@ GSI,
The reason I have -4 stars is because of incompetence on Summa's part.
… Go fuck yourself? :D
T-Bag @ Aug 23rd 2006 9:57PM
@ Dr. Swiss,
You do realize HL2: E1 came and went with no real attention being paid, right? Halo 3 on the other hand... Need I say more? lol It's like comparing a phenom (Master Chief) to an unknown Gordon Freeman. A nerd with a crowbar? Are you serious? Just pick up a crow bar Swiss, you already have the nerd part set.
Yuki~Summer Ver.~ @ Aug 23rd 2006 10:01PM
TF2 is easily the best use of the Source engine I've seen yet. Nothing before has even come close, but that looks pretty decent.
Best part of the video, by far, was the spy and his balisong. Beautiful. I just hope you can still disguise yourself as the enemy, too.
Mark D @ Aug 23rd 2006 10:02PM
While TFC2 and Portal look absolutely incredible and I can't wait to play them, one thing about HL2 looks like it might be even better.
That is the feeling of despair and hopelessness of your situation, which is especially evident when fighting the tripod dudes. You're just running away, picking up anything - tires, buckets, hatchets, metal - and flinging it at the enemy. It feels so perfect, a Frankenstein moment where they just keep coming.
JPhantom @ Aug 23rd 2006 10:10PM
You can find a better version of the video here. It's practically the same resolution, however the quality is much better.
Dr.Swiss @ Aug 23rd 2006 10:11PM
How does that make me a nerd? I bought Half-Life for ps2 from a pawn shop then returned it, "claimed" it didn't work, and traded it in for TimeSplitters3.
Besides, I wear contacts, not glasses. :)
Mr. Bill @ Aug 23rd 2006 10:13PM
T-Bag's comments are so rediculously over-the-top idiotic, I can't help but assume they're totally contrived.
Good game, sir!
But yeah, I heart the Scout.
Stu @ Aug 23rd 2006 10:13PM
I don't want videos, I want those games released dag nabbit!
Bob @ Aug 23rd 2006 10:15PM
I really hope they stick some new weapons in HL2:2. Ep 1 was wonderful but I was disappointed that I didn't get a new weapon to unleash on the combine (cept that black hole nade, but technically it wasn't suppose to be there and inevitably killed Alyx every time I used it.)
You know what valve is the best at? Everything. =D
Einhanderkiller @ Aug 23rd 2006 10:18PM
Destroyed house at the end of video #5 = Awesome
the antique @ Aug 23rd 2006 10:26PM
meh at youtube being down.
GSI @ Aug 23rd 2006 10:28PM
-->"… Go fuck yourself? :D"
Like I said...and you wonder why you have 4 negative stars.
Keeping digging...
"You do realize HL2: E1 came and went with no real attention being paid, right?"
On what planet were you living on? Your biased fanboyism is blantantly obvious.
T-Bag @ Aug 23rd 2006 11:05PM
@ Mr. Bill,
You were horny when you were writing that, weren't you? As for the "good game" comment. In the context that which this matter at hand is being disputed, that does not make sense. Good game. Oh and please by all means use my rebuttal against me. It gives me a warm fuzzy feeling.
@ Grotesquely Suggestive Ignorance,
You sir, are an idiot. After explaining why it is I have these negative stars, you still find hope in basing attacks to degrade me through them. Well, go ahead. In fact I applaud your fruitless efforts. *clap* *clap*
"On what planet were you living on? Your biased fanboyism is blantantly obvious."
“…blantantly“?
Fanboyism, ha ha, ha ha, ha ha. If you've read my recent posts they've quite literally been nothing but hate and angst towards the 360 platform, and yet you have the balls to call me a fanboy. ha ha, good sir, ha ha! Aside from that though, if you had a means in which to contemplate logic (i.e. a mind) you'd see that I was right. Halo 3's going to have lines going to down streets. People anxiously waiting for hours if not days out front of the stores. HL2: E1? It had a few nerds talking about spoilers on the internets.
AndrewNeo @ Aug 23rd 2006 11:06PM
Steam's supposed to have the 720p vids up next week.
Merus @ Aug 23rd 2006 11:25PM
"If you've read my recent posts they've quite literally been nothing but hate and angst towards the 360 platform, and yet you have the balls to call me a fanboy."
... wait. Don't fanboys do that sort of thing?
Ash @ Aug 23rd 2006 11:31PM
Game videos are actually theo nly thing i ever watch on youtube. bit sad, isn;t it.
Peter Davis @ Aug 23rd 2006 11:41PM
Holy shit! they are making a halo 3? no wait, i dont care. TF2 looks badass, but then again so does portal and Ep2.
hallb4 @ Aug 24th 2006 12:11AM
I didn't play TF:C. But I do have fond memories of team fortress mod for Quake and I instantly recognize 2fort4. Ahhh..The good ol' days. I cant wait to get my hands on this game.
Psaakyrn @ Aug 24th 2006 12:14AM
The flamethrower guy is not focused on in the TF2 video.. anyone knows what's his description? (though I think it might be OMGWTFBBQ for some reason..)
Engineer = Area Denial (builds turrets, uses shotgun)
Heavy = Mow Down (chaingun, doesn't seem to require reloading, slight startup time)
Sniper = Precision Elimination (distant headshots, sniper rifle)
Spy = Uncloak and Dagger (cloaking, backstab melee = instant kill)
Scout = Rapid Recovery (very fast, evades people with low accuracy weapons, uses baton (unknown if baton effect is stun or lethal))
Demoman = House Cleaning (uses grenade aluncher, dynamites. Dynamites can 1-hit KO turrets and releases delayed explosives. Turrets seems to have low effect on Demoman)
Soldier = Shock and Awe (uses rocket launcher, can rocket jump, there seem to be either slight damage from landing or rocket-jumping, seems to be weak against Heavy and turrets)
atomic pond @ Aug 24th 2006 12:26AM
Your comments: I've had my fill of HL2 back in the months when it was first released for PC. The source engine "issues" took the shine out of the game
then and I've not been able to get pumped about it since. (and no, tweak guides did not help on 4 systems - the engine was f'd back then and prob still is)
I think it's time Valve stop milking this cash cow and did HL3 (with a complete overhaul) or create some new I.P.
Portal does look interesting though, will be keeping my eye on that one!
??? @ Aug 24th 2006 12:45AM
It's all absolutely spectacular; one of the very best games on the planet.....long as they keep the single player aspect in it.
moofree @ Aug 24th 2006 1:07AM
In the last video, the entire building getting blown to pieces took my breath away.
Damn, and I haven't even played Episode 1 yet.
Etheo @ Aug 24th 2006 1:16AM
@Psaakyrn: Pyro wasn't the only class missing in the TF2 video, where's my medic??? I would have loved the video if not for the fact that they DONT HAVE MY FRIGGING MEDIC ON IT!!!... also pyro.
The portal vid shows that the game is living up to every last bit of hype. Sweet!
GSI @ Aug 24th 2006 1:21AM
You're still an idiot T-Bag...and you constant childish bashing of anyone who has a different opinion then you shows you have no real logical and educated thought in your head.
-->"I think it's time Valve stop milking this cash cow and did HL3 (with a complete overhaul.)"
The Half-Life 2 episodic content IS HL3. Gabe Newell said weeks (maybe more) ago that rather then taking and couple years to do HL3 from the ground up, they are doing it this way.
What's funny is that you say that they are "milking" the franchise but then ask them to do HL3. You're being a hypocrite.
I would rather have them do it this way and get it out of the way so they can focus on a new IP quicker.
Bob @ Aug 24th 2006 1:30AM
You know, I have to completely credit Valve reigniting the flame between me and PC gaming. Hell, I haven't been this enthusiastic about PC games since the days of Commander Keen, Wolfenstein, Jazz Jackrabbit, Duke Nukem back for MS-DOS. I'm usually not that into FPS due to their cookie cutter reputation but when a game like HL2 comes along I can't resist giving it a whirl.
From those demos, it looks like Valve is going to deliver what we've been hoping for in Ep 2. There's only one word that can describe the awesomeness yet to come:
Gahlumbahgalilliba!
T-Bag @ Aug 24th 2006 1:45AM
@ Grotesquely Suggestive Ignorance,
1. "You're still an idiot T-Bag"
2. "and you constant childish bashing of anyone who has a different opinion then you shows you have no real logical and educated thought in your head."
Quoted for hilarity.
acID @ Aug 24th 2006 1:54AM
HOLY SMOKES!~ Episode 2 looks awesome!
GSI @ Aug 24th 2006 2:06AM
...the difference is that you have yet to give an opinion. Making statments that bash people or (in this example) a game are not opinions.
So like I said...there is a reason why you have 4 negative stars and it will continue to go that way.
uh_oh @ Aug 24th 2006 2:16AM
All interest me
GSI @ Aug 24th 2006 2:29AM
Oh so you're normally an a-hole then...it's pretty transparent.
Uber Soldat @ Aug 24th 2006 5:45AM
To the previous poster who said that they were having Source Engine 'issues', what PC hardware were you running it on? (i/e Processor, graphics card etc?)
Merus @ Aug 24th 2006 5:54AM
"If you had paid close enough attention to what I said in my first reply you would have understood why."
...so, what, blaming others because you get into flame wars with people?
Then again, simply perpetuating this flame war gets no-one nowhere. So T-Bag (that is a really poorly chosen username) doesn't like Half-Life. Big deal. He's in the minority, and yet feels the need to tell us all about how bad the Half-Life episodes are, despite their critical and commercial acclaim. (In any case, the idea behind the episodes is that as 2 & 3 come out, people go back and check out the first episode as well.) I'd just ignore him, much like you ignore Scientologists on the street who want to hook you up to an e-meter.
drdg @ Aug 24th 2006 6:06AM
Jesús, i need a lil epi 2 dosis now.
Pc gaming is the suxxor now.
Downloaded
d may cry 3 flop uninstall
Bad day La flopx2 ( die McGee, fuking die) uninstall
Titan shit flop uninstall
DarkStar One flop uninstall
Oblivion flop uninstall
Reservoir Dogs flop uninstall
1 fking semi-good game? its 2 much 2 ask?!
drdg @ Aug 24th 2006 6:10AM
1 stars? i think i deserve -4
fuck you beacht !
abc @ Aug 24th 2006 7:34AM
watch this video! is DEFCON, coming to steam!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TgSGekp9kvE
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5fesMAuDQP0
EdZ @ Aug 24th 2006 7:57AM
The one thing that strikes me above all else is Valve's ability to add scripted sequences and make them appear spontaneous. I don't mean this in an 'ZOMG scripted=teh suxorz valveu r cheaters !!11eleventyone!' sense, rather that they use the sequences in short bursts that are indistinguishable from unscripted gameplay. The strider smashing that building at the end of the last trailer was scripted, but definitely didn't look it. It has, what I call, the 'Goddamn Awesome' factor.