[Thanks, Tyler C]
Fan created Half-Life trailer's animation is out of this world
by David Hinkle 
on Jun 1st 2011 12:00AM
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[Thanks, Tyler C]
Reader Comments (66)
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 12:04AM Enosoma said
This is awesome, but in a sad way, reminds me of like... if they did Half Life on Wii.
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 1:44AM Regularpants said
@nerdydesi Is it lonely up there? You know up there above the rest of us?
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Posted: Jun 1st 2011 1:46AM TheDarkWayne said
@nerdydesi There's kind of a difference between making fun of something, (or pointing out it's factual differences), and snarky, mean spirited elitism.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2011 1:53AM The Only Girl said
@TheDarkWayne
And strange enough, he uses both methods.
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And strange enough, he uses both methods.
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 2:05AM Nolan North said
@Enosoma
I would buy a Half-Life remake on the Wii
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I would buy a Half-Life remake on the Wii
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 2:57AM mcnichoj said
@nerdydesi
Hey mister I just bought a 360/PS3 for $200/$300 along with a brand new $60 game that just came out this week and it sure plays great. Runs in HD and I just have to pop it in to play.
Can you buy a PC for $300 with a brand new game that costs $50 and play it? Does it run at the best picture quality? Can you get home and get right into the game and feel the immersion?
With that said, I'm gonna go play a game that I just bought off Steam. kbai
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Hey mister I just bought a 360/PS3 for $200/$300 along with a brand new $60 game that just came out this week and it sure plays great. Runs in HD and I just have to pop it in to play.
Can you buy a PC for $300 with a brand new game that costs $50 and play it? Does it run at the best picture quality? Can you get home and get right into the game and feel the immersion?
With that said, I'm gonna go play a game that I just bought off Steam. kbai
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 3:51AM FuriousMailman said
@nerdydesi
"But then again, I am on a CONSOLE-centric website, stirring up the lion's den actually."
There you go, you've admitted you're a flame-baiting troll.
/thread
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"But then again, I am on a CONSOLE-centric website, stirring up the lion's den actually."
There you go, you've admitted you're a flame-baiting troll.
/thread
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 3:56AM aea0a095 said
@mcnichoj
You can build a quad core gaming pc complete for under $350 that will run most games max or near max in FULL 1920x1080 and just plug it into your existing hdtv via hdmi. TigerDirect has full quad core build-it-yourself kits for $199 quite often, throw in a $130 550ti and you're good to go.
And yea, I love the work done here, it's simply amazing, but really, we better hear SOMETHING about hl3 soon, I really hope it doesn't go the way of Duke nukem.
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You can build a quad core gaming pc complete for under $350 that will run most games max or near max in FULL 1920x1080 and just plug it into your existing hdtv via hdmi. TigerDirect has full quad core build-it-yourself kits for $199 quite often, throw in a $130 550ti and you're good to go.
And yea, I love the work done here, it's simply amazing, but really, we better hear SOMETHING about hl3 soon, I really hope it doesn't go the way of Duke nukem.
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 7:13AM AssassinKensei said
@aea0a095 add $130 for a windows disk. and you are already too expensive, plus you can't play LBP, Gears of War 3, God of War, Uncharted, or a lot of other amazing games. I'm not saying PC's are bad just for your money if you want to play games you get more from a console. I agree PC's are better for Graphics, Simulator games like the Sims, Roller Coaster Tycoon, MS Flight Sim X, and RTS games.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2011 9:18AM KeenCommander said
@AssassinKensei
Ubuntu + wine could be an option, depending on what you want to play. It's somewhat limiting, but there's a large number of games that are compatible. As well as the Steam client, and IMO one of the great things about PC games is Steam sales (as long as you're okay with all that DRM...which you'd probably be getting hit with anyways).
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Ubuntu + wine could be an option, depending on what you want to play. It's somewhat limiting, but there's a large number of games that are compatible. As well as the Steam client, and IMO one of the great things about PC games is Steam sales (as long as you're okay with all that DRM...which you'd probably be getting hit with anyways).
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 3:54PM thund3rstruck said
@Enosoma: As if the Wii could actually render graphics from 1998.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2011 12:09AM aray48 said
It would impress me if it was possible in the game. Also, on a side note, the first Half Life didn't really impress me at all. I don't get why so many people liked/like it. But I love Half Life 2
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 12:18AM willooi said
@aray48
HL1 was the first FPS that truly involved you in the action in real time, with sequences advancing the plot and all the major set pieces happening in front of you - no cutscenes. It was utterly innovative back in the day and paved the way for how we experience the genre now
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HL1 was the first FPS that truly involved you in the action in real time, with sequences advancing the plot and all the major set pieces happening in front of you - no cutscenes. It was utterly innovative back in the day and paved the way for how we experience the genre now
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 12:59AM Mmmmz said
@aray48
I assume you didn't play it when it was brand new. Like many games, if you play them later, especially when they propelled the genre forward, it's hard to appreciate them as much.
Before Half Life things weren't going too great for FPS. It was a niche that wasn't mainstream. Half Life did many of the "firsts" for the genre as we know it today. Well, the "firsts" of doing it right all in one neat little package, at least.
Much like how Final Fantasy VII propelled RPGs into a more mainstream setting, Half Life did it for FPS.
Both games changed the industry and propelled it forward.
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I assume you didn't play it when it was brand new. Like many games, if you play them later, especially when they propelled the genre forward, it's hard to appreciate them as much.
Before Half Life things weren't going too great for FPS. It was a niche that wasn't mainstream. Half Life did many of the "firsts" for the genre as we know it today. Well, the "firsts" of doing it right all in one neat little package, at least.
Much like how Final Fantasy VII propelled RPGs into a more mainstream setting, Half Life did it for FPS.
Both games changed the industry and propelled it forward.
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 1:10AM Dillagence said
@aray48
If half life didn't impress you, you obviously didn't play it when it came out. There was nothing even close to it at the time or for years after. I guess you don't "understand" why people liked doom or quake either. Your first fps was probably halo. Ignorant youngsters.
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If half life didn't impress you, you obviously didn't play it when it came out. There was nothing even close to it at the time or for years after. I guess you don't "understand" why people liked doom or quake either. Your first fps was probably halo. Ignorant youngsters.
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 3:42AM aray48 said
@Dillagence No need to be a dick. I played it a few years after it came out. Saying my first fps is Halo as an insult? really? Grow up. I just didn't see the appeal of the first Half Life. The concept was sort of cool but the gameplay was ultimately boring and repetitive.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2011 11:44AM WizarDru said
@aray48 The appeal was simple. Half-Life moved the FPS as a category forward on several points. It was revolutionary both within the game and from a meta standpoint.
It made the FPS actually have a story and a well-written, immersive story at that. You were in the center of the action as it developed. It featured a new standard for voice-acting. It featured (for the time) revolutionary AI. It featured lots of game concepts that were, at that time, new or rare. Especially important is that it opened the door to user-developed content and development in a way that we take for granted now, but was rare back then.
Half-Life raised the bar far beyond the state of the art when released. It may be hard to understand that if you played it several years later. Every FPS after half-life was informed by it.
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It made the FPS actually have a story and a well-written, immersive story at that. You were in the center of the action as it developed. It featured a new standard for voice-acting. It featured (for the time) revolutionary AI. It featured lots of game concepts that were, at that time, new or rare. Especially important is that it opened the door to user-developed content and development in a way that we take for granted now, but was rare back then.
Half-Life raised the bar far beyond the state of the art when released. It may be hard to understand that if you played it several years later. Every FPS after half-life was informed by it.
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 12:13AM Jawmuncher said
This reminds me I need to replay half-Life 1
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 12:15AM willooi said
Excellent =) What a classic Half Life is, this trailer brings back lots of fond memories
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 12:15AM (Unverified) said
So happy. Please remake if the "Black Mesa" Remake project ever actually happens.
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 12:16AM VanillaNowah said
I need a cigarette after that trailer.
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 12:17AM Zeridian said
Damnit Joystiq! Stop making me relive happy memories of the ol' days and reminding me why I need Half-Life 3!!
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 12:19AM Kibbles XIII said
Wait the hand and crowbar makes the symbol?
I never noticed that
I never noticed that
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 8:25AM MontEdZuma said
@Kibbles XIII I think he just kind of made that up...and it just happens to be AWESOME! If he didn't then we both didn't notice. For now, I will give him credit and be envious that I never even thought of that.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2011 12:23AM umainebearman said
If you played half life when it first hit and you weren't impressed with it you don't like games. That game established what great games shuld be and would become and as you played it you could see it. Right from the train ride/intro you knew at that point this wasn't some Doom wanna be, it was a standard setter and it shows in all the games Valve now puts out.
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 1:03AM laser beams said
@Mastadon
...said the guy who misspelled "mastodon". Nice name, dude.
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...said the guy who misspelled "mastodon". Nice name, dude.
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 10:57AM trinica said
@Mastadon
I don't even understand your logic, he missed ONE letter due to a typo....I mean, maybe his O key doesn't work very well or something. I know my E key gives me trouble....
I'm with the guy above me, love your misspelled name broski. Very intriguing considering what you choose to criticize people on.
;)
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I don't even understand your logic, he missed ONE letter due to a typo....I mean, maybe his O key doesn't work very well or something. I know my E key gives me trouble....
I'm with the guy above me, love your misspelled name broski. Very intriguing considering what you choose to criticize people on.
;)
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 12:26AM Special Agent Steve said
I felt like a total badass just watching that.
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 12:46AM Burger Queen said
Outstanding job. That actually made me want to play Half-Life 1 even though I absolutely hated HL2.
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 12:51AM Mastadon said
Which reminds me, I can look back to the two times I played Half Life 2, and shockingly, I couldn't even vageuly understand the plot. Gas mask aliens took over the world, yet, a human is in charge? Where did they come from? How?
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 1:23AM shaktazuki said
bizznitchin'.
As a side note, if Valve remade HL1 and made it as technically awesome on the PS3 as Portal 2 was, I'd buy it. Frankly, the Orange Box plays like mud on the PS3.
As a side note, if Valve remade HL1 and made it as technically awesome on the PS3 as Portal 2 was, I'd buy it. Frankly, the Orange Box plays like mud on the PS3.
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 1:51AM stamps79 said
I would love to see Valve do a Half Life 1 remake for PC/Xbox360/PS3 (big dreams)
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 1:55AM The Only Girl said
WOO Original Xbox graphics! Yeahhhh!
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 3:29AM Captaindrek1 said
@The Only Girl
. . .
I know this was a joke, but wasn't HL2 in the original xbox?
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. . .
I know this was a joke, but wasn't HL2 in the original xbox?
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 2:34AM rumandgold said
thats funny, it's kind of what I imagine the duke nukem to be like, good animation and hd graphics, but 1998 style gameplay.
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 2:38AM Captaindrek1 said
He made a joke, a bad one, but a joke none the less.
