Just bought HL2

dj_stick

got it off steam, the pre-load was pretty quick, i guess because i already had the demo. Got about half an hour as it updates before i can play.

looking forward to playing this

TJ-

do u need a credit card to buy it??? how much was it???

Dyre Straits

You will really enjoy the game.

Steam, on the other hand.....well, enough said already. I'm still steamed at Steam.

dj_stick

i used my dad's credit card
i got the silver package, which was 59.95 US, which is roughly 77.90 in AUD for us

Dark Lord

ya HL2 really is a great game.

i dunno why so many people have problems with steam, it works perfectly for me. the first few weeks it came out i absolutly hated it, but after they fixed the initial bugs i love it.

dj_stick

oh sh… the update has frozen, i'm gonna restart steam and see if i have to start from scratch again

TJ-

your scaring me..... im was thinking of going out to buy it.... dont want any problems when i do....

pigdog

Well, how did it go?

dj_stick

still pre-loading and downloading… barely

plus a major system crash in between…

Jitter

I bought the game at the store and Im on dial up.......It still took me about 2-3 hours to get the game up and running from all the updates, but once it got going it is one of the few games that live up to the hype.

dj_stick

mm still waiting for it, none of the source games (hl2, hl:source, cs:source and hl2:dm) are ready to play, but hl, opfor, dmc, tfc, cs are all ready to play
dod, cs:cz and cz: deleted scenes are still to be downloaded aswell


damnit i want to play hl2

TJ-

hahahahaaha you got ripped off...... what a waste,,,, damn valve and steam...

thomasabarnes

Hey DJ, it's worth the wait! Hang in there, pal.

dj_stick

no, its acutally quite good value, with all the older games aswell (that i had never paid for in the first place when i played them)

TJ-

yea but you paid for hl2 nd still cant play it,, when u buy it you should be able to play it...!!!

dj_stick

i'll be able to play it eventually

craig5320

The worst part for me was the authenticating, man that took like an hour and a half and froze several times, but once it's ready to play, you'll be ready to roll. and you'll forget everything it's put you through.

Chaos

I agree 100% Steam is a pain in the ass but HL2 is amazing especially if your machine has the horsepower to make it purr

No_Style

That authentication process sounds harsh How long does it take if all goes well? Does it still take long even when all goes well?

dj_stick

is that with the steam bought version aswell? or just the retail?


EDIT: 30% download left and its not doin anything…

TJ-

so its been 2 days since you payed for a game and still havnt been able to play it, it might be another week before you do if you do at all..... man that has gotta suck, i will difinatly not be buying that game until it comes out with a game of the year edition with all patches and updated allready on the cd....

Chaos

what type of Internet connection are you using to download it. My steam folder is 4.6 Gb

dj_stick

Cable internet… according to steam when downloads were going well it was getting up to 6.7mbps down now its around 70kbps…

my steam folder is about 8.5Gb, its supposed to be 9 something i think when its all downloaded

craig5320

I bought the retail for the CD-key, HL2 was already pre-loaded to my puter, so all i did was put the CD in and the CD-key and off it went authenticating, it's supposed to take a couple of minutes, it took so long because it was the launch day and the servers were hammered, i've re-installed since and it's only taken minutes. With the level of warez today I can understand that it has to be done, and I say go for it Valve, they worked there butt off to bring us this game and deserve all the return they get. *thumbs up*

TJ-

9 gig....!!!! holy jezuz.... what a hog of space... thats incredible,,....