Half-Life 2 First Impressions - 16.11.04

IGNIQ members have started posting their initial thoughts about Half-Life 2:

Reality Is False:

this is the one game game that has met and surpassed all my expectations. There is not much that you can say about the gfx. The sound fx and voice acting are second to none. The atmosphere this game generates is beyond anything else.

Dave:

first impressions have been poor for me. loaded up the game i beat flea by all of 10 secs bitch. it then ccrashed when getting off the rail. ive managed to get it to work my specs are alright i do need the extra 512mb ram but

3200xp
512mb
9800 pro

and on source i get 95fps average and same settings as hl2 and it laggs like hell
veru buggy and disappointed.

Gary:

I'm getting unplayable lag and skipping audio at 1024 x 768 res, every setting on high and no aa or af. My spces 3.4 Pentium 4, 512 Mb ddr 400, Nvidia 6800 Gt 256 Mb, Audigy 2. I'm also gettting graphical distortion on a few objects.

I'm SOOOO dissapointed do far, to think that with the gfx card i have it is unplayable at those settings. I have to believe i'm not the only one experiencing these problems.

P.T. Flea:

The game is difficult to get used to...but once you play it for a bit, you get really immersed in it. Within the first half hour of playing my pulse was quickening when I was running from some (combine?) police officers, really pretty neat. I didn't realize how immersed I was until today though, because I was trying to get used to it all.

I think once the bugs are fixed for you guys you'll really get to like it. It definately looks and feels like it has great potential. As stated by gamespot, nothing revolutionary graphically or anything, but it's a good game.

This page will be updated as more opinions are posted, for more info see the main thread here.