# Cool Half-Life 2 Screenshots
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 18, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870 "2004-08-18T18:37:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870/1 "2004-08-18T18:37:30Z")
Here is the URL: [**http://www.planethalflife.com/features/articles/sigg04/index.shtm**](http://www.planethalflife.com/features/articles/sigg04/index.shtm)
I think on the pages where there are two images, one of them is a real picture while another is computer generated. At least that is what they said on madonion (futuremark). Either way, those pictures look pretty impressive!
[http://www.planethalflife.com/features/articles/sigg04/index4.shtm](http://www.planethalflife.com/features/articles/sigg04/index4.shtm) (looks almost real, but then I noticed the blurring on the floor - wow!)
:cap:
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### Author:  [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870/2 "2004-08-18T18:56:19Z")
that picture is crazy. They have a lot of hype ot live up to and a bit of technology to catch up with from their delay. Lets hope HL2 can deliver in the end.
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### Author:  [@Voetsjoeba](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Voetsjoeba)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870/3 "2004-08-18T18:57:51Z")
Whoa ! Tell me this one is real and not from HL² !
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### Author:  [@955](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/955)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870/4 "2004-08-18T18:58:30Z")
> [@Voetsjoeba](#):
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> Whoa ! Tell me this one is real and not from HL² !
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That’s pretty sick, no ?
😃
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### Author:  [@Voetsjoeba](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Voetsjoeba)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870/5 "2004-08-18T18:59:38Z")
That’s _insane_ ! I just can’t believe it. Am I being fooled around here ? 😛
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### Author:  [@SureShot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SureShot)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870/6 "2004-08-18T19:09:54Z")
It looks good as a still - but it all has to work when your are running like hell and fragging tons of monsters and what have you, don’t forget that.
I wonder if it’s going to be even more of a pig than Doom3 when it comes to what you need to be able to run the game.
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### Author:  [@955](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/955)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870/7 "2004-08-18T19:10:45Z")
The only bit that looks even remotely CG’ed is the top left corner, where the shadow changes to light and the top of the window just above it.
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### Author:  [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870/8 "2004-08-18T19:11:23Z")
and you know, the other shots dont look nearly as good :h:
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### Author:  [@955](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/955)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870/9 "2004-08-18T19:12:34Z")
> [@senocular](#):
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> and you know, the other shots dont look nearly as good :h:
They probably show it running on an average PC 😛
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870/10 "2004-08-18T19:16:29Z")
[left]Yeah - for example, I know that ([**this**](http://www.planethalflife.com/screenshot.asp?src=/features/articles/sigg04/phl_c17_Slide10a_hi.jpg)) isn’t real :P[/left]
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[left]This has to be my favorite pic: [http://www.planethalflife.com/features/articles/sigg04/index8.shtm](http://www.planethalflife.com/features/articles/sigg04/index8.shtm) [/left]
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### Author:  [@Disco\_Stu1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Disco_Stu1)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870/11 "2004-08-18T19:40:30Z")
Doom is a bit more photorealistic in terms of graphics, but HL2 is looking more “real” due to the environments. Dang. I can’t wait for this.
EDIT:
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During his part of the presentation, he used a Powerpoint presentation to illustrate world creation, research, architecture, lighting, and **concepts for the art direction of Half-Life 2**. This article recreates the highlights of that presentation. Click the pictures on each page to get the full-resolution versions.
Hmmm… It looks like these might be high-res CONCEPTS rendered in Maya or Max or something…
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### Author:  [@andr\_in](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/andr_in)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870/12 "2004-08-18T19:42:14Z")
My favourite:
[ ](http://www.gamespy.com?src=/features/articles/sigg04/phl_c17_Slide16_hi.jpg)
But the 4th one is just nuts… that pic is more realistic than reality itself :crazy:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870/13 "2004-08-18T19:47:32Z")
very very very very very nice!
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### Author:  [@Disco\_Stu1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Disco_Stu1)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870/14 "2004-08-18T19:49:27Z")
OK, now that we are at this point in game graphics, why doesn’t someone jump out of the boat and go with VR? Give me a pair of those PCI Xpress video cards, and some stereoscopic VR goggles. We could easily just tell the machine to render two slightly different scenes (for each eye),and base it on depth, and we’d have full 3d VR!
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### Author:  [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870/15 "2004-08-18T19:54:11Z")
I think VR requires too much effort. Its not as casual as just sitting down at your computer and clicking an icon twice. Also, with VR there’d be a lot of spilled sodas 😛
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870/16 "2004-08-18T20:29:36Z")
My goal is that one day I could find myself a treadmill that, when I run, it acts as the equivalent of me pushing the Up arrow to run in various FPS games. That way, I can get adequate exercise while playing a computer game! I really don’t like running a few miles each day in the outdoor world/map with real T&L and specular shading ☹
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### Author:  [@Disco\_Stu1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Disco_Stu1)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870/17 "2004-08-18T21:00:05Z")
Kirupa, I totally agree. One of my friends dads wrote a program for my friend (who was a little “big boned” 😉 ), and it wouldn’t let him use the computer until he ran 2 miles on the treadmill every day. He actually got in shape!
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### Author:  [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870/18 "2004-08-18T21:08:39Z")
> [@Disco-Stu](#):
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> Kirupa, I totally agree. One of my friends dads wrote a program for my friend (who was a little “big boned” 😉 ), and it wouldn’t let him use the computer until he ran 2 miles on the treadmill every day. He actually got in shape!
thats awesome! =)
What about something like a treadmill _powered_ computer? Then your computer use is directly proportional to your workout - plus you’re not sucking power off the grid, ultimately saving you money! :love:
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### Author:  [@The\_Vulcan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/The_Vulcan)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870/19 "2004-08-18T21:34:14Z")
> it acts as the equivalent of me pushing the Up arrow to run in various FPS games
Well with the NES power glove 1 arm could get a work out… 😃
I read the next Netendo is more about interaction than graphics.
Every loves those dance mats, so I wonder what they have on the drawing board.
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### Author:  [@Disco\_Stu1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Disco_Stu1)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-half-life-2-screenshots/119870/20 "2004-08-18T21:49:14Z")
> Everyone loves those dance mats, so I wonder what they have on the drawing board
I don’t know about EVERYONE. (I’m personally not a big fan…) Personally, I’m hoping they do a glove thing or something again though. The powerglove was awesome!
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