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Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: Grimm on September 29, 2004, 11:29:45 AM: From Half Life Fallout (http://www.hlfallout.net/viewnews.php/7470/).

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Retail Boxes
Standard Edition — includes HL2 and CS:Source. Ships on six CDs, in one of three box-art packages (Gordon, Alyx or the G-Man).

Collector's Edition — includes Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 1: Source, a Half-Life 2 T-shirt and a Prima book sampler. Ships on a single DVD.
Steam Packages
Bronze — HL2* and CS:Source.

Silver — HL2*, Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 1: Source*, Day of Defeat: Source*, Valve's back catalog currently available on Steam.

Gold — HL2*, Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 1: Source*, Day of Defeat: Source*, Valve's back catalog currently available on Steam, Complete Strategy Guide from Prima Games, 3 different Half-Life 2 posters, Half-Life 2 hat, Half-Life 2 postcard, Half-Life 2 stickers, Half-Life 2 Soundtrack CD, Chance to win a trip to Valve! (1 trip offered for every 5000 Gold packages purchased).
*To be made available upon product's release.

Personally, I like the idea of owning an actual hard copy of the game just in case something goes wrong with my connection or there's a problem with Steam, which is why I would get the Collector's Edition. However, the Gold package does look very nice, and that soundtrack CD is very enticing because I'm a major music freak. I don't care all that much for a hat, CS:S, or DoD:S, but I really like the soundtrack and posters. If they release the soundtrack disk separately, I'd rather pick up a copy of that and the Collector's Edition. Of course, the price of each deal will influence my decision as well.
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: Diablus on September 29, 2004, 11:41:43 AM: Id get the retail. Though i dont quite understand this. If you just get retail you can't play mods such as DOD? etc? :blink:

id just prefer the "buy in 1 box at the local computer store" deal :(
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: Clashen on September 29, 2004, 11:44:43 AM: Quote
Id get the retail. Though i dont quite understand this. If you just get retail you can't play mods such as DOD? etc? :blink:

id just prefer the "buy in 1 box at the local computer store" deal :(
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Yea i don't get that either, i REALLY don't wanna but DOD:S and HL:S seperate :/
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: That Annoying Kid on September 29, 2004, 11:56:44 AM: that gold edition does look pretty tempting though
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: BobTheJanitor on September 29, 2004, 01:16:30 PM: I find it shifty that they're charging extra for mods. I hope this isn't the start of a trend. Especially considering that these are all HL1 codebase, converted in 'a few weeks' if we are to believe the hype. Now if they want to charge money for actual CS2, that makes sense. But charging for what is essentially a free mod ported (with supposed ease) to a new engine rubs me the wrong way.
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: That Annoying Kid on September 29, 2004, 02:21:12 PM: is anyone just going to get it thru steam?
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: Nuketheplace on September 29, 2004, 04:31:50 PM: I have the ATI voucher and I'm cheap, so I'm just going to get it of Steam.
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: Satiagraha on September 29, 2004, 05:34:40 PM: I have two ATI vouchers, so I'm just going to get it through steam, twice.
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: Anarki3x6 on September 29, 2004, 05:38:05 PM: yep, i got an ati voucher so i'll get it off steam first, but i'll prolly buy the collectors edition dvd thing later on so i can have a hard copy of it also :)
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: Uranium - 235 on September 29, 2004, 06:35:38 PM: Whatever is cheapest that gets me a hard copy and a manual. Personally, I care very little for HL2 at all anymore. I'm saving my money for the WoW uberset.
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: DruBo on September 29, 2004, 06:46:31 PM: Collector's edition, duh. First game I buy on DVD! Woo.
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: Kodiac on September 29, 2004, 07:29:37 PM: money > me. nwhichever is cheapest
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: Malevolent on September 29, 2004, 08:07:57 PM: Some of the Gold additions sound cool, but I don't know if I want to pay that much (since it sounds like it'll be a lot). If the Silver/Gold edition are too much, I'll get the collectors edition. I don't want 6 CDs.

EDIT: The Bronze, Silver and Gold edtions have something to do with Steam. So then I think I'll pass on that.
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: devicenull on September 30, 2004, 05:39:27 PM: Collectors edition, first thing that uses my dvd drive :) It is pure I tell you, pure :p
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: Ulatoh on September 30, 2004, 06:15:41 PM: Quote
I have two ATI vouchers, so I'm just going to get it through steam, twice.
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i'll give you 10 american for one.
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: Satiagraha on September 30, 2004, 08:48:20 PM: 10 USD? Pshh, They're worth at lease 30. Besides, I'm not selling, I'm going to enjoy my two CD Keys :D
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: EmperorPenguin on September 30, 2004, 10:50:48 PM: I'm partial to the collector's edition as well, for the DVD if nothing else. But I don't know just how much having that is worth to me. The T-shirt and book sampler (?) are hardly convincing besides.

I guess HL1: Source would be cool, but how many times have I replayed through that game already? A whole lot. I'm sure most of us can say that.

Not to mention that ATI voucher. LOL, I had almost forgotten about that.
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: Grimm on September 30, 2004, 11:31:32 PM: Quote
I guess HL1: Source would be cool, but how many times have I replayed through that game already? A whole lot. I'm sure most of us can say that.

Actually, I never did completely finish the single player story for Halflife; I got as far as Big Momma on Zen, then for some reason didn't play it afterwards. I recently tried going through it again, but for some reason it constantly crashes on me completely when I pick up the crowbar for the first time. So Halflife 1: Source does sound very nice; I'll get some motivation to actually finish the game and get to play it with the new graphics and physics.
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: GreenGround on October 01, 2004, 01:43:44 AM: if you get the game on dvd wont you need a dvd rom?
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: Satiagraha on October 01, 2004, 08:42:15 PM: Quote
if you get the game on dvd wont you need a dvd rom?
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Yes, but many of us have CD drives that also read DVDs (hence CD/DVD ROM Drive)
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: EmperorPenguin on October 01, 2004, 10:45:55 PM: Given further consideration, if I was presented with HL:Source, I probably would go back and play it one more time. And then wish there was OpFor:Source.
Title: Half Life 2 Offers
Post by: lolfighter on October 02, 2004, 07:23:37 AM: A CD drive that also reads DVDs would be a DVD drive. I've never heard of a DVD drive that can't read CDs. :)