Half-Life 2 Demo Out

[CSN NewsBot]

Update: The demo has been released and weighs in at a hefty 700MB.



In a Half-Life2.net forum posting by Cliffe, there will be a free demo of Half-Life 2 released later today.

Half-Life 2 Demo Coming Today at 1:00 p.m. PST



A free demo of Half-Life 2 will be released later today. Featuring some of the amazing digital actors and physical gameplay that has made Half-Life 2 the leading contender for Game of the Year 2004, the demo takes players through some of the early levels of the game and later transports them to the area of the game known as Ravenholm. The demo will debut on ATI.com, and requires a Steam account to install. For more information about Half-Life 2, please visit www.half-life2.com.

If the tons of high praise and numerous awards for Half-Life 2 didn't sway you, perhaps trying the game out for yourself will lead you down the right path to gaming goodness.

[k1nk0s]

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wow im a retard. wow..

[Simplex]

oh god oh god oh god

it seems to be live on steam now

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http://www2.ati.com/hl2/demo/steaminstall_hl2demo.exe

[Weine]

Anything new in it?

[wolf8218]

no, you dont have to download it, just sign on to an account without HL2 on it, and then you can start playing the demo (that is if youve already downloaded the HL2 Preload content.)

[kiriller]

this sucks, i bought hl2 and i cant play the demo ? yuppe

[JaggedArrow]

kiriller wrote..

this sucks, i bought hl2 and i cant play the demo ? yuppe

...then play the real version..

[Shadow]

Yeah, it doesn't have any extra levels. The only addition is possibly one of those "Did you enjoy this game? IF SO BUY NOW YOU CHEAP PRICK" screens at the end of the demo.

[KSKG|Ph03niX]

mine crashes to desktop gg steam i love you

[HitmanCodename48]

whatever happened to releasing a demo PRIOR to the game's release to drum up support? nvm, that'd make too much sense. ggkthxbye.

[Urban Terror]

I'm sure if they released the demo first, I wouldn't have bought HL2. Sorry. I know a lot of people like the game a lot, and In my opinion it was OK, but I'm more of a Doom 3 guy.

[Shadow]

You shouldn't have said that. Oh god, here come the flames...

[Gameshot911]

what awards has this won?

[flippo]

HitmanCodename48 wrote..

whatever happened to releasing a demo PRIOR to the game's release to drum up support? nvm, that'd make too much sense. ggkthxbye.

Saying "ggkthxbye" is still cool and funny! You are funny and not a dork!



This demo makes House Party look like House Party 2!

[Electronic Punk]

There was just an Steam Platform and SDK update as well!