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Half Life Alpha leaked (1997)
ChexGuy331:
English dub of the original series isn't too bad, but Lynn Minmei shares the same voice actress in both English and Japanese dubs, so accent hilarity ensues.
otto-san:
--- Quote from: BlockoCrafter on January 09, 2013, 06:52:54 PM ---That's from 1997!? o_o
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Don't be so surprised, lol.
It was an engine stress test. The reason you don't see things like that in games of that era is because of the technological limitations at the time. It could be done, but it's kinda like the extreme ultra mindblow ape-dung-flinging A+ dazzling 25-mod 3FPS Skyrim. You're able to do it, but the hardware isn't advanced enough at this point. In the future, that kind of thing will probably be standard for a game with good graphics.
That's just my educated guess though.
Masterlegodude:
I was in the textures folder, i'm gonna ignore the pinups of women (and Wonder Woman for some reason), and the random posters of real people, and say
...what is God's name is this
Also, these are pretty good quality considering how old all this junk is
Lando The Climber²:
--- Quote from: Masterlegodude on January 09, 2013, 10:35:43 PM ---I was in the textures folder, i'm gonna ignore the pinups of women (and Wonder Woman for some reason), and the random posters of real people, and say
...what is God's name is this
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Is.. Is that Gabe?
Sirrus:
It's incredibly interesting to me how even 15 years ago, there are some aspects of the Source engine that are still fairly consistent. Of course the sound effects and stuff, but just the general "feel" I guess of Source and how good Valve is at creating very, very good looking games that aren't taxing on the system by using workarounds and just generally innovative thinking.