Half Life Alpha leaked (1997)

[Skateaton]

http://kotaku.com/5974368/what-half+life-looked-like-in-1997-one-year-before-it-came-out

Article and video there. Screenshot:


http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1238089
download it there

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[blockguy123]

OK...


is this like all the beta stuff from original HL?

[Masterlegodude]

I never understood why characters looked bloody and had these worried or twisted facial expressions

[Mr.jacksaunt]

Looks like something from a diseney cartoon

[skill4life]

Looks like something from a diseney cartoon

Toontown: Black Mesa

[Trogtor]

Looks more like they were testing out the engine.

[Legodude77]

Its so cool how most of the sound effects are still used today.

[Masterlegodude]

Looks more like they were testing out the engine.

I think they were at this point

A video i saw of this showed rooms where they test transparency, high poly count, RGB lights mixing together, etc

The 'high poly' robot thing is still hilariously low poly compared to what games have today, ahh, old video games...

[Trogtor]

I think they were at this point

A video i saw of this showed rooms where they test transparency, high poly count, RGB lights mixing together, etc

The 'high poly' robot thing is still hilariously low poly compared to what games have today, ahh, old video games...

For something back then, that was really high. High enough to be used in say.. a source game

[TeslaCoil]

Wtf this is a zentradi walker from robotech

[Skateaton]

And some facts about the demo


The hi-poly robot seen in the starting map was made as an engine stress test deal, to try and crash the engine (but it failed to crash it). It's a robot from some anime series called robotech. Don't forget to shoot it for a little surprise

[ChexGuy331]

I KNEW it was the walker thing!

The Macross theme was stuck in my head after that.

[Mr. Jelly]

Kotaku is at the pinnacle of gaming journalism

[TeslaCoil]

I KNEW it was the walker thing!

The Macross theme was stuck in my head after that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx3jIdLOVPM

This is my first anime and by far my favorite.

[Katamari007]

yeah i saw this 2 days ago



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