Half Life 2 Beta vs. Half Life 2 Retail

Half-Life Series
#1

HL2 Beta vs. HL2 Retail who do you think is better? First. Weapon Comparison, We all know that HL2 Beta weapons are very different than the HL2 Retail weapons,The AR2 has a complete story about it,But even before the AR2 was created, There was the Incendiary Rifle, It can incinerate any living thing that is pointed to the gun, All weapons can be found here because I can’t put all the things in one Topic XD So I will just give you pics and the website to read the info.

Here is the Concept art of Gordon,Alyx,Eli,Dog and Skitch: https://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/File:Concept_art_eli_gordon_alyx_skitch.jpg

The Beta Menu of 2003 and 2002 and info of the Beta: https://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Half-Life_2_Beta

Tell which is better.
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#2

there’s been about fifty million threads discussing this exact subject already
use your brain before you start making threads. you’re on a forum that’s over 5 years old with every other thread dedicated to HL and HL2.

#3

Retail… you know VALVe…

Retails come from BETAs which is better because BETAs are used to do adjustments to make the game BETTER.

#4

Seeing as how I’ve played both, and looked at dozens of the uncompiled maps, I don’t even need to think for a second to tell you that the retail is better in every way.

Also: everything Ballsopt said.

#5

The original HL2 concept was deemed too big and the plot was spread too thin. So they decided to compress the plot to something more manageable, cut a lot of content that wouldn’t make sense after that and ended up with a small-ish game with a more open and subtle appeal than the original gloomy and anvilish designs.

#6

Normal Half-Life 2 looks for me better than Half-Life 2 Beta. Beta looks like normal city, like You are Empty (strange game :stuck_out_tongue: ). Half-Life 2 looks nice, half normal world, half alien world. But I think that Valve should keep Bullsquids :smiley:

#7

Retail, definitely.

Doesn’t mean I won’t play Missing Information when it’s 100% finished.

#8

I never played the beta, why bother.

#9

if you want to learn more about the beta, or if you want the beta, go here https://blackmesasource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5658&highlight=half-life+beta

#10

hey, swampfox. did you count yourself into those 20 people having you in their signatures?

#11

We kinda have the same thinking about this but I meant to say was, I wish they could create a complete Half Life 2 Beta with its beta gameplay,weapons,enemies and stuff, But I’m not talking about the Mod Missing Information, I wanna see some of the maps and weapons and the cut characters, It is very cool to see the old favorite characters from the past and the old Source Engine.

#12

Your topic is closed…

#13

You’re not missing anything.

#14

ive still got it saved on 7 cds somewhere, so disappointed that the m29 got cut, guess it’s green scope was too sexy

#15

It was more leak than a beta.
Also,i’ve been wasting too much of my time on that subject(fixing the hl2 leak) And at the end i realized that it’s a DEAD END.

#16

I honestly don’t understand what you’re saying.

#17

that’s too bad

#18

When I look at all the beta stuff I see somehow more the magic in it which made Half-Life 1 special. Well Half-Life 2 Retail has a few magic moments from Half-Life 1 in it, but it’s just for some parts of the game (imo Citadel level, Nova Prospekt). In some parts HL2 even seemed to parody HL1 for me.

#19

Of the 3 posts you’ve made so far, everything you’ve said was “Baww. Stuff in HL2 wasn’t the way I remember it being in HL1.” Try something original for crying out loud.

#20

Dumbass.

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