Real Danger ?

[Caldazar]

CrystalSpace has the potencial to evovle in many years to come, even decades. HL2 doesn\'t have that potential.

[Drilixer]

how?

[eL_Qadsawi]

I think you guys think that HL2 is another long shot like the latest win server (2003) ...

HL2 blew me from my bed with its graphics ..... Even though I\'m not one of those graphics freaks who will buy a game if they think the graphics are \'cool\' .. I would want to see the gameplay .. I still love the old HL and would play it from time to time .... Even though I have those new FPS games I still find HL the game that may take me away from all my troubles....And another thing ... PS will blow away HL2 .. You gotta be jokin me .... HL2 is commerial ...PS is open source .. You might have the best Devs in the planet but if you don\'t have the kudos then how the heck do you expect to squeeze out some extra stuff ??

From the replies I read I trully believe that most of you guys focus on the graphics too much ... Not alot of you mentioned gameplay .. New quests and stuff like that .... Honestly if your here because its Free and 3D then you\'ll leave the moment you get HL2 .. If your here for the open source movement and in need of a game for your box then you might stay a few more days ... But thats about it ... The only people that will even bother themselves in a few months time will be those who love games for their gameplay ....

T.C. People....

[shangralah]

well considering hl2 wont look good in a couple of years and ps will end up looking better     eq for example has looked the same ever since it came out lol but ps alreasy has better graphics then it but who knows  ps could end up being one of the mmorpg\'s there is

[Drilixer]

Originally posted by shangralah
well considering hl2 wont look good in a couple of years and ps will end up looking better     eq for example has looked the same ever since it came out lol but ps alreasy has better graphics then it but who knows  ps could end up being one of the mmorpg\'s there is

I hope you guys are right

[Jefka]

well final fantasy isn\'t a real rpg ; look at baldur\'s gate or morrowind, here is the difference ; anyway I didn\'t mean to be rude with people playing FF


Concerning Half life however, you have to see that it is not only graphics but the whole physics model ; crystal space is developping, slowly however ; they\'ll never reach what\'s best at one precise moment, they do not have studios

And honnestly I don\'t need wonderfull graphs to enjoy ps

[shangralah]

i dont need wonderful graphs to my top thing i wanna do is explore and do all the options there gonna have

[Kiern]

Originally posted by eL_Qadsawi
From the replies I read I trully believe that most of you guys focus on the graphics too much

Well, that\'s really all PS has right now isn\'t it?  Besides a lame crystal hunt (which I am nonetheless addicted to) and two quests there really is no gameplay at the moment.  I haven\'t really seen anything about HL2 since I really don\'t care, but yes, there is no way for PS to compete with the graphics of HL2 anytime soon, and it wasn\'t made to.

Now, will gameplay be really important in the future?  Of course, they have some of the best ideas I\'ve seen and will continue to improve as the years go by.  If people here really didn\'t care for gameplay then there would be no posts in the wish list (or the roleplaying board), instead there is way too many.

So it would not be smart to stay you stick around here for the gameplay, because there is not really any, and no one has any idea how the gameplay will be when the game is further along since people\'s opinions change, and with it the game.  

Myself, I\'m just around because I like the direction it is currently heading, not that it\'s free or the graphics are pretty ok or that I like the community (which I won\'t go into).  I would gladly pay for this game if it wasn\'t too much and was a lot more complete, being free is just an added bonus for me.

[shangralah]

I wish i didnt get into ps so early lol since theres nothing to do yet but it will be one of the best

[Drilixer]

haha, yeah I\'ll probably disappear for a couple months later come back for a week disapear come back...

[Cobrec]

1. Open Source : Which means anyone has the potential to make improvements, and the programmers listen to legitimate complaints

2. Free!: as long as it stays that way I will continue to support this project any way I can.  

3. This project is one I personally believe in, and with that in mind, I hope to make contributions to this project upon completion of my education.

4. In the mean time I will study hard and Alpha-test when I have the opportuinity to do so.

[zaphar]

My goodness so many people getting a little testy on this.

On the subject of Half-Life2 It will eventually end development. PS will never be out of development. this means new graphics and gameplay features will constantly be added. You won\'t have to get PS 2 the next chapter to get an improved game it will be ongoing. That is the difference between Open Source and Commercial. Not quality or ability. Open source is in constant improvement. When HL2 is released it may be better as far as graphics go than PS but PS WILL eventually pass it up. Thats all were saying.

[Drilixer]

but... by that time there will be HL 3 and EQ 3 and Final Fantasy L...

[hook]

Originally posted by zaphar
My goodness so many people getting a little testy on this.

On the subject of Half-Life2 It will eventually end development. PS will never be out of development. this means new graphics and gameplay features will constantly be added. You won\'t have to get PS 2 the next chapter to get an improved game it will be ongoing. That is the difference between Open Source and Commercial. Not quality or ability. Open source is in constant improvement. When HL2 is released it may be better as far as graphics go than PS but PS WILL eventually pass it up. Thats all we\'re saying.

second to that ...only that with HL2 the moment it gets out the development stops.

and i also agree with zaphar and kiern on the fact that that\'s all that needs to be said. ...how will Crystalspace evolve? ...well, just check out their page on http://crystal.sourceforge.net/drupal/ ...i really have no idea how people can flame about things they\'ve never seen or even tried themsleves.

my reasons fom staying in PS?
- close connections with other players (i\'ve got some real pals here)
- this is one game i REALLY look forward to see evolve, and this project has my full trust
- open-source and the community driven ideas of course
- multi-platform
- it makes me calm (not that i\'m a nervous wreck otherwise, but still)
- again great and nice players
(- the possibility that it can (and willl) evolve ad infinitum ....for those who don\'t understand the 3rd alinea)

[Fanomatic2000]

- Relative good graphics

- free

- Developers care

- I like the people around here.

- possibility to affect the way the game is gonna look when it\'s done.

HL2 will be the best graphically of course, but what did you expect? This is a free game, and HL2 is the followup of the greatest FPS created so far.
HL was made 95, and it lives still today. I\'m pretty sure that HL2 will be as popular as its precursor, but this is no competition. It\'s not even the same genre.

This will be a great game, with, or without HL2-graphics.