Windows how are you getting HL2

Im still undesided on what version how HL2 to get.

whats eveyone else gettin

a - bronze edition
b - silver edition
c - gold edition
e - standard dvd edition
f - collectors dvd edition
g - not getting it

im torn between silver and collectors edition, i dont want bronze or standard as i want hl:source. but im not sure if i want to have to download hl2 everytime i re-install my pc, that seems to be one of my main draw backs with the steam download versions.

*note to mods, add a poll if ya want*

 

i wud be too if i hadnt already bought silver, but reasons for not regretting it

Silver lets you.....
-play cs:s now
-have all games made by valve
-DOD:source
-being able to play HL2 the INSTANT its available..
-probs save a few £ on some box.. £40 for silver all together, im guessing its guna be about £50-£60 for collectors in the uk.. and are you really guna wear a valve tee-shirt.. come on

and i have a pretty fast connection, may as well utilize it, or else id be just wasting my money

 

thats exactly what i was thinking. i may buy it tonight

does it take long to download, i have cable and my connectionis uaslly ok, dl at around 90kb

 

I'm planning to use my voucher that I got with 9600XT .

 

well if thats 90 kiloBYTES and not bits, its the same speed as mine (ntl 750K), and no, it doesnt.. my advice, leave it on overnight.. that simple really

i already had been beta testing source, and had all the previous games already, so i only had to d/l the hl2 stuff, but i did start up a new account, and now ill probs sel my HL1/CS:CZ account.. or, lend to a friend

 

I'm getting it "shoved through my pipe", as they say.

Is DOD:Source available with the ATI voucher, or do you have to pay out for it? ie. silver/bronze gubbins?

 

I got the silver, seems like a decent package. I actually would have prefered a physical disc, but I'm too lazy to get it and I know it.

 

yeah its 90kb as i to have telewest 750kb connection , i thought id hit 'b' but obviously i didnt , ill change that now

 

i'll be, err, "acquiring" it, and if it really is as good as they say, i'm gonna buy it on CD from GAME. seriously. stop looking at me like that! i buy the games i like!

 

I'll probably be buying the silver package.

 

I think I'm going to be old-fashioned and say I'm going to buy the game in the shops. I just like the idea of having the CDs/DVD.

 

i'm getting it "ftp-style"

with my 8mbit/down line and a 100 mbit server it shouldent take too long to get here me thinks

 

Please stop the warez talk.

 

G



no, really im getting the £26 version from play

 

Silver for me, from Steam. Already purchased, just waiting for that last few bytes. You can back up the games folder in your Steam directory to a cd (or DVD). You don't have to redownload anything. Once the game is activated you don't even have to be online to play, so I really don't see the difference between the boxed or downloaded versions. Except that I didn't pay any tax.

 

collectors

 

G

 

Not getting it

 

well i got the silver version last night, dl cs:source and am leaving hl2 going while im at work

 

Collectors edition for sure. Halflife 1 was worth buying and im sure this will be too. Also, im gonna need it for benchmarks and whatnot.

For people who ARE buying it from play - which version do they have?? Its £27 from play atm (i have preorder from Sept 03) - is it collectors or standard edn??