im playing HL-2 on my 360 and it is pretty laggy and the graphics arent that sharp at all...is it laggy cause im playing it on my 360? does it run smoother on the original xbox? and I remember my friends HL-2 looking way better on his orig. xbox. what going on?

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Imagine theres no heaven, its easy if you try, no h3ll below us, above us only sky. -John Lennon

I had the same problem with all the original compatible xbox games ive played on 360....this sucks!! just tried destroy all humans, true crime la, and hl-2

i cant make it through ravenholm because the game freezes and frames drop incredibly low.

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it was like that on the original xbox too because they just barely ported such a high tech game onto the xbox. Thank god thier making a 360 version with the episodes, portal, and Team Fortress 2. It'll run just as smooth as the Pc version. The game was always extremely laggy and had terrible framerate on the original xbox.

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Im your yard, I an the Ferengi Man! Very odd and chunky.

Hmmm... the game's framerate does drop... but never to the point where it's unplayable.

Ya...During Ravenholm....That was HE.LL! Oh the lag!

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Yep, im getting the same problem. I got passed ravenholm fine but when u'r up against alot of people its hard because the framerate drops alot.

Has any played Half-Life 2 on an HDTV? I have a 56" 1080p tv and when I play half-life 2 is looks dreadful. Im not sure if I have to put the display at 480p and off of widescreen. Its stretches it pretty bad.

 

Thank god for a 360 port. Lot's of content on this one!

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Yeah I doubt the compatibility is good with the original Xbox HL2. Just wait until the 360 version. AMAZING graphics, better than the PCs original due to the power of the 360, much less lag, and probably even more 360-friendly

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It is what it is

 SinistralEOC07 wrote:

im playing HL-2 on my 360 and it is pretty laggy and the graphics arent that sharp at all...is it laggy cause im playing it on my 360? does it run smoother on the original xbox? and I remember my friends HL-2 looking way better on his orig. xbox. what going on?

No that's pretty much the game on the Xbox. I have noticed the framerate drops right after the load screen. Wait a moment then play.

My xbox Half life is perfectley fine and doesn't lag at all, and graphics are fine :S.
all u other nubs complaining they dnt work etc or are crap, must bum there 360 to hard and break it.

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— Nathan
— In every community, there is work to be done.
— Xbox.com Support

My xbox Half life is perfectley fine and doesn't lag at all, and graphics are fine :S.
all u other nubs complaining they dnt work etc or are crap, must bum there 360 to hard and break it.

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— Nathan
— In every community, there is work to be done.
— Xbox.com Support

 SinistralEOC07 wrote:

im playing HL-2 on my 360 and it is pretty laggy and the graphics arent that sharp at all...is it laggy cause im playing it on my 360? does it run smoother on the original xbox? and I remember my friends HL-2 looking way better on his orig. xbox. what going on?

It also has to do with the fact that the xbox version is downgraded from the PC version(regardless of what they say)so that might have to do with it. What people don't understand is that they think this is what it's like on the PC. Not even close. The PC version runs faster, looks better, and has more features like deathmatch and coop(created with custom maps and mods). If you guys don't want it to freeze then get the PC version, otherwise get a 360 and get The Orange Box October 10.

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The Orange Box
Bioshock
Turok
Splinter Cell: Conviction
Assassin's Creed
Halo 3
Call Of Duty 4

back when i had a pc that could run it i remember thinking halo 2 was garbage and played half life 2 all day. of course its been a long time since ive been able to play it (because of intel GMA bullcrap) so that debate is over i guess...

 xAFGGxeleMENTAL wrote:

 SinistralEOC07 wrote:

im playing HL-2 on my 360 and it is pretty laggy and the graphics arent that sharp at all...is it laggy cause im playing it on my 360? does it run smoother on the original xbox? and I remember my friends HL-2 looking way better on his orig. xbox. what going on?

It also has to do with the fact that the xbox version is downgraded from the PC version(regardless of what they say)so that might have to do with it. What people don't understand is that they think this is what it's like on the PC. Not even close. The PC version runs faster, looks better, and has more features like deathmatch and coop(created with custom maps and mods). If you guys don't want it to freeze then get the PC version, otherwise get a 360 and get The Orange Box October 10.

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 JustShoveJOB wrote:

back when i had a pc that could run it i remember thinking halo 2 was garbage and played half life 2 all day. of course its been a long time since ive been able to play it (because of intel GMA bullcrap) so that debate is over i guess...

 xAFGGxeleMENTAL wrote:

 SinistralEOC07 wrote:

im playing HL-2 on my 360 and it is pretty laggy and the graphics arent that sharp at all...is it laggy cause im playing it on my 360? does it run smoother on the original xbox? and I remember my friends HL-2 looking way better on his orig. xbox. what going on?

It also has to do with the fact that the xbox version is downgraded from the PC version(regardless of what they say)so that might have to do with it. What people don't understand is that they think this is what it's like on the PC. Not even close. The PC version runs faster, looks better, and has more features like deathmatch and coop(created with custom maps and mods). If you guys don't want it to freeze then get the PC version, otherwise get a 360 and get The Orange Box October 10.

Speaking about that Intel GMA thing, it sucks that my laptop has the stupid intel cards and will barely start the games. But once the games starts I get about 20-30 fps. Except in Episode 2. That game was extremely cruel to my laptop.

Oh and for all the people complaining about the game getting such "low framerates" on the original Xbox. I played through the whole thing and never thought they were that bad. If you want to see "low framerate" try beating that final battle of episode two with only getting 5 fps. You know the part when all the striders are attacking the base. "If you've gotten that far, it will make sense."

But all the mods for the PC version are awesome. Has anyone else here played Garry's Mod? Version 9 or 10?

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The original XBox version was a rather poor port and the game was incredibly processor heavy due to the physics and it was beyond what the original XBox was really capable of. Most PC's that met the "Minimum Requirements" could barely run Half-Life2 at stable framerates which is basically what the original XBox was, a low-end PC. --- I managed to get HL2 to run on my PC with about 50-60fps by upping to 1GB of RAM (originally 256MBs) and upgrading from an old GeForce4 to a GeForce FX 5700 ULTRA and I could pump the graphics up to max without any framerate issues.