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It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Half-Life 2: Lost Coast. (Discuss)


Lost Coast is a bonus downloadable level for owners of Half-Life 2. It was designed as a tech demo to showcase high dynamic range imaging in Valve Corporation's Source game engine. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Jump to: navigation, search Half-Life 2 is a first-person shooter computer game and the highly anticipated sequel to Half-Life, developed by Valve Software. ... A technology demo is a prototype or an incomplete version of a product, with the primary purpose of showcasing the performance, methods or features of a particular technology. ... It has been suggested that High dynamic range rendering be merged into this article or section. ... Jump to: navigation, search Valve Corporation is a Bellevue, Washington-based video game developer made famous by its first product, Half-Life, which was released in November 1998. ... Sources physics are demonstrated in this screenshot from Half-Life 2, with the body of a Combine soldier and his rifle hurled into the air after a collison with a dune buggy. ... Jump to: navigation, search A game engine is the core software component of a video game. ...


Previous statements have led some gamers to believe that Lost Coast is the first of several downloadable bonus episodes for Half-Life 2, which Valve has promised to release intermittently. However, there has been no official confirmation that Lost Coast marked the beginning of this release cycle.


A glitch in Lost Coast deactivates artificial intelligence when a certain set of circumstances are met. Jump to: navigation, search once they start thinking theyre human its time to pull the plug on those motherfuckers~ ...


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Half-Life 2: Lost Coast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (503 words)
Lost Coast also demonstrates in general what the Source engine can achieve when system requirements are significantly increased from the games the engine was designed for, with high-resolution textures and models.
Lost Coast features minor storyline details that were scrapped from Half-Life 2, such as a headcrab canister launcher, and takes about 15 minutes for experienced players to finish.
Lost Coast is not the first title to include developer commentaries: a similar feature can be seen in the secret "Insomniac Museum" level found in Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando as well as in The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay.
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