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Half Life 2

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:23:33 No.145137458 View View Reply Original Report

Can we have a Half Life 2 thread? I just beat the game, and holy shit, I can finally understand why you bastards suck Valve's dick.

I never played the original half life though, so I'm confused about a few things.

What exactly happened at Black Mesa? Before playing this, I only heard it briefly mentioned in Portal. But apparently some shit really went down there.

Are those headcrabs aliens (combine?) or mutants born from the future toxic sludge?

Will I ever meet that psycho zombie murdering priest again?

Also, was the G-man explained in the first? Right now he's just freaking me the fuck out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:32:18 No.145138228 Report

Quoted By: >>145138354

TUNE IN NEXT WEEK WHEN ALL THIS AND MORE WILL BE ANSWERED IN..... Half-Life 3.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:33:45 No.145138354 Report

Quoted By: >>145138930

>>145138228

Wait, so the Gman isn't explained yet? And what the fuck are those Headcrabs? Why would they shell humans with them? What fuckers would want zombies?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:34:13 No.145138395 Report

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Play HL1

Answer your own questions.

/thread

Congrats on playing a great game though :)

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:36:05 No.145138554 Report

Quoted By: >>145138881

At Black Mesa, Gordon participated in an experiment using an Anti-Mass Spectrometer and a sample of alien crystal, which opened a dimensional rift and allowed the aliens to enter.

Headcrabs are aliens, but they are unaffiliated with the Combine. They come from the dimension of Xen, which is basically an interdimensional hub of sorts that almost all dimensions are connected to.

No, Grigori only shows up in HL2.

No, he's just a mysterious observer who has some kind of control over Gordon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:37:34 No.145138686 Report

Quoted By: >>145138881

>>145137458
Black Mesa was a research and development laboratory which was experimenting with portal technology. Their portals were interdimensionary/intergalactic and thats what brought the Xen aliens (headcrabs, etc) and the Combine to Earth.

rip gregori

G-Man hired you after you deemed yourself "worthy" in a way. His intentions aren't stated.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:37:40 No.145138695 Report

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Play Ep1 and Ep2?

That would be a good start...

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:37:50 No.145138709 Report

Quoted By: >>145140134 >>145140690 >>145148538

this is the order I think the games go in
HL1
Portal
HL2
Portal 2
they bolth take place in the same universe but have completly diffrent timelines so It may get confusing

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:38:15 No.145138751 Report

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A portal to Xen (an alien border-world) was opened at black mesa during a resonance cascade and aliens started teleporting in from Xen
headcrabs are from Xen
The Combine are a different kind of alien from somewhere else. They pretty much took the Xen aliens and used them to fight the humans
No one knows what the G-man is or who he works for
I'm no lore professional but i think thats right

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:38:56 No.145138796 Report

Quoted By: >>145140057

Who's the Gman?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:40:01 No.145138881 Report

Quoted By: >>145139203

>>145138554
>>145138686

Oh, god. I want more Grigori. The hell with this Barney guy.

And thanks for cluing me in on what I missed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:40:28 No.145138930 Report

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>>145138354
biological warfare.
If they're displeased with an area, instead of sending in resources, they just shell the town with headcrabs and the problem takes care of itself.

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:40:41 No.145138956 Report

Quoted By: >>145139114

I really hope the Gman gets at least some form of explanation. Which I'm tense about because I can see valve easily saying "Nah we're never going to tell you" and just having the whole thing go unanswered.

PS excited as fuck for ep3

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:41:20 No.145138997 Report

Quoted By: >>145139440 >>145139452

Black mesa was a science facility in nevada or somewhere, that was developing teleporation technology. Gordon was a scientist working there, and at the start of the game, you're part of an experiment that causes the facility to get flooded with aliens by opening a huge portal. In the game, you need to close the portal, but end up having to go to the alien world to do it. You do that, and then afterwards the gman turns up and offers you a job. You black out, and end up in halflife 2. Gman shows up repeatedly in HL1, behind windows, on trains, etc, and never really gets explained. The game makes it seem like he works for the government, or millitary or something, but implies heavily that he was the cause of the resonance cascade scenario (the aliens suddenly appearing all over the place). He shows up in the expansions (blueshift, etc) as well, but doesn't say much as I recall.

The vortogons are attacking you in halflife 1, and don't speak to you ever. They're just mindless lightning monsters.

Headcrabs are aliens, from (I think) the same planet as the vortogons.

The combine aren't in halflife 1 at all (You fight with soldiers who are trying to cover up the incident though).

The priest is awesome, but yet to turn up again.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:42:00 No.145139065 Report

Quoted By: >>145139196 >>145139263 >>145139307 >>145139529

OP, half life 2 was nothing more than a tech demo to showcase what the source engine was capable of

HL2 sucked and wasnt even good until ep 1 and 2

If you liked HL2 you have shit taste

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:42:26 No.145139101 Report

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Half Life 1 happened at Black Mesa.

Headcrabs / headcrab zombies came from what happened at Half Life 1. The Combine are just using them as a bio weapon, they aren't the Combine themselves.

No. ;_;

We still don't know shit about the G-man except that hes manipulating everyone behind the scenes. He gave a join-me-or-die speech to Freeman at the end of HL1, stuck him in the freezer for how many years, then popped him off on the train at the beginning of HL2 for whatever reason.

Anyways, stop posting right now and go play HL1 and Episode 1 / 2. We will still be here ready to make Gaben fat jokes when you get back.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:42:32 No.145139114 Report

Quoted By: >>145139379

>>145138956
>implying Valve is going to reveal anything about the Gman
>See: Meet the Pyro

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:43:27 No.145139196 Report

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>>145139065
nope

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:43:32 No.145139203 Report

Quoted By: >>145139302

>>145138881

shut up, barney was a fucking bro

>that feel when you know barney it's probably dead

;_;

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:44:11 No.145139263 Report

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>>145139065
You, half life 2 was nothing more than the one of the best games ever to showcase what genius games Valve are capable of

HL2 was amazing and ep 1 and 2 were even better

If you didn't like HL2 you have shit taste

Two can play that game, faget.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:44:37 No.145139302 Report

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>>145139203
He better fucking not be. That asshole owes me like 50 beers.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:44:39 No.145139307 Report

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>>145139065
>implying

pic related

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:45:25 No.145139379 Report

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>>145139114
The fact that they will most likely shrug it off with a similar non-answer makes me really sad.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:46:00 No.145139440 Report

Quoted By: >>145139534 >>145139706 >>145139858

>>145138997

>The combine aren't in halflife 1 at all

get out

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:46:06 No.145139452 Report

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>>145138997
the vortogons were fleeing the combine and went to xen, the combine found earth when going after the vorts

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:46:37 No.145139494 Report

Quoted By: >>145139624 >>145139750

>Grigori is confirmed by devs to never appear in another Half Life game

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:46:55 No.145139529 Report

Quoted By: >>145139610

>>145139065
>If you liked HL2 you have shit taste

You are so full of shit, what other game can have me playing Mama Antlion and... wait, what?

>HL2 sucked and wasnt even good until ep 1 and 2

I-it gets better with the sequels?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:46:59 No.145139534 Report

Quoted By: >>145140008

>>145139440

But they're not. The Nihilanth MIGHT have been under Combine control, but that's never even been directly stated.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:47:44 No.145139610 Report

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>>145139529

Ep 1 is okay, Ep 2 is amazing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:47:44 No.145139612 Report

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I don't want to know who the G-man is.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:47:54 No.145139624 Report

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>>145139494
i'm ok with this.
Part of his charm was the short while he stayed with you. Overusing him would be in poor taste.

They'll probably make an equally badass character to replace him later

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:48:48 No.145139706 Report

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>>145139440
Yeah, what the hell are you talking about? Like...if I'm wrong, fine, but I never saw any combine in halflife 1, and I did a playthrough looking for any signs of them after 2 came out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:49:13 No.145139730 Report

Quoted By: >>145139978 >>145140035

>What exactly happened at Black Mesa?
A bunch of scientists were researching portal technology to other dimensions. During an experiment Gordon Freeman was conducting they opened up massive portals fucking everywhere that let all the monsters from the other dimension come pouring through (this was later revealed to be the work of G-man). These monsters include the headcrabs, barnacles, and vortigaunts you see (vorts were bad guys in HL1). There were others as well, but they're noticeably absent from HL2.

The combine saw all of this portal havoc and were intrigued and invaded Earth as a result.

>Also, was the G-man explained in the first? Right now he's just freaking me the fuck out.
No. In fact, G-man is even more mysterious in the first game since for most of the game you only catch quick glimpses of him. It's not until the very end of the game that he says a few lines and the game ends. HL2 actually picks up at exactly this point (from Gordon's perspective that is).

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:49:30 No.145139750 Report

Quoted By: >>145139803

>>145139494

A Shepard must tend to his flock

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:50:09 No.145139803 Report

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>>145139750

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:50:10 No.145139807 Report

Quoted By: >>145139954 >>145139985 >>145140049 >>145141356

the original was the best

the 2nd introduced physics but nothing else

ep1 took 4 hours to beat, ep2 took 3 hours to beat in 2 sessions, the episodes suck balls

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:50:50 No.145139858 Report

Quoted By: >>145140223

>>145139440
There weren't any combine in HL1. What fucking game were you playing?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:51:57 No.145139954 Report

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>>145139807

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:52:10 No.145139969 Report

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>G Man

If any of you faggots actually paid attention to HL2 and the Episodes you would know that the G-Man is your representative/manager for some intergalactic game that higher beings are watching. You have a contract with him and your contract is for sale to the highest bidder. The Vortigaunts reveal this when they don't have the protective barrier over you anymore while trying to revive Alyx.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:52:17 No.145139978 Report

Quoted By: >>145140638

>>145139730
>this was later revealed to be the work of G-man
Wait, what? When did this happen? I remember the Nihilanth warning you about a betrayal (most likely from Gman) but I don't think that was ever stated, or even implied.

Then again it's been years since I have played HL1 and a huge part of the game has faded from my memory.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:52:21 No.145139985 Report

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>>145139807
I disagree. I thought the two episodes were quite good, although I suppose I'd have been annoyed if I paid for them individually. Orange Box FTW

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:52:43 No.145140008 Report

Quoted By: >>145140152

>>145139534

shut up it's been confirmed by the developers, that the vortigaunts was being controled by an unknown force, we didn't knew it was called the combines, but know we know it

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:53:08 No.145140035 Report

Quoted By: >>145140472

>>145139730

Tiny bit of clarification: Gordon was really just the guy operating the machine that opened the portals, he didn't even invent or initiate the experiment. Dr. Breen is also mentioned by other scientists as "pushing the experiment along before it's ready," possibly implying that he was involved with the G-man's plans. The Vortigaunts were enemies in HL1, but only because they were enslaved by another creature that was trying to get through the dimensional rift.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:53:17 No.145140049 Report

Quoted By: >>145140212 >>145140274

>>145139807
>nothing else
you must have missed the new combine and city 17 and ant lions.

Also the mindblowingly good AI that I still consider one of the best today.
AI so good, that the devs didn't even intend for the gunships to aim for inbound rockets, but did anyways because the ships unexpectedly determined the rockets to be the "most dangerous" target.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:53:27 No.145140057 Report

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>>145138796
noblubby knows

Mister Gutsy

Mister Gutsy Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:54:27 No.145140134 Report

Quoted By: >>145148538

>>145138709
that's exactly how the timeline is.

http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Half-Life_universe

pretty cool how everything fits together, but portal is a much more loosehearted game than halflife.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:54:40 No.145140152 Report

Quoted By: >>145140337 >>145140450

>>145140008
Vorts were slaves to the Nihilanth bro.
They sing songs of their liberation in HL2, stating that you killing the Nihilanth freed them from its control.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:55:20 No.145140207 Report

Quoted By: >>145140968

why do people play plot-centric games out of order

>mass effect 3 is a great place to start!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:55:24 No.145140212 Report

Quoted By: >>145140561

>>145140049
Agreed.
I've yet to see games implement squad and tactical maneuvers of this level on a completely dynamic map without nodes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWYlMC8z0G8

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:55:32 No.145140223 Report

Quoted By: >>145140518

>>145139858

educate yourself:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=920482

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:56:06 No.145140274 Report

Quoted By: >>145140561 >>145140730

>>145140049
not impressive

the first introduced AI that worked with you, along with the feeling of your fight with the aliens plus the military fighting their own war with the aliens

also non cutscene storytelling

hl2 introduced toilet stacking and GRAFIX

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:56:42 No.145140330 Report

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>AI so good, that the devs didn't even intend for the gunships to aim for inbound rockets, but did anyways because the ships unexpectedly determined the rockets to be the "most dangerous" target.

>mfw

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:56:46 No.145140332 Report

Quoted By: >>145140457

Surrender Freeman

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:56:47 No.145140337 Report

Quoted By: >>145140631

>>145140152
The writer of the overall plot has said that the Vorts were on the run from the Combine, they are not originally from Xen.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:58:29 No.145140450 Report

Quoted By: >>145140631

>>145140152

this is from marc laidlaw:

"What we saw in HL 1 was the very end of a long struggle between the Combine and the last of the Nihilanth's race...although it's a bit different than the word "prompted" implies. The Nihilanth's "world" (if it could be said to have) was long since in the past as far as the Nihilanth was concerned; Xen was their final retreat, and they had their back to the wall, as it were, when the fissure appeared that let them spill into our dimension. Xen itself is sort of a dimensional transit bottleneck--an area of continual contention."

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:58:35 No.145140457 Report

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>>145140332

Must suck to not be able to grow facial hair

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:58:36 No.145140463 Report

Quoted By: >>145140527

>I DONT KNOW WHY THIS GAME IS GREAT
>IM PLAYING IT IN 2012
>I DIDNT PLAY THE FIRST ONE
>THIS GAME IS SO BAD BECAUSE I DONT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING XDXD
OP confirmed for full on retard.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:58:40 No.145140472 Report

Quoted By: >>145140707

>>145140035
Gordon probably had some impact on the experiment. All the scientists knew him by name. If his entire contribution to the experiment was to push a cart, they wouldn't have waited for him to begin. They'd have just got someone else to push the thing into the beam and garnished his wages for being late. Fact is, just about everyone in black mesa knew who you were, including the administrator, and all the top scientists. Gordon definitely contributed some science to that experiment.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:59:19 No.145140518 Report

Quoted By: >>145140776

>>145140223
at the time they made HL1 they never even thought of the combine. that was an invention of HL2.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:59:24 No.145140527 Report

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>>145140463

When did OP say something was bad? Looks like he wants more valve dick to me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:59:54 No.145140557 Report

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hl2 is a shit game

-no narrative unless you google it
-shitty silent protagonist with the "make him urself" copout regardless of the fact he has a face
-only good enemies are zombies and headcrabs
-retarded ai
-bullet sponge difficulty settings
-linear as fuck
-less open than a fucking closed research facility
-shitty physics puzzles that are so fucking simple that you over think them and waste more time than you need
-shitty physics to todays standards
-2 dimensional characters except for breen
-generic ass "durr aliens invade and own the humans you must fight back" story

All put up in a nice package of shit tier gameplay.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 09:59:57 No.145140561 Report

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>>145140274
You mean AI that'd get stuck constantly and couldn't engage for shit?

The AI in hl2 was a great leap forward for video games in general.
See
>>145140212

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:00:52 No.145140631 Report

Quoted By: >>145140767

>>145140337
>>145140450

Awww shit, I had it all wrong then.
Thanks for filling me in guys.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:00:55 No.145140638 Report

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>>145139978
In HL2:E2 Eli says near the end of the game that G-Man delivered the sample the scientists used in the resonance cascade experiment that opened up the portal to Xen. He also says that G-Man taunted him about what the crystal was going to do.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:01:39 No.145140690 Report

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>>145138709
I thought Portal 2 was removes from the HL2 universe or some shit, mostly because it's hundreds of years after HL2, and whelp, Earth is still there, meaning mission success. I heard they're the same universe but yet they're not... It was some bullshit because they didn't plan worth shit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:01:56 No.145140707 Report

Quoted By: >>145141182

>>145140472
>>145140472
>Entering the borderworld Xen, Gordon encounters many of the organisms that had been brought into Black Mesa, as well as the remains of HEV-wearing researchers that came before him.

He wasn't the first person to push the cart. Everybody just knew him as the next person to die.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:02:21 No.145140730 Report

Quoted By: >>145140852 >>145140958

>>145140274
There's no fucking narrative except characters talking to a fucking pair of hands retarded scientist who can't talk.

That's not fucking normal. If you literally never said anything from just going to work and greeting a colleague to discussing tactics with a fellow soldier then you're just a retard.

Why the fuck is a scientist the top killing machine of the world?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:02:50 No.145140767 Report

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>>145140631

Not really. Although he's correct that the Combine were implicated in the HL1 plot, they have no contact with Gordon or Earth at all throughout the course of the game.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:02:59 No.145140776 Report

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>>145140518

they never thought of the combines per se. but its very clear that "something" was after them, and we can see in hl1 the vortigaunt version of the transhuman combine soldier (remember the vortigaunt grunts?)

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:03:17 No.145140797 Report

Quoted By: >>145143862

>>145137458

>I just beat the game, and holy shit, I can finally understand why you bastards suck Valve's dick.

Nobody suck's Valve's dick because of Half-life 2

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:03:19 No.145140798 Report

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http://www.bitgamer.su/details.php?id=52390

Holy shit, play Half-Life 1 man.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:04:12 No.145140852 Report

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>>145140730
HEV suit and combat training.
Shepard and Barney did just as well as well as those other expansion pack people.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:04:15 No.145140858 Report

Quoted By: >>145141118

Gordon Freeman is a highly functional autistic. This is why he is an MIT Graduate yet is incapable of speaking. After graduation he got a job at Black Mesa, a secret research facility in New Mexico. Since he was a new employee his work consisted mostly of doing menial labor with his HEV suit. Due to dangers involved with this job Gordon received basic weapons training.

Black Mesa was competing intensively with Aperture Science to get government funding for their portal technology. Because of this Black Mesa made several budget cuts to get ahead of the competition. This put Black Mesa into a state of disrepair.

On the day of the Black Mesa incident there was a blackout in the dormitories, causing Gordon to be late for work. As Gordon took the tram to work the G-Man delivered a rigged sample to the Anomalous Materials Laboratory, which would later on cause the resonance cascade.

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:05:33 No.145140958 Report

Quoted By: >>145141067

>>145140730
>>145140730
>>145140730

>Pair of hands retarded
fucking genius

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:05:45 No.145140968 Report

Quoted By: >>145141095

>>145140207
To be fair, there's little cohesion between the first and second games.

A lot happened in between HL1 and HL2 that's never explicitly stated.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:06:57 No.145141067 Report

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>>145140958
that actually makes sense call all gordon freeman is is a floating pair of hands

he can't talk cause he's retarded so yeah

pair of ahnds retarded

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:07:17 No.145141095 Report

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>>145140968
HL2 is the kind of game that you play, then say "I'm going to play the first! Then everything will make sense!" And then you play the first and are even more confused than before.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:07:34 No.145141118 Report

Quoted By: >>145141278 >>145141378

>>145140858

Gordon does speak though. In HL1, the scientists often react as though you have spoken to them and are responding to their questions. This is because Valve only kept his dialogue silent, rather than canonically making him mute. It was an immersion thing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:08:23 No.145141182 Report

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>>145140707
These scientists weren't from previous experiments. They went in just before gordon got there, to do the same thing he went to do (close the portal), but weren't total monsters like gordon, causing them to fail.

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:09:17 No.145141229 Report

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Hai.

Whatchu thinkin' about?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:10:02 No.145141278 Report

Quoted By: >>145141367 >>145141492 >>145142464

>>145141118

Gordon doesn't speak. This is confirmed in HL2 when Alyx says that Gordon is the "Silent Type"

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:11:00 No.145141356 Report

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Extracting HL2:EP2 now, as it was my favorite one.

>>145139807
I am pretty sure it took a lot longer that 3 hours to beat.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:11:12 No.145141367 Report

Quoted By: >>145141460

>>145141278

He doesn't speak in HL2. That doesn't mean he never speaks at all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:11:13 No.145141368 Report

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>first time playing Half Life 2
>Meet Dr. Judith Mossman
>Surprised to see me
>Walks me over to Eli
>She leaves
>Go to follow
>She's on a large computer now
>She informs me I need to be outside
>Go outside
>The door is now locked

Did anybody not understand that she was going to betray everyone?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:11:21 No.145141378 Report

Quoted By: >>145141705 >>145142508 >>145142538

>>145141118
Immersion my fucking ass.

I'm playing a fucking game. I know i'm playing a fucking game. I'm not going to enjoy the game more by having a retarded protagonist who doesn't talk cause the game developers are useless faggots who can't write good dialogue that is meaningful.

For fucks sake he could at least say "Good to see you" a few times and at least fucking ACKNOWLEDGE that someone is talking to him.

It fucking DESTROYS my immersion for a conversation to go like this

>Hello Dr. Freeman, how are you?
>...
>Good to see you!

What the fuck is your problem

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:12:30 No.145141460 Report

Quoted By: >>145141582 >>145143006

>>145141367
He never even makes a fucking noise

If he doesn't even grunt or cry out in pain he's not going to fucking talk.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:12:58 No.145141492 Report

Quoted By: >>145141564

>>145141278
I think its pretty clear that he does speak, but the player does not hear it, so its like you are doing the talking.

The 'silent type' doesn't mean 'never ever talks ever'

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:13:50 No.145141564 Report

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>>145141492
Have you ever tried to talk while wearing a hazard suit?

>pyro

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:13:55 No.145141582 Report

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>>145141460

Again, immersion. You never hear Gordon say or do any of these things, but that doesn't mean he doesn't do them. You're meant to fill the void with your own reactions.

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:15:38 No.145141705 Report

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>>145141378
>not going to enjoy the game more by having a retarded protagonist
>It fucking DESTROYS my immersion for a conversation to go like this

autism joke

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:18:22 No.145141939 Report

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:20:20 No.145142118 Report

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You should really do yourself a favour and play Half Life 1. It's one of those games where you'll end up going: "Holy shit this was made in 1997?". It's that good. Sure the graphics may be a bit outdated, but it's got the crispness and grittiness of the Source engine and some really tight controls and combat. The environments are one of a kind, it's one of the best environments (and it's incredibly varied and huge) I've ever played in any video game. It's memorable as shit. Even today I can't decide whether I like the setting of Half Life 1 or Half Life 2 more. If you were really mesmerized by the whole atmospheric appeal and subtle storytelling of Half Life 2, that's what you're getting in Half Life. Pretty much if you want more Half Life, play the first one (and the episodes as well).
The thing about Half Life's story line is that you're given bits and pieces and you have to really piece together the puzzle yourself. And you really have to pay attention to the game's way of telling the story as well, because there are crucial elements that may slip by unnoticed. That's why this game series is so fun to replay no matter how many times you've played. You'll always learn/notice something new and it'll help you enrich the storyline behind everything. It's really a lot like LOST's storyline where clues are hidden all throughout and if you're smart enough you can really understand the grand scope/scheme of things. It's really cool like that. You should probably read some shit on the Half Life wiki as well since it'll give you more of an understanding once you've completed the games.

Oh yeah, and no one knows who the Gman is. I believe he's a probability path manipulator that steers Gordon in a path that's in favour of the combine, but that's my theory.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:20:56 No.145142176 Report

Quoted By: >>145142894

Question OP: Did you find the secret vortigaunt at the end of Water Hazard that kind of alludes a lot to your actions in Half Life 1? He's a great example at how the game tells its story: in secret.

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:21:35 No.145142237 Report

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>mfw autists can't get immersed in a game

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:22:34 No.145142335 Report

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Why don't you just play it if you're curious, seriously, it's a great game. Better than HL2 tbh.

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:24:16 No.145142464 Report

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>>145141278
I'm pretty sure that was just a joke the developers slipped in there to poke fun at silent protagonists. Kinda like when Glados calls Chell a "Deranged Mute Lunatic".

Taking either of these are proof that they don't talk means that you don't understand Valve humor.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:24:39 No.145142508 Report

Quoted By: >>145142608

>>145141378
>It fucking DESTROYS my immersion for a conversation to go like this

>Hello Dr. Freeman, how are you?
>...
>Good to see you!

Well you are supposed to think out the conversation in your head.
Sure sounds like bullshit, but whatever...
I guess we can't really do that it anymore.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:24:56 No.145142538 Report

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>>145141378
Freeman's canon personality is that of an ADHD Autist. Whenever he encounters an NPC his reaction is to either impatiently crowbar his surroundings until an objective/destination pops up, or to throw random objects around the room and look at anything shiny.
He's still a damn good physicist once you give him something to occupy his brain with.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:25:47 No.145142608 Report

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>>145142508
>I guess we can't really do that it anymore.
I guess we can't really do that anymore.
Need sleep I guess

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:29:12 No.145142894 Report

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>>145142176

Never knew about it. I'll go check him out now, thanks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:30:29 No.145143006 Report

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>>145141460

Someone didn't play HL1.

Remember when the Spectrometer just exploded and you got teleported?

Crank up the volume and you can hear Gordon breathing heavily.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:31:50 No.145143120 Report

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>>145141564

Gordon doesn't use the Helmet.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:32:00 No.145143132 Report

Quoted By: >>145143318 >>145143473

The only thing I know for sure about the Gman is that he isn't with the combine, he's definitely not human, and he works for some other alien force/organization that has yet to reveal itself, given all I went through and understood from the game.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:34:03 No.145143318 Report

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>>145143132

Congrats, you know everything there is to know.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:35:23 No.145143426 Report

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How many Gman spottings are there anyways?

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:36:00 No.145143473 Report

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>>145143132
He works for God.

That's what the G stands for.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:36:58 No.145143558 Report

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>>145143473
G stand for government.

Back in the day, feds were referred to as Gmen

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:40:04 No.145143796 Report

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I'll give you the game in a nutshell

>G-Man makes scientist test unstable crystal
>You are the guinea pig cart pusher (You're actually a high level scientist... dunno why you had to do that)
>Shit opens a portal to XEN, Alien homeworld. Shit starts popping out
>Vortiguants are enemies in HL1 because of slave collars
>Military comes in to clean the mess
>Escape Black Mesa, Destroy the boss of XEN

Half-Life 2 Happens
>Wake up from Cryo-Stasis induced by GMAN
>G-Man explains he has a higher up employer
>Combine have taken over Earth.
>Rise up as the Rebel of Civilization
>Fight the Combine
>Destroy the home-base of the combine
>Holy shit gordon freeman is god
>Being chased
>Mossman is a double-traitor, betrays you to join combine but then betrays them
>You find evidence of Aperture Science using portal technology on a large scale
>Next game, will go to find portal technology on-board the ship.
>Moral Dilemma: Destroy portal technology so combine can't use it, or take it to use against the combine.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:40:48 No.145143862 Report

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>>145140797
That's one of the reasons though

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:42:39 No.145144013 Report

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>>145142894
yeah right after you fight the gunship on your boat and shoot it down, you open that one gate. Instead of going your usual route and doing that jump onto dry land, turn left. You'll see two sewer covers, one of which is slightly bent open. Get out and jump on your water boat to give you a boost so you can enter the tunnel that leads to the secret vortigaunt. Be careful though, because you have to trek for a bit through some toxic sludge so you will lose some health along the way. You can use a youtube video to guide you if you want.

Oh and also, at that level if you are observant enough you can see the Gman watching you on top of the dam right as you go around that one building with the combine. He'll walk away as soon as you spot him so be quick!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 10:58:57 No.145145409 Report

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>>145144013
or you could just chat with the vort at the dock where you first get the waterboat gun.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jun 2012 11:39:03 No.145148538 Report

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>>145138709
>>145140134
http://members.shaw.ca/halflifestory/timeline.htm

The site also talks about Portal.

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