Half-Life & Portal series, general discussion (v3) - Games

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/fWeemgk.png[/IMG] Welcome to the Half-Life and Portal series general discussion thread! [B]THREAD RULES AND GUIDELINES[/B] [I]1. Half Life (and Portal) general items ONLY - exceptions towards events valve are attending with speculation and assumptions[/I] [I]2. Artwork is allowed but it cannot be stupid (2 second mspaint, gmod etc. jobs)[/I] [I]3. ARGS, hidden details in valve game textures, speculation and the other shit to be contained - do not run wild with guesses as they will cause you to look like a massive idiot[/I] [I]4. Contain your excitement - it is just a game don't get your dicks too wet.[/I] [I]5. Parody images/videos are allowed, just don't go crazy with them and they must be decent[/I] Useful Links: [URL]http://members.shaw.ca/halflifestory/[/URL] - [I]Great summary of Half-Life[/I] [URL]http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page[/URL] - [I]Everything you need to know about HL[/I] [URL]http://combineoverwiki.net/wiki/Main_Page[/URL] - [I]Everything you need to know about HL[/I][I] (2) [/I][URL]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1160390[/URL] - [I]Previous thread[/I] [I][I]----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/I][/I] [quote][h2]The next game in the series – HL3/EP3[/h2] Half-Life 2: Episode Three/HL3 is the third and final instalment in a series of episodes following Half-Life 2. It is currently in development. The project has been labelled 'highly ambitious' by Doug Lombardi, and release is still a while off. [B]What we know, and what to expect?[/B] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We know the episode is going to be set in the northern reaches of the world of Half-Life (?), these will be cold places filled with ice and snow, oh and a Borealis. The Borealis is that great ship that disappeared during some experimentation by the same sort of scientists that caused the Resonance Cascade from the original Half-Life. From what we have seen from Portal and the previous Episodes the Borealis is a scientific ship that was involved in teleportation tests at the Aperture Science labs. Something went wrong which led to the ship disappearing completely from its original location. It is only during the events of Episode 2 that we find out that it has returned, this time in the coldest reaches of the world. [B]Speculation[/B] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The question that will be answered (we hope) in Episode 3 is what happened to the ship, did it appear instantly after the experiment in the north? If that is so then why haven’t we heard about it until now? Is it simply down to the fact that the resistance couldn’t detect it? We also know the scientists on the Borealis performed their experiments and the ship got sent somewhere, maybe Xen? Or maybe it just disappeared out of the time loop? We know that during the course of Half-Life 2 Gordon takes seven days to travel from Nova Prospekt back to City 17, a 'slow teleport' according to Dr Kleiner. The Borealis contains something that Eli wishes Gordon to destroy for fear of a repeat of the events at Black Mesa, Dr Kleiner feels it is destined to be a useful asset in the future. The differing views between these two eminent scientists is intriguing. Is caution the best bet, or should Gordon use whatever he can find on the ship to aid in the destruction of the Combine once and for all? [B]How things are likely to develop...[/B] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When we find out about the Borealis in Episode 2 this is from the transmission Alyx intercepted from the Combine. Therefore we know the Combine have located the vessel. They were extremely aggressive and put a lot of resources into attempting to prevent this transmission getting back to the resistance and have hunted Alyx desperately since the interception. We can assume the combine want to use the Borealis and Aperture Science's possible developments in teleportation / portal technology to bring extra troops to Earth to recapture it or evacuate. The latter...seems unlikely! We have already seen some early concept art for the game. The image from the ‘Into The Pixel’ exhibition shows Gordon challenging a Combine Advisor in a heavily industrialised environment and earlier concept art from PC Gamer US shows further Advisors around the Borealis. So expect a hugely exciting episode 3 with the same fantastic Half-life formula with a mighty cold twist.[/quote] [B]What the critics say...[/B] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [QUOTE=Crazyjay3325;39640055]Half life 2 sucks donkey balls on a stick wrapped around french pudding and biebers ball sacks with my herpes and diarrea from my ass all over the maps and morgan freeman sucks my vagina and dick and asshole and corn syrup while jacking off to gay hentai [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Why reply / Trolling" - Craptasket))[/highlight][/QUOTE] [B][I]This thread is still under construction and is constantly being updated, feel free to PM me if you want something added[/I][/B]

Woah why did the last thread close before 10,000 posts. Anyways, new thread smell, Woo for HL2 winning GOTD

It was close to closing soon anyway.

It was full of shit, it needed a fresh restart.

So guys, About that Episode 3. Great stuff.

[QUOTE=Chaotic Lord;38755238]So guys, About that Episode 3. Great stuff.[/QUOTE] Yea Alyx dies.

[QUOTE=Butthurter;38755279]i cant forget the scene where alyx accidentally stomped on a chumtoad to death and then she gets called out to a court hearing full of those things and they sentence her to 5 decades of marriage to a chumtoad with leper[/QUOTE] I dunno, I almost preferred the boss battle with Gman at the end.

[QUOTE=Butthurter;38755279]i cant forget the scene where alyx accidentally stomped on a chumtoad to death and then she gets called out to a court hearing full of those things and they sentence her to 5 decades of marriage to a chumtoad with leper[/QUOTE] Wait a second, i was informed that the last time that Gordon sees Alyx was when she encounter "Mr friendly".

Dammit, I was hoping for this thread to be named general discussion (v2:ep1).

New thread , nothing to discuss.

They still haven't fixed the fullbright maps problem in HL2, which is really weird because HL2 is pretty much valve's flagship game.

new threat smell

[QUOTE=tempunary;38755625]new threat smell[/QUOTE] The smell of fear. So how many people were recognizable from the Game of the Decade award? I saw Christine Phelan Gabe Newell Chet Faliszek Dario Caselli Tejeev Kohli (I think)

This thread will be the same like the last one, I don't know why it matters if it's new or not.

[QUOTE=DaFreshLemon;38755720]This thread will be the same like the last one, I don't know why it matters if it's new or not.[/QUOTE] All threads will be like this until HL3 is actually released.

HL2 is full of bugs since the OB update-.-

It seems very strange to me that they would neglect to fix the vast amount of bugs that have been there for two years now. Anyone buying it now for the first time must be wondering what all the praise was for. Fortunately there is a mod available that restores it to the original 2004 version - the way it was intended to be played.

273 posts in v2 from me wooo [QUOTE=Perhaps;38755262]Yea Alyx dies.[/QUOTE] Alyx dies. Barney and Gordon become gay. Adrian Shepherd returns as a chronic alcoholic. The vortigaunts resurrect Eli but now he's a black female rebel once named Jim. Dell Conagher joins the scene. Tavish DeGroot gets liver disease.

[QUOTE=EarlCdwards;38755938] Fortunately there is a mod available that restores it to the original 2004 version - the way it was intended to be played.[/QUOTE] And what is that called? I would be interested in downloading it.

[QUOTE=Jimmy422;38756057]And what is that called? I would be interested in downloading it.[/QUOTE] There's a big thread in the Half-Life 2 forums on SPUF, but until that comes back online it's available here: [url]http://steamcommunity.com/app/220/discussions/0/828923952213673410/[/url]

How long has spuf been down now? About 2-3 days right?

Dammit! My bet that next HL game will be released before the other thread closed is a failure. [editline]8th December 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Erfly;38756293]How long has spuf been down now? About 2-3 days right?[/QUOTE] SPUF is down?

[QUOTE=kimr120;38756310] SPUF is down?[/QUOTE] Been down for maintenance for a little while.

[QUOTE=EarlCdwards;38756152]There's a big thread in the Half-Life 2 forums on SPUF, but until that comes back online it's available here: [url]http://steamcommunity.com/app/220/discussions/0/828923952213673410/[/url][/QUOTE] What are the major differences? I've never noticed bugs in HL2 other than the bridge thing, where you almost can never drive past the train.

I'd have to play it again to remember them all but the most significant ones are: New buggy physics (it behaves like the airboat) and weird boost Dull lighting in the larger outdoors maps Really terrible skybox lighting, particularly in Black Mesa East No gameover message when you jump off the cliffs in Highway 17 (you can wander around inside geometry and everything) Broken/missing animations

[QUOTE=EarlCdwards;38756675]I'd have to play it again to remember them all but the most significant ones are: New buggy physics (it behaves like the airboat) and weird boost Dull lighting in the larger outdoors maps Really terrible skybox lighting, particularly in Black Mesa East No gameover message when you jump off the cliffs in Highway 17 (you can wander around inside geometry and everything) Broken/missing animations[/QUOTE] Also now you are able to kill rebels with the buggy car. [video=youtube;SodiFw3WDdA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SodiFw3WDdA[/video] [B]0:13[/B]

[QUOTE=J!NX;38755983]273 posts in v2 from me wooo Alyx dies. Barney and Gordon become gay. Adrian Shepherd returns as a chronic alcoholic. The vortigaunts resurrect Eli but now he's a black female rebel once named Jim. Dell Conagher joins the scene. Tavish DeGroot gets liver disease.[/QUOTE] It wouldn't surprise me if there was a mod for this.

Greatest moments in the games gents? I mean... I don't think that i can point which half life game is the best... I was going to list things.. but then i realised i could narrow it down to anytime i move fast with a powerful weapon and happen to be dodging an ungodly ammount of bullet,bomb or claw. Usualy these areas involve music. What's your favourite way to kill combine then?

[QUOTE=The Jack;38757860]What's your favourite way to kill combine then?[/QUOTE] SMG or shotgun to the face at point blank range, kills them rather quickly AR2 for more distant targets, pistol for finishing headshots

What the fuck is Garry's problem with Alyx? Did she shoot his dog or something?