Half-Life and Portal series, general discussion (v6)

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[quote]The way ahead is dark for the moment. What seems to you a sacrifice is merely, to us, an oscillation. We do not fear the interval of darkness. We are a tapestry woven of vortessence. It is the same for you if only you would see it. How many are there in you? Whose hopes and dreams do you encompass? Could you but see the eyes inside your own, the minds in your mind, you would see how much we share. We are you, Freeman. And you are us.[/quote]

This OP is open source, with v7 prepared: [url]http://pastebin.com/2DjrNpKX[/url]

[Falkok15]

RIP v5. Your thread banner will be missed.

[Mr. Someguy]

[QUOTE=WhyNott;46921589]Don't worry guys, as long as this thread is still going, there is still some hope for HL3

thank god no one would ever lock it, right? [/QUOTE]

[B][I]He knew.[/I][/B]

[DevinWatson]

Webhallen has a pre-order up for Half-Life: 3 with a 2015 release date. 449 kr, $55.67 USD, or 47.27 Euro [IMG]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/funny2.png[/IMG]

[URL="http://www.webhallen.com/se-sv/spel/pc/108558-half_life_3"]http://www.webhallen.com/se-sv/spel/pc/108558-half_life_3[/URL]

[Pops]

i wonder if they have a battlefront 3 sale as well

[Thegreen]

rip valve section, how i hardly knew ye

[TheTrainRider]

At this point I feel like Valve should release a 2.5 hour Episode 3, finish up the Borealis story, then just do a Half Life 2 again with Half Life 3. This is because the Borealis story was added presumably under the idea of having a third episode, and since Valve has dropped the Episodic format[citation needed], the whole Borealis Subplot is an awkward corner to have written themselves into, and I honestly don't really know how they'd be able to stretch it into a fully fledged Half Life game.

Just figured I throw my meaningless opinion out there.

[Coffee]

They dropped the episodic format in favour of shorter and shorter development cycles, though it seems that they haven't been able to showcase that kind of production style in singleplayer games. If you look at CSGO and Dota 2, they show that shorter and shorter style.

Also I'm pretty sure any awkward writing corners can easily be retconned.

[Cypher_09]

just started my ep1 achievement run

having a blast

[Starscre4M]

fucking garry

[E Quantifier]

So since this a new thread should we start rehashing really old arguments?

[Mr. Someguy]

[QUOTE=Cows Rule;46924882]So since this a new thread should we start rehashing really old arguments?[/QUOTE]

Master Chief vs Gordon Freeman

[Kimr]

[QUOTE=DevinWatson;46923687]Webhallen has a pre-order up for Half-Life: 3 with a 2015 release date. 449 kr, $55.67 USD, or 47.27 Euro [IMG]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/funny2.png[/IMG]

[URL="http://www.webhallen.com/se-sv/spel/pc/108558-half_life_3"]http://www.webhallen.com/se-sv/spel/pc/108558-half_life_3[/URL][/QUOTE]

They've had that since the stoneage.

[Jetamo]

Sure why not. So, is Decay and Blue Shift canon? Is Lost Coast canon?

[Coffee]

Is Marc Laidlaw canon?

[Theuaredead]

Is Steampipe by design?

[Falkok15]

Is Valve cannon?

[The_Gardek]

Stop.

[E Quantifier]

[QUOTE=Jetamo;46925020]Sure why not. So, is Decay and Blue Shift canon? Is Lost Coast canon?[/QUOTE]

I consider them canon (Decay is a grey area), neither of them is contradicted by later installments.

Decay is a bit of a grey area because it makes less sense to me. In Half Life, Gordon is made out to be the one man who can help, but then Decay gives us another two HEV suited (TWO) heros who are capable fighters. The resonance reversal plot is kinda stupid to me. It makes Gordon''s work seem less important. (This expansion is also the one I'm least familiar with so I'm perfectly to ignore it. (Also, I believe that in of the displacer zones in OP4, the Gina model can be found dead, so it seems sorta contradictory, unless Gina is killed in Xen after the events of Decay, or it's a generic female scientist.))

I would love to see Decay stitched into a single player and continuous mod. The reason I don't play it is because the coop is a bitch to do alone.

[nixnax123]

[QUOTE=DevinWatson;46923687]Webhallen has a pre-order up for Half-Life: 3 with a 2015 release date. 449 kr, $55.67 USD, or 47.27 Euro [IMG]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/funny2.png[/IMG]

[URL="http://www.webhallen.com/se-sv/spel/pc/108558-half_life_3"]http://www.webhallen.com/se-sv/spel/pc/108558-half_life_3[/URL][/QUOTE]

$55.67, the new standard price of games

[E Quantifier]

[QUOTE=Cows Rule;46925459]I consider them canon (Decay is a grey area), neither of them is contradicted by later installments.

Decay is a bit of a grey area because it makes less sense to me. In Half Life, Gordon is made out to be the one man who can help, but then Decay gives us another two HEV suited (TWO) heros who are capable fighters. The resonance reversal plot is kinda stupid to me. It makes Gordon''s work seem less important. (This expansion is also the one I'm least familiar with so I'm perfectly to ignore it. (Also, I believe that in of the displacer zones in OP4, the Gina model can be found dead, so it seems sorta contradictory, unless Gina is killed in Xen after the events of Decay, or it's a generic female scientist.))

I would love to see Decay stitched into a single player and continuous mod. The reason I don't play it is because the coop is a bitch to do alone.[/QUOTE]

I decided to play through it now, Decay also claims that Dr. Keller was responsible for running the anti-mass spectrometer too high, but Ep2 I believe says that Eli did it.

[Chris M]

[QUOTE=Cows Rule;46925718]I decided to play through it now, Decay also claims that Dr. Keller was responsible for running the anti-mass spectrometer too high, but Ep2 I believe says that Eli did it.[/QUOTE]

Retcon

[E Quantifier]

[QUOTE=ColossalSoft;46926245]Retcon[/QUOTE]
I always take the most recent contradiction as canon. I just wanted to point it out since I don't think many of us have played Decay.

[Pops]

i don't think decay is canon

[9999999]

Shouldn't in ep3/hl3 there be a choice where the player has to destroy or use the Borealis?

I don't know if this has been in any other thread though....

[Chris M]

Anything with "Half-Life" in the title is canon

unless it's a demo

or that one mod on Steam

[Pops]

[QUOTE=ColossalSoft;46927096]Anything with "Half-Life" in the title is canon

unless it's a demo

or that one mod on Steam[/QUOTE]

so you mean lost coast isn't canon?

[Shier]

[QUOTE=ColossalSoft;46927096]Anything with "Half-Life" in the title is canon

unless it's a demo

or that one mod on Steam[/QUOTE]

Half-Life Full Life Consequencese? :v:

[EksCelle]

I sometimes fear that in 20+ years people will forget Half-Life existed and everyone will think that Black Mesa was the original game and then be puzzled why the series started with "2" (The same way some people think FO3 was the first Fallout game)

I hope this never happens

[editline]14th January 2015[/editline]

What's with the disagree? There's really nothing to disagree on because I'm not stating anything; it's just a fear I have

[BigJoeyLemons]

Oh, sorry if I freaked you out. I just don't share your fear, since Fallout changed developers between 2 and 3 and wasn't really a hugely popular blockbuster game until the third one came out, meanwhile Half-Life's always kind of maintained its level of fame, and it's always been the same style FPS. Nothing sets its installments apart enough for people to forget the older ones. I still get why you'd be afraid of that though