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

[QUOTE=The Jack;38757860]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] Throwing a barrel at them on the most atmo-fuckin-spheric bridge in the world, then watching their body slowly hit the ground hundreds of feet below me, making a small splash, then a seagull screeches in the distance. Boy I love the coast.

[QUOTE=artDecor;38758184]What the fuck is Garry's problem with Alyx? Did she shoot his dog or something?[/QUOTE] It's not Garry's problem with Alyx, it's just Garry being a douche as usual.

We need an RTS based on Half-Life. You control the Xen creatures and have to kill as many Black Mesa personnel as possible. You also have to deal with Special Forces and the army. You'd use Xen Energy to spawn in other creatures; you'd have a steady supply of head crabs but otherwise you have to buy more monsters. You can use the Xen ecosystem to your advantage; you can command a bullsquid to attack a headcrab, letting it eat the headcrab for a base health recovery. Because it'll always heal the same amount regardless of the health of either the bullsquid or headcrab, it'll work to your advantage if you let a damaged bullsquid eat a nearly-dead headcrab. Final boss is Gordon Freeman.

[QUOTE=En Ex;38755653]So how many people were recognizable from the Game of the Decade award? I saw[/QUOTE] (from left to right) Tom Bui David Speyrer Tejeev Kohli Gabe Newell Tom Leonard Brian Jacobson Yahn Bernier Unknown guy Dario Casali Chet Faliszek Eric Kirchmer (behind Chet) Moby Francke Unknown guy (behind Moby) Christine Phelan Adrian Finol Kerry Davis (I think) Matt Scott

The Sven-coop site is down, I think it finally died guys.

[QUOTE=PSI Guy;38759480]We need an RTS based on Half-Life. You control the Xen creatures and have to kill as many Black Mesa personnel as possible. You also have to deal with Special Forces and the army. You'd use Xen Energy to spawn in other creatures; you'd have a steady supply of head crabs but otherwise you have to buy more monsters. You can use the Xen ecosystem to your advantage; you can command a bullsquid to attack a headcrab, letting it eat the headcrab for a base health recovery. Because it'll always heal the same amount regardless of the health of either the bullsquid or headcrab, it'll work to your advantage if you let a damaged bullsquid eat a nearly-dead headcrab. Final boss is Gordon Freeman.[/QUOTE] Someone actually was working on a Half Life mod for C&C 3. [url]http://www.moddb.com/mods/command-and-conquer-opposing-force[/url]

[QUOTE=Killer monkey;38760091]The Sven-coop site is down, I think it finally died guys.[/QUOTE] Not down for me.

[QUOTE=tempunary;38760671]Not down for me.[/QUOTE] Nor me. You cray man.

[QUOTE=Fort83;38758394]Do you guys think Dr. Rosenberg could've survived the portal storms and is somewhere in the world, still alive?[/QUOTE] He escaped from Black Mesa along with Barney, Walter, and other two scientists. [QUOTE=PSI Guy;38759480]We need an RTS based on Half-Life. You control the Xen creatures and have to kill as many Black Mesa personnel as possible. You also have to deal with Special Forces and the army. You'd use Xen Energy to spawn in other creatures; you'd have a steady supply of head crabs but otherwise you have to buy more monsters. You can use the Xen ecosystem to your advantage; you can command a bullsquid to attack a headcrab, letting it eat the headcrab for a base health recovery. Because it'll always heal the same amount regardless of the health of either the bullsquid or headcrab, it'll work to your advantage if you let a damaged bullsquid eat a nearly-dead headcrab. Final boss is Gordon Freeman.[/QUOTE] There is a RTS mod based on the events of HL2: [url]http://www.moddb.com/mods/half-life-2-wars[/url]

[url]http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/8/3744314/gabe-newell-valve-console-living-room-steam-box[/url] [quote]Valve has stayed mostly quiet about its plans to enter the hardware business, but in an interview with Kotaku at last night's Video Game Awards, Gabe Newell confirmed the company's plans to sell its own living room PC that could compete with next-generation consoles from Sony and Microsoft. The biggest revelation is that Valve seems set to release its own complete hardware and software solution.[/quote] Seems interesting. Half-Life 3 as a release title?

that would make sense

I don't believe what gaben announces not anymore :/ Edit : I don't give dumb ratings.

[QUOTE=Hobbax;38764556]I don't believe what gaben announces not anymore :/[/QUOTE] I'm sorry, what?

[QUOTE=Hobbax;38764556]I don't believe what gaben announces not anymore :/[/QUOTE] How many times did he lie?

[QUOTE=iqiq123;38763794][url]http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/8/3744314/gabe-newell-valve-console-living-room-steam-box[/url] Seems interesting. Half-Life 3 as a release title?[/QUOTE] I think we all thought about it when we first heard the rumors of Valve's console.

To be more specific, it's more of a PC less a console.

[QUOTE=PSI Guy;38759480]We need an RTS based on Half-Life. You control the Xen creatures and have to kill as many Black Mesa personnel as possible. You also have to deal with Special Forces and the army. You'd use Xen Energy to spawn in other creatures; you'd have a steady supply of head crabs but otherwise you have to buy more monsters. You can use the Xen ecosystem to your advantage; you can command a bullsquid to attack a headcrab, letting it eat the headcrab for a base health recovery. Because it'll always heal the same amount regardless of the health of either the bullsquid or headcrab, it'll work to your advantage if you let a damaged bullsquid eat a nearly-dead headcrab. Final boss is Gordon Freeman.[/QUOTE] Actually a better Half-Life based RTS idea would be this: at least 4 playable factions: HECU, Xen, Combine and the Resistance + a neutral/nature faction. Each faction has unique units (some factions would have to use the same units though, Vortigaunts would be used by both the Resistance and Xen for example). A tech level system, when at the highest level you can recruit special units (basically hero units) e.g. Advisors for the Combine etc. Unit categories would be: Infantry Light vehicles Heavy vehicles (e.g. synths) Air (helicopters) Air (planes) Artillery Navy Special Engineer/Builder Basically, think Age of Empires/Empire Earth but Half-Life themed. That's the idea I got at this moment, I'll post more if I think more about it.

[QUOTE=Antimuffin;38764887]How many times did he lie?[/QUOTE] I want my PowerPlay :(

[QUOTE=Fort83;38758394]Do you guys think Dr. Rosenberg could've survived the portal storms and is somewhere in the world, still alive?[/QUOTE] I think it would be kind of intresting if we met him, Simmons, and Bennet at the arctic outpost that Judith is at.

I've got a bad feeling that Episode 3 isn't going to be revolutionary in the least, and it'll just be all the same props, weapons, and characters, just in a new location with even more unanswered questions at the end. That's just me being pessimistic, though.

[QUOTE=BigJoeyLemons;38765795]I've got a bad feeling that Episode 3 isn't going to be revolutionary in the least, and it'll just be all the same props, weapons, and characters, just in a new location with even more unanswered questions at the end. That's just me being pessimistic, though.[/QUOTE] And then half life 3 releases a month later and blows everyone's minds.

SPUF has been down for two days now. What the fuck is going on? Last time it was down equally long, it was hacked.

[QUOTE=.EDI;38766150]SPUF has been down for two days now. What the fuck is going on? Last time it was down equally long, it was hacked.[/QUOTE] Why are you asking this question in here?

-darn-

[QUOTE=tempunary;38766672]Valve/[B]Steam[/B]/PowerPlay[/QUOTE] Half Life Series, general discussion (v3)

[quote] I also asked Newell what sort of software they're working on these days. He wouldn't give specifics, but he did reiterate that they're working on their next-generation engine—which he said will work with next-generation consoles as well. "Hopefully that's gonna give us some interesting opportunities on the game side," he said. [/quote] [url=http://kotaku.com/5966860/gabe-newell-living-room-pcs-will-compete-with-next+gen-consoles?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Twitter&utm_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow]Link[/url]

Does anyone have an image of what was in the front fold of the half life 2 box? You could flip it open and there would be an image of city 17 or something.

yeah i didnt understand what he wanted at first :p [url]http://i.imgur.com/GH3Ss.jpg[/url]

[QUOTE=Starscre4M;38767325]what do you mean? the front fold was just the cover [t]http://image.gamespotcdn.net/gamespot/images/box/6/4/2/914642_53389_front.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] [IMG]http://half-life2.com/img/screenshots/hl2_screen.Patrol.gif[/IMG] You opened it up and it had a picture of the old City 17 from 2002-ish.

[QUOTE=DevinWatson;38766845][url=http://kotaku.com/5966860/gabe-newell-living-room-pcs-will-compete-with-next+gen-consoles?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Twitter&utm_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow]Link[/url][/QUOTE] It better be more awesome than the crysis engine.