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

[QUOTE=UntouchedShadow;39119393]Still hoping the Combine have some have some of their pre-7 hour war tech stashed away somewhere on Earth for extreme situations. Would be interesting to fight enemies like the Combine Guard or something.[/QUOTE] Pretty sure Combine Guards were just completely transformed humans, the human synths of their Army..

[QUOTE=UntouchedShadow;39119393]Still hoping the Combine have some have some of their pre-7 hour war tech stashed away somewhere on Earth for extreme situations. Would be interesting to fight enemies like the Combine Guard or something.[/QUOTE] There were crab and mortar synths, but they were in the citadel.

The combine guards were only transhumans, the same type as the soldiers. They were in huge ass suits of Armour though.

I hope we get to fight the Crab things in the next game. I'd imagine they could be pulled off really well.

[QUOTE=supersoldier58;39119416]You know what I have always wanted to see? Half-Life 2: Survivor ported to pc as a mod, if it doesn't get ported loads of half life 2 fans will never get a chance to experience it, which is a big shame.[/QUOTE] Agreed so much. There's so many little quirks (Fembine?) that make it seem so weird compared to the main game that I'd give it a shot based purely on novelty if nothing else. Valve had a cabinet at their HQ when the game was launched... I have no idea if its still there. But if I ever end up touring Valve (like every Valve fan seems to eventually do), number one on my request list is to play it.

[QUOTE=supersoldier58;39119416]You know what I have always wanted to see? Half-Life 2: Survivor ported to pc as a mod[/QUOTE]Why, speak of the devil! It just so happens that good ole Filip has a copy of the arcade game: [url]http://steamcommunity.com/id/filipvictors/screenshots/?appid=sc_171644&sort=newestfirst[/url] I don't know what he plans to do with it, but it appears to be nothing. However, if someone intends on preserving HL2: Survivor before it's lost forever to the ravages of time, they better do it soon since the game has long since been on the verge of total extinction. Taito [url=http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fhl2survivor.net%2Fnews%2Findex.html]ended the service in early 2010[/url] as few arcade cabinets were left remaining even back then, most already having been dismantled and replaced with no hope of recovery.

Valve still has a couple of Survivor arcade cabinets in their office, so it won't be totally lost. Oh wow there's a male Combine Assassin: [t]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/540689467748073830/95DFA56CEB4FAE87234872A2438575E0A2AA951A/[/t]

What do you guys think is the best single player half life 2 mod out there? I'm itching to get something new.

Fakefactory if you want a good laugh.

[QUOTE=Perhaps;39122232]What do you guys think is the best single player half life 2 mod out there? I'm itching to get something new.[/QUOTE] MINERVA: Metastasis Research and Development Both are excellent.

[QUOTE=En Ex;39120970]Valve still has a couple of Survivor arcade cabinets in their office, so it won't be totally lost. Oh wow there's a male Combine Assassin: [t]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/540689467748073830/95DFA56CEB4FAE87234872A2438575E0A2AA951A/[/t][/QUOTE] the japanese rarely can tell the difference between a male and a female character anyway so for them it's probably all the same these lack the spiky/silky smooth hair tho so the difference might be a bit more obvious i dunno

[QUOTE=Perhaps;39122232]What do you guys think is the best single player half life 2 mod out there? I'm itching to get something new.[/QUOTE] Stanley Parable. May be worth it to wait for the re-release/HD release/Remix though.

[QUOTE=UntouchedShadow;39119393]Still hoping the Combine have some have some of their pre-7 hour war tech stashed away somewhere on Earth for extreme situations. Would be interesting to fight enemies like the Combine Guard or something.[/QUOTE] You've already seen some of it though, the Synths are what they used before they invaded earth.

[QUOTE=EarlCdwards;39122343]MINERVA: Metastasis Research and Development Both are excellent.[/QUOTE] Isn't Minerva considered canon because Adam Foster (the creator) became a Valve employee?

[QUOTE=RioBravo;39124013]Isn't Minerva considered canon because Adam Foster (the creator) became a Valve employee?[/QUOTE] That's like saying the Depot is canon because the entire team that worked on it were Valve employees.

CS:S has to be canon, too. Wait, Turtle Rock Studios are technically Valve, right? [editline]6th January 2013[/editline] If so, then L4D happened in the HL2 world. I was kidding :u

it doesnt matter at all if minerva is canon, because it doesnt change anything.

Yes, but I find people can be very picky about canon even if it doesn't change anything. Look at Race-X for example.

Anyone at CES this week? Might see if you can meander into the ground floor of the south hall before the show starts on Tuesday... If you see anything interesting, you could take some pictures and post them here, you know for science... [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/yAPki.png[/IMG]

Is Quiver still being developed?

[QUOTE=DevinWatson;39124572]Anyone at CES this week? Might see if you can meander into the ground floor of the south hall before the show starts on Tuesday... If you see anything interesting, you could take some pictures and post them here, you know for science... [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/yAPki.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] Hopefully Steam Box being shown off

[QUOTE=Mio Akiyama;39124987]Hopefully Steam Box being shown off[/QUOTE] Maybe they'll give away hats.

[QUOTE=TurtleeyFP;39124328]CS:S has to be canon, too. Wait, Turtle Rock Studios are technically Valve, right? [editline]6th January 2013[/editline] If so, then L4D happened in the HL2 world.[/QUOTE] Turtle Rock was the main developer for CS:CZ and L4D of course, but valve only purchased the games during development. This doesn't mean L4D takes place in the HL2 World.

[QUOTE=Crash15;39125338]Turtle Rock was the main developer for CS:CZ and L4D of course, but valve only purchased the games during development. This doesn't mean L4D takes place in the HL2 World.[/QUOTE] He just used a few bad examples.

[QUOTE=DevinWatson;39124572]Anyone at CES this week? Might see if you can meander into the ground floor of the south hall before the show starts on Tuesday... If you see anything interesting, you could take some pictures and post them here, you know for science... [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/yAPki.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] Last year was nothing, But I'll check again (I'll be there) I might be able to get some pics, but I don't have a press badge; so maybe not.

[QUOTE=glitchvid;39125619]Last year was nothing, But I'll check again (I'll be there) I might be able to get some pics, but I don't have a press badge; so maybe not.[/QUOTE] They've got an AR drone flying around the booths, see if you can "borrow" it [img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/funny2.png[/img] [url=https://twitter.com/ardrone/status/287952238016614400/photo/1][img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A_8DCOuCUAI04K2.jpg:large[/img][/url]

[QUOTE=glitchvid;39125619]but I don't have a press badge;[/QUOTE] You can't take pictures without one?

[QUOTE=BlueFlash;39114399]Here's the download for all the clips. [url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/74742445/HL2%20Videos.rar[/url] [/quote] For people who don't want to download a while file and deal with BIK: Converted and uploaded them to youtube: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSDZ-PKu5kA&feature=share&list=PLPRHH91A2oFprqHTlgwWOGh0ulfnqVjDC[/url]

Nvidia Shield can stream Big Picture [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/2BzA0.jpg[/IMG] [video=youtube;A1g6i5ZPU1c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1g6i5ZPU1c[/video]

[QUOTE=DevinWatson;39126935]Nvidia Shield can stream Big Picture [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/2BzA0.jpg[/IMG] [video=youtube;A1g6i5ZPU1c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1g6i5ZPU1c[/video][/QUOTE] And now we wait