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

[QUOTE=Ereunity;39375865]You might notice that: A) Zombines lack a visible maw, either they cannot feed due to the bulky armour on them or the internal structure of a Combine soldier prevents it. B) The Headcrab is capable of using the Combine vocoder some how. C) A Barnacle will only eat the Headcrab off a Zombine, it will drop the body.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure though that its the actual combine using the vocoder, warning surrounding allies of the infestation. Even though when the headcrab comes off the combine there is no head, I think that the head is in some sort of state that still allows the nerves to connect to the vocoder.

Maybe the vocoder is in inside the voicebox?

Completed all achievements for HL2 and Episode 1 today. Lefi out some lambda locations on my previous playthrough and replayed the entire episode 1 again because somehow i had no achievement on record although I played it. Feels good. Now, bring it on, gnome!

[QUOTE=PHrag;39379278]Completed all achievements for HL2 and Episode 1 today. Lefi out some lambda locations on my previous playthrough and replayed the entire episode 1 again because somehow i had no achievement on record although I played it. Feels good. Now, bring it on, gnome![/QUOTE] You think the gnome is bad? Try getting all the antlion grubs without a guide. I got all apart from 10 in one of my playthroughs and I have never been more disappointed haha

I missed like 3 and I got so mad.

[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;39379687]I missed like 3 and I got so mad.[/QUOTE] I missed 1 on my first playthrough I still haven't found it.

I got all the Episode One achievements in one playthrough. Was actually pretty fun.

Hey, I know, what if the Zombines are actually "ghosting", like, the voice we ear is in fact the remain of the soldier's mind located in the head crab, or in one of the various implant in the soldier?...

That's exactly what's going on too you know, just like the citizen zombies - they scream for help, and for icing

The only achievement that i left to get on the HL2 games is that one where you have to protect all the buildings of White Forest on EP2. That second strider that rushes and fire at long distance always keep me far from the achievement.

[QUOTE=VaSTinY;39379942]That's exactly what's going on too you know, just like the citizen zombies - they scream for help, and for icing[/QUOTE] I mean, there is no brain left in the soldier skull, so It can't be the same as the Civilian Zombies...

[QUOTE=Ereunity;39375865] A) Zombines lack a visible maw, either they cannot feed due to the bulky armour on them or the internal structure of a Combine soldier prevents it. B) The Headcrab is capable of using the Combine vocoder some how.[/QUOTE] The headcrab made it through the armor to fuck up the Combine soldier's head, but it did not mutate it enough to make it under full control. Meaning, the combine soldier still has the ability to talk through is vocoder scraping on the brink of death for help from his fellow allies. And this is also the reason the guy pulls out the grenade, because it has that little bit of non-mutated life in him to suicide due to the great pain of the headcrab taking over. Also, when the headcrab is shot off, there is no skull left on the corpse, this could be because at the time of the zombine's death, whether you killed it or not, the headcrab ate or took over the entire skull/head/brain.

[QUOTE=Crash15;39381125]The headcrab made it through the armor to fuck up the Combine soldier's head, but it did not mutate it enough to make it under full control. Meaning, the combine soldier still has the ability to talk through is vocoder scraping on the brink of death for help from his fellow allies. And this is also the reason the guy pulls out the grenade, because it has that little bit of non-mutated life in him to suicide due to the great pain of the headcrab taking over. Also, when the headcrab is shot off, there is no skull left on the corpse, this could be because at the time of the zombine's death, whether you killed it or not, the headcrab ate or took over the entire skull/head/brain.[/QUOTE] I don't think he's calling for help. He's just muttering that the sector is not clear.

[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;39382046]I don't think he's calling for help. He's just muttering that the sector is not clear.[/QUOTE] To me it always sounded like the soldier was just looping its thoughts, repeating that there are necrotics and the area isnt clear, until a threat (gordon) provokes it to growl.

Well, i sent an Email to Marc Laidlaw last week asking about Portal 2 being canon. His reply: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/GTuC7uE.png[/IMG]

Half-Life has had just as much silliness as Portal 2.

[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;39382565]Half-Life has had just as much silliness as Portal 2.[/QUOTE] Greetings

[QUOTE=CRASHFORT;39382633]Greetings[/QUOTE] I can't be bothered right now

[QUOTE=Crash15;39383205]I can't be bothered right now[/QUOTE] Do you know who ate all the doughnuts?

Sometimes.. I dream about cheese. [sub][sub][sub]wait sorry wrong one[/sub][/sub][/sub]

I forgot about Blue Shift, and the conversation between the Barney and Otis. 'You smell that?' 'With friends like you..Man!' [editline]28th January 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=PHrag;39379278]Completed all achievements for HL2 and Episode 1 today. Lefi out some lambda locations on my previous playthrough and replayed the entire episode 1 again because somehow i had no achievement on record although I played it. Feels good. Now, bring it on, gnome![/QUOTE] Grub Stomper is the only achievement I have left in the series. Only had 1 left the first attempt, but recent playthroughs I had over 40 left!

Wallpaper Time ! :dance: [IMG]http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/019/e/d/destroyed_citadel_by_demol1sher-d5s1402.jpg[/IMG] [url]http://fav.me/d5s1402[/url] (Already Posted ?) [IMG]http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/015/7/f/half_life_2_episode_two_panorama_by_demol1sher-d5rlrwi.jpg[/IMG] [url]http://fav.me/d5rlrwi[/url] [IMG]http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/015/9/1/half_life_2_episode_one_panorama_by_demol1sher-d5rlrmd.jpg[/IMG] [url]http://fav.me/d5rlrmd[/url] [IMG]http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/015/d/5/half_life_2_panorama_by_demol1sher-d5rlrbi.jpg[/IMG] [url]http://fav.me/d5rlrbi[/url] I also made a little [URL="http://naimvb.deviantart.com/favourites/53113142"]gallery[/URL] with related stuff. :wink:

[QUOTE=Naimvb;39383724]Wallpaper Time ! :dance: [IMG]http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/015/7/f/half_life_2_episode_two_panorama_by_demol1sher-d5rlrwi.jpg[/IMG] [url]http://fav.me/d5rlrwi[/url] [IMG]http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/015/9/1/half_life_2_episode_one_panorama_by_demol1sher-d5rlrmd.jpg[/IMG] [url]http://fav.me/d5rlrmd[/url][/QUOTE]man Mother Nature sure was lazy designing those paths in the forest

[QUOTE=Naimvb;39383724]Wallpaper Time ! :dance: [IMG]http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/019/e/d/destroyed_citadel_by_demol1sher-d5s1402.jpg[/IMG] [url]http://fav.me/d5s1402[/url] (Already Posted ?) [IMG]http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/015/7/f/half_life_2_episode_two_panorama_by_demol1sher-d5rlrwi.jpg[/IMG] [url]http://fav.me/d5rlrwi[/url] [IMG]http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/015/9/1/half_life_2_episode_one_panorama_by_demol1sher-d5rlrmd.jpg[/IMG] [url]http://fav.me/d5rlrmd[/url] [IMG]http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/015/d/5/half_life_2_panorama_by_demol1sher-d5rlrbi.jpg[/IMG] [url]http://fav.me/d5rlrbi[/url] I also made a little [URL="http://naimvb.deviantart.com/favourites/53113142"]gallery[/URL] with related stuff. :wink:[/QUOTE] Is that the highest resolution?

The Combine speak through their necks, so that's how the Zombine can still talk. I think the Zombine is "alive" in the sense that it's human form is more or less dead, but the cybernetics are still trying to operate and report everything they see.

[QUOTE=BigJoeyLemons;39383803]Is that the highest resolution?[/QUOTE] Click on the links below. [QUOTE=Joazzz;39383763]man Mother Nature sure was lazy designing those paths in the forest[/QUOTE] Before/after.

[QUOTE=Naimvb;39383829]Click on the links below.[/QUOTE] I did, that's kinda low res for a Wallpaper :/

[QUOTE=Naimvb;39383829]Before/after.[/QUOTE] no, you copypasted that one piece of road all over the place

Rather than seeing the same uprising, EP1-EP2 wallpapers, can we see some wallpapers that look like they're AFTER the Combine being driven offplanet?

[QUOTE=Solomon;39384065]Rather than seeing the same uprising, EP1-EP2 wallpapers, can we see some wallpapers that look like they're AFTER the Combine being driven offplanet?[/QUOTE] A couple hundred years in the future, with foliage growing all over the giant debris of the citadel pieces, would look awesome.