[QUOTE=RikohZX;27766853]Well, Episode 3 is going to be epic if I have to fly there in my Errorcopter:
[img_thumb]http://oi54.tinypic.com/v803k.jpg[/img_thumb]
(Taken from my playthrough just a few minutes ago -Steam suddenly downloaded the textures to Episode 2 AFTER I beat and quit the game. :v:)[/QUOTE]
Pimp My Ride?
[b]The Wait For Episode 3 Continues[/b] :smithicide:
[QUOTE=Ezhik;27810892]I think the game should start like HL1 and HL2 did, you safely walk around the White Forest, interact with people..[/QUOTE]
Yeah but it wouldn't really explain why Gordon would lose his weapons (I'm only assuming this because it would be weird to start the game with every weapon or more than one weapon). I guess Valve could get away with having you magically lose your weapons though.
For some reason though I don't want EP3 to immediately pick up from where EP2 ended. I'd like to see something totally different at the start.
I just played through half life 1.
Half life is such an amazing game.
[QUOTE=Chrispy_645;27809738]Something interesting I thought of a while ago, not sure if anyone else has thought of it, but I was thinking... the start of EP1 and EP2 involve you starting off with no weapons right? Obviously this is for newbies that haven't played in a long while or it's their first time playing. Kinda like a agmeplay tutorial I suppose.
For Valve to do that though they'd have to wrap the whole tutorial idea/lost-your-weapons-idea around some sort of believable story... right? For example in EP2 you supposedly "lost" your weapons because your train went to shit from that explosion. I'm wondering how they'll implement this sort of tutorial for EP3. Maybe the game starts off with White Forest being invaded, you wake up in rubble and all of a sudden you've lost your weapons? Well that sounds really fucking stupid but I hope you get my idea.[/QUOTE]
Advisor took your weapons. Except for your crowbar and gravity gun, of course.
[QUOTE=Chrispy_645;27809738]Something interesting I thought of a while ago, not sure if anyone else has thought of it, but I was thinking... the start of EP1 and EP2 involve you starting off with no weapons right? Obviously this is for newbies that haven't played in a long while or it's their first time playing. Kinda like a agmeplay tutorial I suppose.
For Valve to do that though they'd have to wrap the whole tutorial idea/lost-your-weapons-idea around some sort of believable story... right? For example in EP2 you supposedly "lost" your weapons because your train went to shit from that explosion. I'm wondering how they'll implement this sort of tutorial for EP3. Maybe the game starts off with White Forest being invaded, you wake up in rubble and all of a sudden you've lost your weapons? Well that sounds really fucking stupid but I hope you get my idea.[/QUOTE]
The helicopter will fall and you lose your weapons right in the beginning. It's what sounds more likely.
No, better yet, the Advisor does take the Gravity Gun, get's reverse engineered, COMBINE WITH GRAVITY GUNS! They'd need some special AI for that, maybe Combine Soldiers could punt objects at you, or pull your cover away. You then get your Gravity Gun off a dead Combine Soldier, much like a lot of the other weapons.
[QUOTE=gsp1995;27843656]The helicopter will fall and you lose your weapons right in the beginning. It's what sounds more likely.[/QUOTE]
I like both your guys suggestions. The helicopter crash thing will probably be likely from a story standpoint because it'll obviously make the game's story way longer. Take HL2 for example, [sp]originally you were going to be teleported to Eli's lab but Lamaar intervenes and screws that up for you, so you have to go through to the canals, etc. Something needs to fuck up.[/sp]
Ok guys, think nobody mentioned about this, now take a look at these bluprints....
It resembels a battleship with battle turrets not a portal tech however, as Aperture is doing stuffs about portals, I am pretty sure that Valve is making reference from USS Eldridge of Philadelphia Experiment.-Which means that the battleship or Borealis will teleport through time or spaces and ep3 is going to be about combine trying to restore it and make a link to their homeworld or maybe using it against people (with turrets!)
[img_thumb]http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090602173422/half-life/en/images/c/c7/Borealis_plans_01.png[/img_thumb]
[img_thumb]http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090602173422/half-life/en/images/6/6c/Borealis_plans_03.png[/img_thumb]
[img_thumb]http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090602173422/half-life/en/images/3/3d/Borealis_plans_02.png[/img_thumb]
Also, take a look at these images
[img_thumb]http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090602190451/half-life/en/images/thumb/5/5e/USS_Newport_News_MainDeckAft.jpg/830px-USS_Newport_News_MainDeckAft.jpg[/img_thumb]
[img_thumb]http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090602190308/half-life/en/images/thumb/c/c3/USS_Newport_News_Level04.jpg/830px-USS_Newport_News_Level04.jpg[/img_thumb]
These are blueprints of USS Newport News. Compare them with the Borealis one. Pretty similar aren't they?
[QUOTE=Fort83;27811165]Valve might be working on Prospero instead of Ep3 at the moment, Gabe said in 2006 that he wanted to resume work on it after TF2 was completed... no news on if he has or not, could be top secret[/QUOTE]
[url]http://nooooooooooooooo.com/[/url]
The only way for the Ep3 Teaser to be 100% perfect, is if it has Gordon walkin either in a fiery alley, or in a blizzard, with this song in the background.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxLPnMrEvkM[/media]
I think this song really fits to the Half Life atmosphere. So here's me hoping Valve reads this post.
[QUOTE=booster;27858782]The only way for the Ep3 Teaser to be 100% perfect, is if it has Gordon walkin either in a fiery alley, or in a blizzard, with this song in the background.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxLPnMrEvkM[/media]
I think this song really fits to the Half Life atmosphere. So here's me hoping Valve reads this post.[/QUOTE]
I would hope this fits the HL2 atmosphere, considering it's from HL2.
[QUOTE=Fort83;27811165]Valve might be working on Prospero instead of Ep3 at the moment, Gabe said in 2006 that he wanted to resume work on it after TF2 was completed... no news on if he has or not, could be top secret[/QUOTE]
A company of 300 developers can't work on something instead of something. 8 guys made Portal, 30 is making Portal 2, 20 made left 4 dead's. They can develop up to 10 games in the same time approximatively if they wanted to.
EA has is working on 60 games at the moment for example.
[QUOTE=Patcher;27868149]A company of 300 developers can't work on something instead of something. 8 guys made Portal, 30 is making Portal 2, 20 made left 4 dead's. They can develop up to 10 games in the same time approximatively if they wanted to.
EA has is working on 60 games at the moment for example.[/QUOTE]
No worse English has ever been read.
[QUOTE=booster;27858782]The only way for the Ep3 Teaser to be 100% perfect, is if it has Gordon walkin either in a fiery alley, or in a blizzard, with this song in the background.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxLPnMrEvkM[/media]
I think this song really fits to the Half Life atmosphere. So here's me hoping Valve reads this post.[/QUOTE]
That song sounds really urban for some reason.
[QUOTE=Patcher;27868149]A company of 300 developers can't work on something instead of something. 8 guys made Portal, 30 is making Portal 2, 20 made left 4 dead's. They can develop up to 10 games in the same time approximatively if they wanted to.
EA has is working on 60 games at the moment for example.[/QUOTE]
Whoa 60? Maybe they're just publishing some of those games.
Portal 2 available for pre order today. I am very excited for it!
Anyone else hoping Barney makes a surprise entrance at a key moment?
*crashes through Borealis ceiling*
"Long time no see, buddy!"
-several minutes of dialog-
"Well I'll see you around. Oh, and by the way, I owe you this--"
then he turns around and [b]OH MY GOD IT'S THE FUCKING BEER HE OWES YOU[/b]
Barney's physical absence from Episode 2 was one of the few faults of the game.
Then again, we did get Dr.Magnusson, who almost made up for it. [i]Almost.[/i]
anyone know the reason why kleiner went "oh my" while reading the Mark V HEV suit description?
The citadel klaxxon.
[QUOTE=NanoSquid;28081617]
then he turns around and [b]OH MY GOD IT'S THE FUCKING BEER HE OWES YOU[/b][/QUOTE]
He sets it on a table and then flies away on a magical jetpack made of Dog's chestplate. You can press E and drink it for 1 HP and an achievement.
That'd be just beautiful.
I'm still hoping for DLC or an expansion where we find out what Barney did up until EP3.
[QUOTE=Chaotic Lord;27861940]I would hope this fits the HL2 atmosphere, considering it's from HL2.[/QUOTE]
It's a stock sound and has been used in some other games too, like Silent Hill
[QUOTE=Cows Rule;28086088]The citadel klaxxon.[/QUOTE]
the citadel what?
[QUOTE=Matrix374;28088102]the citadel what?[/QUOTE]
Citadel that
[QUOTE=Exuberance;15622655]No you'll wake up in the testing chamber in hl1 and instead of you creating a resonance cascade it just exploded, and the whole thing was a hallucination.[/QUOTE]
"ARE YOU OKAY FREEMAN?" - Scientist 1
"Oh...What happened?" - Freeman
"Turns out that the substance was just a hallucinogenic drug encased inside a giant orange popsicle" - Eli.
-Game zooms out to Gman watching from a window-
"...Fuck"
CREDITS ROLL
Another character I'd like to see is Adrian Shepherd. Yeah I know OP4 isn't "Canon" but come on, how awesome would it be to find out he's become some kind of badass resistance general? Or, better yet, a [i]Combine[/i] general. Who knows, maybe he served G-Man's purposes best on the other side!
[QUOTE=ToiToiMaster;27728814]That isn't an official piece of media release though is it.[/QUOTE]
[quote=marc laidlaw (writer hl)] for Your fears about our ability to write and deliver the final chapter of the story for the arc are unfounded. We have had this particular story fleshed out since before Episode One was released. Our ‘silence’ as you have opted to call it has nothing to do with the story we have written.[/quote]
[url]http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=920482[/url]
[editline]17th February 2011[/editline]
bam they're working on episode 3
Is it just me or is it amazing how this thread has stayed alive for almost 3 years now?
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