[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;44020601][img]https://24.media.tumblr.com/f49bb4cc201e14ccca77ab33bc301754/tumblr_n1gcmp2ZoJ1s99nsbo1_500.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
The Lion King?
The Little Mermaid, actually
[QUOTE=MenteR;44017458]i think we already have enough sci-fi here.
this is the williams x-jet. a personal flying platform comissioned in the 70s.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOVh-vlUius[/media]
it was meant for military purposes but never caught on because the military didn't find an use for it. it had a total flight time of 45 minutes before it went out of fuel. why didn't they ever release this to civilians?
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[img]http://amazingstuff.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Williams_X-Jet_Wasp.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
[img]http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111127113952/metalgear/images/8/85/Mgs3_flying_platforms.jpg[/img]
hl2 concept art
[IMG]http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091223233514/half-life/en/images/2/22/Citadel_inside.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091223233608/half-life/en/images/5/59/Citadel_star.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110331022005/half-life/en/images/0/0b/Citadel_walls.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090702124848/half-life/en/images/6/64/Early_city_17.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100224181529/half-life/en/images/3/3d/Scrapland_cracks.jpg[/IMG]
and my favorite
[IMG]http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091007091514/half-life/en/images/1/13/Wasteland_Airex_skybox.jpg[/IMG]
woah, i've never seen some of those before.
The alpha was so unreal.
Would have loved to play it.
[QUOTE=ProfHappycat7;44024113][IMG]http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090702124848/half-life/en/images/6/64/Early_city_17.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
This actually looks better than the in-game cities they came up with.
Not saying the in-game cities are bad, but still.
It all boils down to Half Life 2 coming out with a much less dark atmosphere than any given piece of art for it.
[QUOTE=Blazedol;44024765]This actually looks better than the in-game cities they came up with.
Not saying the in-game cities are bad, but still.[/QUOTE]
I gotta agree, this is more what HL2's atmosphere should have been, and things should have gradually gotten brighter and happier as the story progressed through the episodes with the defeat of the combine.
You still gotta give some credit to HL2 though, it nailed the depressing and oppressed city/nation/world atmosphere without making everything all dark and sad and gloomy and all that shit.
[I]That[/I] takes talent.
[QUOTE=Blazedol;44025173]You still gotta give some credit to HL2 though, it nailed the depressing and oppressed city/nation/world atmosphere without making everything all dark and sad and gloomy and all that shit.
[I]That[/I] takes talent.[/QUOTE]
Except for the "rawr I'm a cop with a stunstick that I hit people with" It didn't feel like more than a regular FPS imo
[QUOTE=Blazedol;44025173]You still gotta give some credit to HL2 though, it nailed the depressing and oppressed city/nation/world atmosphere without making everything all dark and sad and gloomy and all that shit.
[I]That[/I] takes talent.[/QUOTE]
I think this quote from the enhancement mod thread sums up HL2's atmosphere nicely. "The sun was shining during the Plague, the sun was shining during the Blitzkrieg, and the sun shines now." The Combine occupation was the end of the world as we know it, but not the end of the world. Well, not yet anyway.
[QUOTE=Toyhobo;44025195]Except for the "rawr I'm a cop with a stunstick that I hit people with" It didn't feel like more than a regular FPS imo[/QUOTE]
While I agree the CP aren't really the best villains in the history of storytelling, I still thought the world they created was pretty damn well-made. You have this world that looks like something from the 16th century, especially at the beginning. It's all nice and bright and daytime, and everyone's calm. In reality, however, there's everyone's absolutely miserable and the people who are supposed to be protecting them are cold-stone psychopaths.
In other words, it's like a colorful blanket covering a bed that's dirty and has piss all over it.
[QUOTE=MenteR;44017458]i think we already have enough sci-fi here.
this is the williams x-jet. a personal flying platform comissioned in the 70s.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOVh-vlUius[/media]
it was meant for military purposes but never caught on because the military didn't find an use for it. it had a total flight time of 45 minutes before it went out of fuel. why didn't they ever release this to civilians?
[editline]23rd February 2014[/editline]
[img]http://amazingstuff.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Williams_X-Jet_Wasp.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Yup, these were in MGS3, so many people thought of all things they were unfitting for the 6-70's setting.
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;44020601][img]https://24.media.tumblr.com/f49bb4cc201e14ccca77ab33bc301754/tumblr_n1gcmp2ZoJ1s99nsbo1_500.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE] Mufasa: "Look, Simba, everything the light touches is our kingdom."
Simba: "Wow."
Mufasa: "A king's time as ruler rises and falls like the sun. One day, Simba, the sun will set on my time here, and will rise with you as the new king."
Simba: "And this will all be mine?"
Mufasa: "Everything."
Simba: "Everything the light touches."[/QUOTE]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/LwzUVRt.png[/t]
[QUOTE=Alice3173;44025908][t]http://i.imgur.com/LwzUVRt.png[/t][/QUOTE]
And then poachers happened, the end.
[QUOTE=Blazedol;44025349]While I agree the CP aren't really the best villains in the history of storytelling, I still thought the world they created was pretty damn well-made. You have this world that looks like something from the 16th century, especially at the beginning. It's all nice and bright and daytime, and everyone's calm. In reality, however, there's everyone's absolutely miserable and the people who are supposed to be protecting them are cold-stone psychopaths.
In other words, it's like a colorful blanket covering a bed that's dirty and has piss all over it.[/QUOTE]
16th century? :v: That's a typical baltic/eastern european city. I live in one of those:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/imRSwDi.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/kl1fkH2.jpg[/IMG]
You can almost hear a gunship somewhere in the distance, can't you? And the second half of your post is exactly why I prefer the release version mood. Sure, pre-release is cool and dark, no denying that. But what we have now is so much more relate-able, no over-dramatization. Combine enslaved Earth, put some necessary city walls here, checkpoints there and locks over there, only the things that make sense and doesn't waste resources. This level of realism makes it even more scary than just being dark and foggy. They use our buildings for storage and living, our trains and railways for transportation. And where they use their own technology, it's built using our existing technology as inspiration (Choppers, razortrains, apc's) with our planet and infrastructure in mind.
This little paragraph sums up the half life 2 design philosophy, and I love it:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/vPxZTRe.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Blazedol;44025349]16th century[/QUOTE]
Yeah what Spor said. It's 19th century architecture.
Not to pick on you but you but you were this far off:
[t]http://tudorqueen6.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/british_-_field_of_the_cloth_of_gold_-_google_art_project.jpg[/t]
:v:
[editline]24th February 2014[/editline]
Speaking of which, I have a copy of the HL/HL2 concept art book in a box somewhere, aka where those images came from, can scan some tomorrow
[QUOTE=Kommodore;44027162]Yeah what Spor said. It's 19th century architecture.
Not to pick on you but you but you were this far off:
[t]http://tudorqueen6.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/british_-_field_of_the_cloth_of_gold_-_google_art_project.jpg[/t]
:v:
[editline]24th February 2014[/editline]
Speaking of which, I have a copy of the HL/HL2 concept art book in a box somewhere, aka where those images came from, can scan some tomorrow[/QUOTE]
There's PDF's of that book online if someone wants to read it. For those who want only the pictures, you can see all of half life 2 related scans from raising the bar here: [url]http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Half-Life_2_concept_art[/url]
I would love to buy that book from you, though, but don't have any money for these things right now.
[QUOTE=kenji;44027865][t]http://i.imgur.com/P87Vl3K.jpg[/t]
Feels.[/QUOTE]
wow odd coincidence that my contacts started bugging my eyes after i read that haha im not crying its my contacts seriously guys im not crying
[IMG]http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/763/cache/national-library-china_76319_990x742.jpg[/IMG]
National Library of China study hall.
[QUOTE=Fusnax;44008677]Call me an ignorant, but what is so bad about him?
Enlight me please[/QUOTE]
He's spearheading a slow genocide against the Palestinian people and stealing their land illegally (Destroying their homes, stealing valuables, etc)
[IMG]http://s3.amazonaws.com/magnoliasoft.imageweb/bridgeman/supersize/ch99173.jpg[/IMG]
Anyone else seeing an american school bus?
[QUOTE=kenji;44027865][t]http://i.imgur.com/P87Vl3K.jpg[/t]
Feels.[/QUOTE]
Beautiful story.
[QUOTE=RobbL;44031558][IMG]http://s3.amazonaws.com/magnoliasoft.imageweb/bridgeman/supersize/ch99173.jpg[/IMG]
Anyone else seeing an american school bus?[/QUOTE]
Is this one of those images, that after you "see" it, it becomes really obvious?
[QUOTE=Fusnax;44009274]And if I'm right, no one can attack them back because they are under US protection I think, mind that I learned that from polandball comics[/QUOTE]
Speaking of that. There was one recently about it, I'll go fetch it.
I like the literally broom sweeping.
[img]http://puu.sh/7922u.png[/img]
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