I want to believe.
>>725978503tuesday
>>725978687trips decides when it comes out
Millions must hope!Millions are hoping!
>>725978503It'll release on November 19 2026 exactly 28 years after HL1
>>725978503...
>>725978906me when I lie on the internet
gordon, press f to put on icewind karambit xtreme edition tarnished qualityare you dudes le stoked for a company that has sucked for 20 years now? this time theyre really going to mae ka good product LE GABENNNN stylee baby
Soon
>>725978503specs soon please so I can know how to upgrade my shitbox during black friday
>>725978952Fuck Rockstar shillYour shitty openworls game can't surpass HL3's glory
>>725978937Without sounding like too much of a faggot I really like the way people have started to characterise gordon as a fundamentally tragic, melancholic character. I find replaying the games much more poignant (and particularly Black Mesa, which actively leans into these themes) when I picture things this way. Vidrel https://youtu.be/mXCx50yaseA
>>725979096saw someone make a good guess that it'll presumably be identical to gamecube specspersonally I'm just praying to god almighty that my 5 year old rtx 2070 graphics card can run it (I'm cooked)
>>725979181The man hasn't slept since he woke up to go to work that one morning. The happiest he's been was probably when Alyx hugged him.
>>725979181The fact that he's silent is what allows for these compelling headcanons. just important to remember.
>>725979181https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY7BJ_RoyhE&t
Gordon should never speak. That way he can be a PTSD driven tragic character AND an asshole who explodes casseroles and throws glass bottles and chinese takeaway boxes at people for no reason at the same time.
>>725979096I don't see Valve not making it run on Deck. If your PC is better than that, you'll be fine.
>>725979181I've always thought Gordon might be a psychopath mercenary, or very emotionless at least.
>>725979524Gordon's personality is supposed to be (you)
>>725979181I like to image him as the kind of guy who is hoping for a cataclysmic event so he can indiscriminately murder people since he was bullied all his life, even in black mesa since they forced him into the gimp suit to push a cart while xrays cook his balls despite being a MIT graduate.
Gordon...
>>725979732Honestly being the trusted test guy wearing the suit probably worth a few million dollars would be potentially a pretty envious position.
>>725979363I'm well aware, and I sincerely hope valve keeps things this way. the magic of half life is that everyone can have their own gordon freeman, and the fact interpretations of freeman's psychology ranging from freeman's mind to the video I linked can still coexist is brilliant. I sincerely hope valve doesn't have gordon speak, but if he does, they better make it count. Otherwise as it happens this particular canon (freeman as the tragic victim of fate) is the one I choose to go with.>>725979354not to mention the motherfucker has been hopped up on absurd quantities of deep-state-grade morphine and amphetamines via the HEV suit for what amounts to a week straight with a short break during HL2's intro. The other version of freeman I like is the one where he's simply been too wired to even begin to process the insane shit he's been through, at least until he comes down lmao.
>>725979853*and the fact thatapologies I'm drinking so there may be typos
>Gordon blows up a guys casserole and triggers the alarm to fuck around with his coworkers for no reason.>Gordon has a very serious moment where he protects his coworkers from horrific zombie monstrosities and alien parasitic face huggers>Gordon randomly presses every button on the vending machine and drinks 5 soda cans in 20 seconds.All in an hour.
>>725979850A robot could have done what he did, no need to send in a person to be raped by radiation, suit or not.
>>725979821Hello, Gordon!
>>725979821anon is a highly trained professional, he doesn't need to hear all this...
LISTEN UP.If Half Life 3 is announced before GTA VI releases, I will EAT an entire pair of jeans. If Half Life 3 gets announced on the 18th, I will eat my copy of Raising The Bar.MARK. MY. WORDS.
>>725980040FREEMAN YOU FOOL!
>>725980101marked your words
>>725979954>Gordon blows up a guys casserole and triggers the alarm to fuck around with his coworkers for no reason.See ordinarily that'd be pretty annoying but imagine how it must be from Magnusson's perspective. Because of that, he probably just had to get something small from a vending machine. Then suddenly the apocalypse happens and instead of having had a filling meal, he has to escape with far less energy than he otherwise could've had
>HL3 will be announced before we get HLVRAI2Don't get me wrong, HLVRAI wasn't the best thing in the world, but it was moderately entertaining and I'd like to see more
>>725980136Maybe Magnuson didn't have breakfast that morning and was REALLY looking forward to that casserole. I would be pissed off if some 27 year old lab assistant purposely blew up my fucking casserole. What an asshole.
>>725980101nigga you're setting yourself up to consume both a pair of jeans and two pounds worth of ink paper by the end of the week
>>725979853I dunno, I always interpreted it that Gordon doesn't really give a shit about the drama happening around him, sort of a dual tragic aspect, like Eli and Alyx really think Gordon is on their side and their friend but maybe he really doesn't give a shit and is just doing the job Gman is giving him. But having multiple possible interpretations is probably what makes it good anyways.
>>725980119https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK5pcZnVGNQ
>have been eyeing some 'legendary' Half-Life mod called Residual Life>watch a review>turns out it's a rip-off of Full Metal Alchemist and some other obscure anime made
>>725980269In any normal workplace tampering with a microwave and destroying a coworker's lunch in the presence of several witnesses would be grounds for serious disciplinary action. It's pretty telling of Black Mesa's toxic work environment that everyone just carried on with their day and tried to sweep his actions under the rug.
<--- Desperate to get in a bed and sleep.
>>725980354hell yeah
>>725980431GORDON HEREI'M SO FUCKING HIIIIIGH RIGHT NOWW OH MY FUCKING GOT THESE AMPHETAMINES GOT ME FUCKING TWEAKINGWHY THE FUCK WOULD I SLEEPCOMBINE NIGGERS COULD BE ANYWHEREMUST KILL COMBINE NIGGERSWHERE IS BREENHEV GIVE ME MORE METHHHHHH FUCCCCCKKKKKKK
fuck alyx vance
>>725980370Check out Diffusion mod instead
>>725980354Hello there!Are you sure you checked all the donuts?Hello there!Do you think we should delay all the donuts?Hello there!Shouldn't we try to capture a donut? Yes!Hello there!It appears the donut system has failed...
>>725980395>Psycho coworker 50 years younger than you comes in and destroys someone's food just for the hell of it>Think the best course of action is to snitchNo way, they were too intimidated
>>725978740In 20 more years.
>>725980553Absolutely.
>>725979112HL3 is open world
>that feel when you listen to triage at dawn again and you remember how many years it's beenI only found half life in 2017 as a young teenager, that'll seem insanely recent to many of you, and yet even that is now eight years away. Time, Doctor Freeman?
>2 hour long video essay "Is Gordon Freeman a sociopath?"
>>725980771open area
>>725980101ANONYOU CAN STILL TAKE THIS BACK
>Get excited for Half Life 3>Realize it's been a long time since I've played 2>Just keep trying to force myself to keep playing as I get more and more boredHere's to hoping 3's more like 1
>>725980101You better film and post that shit here nigger
>>725980771You jest but I'd be curious to ask you /v/aggots, what do you actually imagine half life 3 looking like? The cheap answer is the plot from laidlaw's epistle 3, but I think valve is gonna shelve that stuff - after all, epistle 3 was really more of a metaphor for the (at the time) perceived death of hope for a 3rd episode ever releasing mixed in with laidlaw's lore notes than a concrete plot for a game. Personally, I think it's gonna be some balls to the walls insanity where gordon kills the gman with a fucking crowbar
>>725980956Ep2 was much better. HL2 has some pacing issues but it was decent enough.
>>725981028>You jestI'm serious. Like the other anon said "open area" might make some people stomach it easier. Its like Metro Exodus.>The cheap answer is the plot from laidlaw's epistle 3,The whole point of Alyx was to move away from that story line
>>725981028Open ended levels mixed with linear levels with a limited inevntory system.Game ends with Gman standing aside for Freeman to make a choice.
https://youtu.be/dByBJdbrtBs?si=JrPP103hWCRnnAs5&t=40
>>725981075Tthe episodes were much better than the main game. I think the last half of HL2 is particularly shit.
>>725981206ZESTY!
>>725981234Episode 1 is worse than the main game aside from a few chapters which are better.Episode 2 is better than both
>>725980101you're eating that whole thing faggot, even the zipper
>>725978503After 15 years I stopped giving a shit.
>>725981234>I think the last half of HL2 is particularly shit.Agreed. The Strider spam wasn't good.
>>725981393The Strider spam was kino and so was the supressor
>>725981393skill issue, it was kino
>>725981564Mike was rite
>>725981667Not about skill, it was just boring.
>>725981564watching waiting
>>725981564I hope Barney comes back. Such an oddly chipper guy for an apocalyptic scenario.
>"REBELS could be here" he though, "I've never been in this sector before. There could be REBELS anywhere." The cool wind felt good against his civil protection uniform. "I HATE REBELS" he thought. CP Violation reverberated his entire armoured personnel carrier, making it pulsate even as the overwatch-authorised stimulants circulated through his powerful thick veins and washed away his (merited) fear of anticitizens after dark. "Pick up that can" he said to himself, out loud.
>>725981867Commiserating
>>725982172this is just entropy zero dialogue
>>725982045for me, it's my nigga adrian "RACE X FUCKING SHITS" Shephard. I'd kill to see him again.
>>725982254cum... iserating??? doctor freeman?
>>725982254>SAY IT AIN'T SO, I WILL NOT GO>TURN THE SUPPRESSION FIELD OFF, CARRY ME ON
>>725982323Ask Randy to let him out
>>725981393>>725981442>>725981667>>725981841I can't believe they didn't fix the glitch where the NPCs are too scared to fire their RPGs in the update. It's just not fun sitting by the rocket crate while slowly firing like 40 rockets
>>725982435I like the interpretation of the silent MCs where freeman is some version of>okay, this is nuts but I can figure my way out one step at a timeand then Shephard is just like>WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON JESUS FUCKING CHRIST IS THAT AN ALIEN FUCKING KILL IT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON
>>725982583forgot picrel
>>725982434NANA NANA NANA NANA, NA NANANA NANA NANA NANA, NA NA
since we've got a good half life thread going, what did you guys think of black mesa? for me, it's basically become the single best instalment in the series (even though it's not even an official game). The soundtrack in particular is ludicrously good https://youtu.be/TAIJich73NY
>>725982926I don't like it.
>>725981028I think HL3 will feature AT LEAST these three settings>the arctic (le borealis)>Xen>the combine overworldAs well as featuring >the crowbar >the gravity gun (or gauntlets, woah)>at least one new puzzle gun>at least one new combat gun>at least one vehicle section>antlions (confirmed) >xen creatures (confirmed)>combine enemies (confirmed and duh)Other than that I have no idea
>>725982926Played it when they first started the project. It's good.
>>725982926>everything until Xenworse than the original>the very start of Xengigakino>everything else after thatabsolute fucking garbage
>>725982983>I think HL3 will feature AT LEAST these three settingsPersonally I think it'll have nothing because it's still never coming out and we've been jerking off about it for almost 16 years
>>725979524he should at least say one word at the end of the game
>>725982968why not anon? I'm not gonna immediately call you a niggerfaggot for holding a differing viewpoint and so I'd like to hear your opinion>>725983017what did you like about it? honestly I can't express how much I loved it
>>725983125>"beer."
>>725982926I really like it until Xen decides to last 15 hours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AelyeZtH-Jc
>>725983125as I said earlier I'm very anti gordon speaking, but I think there is a world where him saying a single word at the very very end, combined with a plot that sets it up, could end up being ludokino. but only if done right
>>725983150I just liked that it modernized things a bit so my dopamine fried brain could enjoy them a bit more again. Did so without deviating too far from the original too
>>725983197why the fuck does it last so fucking long
>>725981359>Sbren sbeveWhat does that mean?
>>7259831255 words max:You just lost the gameRoll credits
>>725983046What did you dislike about the pre-Xen sections?>>the very start of Xengigakinowe can at least agree on that - where exactly does Xen start to become shit in your eyes? personally, although I still adored the xen section, as >>725983197 points out it really starts to drag on during interloper. But my god the soundtrack is just angelic, I mean listen to this https://youtu.be/8S22AEtiLsI
Apposing Force is for nerds.This post was made by the BLUE SHIFT GANG
It's never going to fucking happen. Just accept it anons.
>>725978503Injecting hopium. Thread theme. https://youtu.be/gHmyMQ6d_7k?si=-DSq4C1x80-PDm6Z
>>725983404It's a metaphor of sorts
>>725983539shut up Gabe
I wonder how many of the Half-Life VAs died between Episode 2 and now
>>725983197>>725983329I honestly like Xen being long. The entire game is basically building up to it with the cool aliens making you wonder where they came from. Then you finally get to go there and it's just over in like 30 minutes in the original. Black Mesa Xen feels like a lone expedition into an alien world, while HL1 Xen is basically a platforming section.
>>725983290I liked that it kept as much of the original 1:1 as possible whilst also adding in a whole bunch of lore and themes that makes it flow much smoother into half life 2 and the episodes - the greater emphasis on the tragedy of the situation, the greater detail about the vortigaunt's position in xen, even just the way you see that map of the milky way on your way to kill the nihilanth, it felt like doing justice to the original from the perspective of HL2, and I really appreciated that.
all i want for cridmud is half life 3https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1KfJEM8tsU
>>725983671I agree with you anon, but I do think that the interloper segment specifically drags on way too long as far as gameplay is concerned. just endless conveyor belt / button puzzles for what feels like hours. everything other than that, exactly as you said, it feels like it does justice to xen and fully explores all of its details and complexities, like the vortigaunt village. And as I keep repeating, my god the soundtrack is incredible. by the time you're fighting the nihilanth it almost outshines half life 2 and its episodes with how fucking cinematic it all is.
>>725983847currently drinking myself to sleep, this shit nearly made me burst out laughing. thank you anon.
>>725983539No. (YOU) need to accept that it IS fucking happening.
2 more weeks
>>725983539
>>725983937True. Agreed about interloper specifically. Not even necessarily that it's too long, though I can see that too, but it doesn't do enough new shit to justify being so long.
literally 2 days remain
>>725980101>that picTHE SOUL
IT STARTS WITH THREE
>>725984004Slam some water and take a tylenol or 2 and a multivitamin if you've got one before you pass out bro. Make the Sunday flu a little easier on yourself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Whsld94IHQ&t
>>725984601Oh don't worry I've got plenty of watr. As for the tylenol (paracetamol), I don't see how damaging my liver further bed would help. But I appreciate your advice. I spent the day reminiscing on a long lost love from three years ago despite being in a two year relationship so I'm very much drinking to forget. Couple cigarettes and then sleep time methinks
>>725984919Take care anon I know the feel
>>725984985sorry, upon rereading my post I see that the miscellaneous typos and oddities reflect that of a drunken lout - but yeah from one man to another, sometimes shit just hurts. I hope your saturday night is going good! Get out of your house/appartment if you can.
>>725982926I thought it was great. Even did a playthrough while carrying the purple hat.
>>725981109>Its like Metro Exodus.I fucking loved exodus so desu if valve decided to take half life in that direction (albeit with a hopefully slightly more streamlined approach than that of metro, as good as exodus was many of the 'levels' needed more fine tuning) I wouldn't be opposed. Ultimtely, as with many things in life, it's not WHAT they do that matters, it's HOW they do it.
>it's real>it's finished>the only question left is when we can play itI BELIEVE
>>725978503just two more weeks trust the plan
>>725985324YESSS anon. Feel the hope. It's been so long since. It's real now. Our waiting is nearly at an end.
Shadowdrop on Tuesday!
>>725979732Gamespy wrote an entire fanfic based on that premise
November 18th is NOT happeninghttps://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1763257430637375.webm
>>725985951anon as of >>725980101 I have 15 grand bet on half life 3 being announced by end of next week. if it doesn't happen I will personally track down an molest you and also the anon in the quoted post/
>>725978503This was my laptop's wallpaper in 2013
>>725985951>Open link>McNigger>Close linkSo the 18th is confirmed then
>>725979181one of my theories is that he's a shell pretty much from the start of the hazard course in HL1, when you take control of him
>>725986812could you elaborte on that
>>725986865he's not at the wheel>Far distant eyes look out through yours.
>>72598680518th theory is dumb though, it's based on them moving the steam sales
HALF LIFE 3 IS NEVER COMING OUT
>>725981028I think they'll still borrow from Epistle 3. The whole G-Man taking Alyx away plot came from the draft Valve used it anyway. My theory is they'll follow through on the Dyson Sphere reveal, but instead of framing it as this bleak, hopeless realization, it will be a mirror to HL1 alternate ending of the "battle you have no chance of winning," but with Gordon actually fighting in it to escape.
>>725983663So far>Eli >Vortigaunt>Magnusson>Breen
>>725983663I wonder how many OG players of HL1 have died by now
>>725980101Oh wait. Did I type eat? I mean Heat! I’ll bake them for you and post it if hl3 is announced. Mark my words. Lmao butterfingers
Why are there so many hl3 threads recently? Gets my fucking hopes up but nothing ever happens
>>725987196OP herehonestly I'd be hoping for that, I'd love a half life 3 that allows us to properly fuck the combine upsomewhat related but I often think of this INSANELY well made fan trailer https://youtu.be/lJOZN3YhLtY
>>725987716
>>725978503Are people really expecting an announcement? Should I play the first 2 just so I can say I was into it before it got cool?
>>725981564I... HOPE... Yourrrr... opening... is PREPARED. For. The. VALVE openinggg.
>>725987716keeps a subset of people at risk of not watching the VGAs watching the VGAs
>>725988553at max the game *will* be released within the next 12 months, the speculation is announcement next week, and release in March. I'd play them because they're great games and wont take you long.
>>725987716because the last time Valve released hardware like this we got HL Alyx, and (the current iteration of) HL3 has been in dev since Alyx releasedIt's time. It's finally time.
>>725987716If it’s not hl3 it’s gonna be something half life related.
>>725987895God damn, that was insane. That must have taken months to make.
>>725988553if you haven't played HL1 through HL2 and episodes, I would strongly suggest you do so. whether hl3 releases soon or not, they really are incredible games!
>>725988859RIGHT???? I hope we get even a fraction of that kind of fuckery when (not if, WHEN) HLX releases. FUCK ALL COMBINE NIGGERS. FUCK THE OVERWORLD. KILL EM ALL.
>>725985095>sometimes shit just hurtsIt's what makes us human. I hope tomorrow's a better day for you brother.
>>725988779At the very least, I'd expect the Raising the Bar book re-release next week.
>>725982926BM is amazing up until you reach James Cameron's Xen. The earth bits are near perfect, with a big chunk of On Rail Missing, but Xen is terrible and completely missed the point of original. Get the On a Rail Uncut+loop mods, turn on autosprint and play all the way to Lambda portal. Top tier shit.
>>725982926liked it until xen where they somehow managed to make it even worse than the original which at least ends quickly. kelly bailey's soundtrack is unbeatable too.
>>725986281>15 GrandJesus I hope your fucking joking.
>>725987550
>>725987196I remember that one of the code names for an alien enemy is "Gorilla". You don't think it's the Alien Grunts from the first Half-Life? Except with better combine armor?
>>725988779If it isn't Half-Life 3 but another Half-Life spinoff I'll still accept it but I'm gonna be a bit disappointed. I know it's a lot to hope for but I'd LOVE a Half-life XCOM kinda game.
>>725992803I suspect they'll be the Alien Grunts remaining post-Nihilanth infected with Xen flora. Kinda like Jeff from HLA, but this time you have to fight them.
>>725991965the original xen was a rushed mess. new xen is great fun. must've been a skill issue, sorry bub
>>725981028Epistle Three was never meant to be a serious plot outline for Half-Life 2 Episode Three by anyone, not even Marc Laidlaw. While it was based on various plot beat ideas he'd played with many years ago, Half-Life 2 Episode Three was abandoned only about 6 months in and never got far along enough to try to organize those plot beat ideas into a plot outline. Based on Marc Laidlaw's later comments of regret on the matter, it's likely that he literally wrote Epistle Three right before posting it as a spontaneous emotional act.>>725981109Epistle Three had absolutely zero bearing on the writing of Half-Life Alyx. The only reason that Alyx involved undoing the end of Episode Two was because of an elevator conversation between Erik Wolpaw and Jim Murray where Murray just randomly threw the idea out there after Erik Wolpaw explained that he and the other writers were completely stuck on having the end of the game have meaningful consequences.
>>725982926way better than grandpa's area 51 atari slop. amazing game actually, loved it beginning to end. transitions well with the rest of the series.
>>725991965>James Cameron's XenHeh but I think Valve will make Xen just as lively with all the alien ecosystem they've been wanting to do since the beginning. The good thing is that at least it won't look like Avatar.
HL3 could release tomorrow and literally no one would care. Its time has passed. Just give up.
>>725993192original Xen was a step down but short, BM Xen was overlong and designed blandly outside of some art direction choices.
>>725993192shut the fuck up anon. It was rushed but in its inperfection there's magic. It's truly alien, deceptively lifeless at first glance but if you look a bit deeper it's like living organism floating somewhere you don't know where. These rocks make me feel something that Black Mesa could never. And it was meant to be this, even though it was rushed, look at all the xen flora in Half Life Alyx. Valve wanted it to be this alien , having that fungal, microlife look to it. Mimicking your biology book on small cells. Black Mesa devs missed the point, made it far too fuckin long and then also added 6 gorillion plug puzzles
have some fuckin taste anons
this looks like entire different universe with its own weird set of rules. A lot of stuff in Black Mesa's interpretation of it is far too familiar to our Earth
>>725994095According to later interviews, there was talk about cutting down Xen or even cutting Xen entirely, but the concepts were just so cool that the team couldn't bear to do it.
>>725994095>>725994173>>725994297Black Mesa Xen felt like Avatar. Unironically a downgrade from the original.
>>725979570he's just a highly trained professional
>>725982983>(confirmed)
Black Mesa Xen was only long if you play the entire game in one go. Most of us waited nearly a decade for it to release and it was essentially a different game altogether which is what made it great. It does drag on for too long if you're playing the entire game in one go though.
I hate BMs Xen but I will give them some points too. I liked the lab section and the Vortigaunt village. Controllers actually controling our galanga bros was a nice touch too
I don't think the problem with Xen was that it was "rushed," at least based on how Brett Johnson, the main level designer behind Xen, talked about it. A lot of stuff in Half-Life was built incredibly quickly. The Resonance Cascade sequence was built almost entirely in one weekend by two level designers. Stuff was being done incredibly quickly. The problem with Xen was more that it was almost entirely being worked on by only one level designer, because all the other level designers were moved to working on multiplayer. Every other part of Half-Life besides Xen had at least two level designers making big contributions to add variety and more play testing.Dario Casali recalls that he was originally supposed to have worked on Xen but was instead moved to multiplayer since he had the most multiplayer map experience.
>>725978503I am so ready bros
>>725994297>>725994338Black Mesa’s Xen was still really good but yeah, the original Half Life Xen was far superior. The vibes were something else. So utterly alien. Like following your mom into the women’s bathroom. You feel like you’re not meant be be there, but it’s your mission, so you must carry on.Pic unrelated
>>725994631>they decided to make it low gravity after most of the levels were finalizedinsane
>>725982926I hate what it's done to me. Once you experience it, suddenly 1 doesn't look nearly as big anymore. The dam in 1 has like 3 guys on it, in Black Mesa it's massive. Forget about Freeman has 2 guys next to a tank, there's a whole onslaught in Black Mesa. Everything's like that, things are just disappointingly small if you go back.And yet Black Mesa lacks that charm that HL1 has so it ends up where neither experience is good enough.
What if its Deadlock
>>725983523For me, Xen itself is disappointing because it's just plain not Xen. This Avatar crap just doesn't work for me.I really like Interloper though, just wish it ended just a couple maps sooner
>>725987295>Both vortigaunt actors died in 2024Wonder if they were able to record the lines before they died
>>725996107shit anon you're so right. Have you seen Black Mesa Classic mod? Aims to port BMs maps into original Half Life, might be good if it ever releases fully
>>725996208Deadlock is probably not far enough along for an official launch. I hear there are still placeholder weapons and character designs. Maybe it will be ready in another year.
>>725997057Yes I really enjoyed it. I'd really like to see it finished, but I'm not holding my breath
>>725996107i find that playing 1 for an extended amount of time helps me suspend my disbelief
I want to play the finished version of Artifact Foundry.Valve screwed over the Artifact fanbase by cancelling the Artifact 2.0 beta without even allowing users to invite friends like they said they would in January 2021 and does not deserve your financial support for these gross consumer-unfriendly practices.
>>725997289what took you so long
>>725997289Heyyyy there he is!
>The Artifact fanbase
>>725995137>They're called goys, son. They're like the little minions in your League of Legends game.
>>725982926It's trash
>>725993037Or haggard, hardened survivalists who managed to thrive in the post-invasion world like the frogs in EDF6
Hopium Level 100%: This weekHopium Level 90%: This MonthHopium Level 60%: At the game awardsHopium Level 50%: Steam Machine/Frame Price/Data revealHopium Level 30%: Steam Machine/Frame ReleaseHopium Level 0% (Permanent Despair): Steam Machine/Frame Post-Launch
>>725986812wow, the most generic idea imaginable, how did you possibly come up with that?
>>725998954wtf
>>725999000double trips
>>725998954It's really hard not to hate this prick.
>>725979853at the end of HL3 they should make him say BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS
>>725982926I like the revamped level designs and little details they added for environmental story telling. It also runs pretty well on VR. What I dont like is the sound design. HL1 original had sharp, distinct sounds which made separating them easy. From different alien grunts to electric arcs to explosions. In BM they all tend to blend together as they are all "soft" for lack of a better word
>>725994095>>725994173>>725994297looks complete dog shit. BM did the floating planetary debry in SPEHS so much betterpuritan elitists can eat shit and die. Even original devs admit original xen was a rushed abortion
>>725979853>everyone can have their own gordon freeman, and the fact interpretations of freeman's psychology ranging from freeman's mind to the video I linked can still coexist is brilliantHe lowers his gun when facing friendlies in 2, he's not a psychopathUnfortunate too, I liked having the choice to randomly decide to kill a scientist, or at least maim him a bit
Look Gordon, rope! We can use it to get across!
>>725978740March 3rd (3/3)
>>725984704Nice video
What's the best remake or mod to get if you want to get into half life starting with the first game.
>>725978740After the heatdeath of the universe
>>726003721The originals, full stop. You can skip hl1 OF and BS. After that play black mesa.
>>725978740Nov 18.
>>725978503Unless Marc Laidlaw writes it, I'm not buying it.
>>726003902that keyboard is blatantly taking after the HEV color scheme too, in case anyone here needed yet more hopium
>>725980101If you eat an entire pair of jeans then you're going to shit your pants.
>>726002931>Look Gordon, rope! We can use it to-AAACK
>>726000360I hate him for fucking up his own job with the Alyx beta build, now he is just a useful idiot
>>725987716Because Valve anounced new gear. The last time Valve announced new gear, we got Alyx. IF it is HL3 I genuinely hope it's not vr exclusive. I don't care if it has a VR mode and support, I just want to be able to play it using kb+m.
>>725978503I'm regretting selling my gravity gun replica and raising the bar copy but i have to be a grown up now im in medical school i cant play half life 2 roleplay anymore and i will never be the metropolice medical division leader
>>726004483nah I doubt it will be VR only, sure it would make some people buy the headset but I don't see Valve limiting themselves with a release that big
>>726004483It will be a flat title with extensive support for the Frame's pseudo vr mode.It's going to be kino.
>>725993037So why was this fucking thing called Jeff?
>>726004483Valve has confirmed that it's not working on a first-party VR game atm.
>>725986805my god he's gotten fat i didn't even recognize him
>>725978740>trips on /v/I mean it's still possible, but only 0s
>>725982983I'm excited to see how Valve will tackle Xen this time with all the resources and game design lessons they have now. The glimpse of Xen environment from the QZ in HLA looks really good.
>>726004258kek goddamnit
texacu
Is Black Mesa good? I never played HL1. Should I play that or the original?
>>726005687I’d say play both cause seeing the difference between the two is neat but if you don’t want to sink that much time in just get Black Mesa
I know a lot of people think the 18th but it would make sense for them to release the trailer today, Half life 2's anniversary today means more than anything if you think about it
>>726005687Going from Half Life to the second one is honestly one of the most impressive leaps in gaming history. I'd say play Black Mesa after you played the entire series.
>>725982926It's great. Even Xen is pretty good though I think it goes on for way too long.Also 99% of the people who hate it just seem to hate remakes in general.
>>726006003>it's anti-remake fags fault that black mesa sucks dick and comes off as some shitty HDTF style mod instead of actual remakekill yourself tranny
i'm leaving a negative review even if it's good just because all the waiting
>>725982926Both HL and Black Mesa stand alone as good and worth playing, but Black Mesa is better in basically every way. The only thing I didn't like was the Interloper chapter in Xen... it just felt way too long
>>725983329Because they assumed everyone played earthbound levels years ago, and will want to jump straight to Xen. It would be dissapointing if it was just 2-3 hours.>>725987295Tony Todd kicking the bucket was a big hit for me. God damn, his vortigaunt voice was pure eargasm
>>725994781Lol'd
>>725978740October 23rd, 2035
What if it’s really really good?
>>725978740nev er
>>725978740There are no trips on /v/ you dumb retardationist retard idiot cunt faggot
>>725978740when ur mom dies.
>>726005687It’s really good but I’ve been spoiled by the Black Mesa workshop. I find the game literally unplayable without mods. Especially the QoL mods. BMCE and it’s offshoots are a must have.
>>725978740Maybe next year?
>>726005687If you don't want to play both (and don't plan to play BS and OP), I would say Black Mesa. Though HL2 is going to be a visual downgrade after BM, so perhaps play HL2 with MMod to make the transition less jarring>>726012118>BMCE and it’s offshoots are a must have.real. BM already has solid environmental storytelling, especially "forget about Freeman" and the total shitshow warzone that Black Mesa turned into. BMCE adds even more of that good stuff, with shell shocked HECU stragglers and even more corpses
>>725980101This is a little version of your post, anon. I want you to have it.
>>726002883>NOOOOOOOOO STOP LIKING THINGS I DON'T APPROVE REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEreddit is that way, retard
>>725978740Soon
>>725978740PS5 exclusive.
Will it release on consoles?
>>725980101Anon, I know you're probably full of shit but if you're going to do it at least eat a lether boot instead of jeans, I don't want you to die from organ failure before you can play Half Life 3
>>725978503At this point I'm excited for just the logo to see how it looks like, I have bet on my mom's nudes for this with a couple of discord goons am I fucked?lone_wanderer37
>>726013095Orange box 2 soon
>>725982926Pretty good, though it does a few things worse than the original.Will echo what everyone else has said, Xen goes on way too long. Felt like they were actively taking the piss after a certain point.
I'm genuinely looking forward to have Valve not be beholden to HL3 anymore, not they ever were completely, but having that weight of them I look forward to whatever games they ship after HL3 now that they can finally move on.
>>726011185Good for us.
>>726013292Maybe they'll revive their Stars of Blood game. It's supposedly Valve's take on space opera which is strangely absent from the canceled games timeline from Geoff's Final Hours of HLA book.
>>726011185Then I can die peacefully
>>725978740>IN THE YEAR THREE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAND
>alyx was just 17 back at black mesa>down bad for the 27 year old mute freak gordon>turned into a 37 year old hag in hl2>now she wants the younger gordon even more>hl3 will have portals and time travel>alyx will turn into a teen again and be super awkward
>>725980956The only reason I can get myself through HL2 these days is the fact I get to play the far superior Episodes (especially 2) after it.
>>726012860Lmao thanks>>726013113I said I will HEAT them for you.
>>7259787404 days
>>726013162Would be KINO.
>>725978740Tomorrow.
>>725978740It launches alongside the rest of the new hardware.
>>725978740Never.
>>726005687Black Mesa is really good, it's very immersive and I think out of all games I've played (not talking just Half-Life, I mean ALL games) it's the best at conveying a major disaster scenario.Half-Life 1 and its expansions are great too, but they are definitely dated. The gameplay and enemy AI is also different compared to Black Mesa in some ways.All of it is worth playing, nothing in the Half-Life series is "bad." If you can only pick one I'd go with Black Mesa personally.
i REALLY hope that they don't turn Gordon into some handsome guy or try to make him appeal to modern audience morei want him to stay this average looking nerd guy who is silent at all times
>>725978740Never
>>725978740when OP stop sucking cocks
>>725980101
HL3 will have insane graphics while running on low-mid tier hardware. That's the power of Source 2 and old computing techniques such as baked lighting.
>>725978740March 13th 2042
>>725978740On PS6.
>>726013743what? she was a child in Black Mesa
>>725978740this tuesday BABY
>>726013743She's 24 in half life 2. Do the math.
>>725978740When OP stops sucking cocks
valve likes to put hints about HL3 to ramp up interest for their other products. they've been doing it for like a decade now.
>>726013743>alyx was just 17 back at black mesa.Wait, what? I was under the impression she was only a few years old at the time and was brought up on stories of black mesa since she couldn't remember the black mesa incident.
>>725978503>launches exclusively on gabecube (6 months period)or >get a free copy with gabecubewhich would you prefer anon?
>>726015763They'll still be using the good old baked lighting with cubemapping.
>>726017006The latter is more likely. They did the same thing with Index and HLA back in the day.
>>725979394>that moment gordon sits down having a drink with shaking handsJesus, I didn't need to know this feel.
>>725978740When OP finally gets laid
https://vocaroo.com/1mof3NgtssyT
>>725978740tomorrow
>>726017135https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKwtAC0h7TA
>>726017135The part where he hugs Alyx and uses the hev suit to act as a human shield was pretty amazing
>>7259787401989
>Half Life 2 is 21 years old today
>>725982983my guess is they'll use the borealis as a sort of hub, because they love reusing cut concepts and it lets them use cool time-space fuckery so gordon could basically go anywhere >>725993487i'm kinda glad epistle three isn't gonna be used simply because the ending is kind of depressing
with gabens sea obsession i think hl3 will partially take place under water
>>725978740today
If HL3 is announced today or next week I will personally write an email to Gabe saying I'm sorry for calling him fat on anonymous internet forums.
>>726017457help HELP
>>726017717I hope they're bringing back the Kraken Base concept from HL2 beta in a big way. It was supposed to be an underwater Arctic base Gordon visits and after a betrayal, there will be this grand set piece a la The Abyss, where the place is sinking and Gordon has to escape.
>>726017717Well, HLX does have weird new liquid effects so who knows.
>>725978740NEVER EVER
>>725978740Xbox only.
ALIEN SWARM!TWO!
what's been the timeframe for Gordon again? He's only experienced like a week since Black Mesa right?>HL1 approx 3 days with a brief sleep after RC and the ninjas knocking him out>20 year gap, presumably had a nice sleep>HL2 about 3 days, then the slow teleport out of NP, and one more day>Ep1 is set over 1 day>Ep2 about the sameman's been almost awake for 10 days straight since the resonace cascade
>>725978740WiiU exclusive
>>726018183Gordon doesn't speak because he NEEDS to lay on a mattress and is only kept awake by his HEV suit and from being shot at but since he's jesus-with-a-spas-12 now he's not allowed to collapse on a bed
>there is a non-zero chance that the guy who started working in the 1999 version of the Borealis could be working in HLX right nowIf this person is real, god bless him needing to put out a game with that boat in it for 26 years.
If HL3 comes out, I will buy whatever hardware is required to have the premium experience be that virtual reality googles or whatever else may be needed. I have been sitting on $30k in unspent cash since I became a NEET years ago. I fully plan to go full world-scale VR and strap a PC and a battery pack to my back and run around in my yard like an idiot if HL3 supports this style of play. I need maximum immersion.
13 years ago.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d6yBHDvKUw
>>726018298reminder a lot of the old guys are valve are committing to this project because for more than 10 years they've been saying they need to finish a big project before they literally die from old age
>>726018298Dario Casali is one of the guys who worked on that early Borealis concept. Dude got out from Valve couple years back but since his HL1 playthrough on Youtube he's been strangely radio silent. Hopefully it's a sign that he comes back for that one last score.
>>726018778He was in the HL2 doc if I'm not wrong, I wish he'd done a playthrough of it as well
prepare for the valve opening
>>7259787404 to 5 months before gta 6
>>725978740the day we can prove we no longer need it!and that day of transformation, I have it on good authority, is close at hand.
>>726019289shut up breen
>>725978740Summer of 2026 here we go
I tried to speak like gman with weird inhaling and exhaling but i cant do itsome other anon needs to do it
>>725987716>Why are there so many threads about a game that's about to be announced
It's worth partaking in the hype, either HL3 isn't real which leads to a bigger disappointment or chances are game isn't that great, it's a the taller they are the higher they fall situation.Could be the final nail in Valve's coffin, I can't think of a single person buying the cube except from a few die-hard neckbeards.
>>726019416what do you want me to say
>>726019446>a few die-hard neckbeards.To me the steam machine is all about price. It could be successful but only if it is affordable to the entry level PC gamers who want to play AAA shit but without spending $1000+.
>>726019458suprise me i guess
>>726019446>Could be the final nail in Valve's coffin,yeah, because the company that runs steam and has 3 functioning stock markets is going to run out of fucking money
My one main hopium is that they wouldn't have ended Alyx like that without some sort of plan to move forward
>>726019289A rebel Human instinctive BMRF scientist professor and theoretical physics doctorate was teaching a class on Gordon Freeman, known anticitizen"Before the class begins, you must get on your knees and worship Freeman and accept that he was the most opportunely timed being the world has ever known, even greater than Wallace Breen!"At this moment, a memory erased, patriotic, pro-universal union Overwatch soldier who had served 1500 tours of offworld duty and understood the necessity of the suppression field and fully supported all military decisions made by the Universal Union stood up and held up a model of a man."What's the greatest endeavor?"The arrogant professor smirked quite instinctively and smugly replied "our biological imperative and doing your part""Wrong. It's collaboration. If it is instinct, would we model ourselves on the Trilobite? Did the lungfish refuse to breathe air?"The professor was visibly shaken, and dropped his chalk and copy of Raising the Bar. He stormed out of the room crying those reactionary and fearful tears.The students applauded and all joined civil protection that day and accepted Our Benefactors as their savior. An Advisor named "Universal Union" flew into the room and perched atop the Combine emblem and shed a tear on the supply crate. Humanity's surrender was read several times, and Our Benefactors themselves showed up and enacted immortality across the species.The scientist lost his rations and was relocated the next day. He died of the preventable plague called age (when immortality is in our reach), and was tossed into a layer of broken plastic shards thinly strewn across a fossil bed, sandwiched between the Burgess shale and an eon's worth of mud for all eternity.Be safe, Be aware
>>726019557half life 2 ended like that and we never got a proper sequel
>>726019547https://voca.ro/1kESu5epWRye
>there's people in the thread right now still doubting HL3 despite the past 6 years of informationIt's coming.
>>725998954This is what valve does to a mf.
>>725978740Valentines day next year
>>726004680He's one of the combine hazmat workers that got infected with Xen spores most likely. You can even see a face split in half by his giant mouth. Jeff was probably his name before that happened and maybe Larry (the spiky hat guy) was a coworker.
>>726019662thank you kind anonkek
>HLX comes out>it's actually called Half Life X
>>725998463>One of the survivors from the Black Mesa survey team managed to live off the land for 20 years Robinson Crusoe of Xen and shit.
Can the portal niggers write like marc laidlaw? Or is it over for hl3?
>>725978740On Tuesday
https://youtu.be/haIPsHVN4_Q?si=FN3LSNkkerJSYrHxSoon....
>>726019926Erik Wolpaw wrote for the HL2 Episodes and it turned out fine.
>>726019926I vaguely remember reading the writers reached out to Laidlaw to talk about Alyx's ending, so I'm optimistic they have kept him involved if my memory is right.
>>726019926Valve deliberately distanced Portal 2 from Half Life so they could make the story more akin to that games humor, so presumably they know what they're doing.Alyx wasn't that annoying.
>>725978740Never. Fuck you PCunts.
>>725978740soon™
>>726019553the deck ultimately made most of it's profits through game sales on the handheld, if they bait consolefags into trying out the steam ecosystem then they've already won.
>>725978740PS6 launch title.
>>725978740Today
aw man you cut the pony tail! sell out...
>>725987196>it will be a mirror to HL1 alternate ending of the "battle you have no chance of winning," but with Gordon actually fighting in it to escape.God I fucking hope so. Kino beyond words
>>725978740that's rightHDTF 2 coming out with official Valve support TOMORROW
>>725978740never
>>725978740It's already out. You just haven't found it yet.
It makes you FEEL like Gordon Freeman
>>725991965>James Cameron's Xenunderrated post lmao
>>726018183>HL2 about 3 days, then the slow teleport out of NP, and one more dayHL2 is only three days if you dont count the slow teleport.You start at the railway station on the morning of Day One. Day One ends when you get to Black Mesa East. The sun rises by the time you get out of Ravenholm. The sun sets again by the time you get to Nova Prospekt. End Day Two. You're teleported out of Nova Prospekt in the middle of the night. You arrive again at City 17 probably at midday. By the time you reach the top of the Citadel it's sunset.
>>726004258CAAAARLOOOOS
time? doctor freeman?
>>725978740100 years in the future
>>726020495mfw
>>726020773Smell the asses...
>>726019662lol
>>725978740I'll tell you but you need to give me your passport first.
>>725978740When I feel like it.
>>726019662I chortled thank you Anon
>>725978740NOWTHE WRITINGS ON THE WALLIT WON'T GO AWAY
>>725978740this month
>>726020883Will do.
>>725978740The fact theres ZERO trips speaks volumes lel
>>726021201Panties Administered
>>726021201What did Gabe mean by this
>>725978740>no tripsKWAB!!
>>725978740it's never coming out mate
>>726021201same clothes for 10 days imagine the smell
>>726021296Imagine how Gordon smells.
>>725978740There are no trips in this thread because time is fluid and the future always indeterminate
this thread is full of uncs
>>725978740When it's done.
>>725978740its out right now it just flew over my house
>>726021369time is fluidlike music
>>726004258good one
>>726021496#halflife #gman
>>726012860Quite a nasty piece of work you managed over there
>>725978740TODAY
>>725978740Tommorow
>>726021615As for the jeans, I've think you've earned it.
I want an alternate reality where the government actually tries to save everyone working at Black Mesa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB-zEFs_dbI
>>726014784>it's very immersive and I think out of all games I've played (not talking just Half-Life, I mean ALL games) it's the best at conveying a major disaster scenariothis is one of the things that really stood out for me too, the EAS messages and radio broadcasts you can pick up on radios as you move through in particular were ludokino.
>>725978740Never. Ever. Ever.
>>726021709>the US government allowing the public to know they've been conducting experiments in different dimensions and that aliens are realyeah no
>>7259787402 weeks
>>726017296Ryan gosling with dyed hair to play him in the movie
>>7259787402040
>>725978740NOW
>>725979181>without sounding like too much of a faggotToo late, you already do. Freeman is a power fantasy, he's a physics nerd in glasses who guns down stereotypical meathead US marines (before they got retconned into the HECU) and scary aliens.
>>726019662jej
>>726021778Well, the aliens are going to announce their existence with or without government consent. Plus it's good in to get more people to join the natty guard or active duty.
>>726021740>the EAS messages and radio broadcastsThat shit inspired Youtube fads of autists recreating realistic scenarios for Black Mesa incident. Pretty based ngl.
>>725978740Do not worry.Believe in the Freeman.
What if it comes out and turns out to be dogshit?
>>726021986https://youtu.be/Tw7uij5CK40?si=TFig1p7rYhGtXLgWKino
>>726022115It won't.
>>726021986I liked this I would stick around and listen to the radio when it played in Black Mesa.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54rwawswQpM
>>726021986Time to rewatch my favshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUecnaevAEohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD2aqWjfOxkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=323t_f4gMgwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB-zEFs_dbI
>>725978503how many thousands have died waiting for this game to be confirmed, let alone come out?
>>726022271millions have died for john freeman
it's joever
>>726019662based
>>725978740just trust me
>>725978740It's Deadlock.
>>726022326>Japan>Unknown
>>726022295>john freemanwho was gordon freeman's brother
>>72597874019th
>>725978740Two more weeks
>>726022198>Swiss cities turn themselves into gigantic fortresses because everyone is armed due to mandatory military serviceThose chocolate-producing, watch-making fuckers knew.
>>725978740When star citizen is complete
>>725978503I'll believe it when I see it and not a second sooner.
>>726022393don't worry, they will leave us alone after we throw a big concert
>>726019662excellent
>>726022176Same, I liked to imagine that my version of freeman would necessarily WANT to listen to these broadcasts. It would've been neat if some of them had hinted at information that might then have been directly useful during gameplay in some way
>>726022326HALF LIFE ANNOUNCEMENT AT NINETY. FIVE. PERCENT.
>>726022326>>726022568what is this from?
>>725978503Why? Were you even alive when the second one came out?
>>726022665FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
>>726022690Half Life Alyx newspapers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDjZ7LzM5UoWe got Breen's age at the time, 52
>>726019875>It's because it will be Half-Life X Portal
>>726022770I mean that's just entropy zero 2
>>725978503man i called this shit i just cant find my post. when they annouced the box i said the best thing gabe could do is preload all the boxes with hl3 and telling no one. looks like that is actually going to pan out
>>725979821Ahhhhh, Freeman.
>>726022807the portal part of that wasn't as extremeI expect there to be a portal section of HL3 at the borealis, but that's it. No Wilson.
>>726022123these ones are hella cool, excellent usage of AI voice and editing to create authentic news footage from the erareminds me of watching Baghdad get the shit bombed out of it live on CNN back in the day
>>726003902the "soon" is a linus tech tips sticker you can find on his store, another nothingburger.
>>72597874018th November. Fuck the Game Awards.
>>726022849I want Borealis to teleport to Aperture right when GLaDOS is dead post-Portal 1. With that you can have Portal crossover without the silly robots.
>>726022939I don't want that. I want the Borealis to have what resemble test chambers inside the ship but you also have to deal with xen life and combine.
>>725978740Tomorrow
>>726022908The movie outbreak also feels like that if you squint a lot cause you get gulf war era equipment deployed in the US, same as half-life.
>>726022695let the youngsters enjoy good old things you gatekeeping nigger
Valve Corporation deliberately stopping trips from being made.
>>725978740The day /v/ stops being retarded
>>726018353>two more weeks was 13 years ago
HECU Marine camo is actually based on real experimental urban camos tested by the US Marines in the 90's.
>>726019458
>>725978740simultaneously with the new hardwares
>>725978740game awards announcement comes out the same day
>>726012860>doesn't include >>726004258Weak.
>>726023173https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9ALGncKPWYWhere the fuck is the Opposing Force remake? Even Blue Shift got a remake mod in Black Mesa.
>>725978740Next week on the PS5.
>>726023313Blue Shift chads stay winning.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2SnOyOqII8
>>726023206>Hitler forgive me. Tommy needy choccyI'm wheezing
>>726023375his whole twitter is nothing but shit like this
>>725978740dunno when it will come out, but the 18th will be when it is announced
>>725978740Tonight
>>726022665This nigger's digits are providential.
>>725978740It came out seven months ago.
>>726022725neat, although part of me has always found the notion of a newspaper even being publishable kind of absurd, like how are you getting the infrastructure to write, print, and distribute a newspaper when fucking food and water isn't being passed around? How are you contacting all these high profile academics and officials for comment when entire countries are cut off from outside communication due to the effects of the war? Most interestingly, this confirms in canon that the seven hour war happened very rapidly after the black mesa incident - a lot of speculation placed a much longer gap between the two, e.g. one of videos in this >>726022198
>>725978503Half life 2 was not that good...
DUMBASS SCIENTISTS
>>725978740you just have to trust me anonsyou just have to trust me
>>726023639I don't think the Combine specifically targeted every printing press on earth.Second, the news/media becomes a Combine propaganda mill after they took over so they'd have a vested interest in keeping it working.
>>725987196I believe they'll keep the Dynson Sphere reveal along with it being a bleak hopless realization, but it won't end with that. Epistle 3 has the vorts save Gordon and then the letter switches to talking about Valve and how things have changed, but I think it'll be some sort of resistence on the dyson sphere that you get saved by instead and then the last act of the game is about fighting to destroy the sphere
>>725981564I think about that time when Mike talked about how time is fluid for G-man so he might find something funny about a future event he is witnessing and chuckle in the present moment. Makes me wonder how much he was told about the character.
>>726023639The Combine would've learned very quick that keeping some of the information infrastructure up, like newspapers, is going to benefit them when it comes to installing their puppet government and spreading their propaganda. Only giving away controlled information and things that are necessary to know for them, hence the lack of info on stock markets and things us see as critical to society.
>>726022383Imagine the Valve logo appears at TGA, then a Deadlock trailer starts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3RpPdriznYHalf Life 2 took place 5 years ago...
>>726023868Combine Dyson Spheres are a little bit... retarded?The Combine are not spacefaring. They literally just use Xen to sneak attack any planet with sentient life that opened a portal to Xen first.
Nice thread Mister Freeman... I will see you up ahead...
>>7259787403/3/3333 at 03:33 AM
>>726023639as the other guy noted the combine are really cool with just how frugal they are, just utilizing pre-existing human tech and cheap labour to get whatever job done and the even more neat part is the occupying force is a garrison at best. Earth got occupied by inter dimensional bean counters.
>>725978740these things, they take time.
This board is going to be a warzone when it's announcements.
Major. Erection. Detected.
>>7259787402 MORE WEEKS
>>726023990>Seven Hour War takes place on January 2, 2001At least George Bush never got to witness 9/11 but Clinton went out with a bang...
>>725978740>no even dubsApparently, never
>>725978740Two. Days. Remain.
>>725978740Wake up, Missssssster Freeman.
>>726024087
>>726024010>They literally just use XenI don't think that's correct, the Combine DON'T use Xen afaik. Black Mesa specifically used Xen as a relay/slingshot for local teleportation, local teleportation being something the Combine aren't capable of, which implies they don't use Xen as a medium. They simply used the already raging portal storm on Earth as a way in, and then they build Citadels as permanent connection points between dimensions. While Black Mesa dips into another dimension (Xen) and then back into their local dimensionIt's fucked when you think about how cumbersome and inefficinet their teleportation tech is, and then Aperture made a fucking handheld wormhole device, lmao. They had a raging hardon for Black Mesa tech, which in and of itself was primitive compared to Aperture. I wonder if they even know about the portal device
i was young when i played 2 and back then i never knew to notice what race alyx was.
>>726024902blasian
>>725978740It'll be out when it's out.
>>726024925and we like that
>>726017006It's a PC. Exclusivity is literally not possible. Best they could do is make it Linux exclusive.
>>725978740Getting trips is too hard
alas, another comfy HL thread has come to an end
>>726024865>I wonder if they even know about the portal deviceJudging by them gunning for Borealis? They do now.
Bros...I think I believe.
>>726025034someone should bake a new one
>>726024865I mean the portal gun isn't perfect either, you need direct line of sight to each endpoint if you're using the gun, or, if you're using a stationary portal projector it needs to be mounted to a flat surface coated with the appropriate conductor material. If they solved that (especially needing lunar regolith-based paint) the stationary portal projector would have been revolutionary. Instantaneous travel between two paired sets of projectors.The gun less so, though I guess there's potentially some novel applications for it.
>>725978740once Gayben dies and the company goes public.
>>726025034In the meantime, this is where I get off.
>>726025364C-CUMMINGall this... way...
>>726024865>local teleportation being something the Combine aren't capable of, which implies they don't use Xen as a medium. They simply used the already raging portal storm on Earth as a way inThe eponymous portals are Xen portals. The other side of them is Xen. Meaning that if the Combine came through the portals they went through Xen. Xen is a place between places where it’s implied normal laws of space and time don’t apply. So, while point to point teleports are impossible in “realspace,” Xen allows sentients to first enter from real space and then exit in the real space of another universe.Even Kleiner’s teleporter (and the Borealis possibly) still uses Xen as a middle point but it’s instantaneous and therefore practically* point-to-point. Xen is left almost entirely unexplained but we can reason there is some sort of “universal correspondence plane” where portals to different universes have specific measurable coordinates so that you can enter and exit the same universe repeatedly. The portals themselves correspond to the homeworlds of sentient species because the portals have to first be created on the real space side by facilities such as Black Mesa.
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>>726025228Aperture is also furiously retarded in the management department, I'm sure CJ told them to make it a "gun" because it was cooler than some faggot nerd shit like stationary portal projectors. Nevertheless, it still contains a black hole. It's magic compared to other tech in the setting
>>725978740>Thread has hit bump limit>zero tripsIts over bros... Its not coming
>>726025034Time again?Is it really...That time again?
>>725978740TWENTY SECONDS
>>726023797>>726023923that's actually a pretty good point, I hadn't thought of that. I do still think though that by this point in the story the combine's only just figured out how to COMMUNICATE with us mere hours prior, nor had they really figured out what they wanted to do with us, so I don't think it's realistic to say that they would've deliberately kept our media infrastructure intact to enable a propaganda effort later, rather that they figured that out later on. In general it'd be nice to have some kind of clarity on what the seven hour war actually involved in terms of destruction, on the one hand you've got reports of food and water shortages, untold dead, cities wracked by portal storms and whatnot, and then you've also got newspapers able to contact people for comment and pop singers organising concerts (and working television broadcasts on a large scale).
>>726019632Which is precisely why they'd think thrice about doing it again.
I'M A LEAKERTHE ENDING OF HALF LIFE 3 IS G-MAN FINALLY GE-
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>>726025710As Valve said, fun is more important than realism. And I don't think anyone working at valve worked in the fields of critical infrastructure or mass media to know how those things work and whatnot.
>>725978740Next friday
I'm ready brosI'm fucking ready
>>725978740September 11th, 2001
>>726025916GORDON GET AWAY FROM THE PLANE
>>726025938Gordon doesn't need to hear all this, he's a highly trained pilot.
>>725978740>333 getOn op’s birthday
>>726025520I think you're making too many assumptions about the combine here. We know they found earth specifically because the resonance cascade was the dimensional equivalent of lighting a flare, and then exploited the fragile gaps between our reality and others during the portal storms to enter. We also know that they knew of Xen, since the Nihilanth fled from the combine and ended up there in hiding. We have no reason to believe that Xen is their primary method for accessing other worlds. Their teleportation tech is shown punching holes directly from one reality to another via a massive expenditure of energy, and that's how I always assumed they did things.
>>726005252>>726011241Now that you mention it, why is that? Always wondered that.
>>726026013Its over all is lost
>>726025916>the original script of HLAlyx was basically travelling back in time to prevent Interdimensional 9/11
>>726025643We wouldn't want to spoil the surprise, now would we?
>>725978740>trips on /v/November 19th announcement. March 2026 release.
>>725978740The right announcement in the wrong place can make all the difference in the wooooooooorld.
>>726026186>>726026186>>726026186continued because I like this thread
>>725978740It's never coming out, is it...
>>725978740NEVER
