>In the meeeeannntime......this is where i get off *unzips dick*What did he mean by this?
He means he's gonna fuck mcnigger's downy girlfriend of course.
>>726053168>>726052772>That time Mods played the Hazardous environments jingle in the TGA sticky
HLX on the 19th btw>erm, source????Yeah Source 2 dumbass.
i could go for a drink right about now
AMAZING: Doctor Breen sends message to HALF LIFE 3 HOPERS 21 YEARS EARLIERhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsbo8Xt2jCQ
All patriots hold the line
what does breen's private reserve tastes like,is it fizzy?
>>726053168I want to penetrate G-Man (and Gabe) with a crowbar.
>>726053168https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxnlxl_xk1sJust an oldfag, eh, a gamer lost in triple A, ohAnother boring day with nothing here but shit, ohMore sloppiness than a free man could bearRelease it before I get old and frail, ohHe'll showcase Half Life 3 to the worldHe'll showcase Half Life 3 to the worldI hope Gabe Newell gives meI hope Gabe Newell gives meI hope Gabe Newell gives meHalf life number three, yeahHalf life number three yeahA decade passed since the last game we gotI have always known we'll get another partOur hope says one day we will have the gameValve can give you three, but valve can cancel ArtifactHe'll showcase Half Life 3 to the worldHe'll showcase Half Life 3 to the worldI hope Gabe Newell gives meI hope Gabe Newell gives meI hope Gabe Newell gives meHalf life number three, yeahHalf life number three, yeahOh, Half life number three, yeahHalf life number three, yeahWalked out this morning, don't believe what I sawNovember 18th announcement, says a trusted moleSeems I'm not alone in this hope flowHundred billion old fans, hyped up for some SOULHe'll showcase Half Life 3 to the worldHe'll showcase Half Life 3 to the worldI hope Gabe Newell gives meI hope Gabe Newell gives meI hope Gabe Newell gives meHalf life number three, yeahHalf life number three, yeahHalf life number three, yeahHalf life number three, yeah...We will see a Half life 3We will see a Half life 3He'll showcase Half Life 3He'll showcase Half Life 3We will see a Half life 3We will see a Half life 3We will see a Half life 3We will see a Half life 3....
Suck my hairy taint, Mr Freeeemann??….~~
>>726053551what does breen's private reserve tastes like,is it fizzy?
They did say you can't have kids anymore but nobody said you can't have anal sex with Combine bitches
>yfw announcement
CMON DR FREEMANTAKE A HIT
>>726053684The unfinished transhuman model has something similar to a colostomy bag, so the asshole is most likely removed.
>>726053607IM SENDING DEADLOCK OUT TO THE WORLDIM SENDING DEADLOCK OUT TO THE WORLDI HOPE IT BEATS DOTA 2I HOPE IT BEATS DOTA 2 NO GAMES FOR THIS MODEL…
>>726053795Leave it to intergalactic bureucrats to ruin all the fun
>>726053786>come hit this... bubba skunk... doctor freeman...
>>726053764
>>726053506Man, Breen was so well written. Games aren't like this anymore.
>>726053551It tastes just like ration with water flavor
>>726053607right is locked on and deadlymiddle is just your typical mib faggotleft is farer lacked on and literally smith
>>726053795You don't understand, those are special transhuman units made for sex.Combine carries about their troops.
HUMENS WILL BE AVENGED. John Freeman wills it!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQq12lDl0Kk
>>726053551Don't drink the water. They put something in it... To make you forget. I don't even know how I got into this thread.
>New Steam Hardware Bundle for 1200>Comes in 2 flavors, either Steam Machine + Frame and 2 controllers or Steam Machine + Deck and 2 controllers>Comes with a special edition of HLX with an artbook, statue, etc>Also allows early access to HLX a week ahead of time>Goes up for preorder after thanksgiving and through the holidays
>>726053795how about fuck you nigger have some imagination, they let the women be exactly the same as they were before but they get BIONIC IMPLANTS and cool BRAIN CHIPS so they do all the combat stuff but still have a FUCKABLE PUSSY AND ANUS
shill thread
What's even the point of a Half-Life 3 when Lazlo won't be here to see it...
>>726054036yes I WILL SHILL FOR HALF LIFE 3FOR FREE
>>726054036but there isn't a product to buy?
>>726053965>no specialized Combine dickgirl unit to hunt and rape you until you submit to the empirewhy even live
>>726053953>Dessicated>Water flavour
>>726054036HL3 CONFIRMED?????
>>726053953>This is a Universal Union Water Flavored desiccated sustenance bar. It weights 100g. Look at that gusset. Not bad. Alright lets get this out onto a tray.
>>726053168>Freeman IMMEDIATELY wakes up and transports himself to City 17taking a shitty airboat through a radioactive sludge river while being shot and bombed by a helicopter was a preferable existence to hanging out with that stilted skinwalker for even one second more
I should've been a pilot
>>726054224Anon, City 17 was fucking vaporised.
>>726054181>I've heard horror stories of the stuff they put in the water packets over in City 15. Gnarly stuff.
>>726053953>Once seal is broken, consume within 9000 daysYou'd be hearing from my lawyer if this warning wasn't here and I'd discover that 9001 days later the water flavor had dissippated
>>726054181Nice
>>726054265Yeah no shit, Gordon was the one who did that.
>>726054298>9001 day>now it tastes like a cardboard
>>726053840RELEASING OUT THE DEADLOCKGABES RELEASING THE DEADLOCKGABES RELEASING THE DEADLOCKRELEASING OUT THE DEADLOCKRELEASING OUT THE DEADLOCKRELEASING OUT THE DEADLOCKRELEASING OUT THE DEADLOCKRELEASING OUT THE DEADLOCKRELEASING OUT THE GABECOCK...
>>726053764>mfw half life alyX episode 1
>>726054298>IT'S OVER 9000
hopium administered
Tyler Mcvicker again? I was hoping I've seen the last of him in City 14!
>>726053551I don't remember.
>Kitty0706 is dead>ICTON disbanded>jsXanatos/Janus Syndicate disbandedI miss the old days of the source community
I just hope HLX/HL3 won't have this le quirky sidekick shit like with Russell in HLA or Wheatley Portal 2.But since practically all the original devs are gone from Valve I'm sure it'll be the worst.
>>726054496>But since practically all the original devs are gone from Valve I'm sure it'll be the worst.was 99% sure eric wolpaw or whatever that other faggot's name wrote for HLA. HLA had a good amount of OG devs on board and a number of OG devs came back, sticking around long after HLA.expect the le reddit quirky chungus humor to stay. but it won't be NEARLY as bad as the rest of the industry i'm sure...right?
>>726053684>>726053965I require more lore on these specialized units.
>>726053684>>726053795You can still use the eye sockets, anons
>>726054496my nigga Barney will be the companion
>join civil protection for rations>you're on biohazard dutyfuck
>>726054401>half of it is puzzles in damaged Vault
>>726054496>Russell was originally supposed to be Laszlodamn it
>>726053506https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SMt8TJGqOg
>>726054496It's almost guaranteed.Zoomers won't last long without yapping on background
>>726054483>ICTONMotherfucker you just had to remind mehttps://youtu.be/wi9wL7ReHDc?si=0oO1ounO26Lo3xA6
Is it strange that I'm in love with her?
>>726054737Other way around. Zoomers hate dialogue. They want to shoot headcrab zombies in the face 24/7.You know what zoomers won't stand? Puzzles. I know that because that's how I feel playing HL2.
>>726054850No, Gordon. She's flirting with you. You're meant to react like that.
Why exactly did this become the franchise's theme? It's a super short track and plays during a very innocuous momenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ySVuKvrdqk
Reminder that you don't actually fight any actual Combine in the game, all you're killing are humans drafted in to be a part of their slave army or their machines and cyborgs.
>>726054852>Zoomers hate dialogueLolOnly if you mean crpg wall of text type dialogues, not some background le quirky comments
>>726054594>>726054609>Join the civil protection for better rations>all the women units are just as malnourished as you are>the only chance to see good looking curvy women like you used to 20 years ago is to join the overwatch>you're going to get your memory replaced but you're still going to serve long those baddies plastered over some propaganda posters>painful process of removing and replacing your memory, useless organs and anything that made you an independent human>you now serve in a standard male infantry unit and are sent to coastline clearing duty instead of being assigned to the Citadel where the propaganda ladies areAt least I'm not fighting Freeman.
>>726054995>plays during a very innocuous moment>plays during a rebel getting gunned down and other rebels mourning the losswhat
>>726054496>I just hope HLX/HL3 won't have this le quirky sidekick shit like with Russell in HLA or Wheatley Portal 2.WHO DO YOU THINK ALYX WAS??? Annoying tag-along that never shuts up and is smart and quirky that hand holds you through scripted sequences?
>>726054995DEAR GOD. POOR LASZLO! GREATEST MIND OF HIS GENERATION! BROUGHT TO SUCH AN END!
>>726054850
>>726054995The HL community became a lot more sad and melancholy after Half-Life 2 Episode Three failed to be made, and therefore latched onto the franchise's most sad and melancholy theme.
>>7260550017 hour war photo in newspaper show the same striders and gunships
>>726055050it's some rando fuck him
>>726054781I heard David is working at some Canadian TV station or something relating to media using his animation/editing skills. Good for him.JsXanatos still does livestreams talking about the gman squad days and crackbone https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VyHyoF61kyQ
>>726054995It plays right after the memorable portion of the game, that said Hazardous Enviroments is clearly the franchise theme. It appears in both games and also became Valve's theme for a good while
>>726055126Yeah, those are just cyborgs made from other species the Combine have conquered
>>726055050>>726055156The track also marks Freeman's escape from the horrors of Ravenholm, so it's important even if you don't care about Winston
What if Gordon isn't in love with Alyx. What if he's in love with his Hazard Suit?
>>726055125I like the version that was used in the trailer for The Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyxhttps://youtu.be/KwI2wjytr78?si=ClIBn5URzAPgkzw-It sounds triumphant, as if hope has been restored.
>>726054375GAYBENYOU DONT HAVE TO PUT ON THE DEADLOCKGAYBENYOU DONT HAVE TO ICK ON ECK TONIGHTICK ON THE DEADLOCKGAYBENICK ON THE DEADLOCKGAYBEN
>>726053953>I'll have two desiccated water flavored sustenance bars, a surplus bar for manual labor credits, one desiccated egg flavored sustenance bar with extra sodium chloride, a tube of gelatinated calorie paste, two self-preparing stew packages, one with leather, and a LARGE can of Dr. Breen's Private Reserve water
>>726055093reminder that half-life was at least partially inspired by anime
>>726054591tbf, Russell felt quite organic and wasn't nearly as annoying as he could've been.But I've recently discovered that two years before HLA release Valve acquired the studio that made Firewatch and is making that game about cartoon niggers exploring egyptian pyramids, and I'm really worried they'll make a huge impact on the plot.
>>726055249His girl is dying.Mark my words, towards the end the HEV suit will suffer critical system failure and your HUD will be permanently disabled, right after it manages to speak a final goodbye
Welcome to Half Life 3! After 19 years in development hopefully it will have been worth the weight!
>>726055368In the valley of the gods is never coming out.
ok but how the fuck does Gordon hear combine radio chatter at all times? even when he's wearing the civvie overalls?
>>726055340They almost 1:1 copied the Akira elevator, so duh
>>726055368Valve also hired some concord people if it helps you
>>726055368The impact of Campo Santo is massively overblown. Campo Santo was only like 6 people, the pyramids game was quietly cancelled after the acquisition, and almost all but 2 former Campo Santo devs have since left Valve.
>>726055403Holy shit i haven't even thought about the developer commentary, i used to love listening to that shit in TF2 and Episode 2.
When there's no announcement on the 18th, will you faggots finally SHUT THE FUCK UP?
>HE'S IN
Is we gettin Borealis?
>>726055392I mean, his HEV suit looks totally fucked.
>>726055547his face isn't even THAT fucked up
>>726055340>>726055458It varied a lot by level designer. Brett Johnson was the one who was inspired by Akira and put in the giant Akira style elevator.
Tomorrow.
>>726055591what are these injuries from
>>726055507You are aware they added commentary to HL2 just last year right? Go listen to that.
>>726055001anon, there are no "actual combine". even the advisors are just cogs in the monstrous biomechanical machine that is the combine. there are no free agents, no leading race, all just tools.
>>726055075At least Alyx helps you and isn't there all the time.
>>726055630...Is going to be nothing
>>726055651We don't knowthe model was recycled from some version of HL3 and not meant to be seen in such detail
>>726053764Announcement of what?
>>726055547>he won in the endHDTF redemption arc
>>726055651>Could be realistically anything but probably a Hunter since they can smack you pretty hard.
>>726055591>>726055651Where is this model from?
>>726055651He got injured between HL2 and EP1 and then between EP1 and EP2. So probably from those.
>>726055679I wonder if there is a single big leader or group of leaders or the entire empire is a conglomeration of multiple upper management divisions being cogs/slaves for someone that doesn't exist and they don't know it anymore. Just going full autopilot trying to hold the empire together for their "leader"
>>726054114>>726054172You retards aren't shilling for HL3, you're shilling for Tyler McVicker and his retarded attempts to garner traction to his channel.
>>726055036>all the women units are just as malnourished as you areWomen who are emaciated to the point of almost being anorexic are sexy tho.
>>726055651>getting shot at repeatedly by a strider>getting blown up by several grenades and explosive fleshettes>getting shot at repeatedly by a combine energy ball>falling from several stories
>>726055819Alyx
>>726055861Wrong i steal his content from kemono
>>726054995I think it's a good contender for the theme of HL2, it represents it really well. Where HL1 was more about fast-pased electro action, HL2 is more somber and melancholy, especially the stuff with the rebels. You hear it after facing the horrors of Ravenholm and see your fellow man get shot down. Now you actually see the consequence of the Combine's actions, what happens to everyone who isn't special like you.
oh no... these fucking threads are doing it to me again...i have a sudden urge to build a combine trooper cosplay suit now. with an integrated vocoder
>>726055541see >>726050853
>>726055651My nigga's been punched, stabbed, shot at, set on fire, had acid thrown at him, been zapped by various alien laserbeams, been hit by space bees from grunts, hit by shrapnel, bombed, bitten/mauled, thrown into a trash compactor, travelled to the borderworld and killed a demigod, been hit with plasma, at this point what COULDN'T his injuries be from man.
>>726056002>until the game awardsyeah right.This shit is going to keep going until it's outright confirmed cancelled.
>>726056001I've always wanted to do a metrocop cosplay even though I'm too autistic and unenthusiastic for cosplay.
>>72605587220 years of that will change society's beauty standards to find the standard anorexic human the peak of attractiveness but if I see any women with hips 1 inch wider compared to the rest of their body size I will do anything to stay close to them.
>>726056079You said it, not me.
>mfw announcement for HL3 Episode 1
>>726056079Even "cancellation" doesn't work because Valve can bring projects back from the dead. Portal 2 was cancelled at one point, but came back after a radical redesign. Half-Life Alyx can be considered to be a distant descendant of a cancelled HL3 project, which itself was a reboot of the previously cancelled HL2 Episode Three.
>>726055541>something on /v/ that isn't gacha circlejerks, pedobait tranime, or overwatch porn? SHUT IT DOWN
So is something actually happening
>>726056223half-life (episode) 3 has been cancelled, what, 4 times before?
So it doesn't look like Valve will release the Source 2 SDK with HLX/3. I have nothing to prove this but there's nothing that confirms a public SDK release.
Combine charges are an extremely retarded and stupid design
>>726056235I wouldn't mind if these threads were discussing the series or at least fan theories on what the next instalment could be about, but you aren't even doing that.
>>726056240Yes we just don't know when. Which is worse than not knowing at all.>>726056335Discuss the series then.
Come back...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVOlnCm2z-E
>>726056240Seems like it's actually going to happen this time
>>726056240Never
>>726056240First, see >>726047184HLX is a real thing regardless of what happens or doesn't in the next few daysSecond, the recent uptick is due to several insiders (or people with insider contacts) signalling that there is a high likelihood of a HLX announcement either by the end of the month or the year depending on who you ask. All of these are facts.
>>726053764>Auditorium darkens>Orange ambient lighting makes the room glow>Curtains part on the stage>Big screen TV lowers from the ceiling>"Ladies and gentlemen, from the visionary minds at Valve....">Audience stands up, some people are yelling>"After long last, after decades of waiting....">Audience starts to get rowdy, some people start clapping, others are whooping>We proudly present you.......................................................................................................Artifact 2!"
>>726056141Will there even be beauty standards at this point? An average citizen in HL2 is most likely so fucked up mentally and physically due to working all the time that he only has energy to jerk off once in a couple months.The only beauty standard at this will be something like:>Does it have pussy?>If yes, it's beautiful and fuckable>If no, it's not beautiful and not fuckable
>>726053795That won't stop me from taking it off and going to town
>>726056326>a teenage girl with a pistol overpowered hoardes of thesehow
>>726056326>RTB goes into great detail about why they didn't design combine troopers with shoulderpads and excessive greeblies and kept their design grounded>Alyx goes and does it anyways and it looks just as dumb you imagined it could beI mean, don't get me wrong, mechanically he's a great enemy and his sheer bulk is intimidating as fuck when he's advancing on your cover and fumbling to thumb more shotgun shells inbut they could have easily done something a bit more in line with the design philosophy of og HL2
>>726056536Will they abandon this one too?
>>726056335see previous half life threads filled with discussion about the game...>>726026186>>726040037>>725978503
>>726056580bits like this is why I'm worried. Also no Kelly
Hey Mister Freeman. I had a bunch of dataleaks for you but we had a system crash about twenty minutes ago and I'm still trying to find my files. Just one of those days I guess.
>>726056316At least they gave SDK to Garrys mod 2 devsNot sure about it though, it looks like they are trying to do roblox thing
>>726056721>SDK to Garrys mod 2 devsYeah but because there were no Source 2 games except for Alyx when they started they made it all from scratch and it doesn't even resemble gmod.
>>726056721They went retarded and are stripping out the actual Source 2 tools for worse ones to try and turn it into shitty Unity for no reason.Literally all people wanted was GMOD but on Source 2 and they couldn't even do that.
>>726056580If it's any comfort the chronology of half life 2 vs half life alyx implies that the combine started with these experimental, wacky soldier types but ultimately consolidated most of their infantry into a more functional, uniform type of soldier (the ones we see in HL2), so your reasoning is technically followed in-universe
>>726056574John Moses Browning never predicted alien invaders, their traitorous post-human stooges, or kevlar body armor but he made sure his gun and its chosen caliber could deal with it.
>>726056615No, they're very dedicated to all 5 of it's fans.
>Holy fuck half-life CONFIRMED in source 2!!!>Tyler says they'll announce it soon alongside Deckard!>They'll announce HLX with the new hardware!--- YOU ARE HERE --->They'll announce HLX on the 18th!>T-They'll announce HLX at the game awards!>They might announce it in january...>uhh...it must've been delayed to Q2....>.....
>>726056580Something like picrel? Also the custom combine from "Patient Zero" seems more grounded for a heavy infantry like unit
>>726053953>consume within 9000 daysIs Valve the last dev that still has actual fucking boomers working there?
>>726056904>I'm gay <-- YOU ARE HERE
>>726056904And I will do the same thing next year.
Me personally I'm still banking on Ricochet getting ported to Source.
>>726056828Well, this is what i feared the most.
>>726056706I like pressing the emergency button under his desk in Black Mesa. Everyone freaks the fuck out
>combine horse
>>726056721It's not 'like', it's exactly what Newman is doing. IIRC the vanilla Source 2 uses a lot of proprietary shit that won't let them release all the dev tools, so basically Valve decided to give us S&Box, a game made on a stripped down custom Source 2 fork that's supposed to be something like Roblox but with the feature of exporting games to be make them standalone.
>>726056831That's actually a fair pointI do like the grunt design, it shows their place on the hierarchy pretty well. "Gotta earn that armor, rookie.">>726056919Either that, or armor plating that you could shoot off (they prototyped this I think for EP3, I saw it mentioned somewhere once)
>>726056563People might still be able to find old posters or playboy magazines to remember how diverse and nice people used to look two decades ago. There will be some who will still be very thirsty even after years of nothing but squalor and the constant fear of death either using it as a way to cope or hoping they might find someone who looks like that. And if I see something like a Combine Assassin or >>726053684 I'll straight up join the Union without question because monkey brain needs curvy women.
>>726054496For wheatley it was befitting, the dry comedy and constant watching was a foundation the firsts dialogue was built on and he's an extent of that. He also served as a means to make the plot chronologically work while having glados still be killed. I suppose an alternate way to have made a sequel is to have it be a different test subject every time, but then are they going to kill glados everytime, or just escape?
>>726056904Uh-oh, looks like someone's in a dire need of hope injection!Pin him down, boys!
>>726057085I'M EXPECTING A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE
>>726057090>Combine is the antagonist factionYou could say its an... Opposing Horse
>>726057085>"Freeman, my god, why do you have to be such a FUCKING dickhead!"
>>726057204
>>726057204ok I laffed
>>726056240No
>>726054496I hope they have Dog as a companion instead. They were prototyping the idea back in the day and it worked well too. It's a mute but expressive robot, it's big enough to be a novel companion, and you can modify it
>>726057204Launch yourself into the Sun.
>>726057132You'll probably be shooting parts off Combine in HLX, the whole destructible enemys thing keeps popping up, i'd be surprised if common enemys didnt utilize it.
<--- Blows up your microwaveable meal
>>726055075she cute
>raising the bar still not reprintedits going to contain hl3 shit for sure
>>726057346Also>HL2 Deathmatch still not merged into base gameHas Valve just forgotten?
>>726057346website hasn't changed the year btw>inb4 valve timeif valve knew their date wasn't going to work out they would change the website text, its this month or next month.
>>726053551Old man cum. It's Dr Breen's privates reserve after all.
>>726057090me own 'orse...
>>726057294Considering Alyx is not available after the ending of HLA, this is probably 100% what's going to happen. With Eli/Kleiner talking to you over Dog's radio like at the beginning of Episode 1, and Mossman as a supporting NPC on the ground
>>726057328
Is funny that the game took so long that there will be a full generation of people not getting the hype
>Combine Grunts (not Soldiers) actually had some emotions inside them when chatting with each other and even used them to lure Alyx out of hiding>The Grunts are gone from HL2, instead being replaced by the less human Overwatch soldiers that only speak in a dead pan tone and the only emotion they show is pain gruntsAlyx really did a number on the combine to make them go even harder on turning the human soldiers into emotionless killing machines
>>726057346>>726057458they said they were gonna reprint raising the bar? i mustve forgotten that announcement.
>>726057328For god's sake, Freeman! If you do that again, I am going to invent a machine to shit directly down your throat!
>>726055541No.
>>726057567name the generationwhat generation isn't obsessed with all things source
It's not Half Life X / Half Life 3It's actually LEFT 4 DEAD 3
>>726057617He did say that.
>>726057328How does he do it?Does he have magic microwave powers?
>>726057608Yes, with HL3 information. At least, the original HL3 that got cancelled.
>>726057687And I can't believe he kept up with his threat, I did not see that brown sludge coming by the end of Episode 2.
>>726057567to be fair I'm a 21 year old zoomer and I still manage to find and fall in love with the games back in 2017. It'll get the attention it deserves, and hell, it might even get a whole new generation interested. Just remember that it'll never be loved by the same kind of people that wait for GTA 6 on average
>>726057671that got cancelled anon...
>>726057567It's big enough so the guys that "don't get it" would be still on it just to fit in.
>>726057815Episode 3 got cancelled too 100 years ago and look where we are
>>726057567This is my biggest concern.How do you even retell them previous hl story? Surely you can't just make them play 20-15 year old games
>>726057567Nah, they'll get hyped, but unfortunately they'll go through the same grief process as the rest of us when they realize 18 years later the game they wanted for so long isn't coming out and all the "leaks" turns out to be nothing.
>>726057567Pretty much every post-zoomer kid i've known has been exposed to HL2 in one or another because their parents or siblings played it and decided it was a good start. You have to try really hard to make HL into that "Unc game i dunno shit about" even in the age of fortnite.
announce it any day this year except the game awardsplease
>>726057771>21 year old zoomerLeave while you can, I was your age when I started lurking here, there is absolutely nothing of worth left in this godforsaken place Start a good life, eat properly and workout, find a gf, live for yourself and not for the attention and approval from others
>>726057139Fair enough, but IMO it's more applicable to resistance members who might accidentally find a porn mag during an expedition to some remote village not touched by the Combine.I'm purely speculating at this point, but I think the Combine, a multi-dimensional empire focused on turning everyone into their slaves, will focus on eradicating most of the information, be it books, magazines or anything else, so that the youngest (and thus the most fertile) of their slaves won't ever think of rebellion, but will still be just literate enough to operate the equipment the Combine gives them.>if I see something like a Combine Assassin or >>726053684 I'll straight up join the UnionVery based.
>>726057880There's a reason why they rereleased both titles
>>726057982I know everyone here hates tga, but it's the only viable place from marketing perspective now after e3 died.
wasn't alyx originally meant to be announced at the game awards but leaks forced valve to announce it earlier?
It is pretty weird that last year was HL2 anniversary update and 2 years ago was HL1 anniversary update.
>>726054591>expect the le reddit quirky chungus humor to stay. but it won't be NEARLY as bad as the rest of the industry i'm sure.HLA was what happened when Valve overcorrected on the scrapped draft, which was supposed to be a grimdark story just for the sake of it. My hope is they'd plan a little bit better on the tone for the game this time, now that the OGs are back.
>>726058298>Half Life gets huge refurbishment for modern PCs and adds Uplink and all sorts of multiplayer goodies>Half Life 2 gets workshop support and the developer commentaryI knew at that point HL3 was back on the cards.
A game you wanted for so many years, it's finally here! Get ready for....Artifact 2: Electric Boogaloo!
>>726058297They were gonna show a gameplay trailer, but had to push it back. The announcement was always gonna be a tweet.
>>726058232I would only accept it if the reveal is during November with a full trailer coming personally from ValveGeoff can have 1-minute gameplay showcase for his shitty show
>>726058297I think it wasn't leaks but the playtesters not enjoying the plot, forcing valve to change the significant parts off it and the ending in the last minute.
>>726058109too late, I've been here since 2020. I have a pretty good life though and I don't browse /v/, I'm only here to post half life 3 hope threads lmao
>>726058126>be little human male born just 1-2 years before the 7 Hours War>somehow be lucky enough to manage to survive through all the horrors and I'm not old enough to experience what the old people were calling the birds & bees but they tell me its impossible now after their arrival>somehow get coaxed into joining a rebel network>one day see combine propaganda poster featuring a transhuman soldier with body proportions and curves that shouldn't even be possible because I've never seen anything other than skinny people>the thing between my legs starts doing funny stuff and my brain feels funny>decided to defect and join the combine as an informant with the condition that they take me to those godly voluptuous women
I will admit. The idea of watching garbage for 4 hours on Geoffs stupid show sponsored by Campbells soup for Gabe to roll in and announce HL3 at the very end would make me cum cum cummmmmmm
>>726058297>>726058468Valve was originally planning to release a series of YouTube videos announcing Half-Life Alyx, including an interview between Geoff Keighley and three Half-Life developers. The script for that interview video leaked through a translator, which caused Valve to announce Half-Life Alyx with a tweet, basically telling everyone to be on the look out for the YouTube videos later that week.
>>726058574>the thing between my legs starts doing funny stuff and my brain feels funnyLiterally impossible on a physical level.What are you? ana animal? Be better, for our benefactors.
>>726058708>Literally impossible on a physical level.suppression field only makes it impossible for embryos to form tho
>>726058583I can only tolerate Geoff show as a background noise on the second monitor, dorito pope can go choke a chinese dick for all I care
>>726058420>Half Life 1 got a bunch of multiplayer attention>Half Life 2 even eventually got their small HL2DM updateWill Half Life 3 have any multiplayer support? I know the era of every shooter having a deathmatch mode no matter how unfitting is gone but it would still be cool to see.
>>726058708Does it eliminate the desire to have sex or only the process that gets someone pregnant? Wouldn't this be literally perfect for a couple who doesn't want kids by mistake but still wants sex? Unless you can't produce sperm too.
>>726058704Well that was dumb. It also explains why any HLX builds haven't leaked at all. If it is at TGA, Valve should naturally do as little as possible to add fanfare. Just fucking show a 5 second clip at the end of the stupid show.
Personally i'm excited for Cremators to get cut for a third time.
>>726058708>have no sex
>>726058901>explains why any HLX builds haven't leaked at allthat has more to do with them tightening the valve (hehe) to prevent the leaks these days. which mostly includes blacklisting mcnigger and probably hushing people up with actual forseen consequences (which will never be the same)
>>726058816>>726058890Sex tokens are a thing for metrocops, which implies it turns off your dick as well.
>>726058936I never cared for cremators. Beta shit just doesn't interest me at all.
>>726057880>>726058132They'll probably make the series free for people to play like when HLA came out. Also HLA was pretty unapologetic about the game dropping straight into the HL2 story without some recap other than the vague "5 years before Eli's death" title info. I wouldn't worry about that.
>>726058998no anon, on the contrary, it just implies that you get to have a cool simulation of sex with a hot girl rather than whatever dogshit you've got at home. the fact that it even exists as an incentive shows sex drives still exist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S544wX6InUHL3 X_BUILD got leaked. Check it out.
>>726054709Dear God! Poor Laszlo! The finest mind of his generation, come to such an end!
>>726059209Breen would've made a killing getting people to join the metrocops if he had a small division of enahnced transhuman soldiers looking like >>726053965 I wouldn't mind the shitty rations if I get to fuck that after sterilizing 100 citizens
>>726059347This is the moment you watch... Laszlo... die...Unless... unless you were to take matters into your own... hands...
Fuck you, Gordon Freeman. I hope you get run over by a FUCKING TRAIN HEHAH you STUPID MOTHERFUCKER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdue3gcaAA0
You've done so well in fact that I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS, BITCH
>>726059801I miss Breen. No way they can pull off more charismatic villain without turning it into clown shit
>>726059856I like how half way through this twitter story Breengrub just randomly says "Laszlo is here somewhere"
>>726059914https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVyzWFBw9UA
>>726059801YOU NEED ME
>>726059856I love this guy's take on the lore of the combine. Essentially imagines that the combine started as an autonomous waste management system on some distant alien world many dimensions away (and billions if not trillions of years ago); eventually the species that made the system go extinct for unrelated reasons, and left to its own devices, the system slowly expands autonomously until it eventually turns into what we know as the combine.
>>726060102I thought they were meant to be a parasite that infected the brains of the grubs and started their empire from there.
I hope there's a bigger enemy roster. Imagine these pic rel crawling around on floor, walls and ceilings and then standing up to shoot you. I just want more fun enemies and weapons, Half Life 2 was so lacking in that department. I'm not a fan of gravity gun, give me some unique wunderwaffe to shoot space niggers with
>>726059965Yeah, an excellent voice actor with an excellent script. His Instinct speech is sci-fi Shakespear. And his malding at OTA in Nova Prospekt? Cinema. I also know that I'm gonna miss Tony Todd. His vortigaunts were pure eargasm. It's all on Valve faggots fucking around and now half the cast is dead
>>726060192no, that's incorrect, and in fact there is no reason in-lore to believe that. Then again we never actually get an in-lore explanation of what the combine actually are or where they come from, just that they're incredibly old, impossibly powerful, and vast beyond comprehension, and that even the advisors are just cogs in the machine with nobody truly "in charge".
>>726060230>the beta minimalist mod is the only game recreation we have of those worm soldiers
>>726060230pic related is how i look ordering a overpriced coffee from a stupid hot barista
>>726060230Apparently HLX will have more Xen creatures than 2, at least
I don't care what the combine are I want Gordon to baptise them in absolute fire.
>>726060192This is a bizarrely common misreading of BreenGrub. The Combine were already in existence when they discovered the grubs and used the mind virus as a means to conquer them and turn them into their means of biological data storage.
>>726060192I would add that if you want a look at what the combine 'really' look like this animation is a pretty brilliant take on the matter imohttps://youtu.be/lJOZN3YhLtYit depicts an alternate end to episode two where the combine succeed at reopening the portal to earth and what the combine overworld (or, one of them) might look loke
>>726054090>at the end of the game g-man sends us back in time to save lazloA considerably large nudge...
>>726053551https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSthqBVAFMcpiss
im surprised how rarely does anyone on /v/ mention these guys>he asked Backman to provide a couple of sketches for possible monsters. He presented sketches of several very sexual-oriented monsters to him and Gabe Newell, managing director, the kind of material Birdwell did not expect. Among them was "Mr. Friendly" displaying an obvious penis.>When questioned about it, Backman described that the creature would use its tentacled arms to pull the player towards itself until the point that he will give you "backshots of doom". >Birdwell was worried that Newell wouldn't approve of this material, but it turned out that was exactly what he was looking for.
Gordon. Who are you?
>>726060553that is the best thumbnail to a video I have ever seen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bm3le9s3-AI feel like this machinima is the most realistic depiction of how fucked someone who's not wearing Gordon's suit is when facing against combine energy weapons. One shot and your limbs or parts of your body is gone. In the games the humans wearing nothing but shirts and basic armor can tank 2-3 of those and be fine.
>>726060574post the concept art for this penis wobbler monster
>>726060386>pic related is how i look ordering a mcdonalds coffee from a stupid hot cashier
nothing will happenhalf-life 3 will never get out
>>726060965have some god damn COPE
>>726060740I love grunts now
>>726060965Something always happens
Combine women belong to Resistance men
>>726061060i will believe in Half-Life 3 when i see it on my Steam library and only thenif i don't get my hands on it i will not fall for any tricks and i will not join you people in this mass delusion
>>726060574so this is vagina monster then? Any chance these fuckers appear in HL3
>>726061410grab him and get him some hope
>>726061304Say that again, anticitizen. Resistance men belong to Combine women
>>726058936>fire based entities in an icy environmentthey're not getting cut this time
>>726061617What are you gonna do, bitch? Rape me?
>>726061304>>726061617>let's see if the supression field actually works
>>726061617FUCKING RAPE ME
Where you start with HL3? Straight from the end of Episode 2? Start with Gordon on the Soviet chopper? Will Gman talk to Gordon in the intro or are Gordon and Gman severed?
>>726060751the only thing I could find
tales are told of the earlier years of the combine's overtaking of the earth, when the female combine assassins came for our young and robbed them of their innocence
>>726061738Borealis will be either first or last location
>>726053168You don't have the cars, G-man.
>>726061738>Start with Gordon on the Soviet chopper?How will that even work? Give Gordon all the weapons from HL2? Then he loses them during the heli trip and crash in the arctic?My theory is that we never got a HL3 because Valve forgot to give us a cliffhanger/ending where they can give an explanation for losing our guns.
>>726061963Originally that was meant to happen. We know enough about the OG HL3 that Gordon and Alyx would have crash-landed and would have to randevoux with the rebels through some deserted north pole wilderness.
Control, I have a failure to comply with loyalty check in Video game block, 10-103m. All units BOL at location, respond code 3.
>>726061963Easy, just say that advisors took them/yeeted them far into the white forest after they attacked you, that's why your only weapon is the crowbar Eli hands over to you
>>726062231>rip gravity gunwhy gravity gun is kill
>>726061738I can imagine Gordon finally getting some rest, his HEV suit getting repaired and possibly upgraded...
>>726061963>>726062201>>726062231Honestly this is how i hope HL3 starts/how the first couple of hours go down. Starting off with zero of your weapons except the crowbar eli hands over from HLA, you board the chopper right away and make it to the arctic, gradually finding everything you need along the way.>including a portal gun
>>726061674>>726061730Instict driven subhumans "rape". OTA conscripts for corrective mechanical reproduction simulation, the non-compliant recieve verdicts
>>726062331>HOLD ON A SEC, GORDON. LETS NOT GO AND FIND ALYX YET LETS REST FOR A WEEK AND GET YOU A NEW HAZARD SUIT
>>726059090HLA retelling of events also works in a vacuum alright. It gives you what you need to know without contradicting the games much when you go into them later or dont play HLA.Unlike the main series now, because in that case you have to play the VR prequel to understand why the fuck the brainsucked negro is suddenly alive while Alyx is nowhere to be seen. There has to be some kind of a recap purely for VRlets.
>Gordon finds Nova 6 in the ice.
>>726062331>you can now wallrun and sprint slide Gordon!Nah I'd ratger die
>>726062304So that Kleiner can hand over to you the new prototype weapon, Gravity Gun 2!It can now pick up dead bodies in normal mode and throw them at your enemies at high velocity, now with 200% more knockback!
>>726062404Do I get a Union-issued Overwatch Assassin wife- I mean rank leader if I join our Benefactors?
new leakhttps://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1763331990064483.webm
>>726062360Genuine onions-face worthy moment would be finding a Portal Gun in HL3.
>>726062689i hope you mcnigger kill yourself
>>726062689Is that his new gf?
>This is what anons want to fuck
look at this little fella. Was meant to be slightly bigger than a headcrab. I think thats where armoured crabs in HLA came from, similar concept
>Gordon finds a HEV suit helmet to put on in space so giga-autists can finally shut up about the heads up display.
>>726062792The mask always stays on because I'm into masked bitches
>>726055861Tyler Mcnigger is completely irrelevant here, the "leaks" have come from actual insiders and journalists, if anything mcnigger was the last one
>>726062876>Claims shes his wife>Does not want to fuck her true selfi knew you were just a poser pussy anon
>>726062792nothing a little makeup can't fixthey also need love, like everyone else
>some random rebel dies
>>726062828these were basically living bear trapsneat concept
>>726062969She won't be seeing my face because the mask will always be on
>>726063026THEYDESERVEDEATH
The Game Awards will take place on December 11th, 2025, right? My analysis of this day in a zodiacal context reveals a configuration marked by fire and revelation. The Sun, Mars, Venus, and Mercury in Sagittarius indicate a moment of symbolic expansion, in which the occult tends to manifest in a luminous form. It is the sign of truth rising, bringing to the surface what was dormant… My friends, do you know what this implies? Heh, keep reading.The Moon in Virgo, in harmony with Uranus and retrograde Jupiter, translates to the collective reaction, likely one of contained, almost analytical emotion, in the face of something that reconciles the past and innovation. On this day, the public witnesses the return of a myth, and does so with awe! The Leo-Aquarius axis reinforces the character of a universal spectacle, the stage and the collective in tension. Pluto in Aquarius, at the threshold of the Descendant, announces the re-emergence of a technological symbol with profound cultural reach. Saturn and Neptune in Pisces, alongside the North Node, speak of the materialization of an ancient dream, of a promise that seemed lost. The waiting dissolves, and the imaginary returns to the visible world.
>>726063026They can receive love on demand by overdosing on dophamine to their cyberbrain
>>726062792No, this>>726054609 is what anons want to fuck
>>726054609>>72606279210/10 on the combine overworld
>>726063085cool, God I wish Valve had more time to play with Xen when making Half Life. So many cool enemies that never seen the release of the game
Each time Valve releases a game it feels like they use it as an opportunity to tech demo for some new groundbreaking shit they've invented, like all the physics in HL2. I'm excited to see what they'll come up with this time in HL3 to blow me away and make me think "how they hell did they put that in a videogame"
IT'S FUCKING HAPPENING!!!
>>726063301Hopefully Half Life X will expand greatly on that aspect
Uh oh! Is the Combine mad? Is the neutered guinea pig upset? Oooooooh mister no-bowls is angry! Where is your PENIS? Where is your temporal lobes? GONE.
>>726063387>feels like they use it as an opportunity to tech demo for some new groundbreaking shitYeah. They do it after someone else dips its toes into it first but not long after the market is stale. HL1 was gaming with a proper story, HL2 was the physics, CS was the esports/skins, Alyx was the VR thing.What are we going to see for HL3?
>>726053764which'd be most fitting for a sticky>triage at dawn>klaxon beat>hazardous environments>credits/tracking device
'alf 'ife on 'eckhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oirYIHsCdy8
>>726063532HL2 actually had 4 technology pillars they were focusing on, physics is just the one that receives the most attention because it's the one that aged the slowest.
>>726063578triage at dawn of course
>>726063532>What are we going to see for HL3?Breath of the Wild in Half-Life but with Mario 64 sized levels connected by highways.
>>726063054>escorting my retards through city 17>one gets shot down by a strider>reload save>one runs into a group of soldiers and starts getting blasted>dive in front and mow them down, the gunfire wasting all of my armor and health in the processLiterally nothing happens when they survive to the end of their sections, and yet I still feel compelled to save them all every time I play.
>>726063525THEY ARE GONE, GORDON. GONE! SON OF A BITCH AND HIS UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES!
>>726055036>>you now serve in a standard male infantry unit and are sent to coastline clearing duty instead of being assigned to the Citadel where the propaganda ladies are>At least I'm not fighting Freeman.Anon I got bad news >Priority Warning. Outland stabilization force six Nova Prospekt. Perimeter restrictors disengaged. Priority Warning. Perimeter restrictors disengagedhttps://youtu.be/DIZglvIo7bI
>>726063578hazardous environments for the symbolismtriage at dawn for the feels
>>726063803why did the combine need D-Day beach emplacements? Who was going to beach-raid Nova Prospect?
>>726063910
>>726063803and the boss is pissed :(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAtOJX6Aq3U
I wouldn't expect TOO much of a groundbreaking jump for hl3, i think the majority of what will be a groundbreaking tech demo is just the ingenuity behind source 2, how the baked lighting system fucking rapes all the shitty ray traced engine shit these days, how they managed things like realistic hair without it looking noisy, etc etc. Valve will probably just take the sorry state of the industry as it is and see that as a chance to make this the half life game that doesn't need to introduce shiny new tech, just remind everybody how far things have come and have fallen at the same time.
>>726056580these are augmented shock troopers designed to clear out the antlions and encroaching xen life from the quarantine zonemetrocops are just people
>>726063803I just wanted some Combine pussy. I hope I get some after we take down Freeman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiZBSRGUdAAToo many dots connecting
>>726064023GORDON FREEMAN IS A MICROWAVE FIDDLER WHO HAD HARDLY EARNED THE DISTINCTION OF HIS PHD AT THE TIME OF THE BLACK MESA INCIDENT.
>>726062792Nice try. This is a male posthuman. Females have had also their lips removed on top of that
>>726063532Being A fun game
>we live in a timeline where the panther eye was not added to half-life 1
If Geoff teared up for the slop he announced last year, if HL3 is to be announced at TGA, I expect Geoff to get on his knees and weep.
>>726060183still sexy as an old hag
I mean come on.Gabe pretty much confirmed hl3 in the hl2 anniversary video.
This what all the fuss was about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRUh5r74kTM
how come no one added antlions into their HL1/BM mods?
Hey guys Gordon Freeman here.Just really wanted to say thanks a lot for all the support over the years I really appreciate it.
>>726062494This might sound crazy, but I'd maybe like to see how things would go down if there was NO information given to the player.After all, the game is supposed to be from Gordon's perspective, and he didn't Alyx.Maybe you could have act 1 drop subtle hints as to what really went down for the non-vr players.Hell, maybe even thrown in a RE4 style character switch to Alyx who could explain proper if your feeling really bold &/or stupid.
>>726064496why do they need to cater to new players? imagine starting a show from a 3rd season and crying that u dont understand the lore
>>726062494a vortigaunt just tells you what happened
>>726064494Gordon Freeman, we have not heard from you in ages!
>>726064675m8 because Valve's game design has been that for like 20 years.Not saying I'd like if they did that, I'm just saying what I think they will do.
>>726064481kino. but spoilers ahead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYqg9kJkcww
>>726064698the freeman must go the eli vance is desperate for you to copulate with her your genitals in hers must unite as onneeeeeeeeee
>>726053684i hope that entropy zero where you play as an assassin gives us MORE assassin art.
>>726062331>Kleiner: Here you go Gordon, it turns out I forgot to enable the microphone in your suit all those years, but now you should be able to talk.>Gordon: YIKES, THAT JUST HAPPENED!
>>726064843>either play the assassin spin off>more wilson kinowilson kino it is
>>726061963>>726062360I never thought about this before but I can't see how we'll get the crossbow back, that was made by the Resistance and they have no real presence in the Arctic. Technically the RPG is the same caseMaybe it's a good chance to finally let us use the Combine sniper rifle
Since the Combine use rat brains for their computers, it makes me think that maybe that’s how Dog works. Maybe it even uses a dog one for it
https://youtu.be/Tcs8QCSaUes?si=zfaCoQd0gdov8o_S
Imagine the stench of Alyx "I wash in canal hazard water" Vance
>>726065015volvo should've kept the crowbar CLANG in HL2
>that ear-liquifying echo effects in gldsource
>>726063149I wish I paid more attention in my old job, that stuff seems interesting
this made 9 year old me shit his pants in cs 1.6apparently it's an unused hev icon for nerve gas
>>726065497yeah there was going to be rooms with gas in it that did similar damaging to the freezing rooms
>>726065497can't take it seriously anymore that shit looks like a wojack seezing at something
>>726065586FUCK YOU FOR SAYING THATFUCK YOURUINED
>>726065757>t.
Steam Deck had preorders the day after it's announcement.The new hardware have yet to have preorders or even pricing.I believe.
>>726063910It's called a deterrent anon. Nobody besides a nerd in power armor high on morphine is gonna think about freeing their homies from the combine.
>>726053168Will the game have quirky chungus millenial writing?
>>726066467Not any more than Alyx.
>>726066467Valve writers are all and always have been Gen-Xers
>>726064843i just realized there's a few LoRAs to make up for the lack of porn
>>726066838>xcucksSo the "people" actually responsible for what zoomniggers think is muhleenial writing.
>>726067367If the writers are Gen-Xers then by definition it cannot be millenial writing.
Reminder that G-Man's employers are Valve themselves and his role within the story is to both find characters worthy of fitting as the POV for the player and keeping the story going forward by influencing certain events, such as keeping Adrian from getting on the heli so his story can continue and warning Cubbage beforehand of the gunship attack.Out of everyone only the G-Man and the Vortigaunts are fully aware they're in a game. The Vortigaunts are also aware of quicksaving and loading. The All-Knowing Vortigaunt and the game over lines of Half-Life 2 make this clear.>Far distant eyes look out through yours. >Your bright face obscures your darker mask.>How many are there in you? Whose hopes and dreams do you encompass?>Could you but see the eyes inside your own, the minds in your mind, you would see how much we share.>THE FREEMAN MUST PROCEED WITH THE ALYX VANCE, ELSE OUR STRUGGLE IS DOOMED TO FAILURE THOSE WHO DO NOT LEARN FROM THEIR MISTAKES ARE DOOMED TO AN ENDLESS VORTAL LOOP>THE ROCKET HAS BEEN DESTROYED MAGNUSSON'S MISGIVINGS ABOUT THE FREEMAN ARE COMPLETELY JUSTIFIED. THE GAME NOW ENDS
guy crying into a girls ass but its gordon and alyx
>>726067517>reading comprehension
>>726057204underrated
>>726067528true I'm this guy on the right, G man told me everything
>>726067528gordon we're in undertale
>>726067528>I have recommended your services to my employers [...] they agree with me that you have limitless... potential.Meaning Valve (and Sierra at the time) saw the potential of Half-Life.>My employers are not quite so trusting, and rather than continually subject you to the irresistible human temptation of telling all, we have decided to...convey you somewhere you can do no possible harm, and where no harm can come to you. If Laidlaw was involved in writing this, it could signify that Valve doesn't really trust Gearbox (lmao) and that they're putting Shephard away because they don't know what to do with him.E3 2003:>We've been rather busy in your absence, Mister Freeman. He's literally speaking for Valve here.HL2:The entire ending monologue is G-Man more or less admitting Valve ran out of time and that there's no alternate ending this time. They don't know when they're making a sequel.Episode 1:Opens with a retcon. Has vortigaunts stop the G-Man from doing whatever he was about to do with Gordon. Could the vorts represent the fanbase or some unforeseen factor that caused Valve to rethink their plans for HL?Episode 2:Opens with a derailed train. Means the series went in a completely unexpected direction for Valve. Note that HL1 and 2 opens with you on a linear train ride.>Still, I am not one to squander my investments... and I remain confident she was worth far more than the initial...appraisal. Alyx ended up being more important than they thought she would be.>I wish I could do more than keep an eye on you, but I have agreed to abide by certain... restrictions.Don't know what to make of this one but it fits the theme, imo.Continued
Alyx:>Perhaps what I am is not as important as what I can offer you in exchange for coming all this way. What the G-Man is doesn't matter. He's a plot device.>Some believe the fate of our worlds is inflexible. My employers disagree. They authorize me to… nudge things in a particular direction from time to time. Laidlaw has been on record saying that canon and retcons don't really matter to him.>That would be a considerably large nudge. Too large, given the interests of my employers. What if I could offer you something you don't know you want?The G-Man obviously can't just outright remove the Combine. No Combine = no game.>Good. As a consequence of your action, this entity will continue. And this entity will not. Ever used the Hammer editor? Everything that's not level geometry is an called an "entity" within the editor.>A previous hire has been unable — or unwilling — to perform the tasks laid before him. We have struggled to find a suitable replacement. Until now. A bit of a stretch, but this probably means that Valve and its staff have been unable to produce a proper sequel until now.Bonus:>Cleverly done, Mr. Freeman, but you're not supposed to be here. As a matter of fact, you're not. Get back where you belong, and forget about all this, until we meet again. A funny line considering it's exclusive to the HL2 leak in some obscure map. You were literally NOT supposed to see that.There's arguably more that I had written about a few months ago but I had a system crash and I'm still trying to find my files. Just one of those days, I guess. There's also the G-Man outright namedropping Unforeseen Consequences from HL1 which was pretty shocking for me at least. Gordon wouldn't know why they're such important words but (You) do.
Another slim-thick Blasian encounter - this time at White Forest. Peanut butter complexion, fully modeled cervix. Skull straight from the pre-7 Hour War anthropology books. At least 20% ghost hominid DNA. What a specimen! My BWC shed a single tear... Employers, forgive me. Gman need choccy.
>>726068946>>726069078He also stalks you through the games to ensure that things are going as planned. If the meta elements were intentional and the other developers knew about it, they must've thought it was funny when they were watching playtesters play through the games.
>>726069368
>>726067528I like how creepy it is in episode 1 with the bad endsHL1 and 2 use GMan's "EMPLOYMENT TERMINATED"Episode 2 uses the creepy Vortigaunt styleBut Episode 1's game over is just "Alyx Died." notably in titlecase. The chapters in this game are also in titlecase and that's the only time it happens, implying its Gordon's thoughts.The Alyx Died thing was removed in the anniversary update though
>>726070752>The chapters in this game are also in titlecase and that's the only time it happensI know this sounds autistic but this really fucking bothers me.
Predict what the reveal trailer will show.
Anyone remembers this? Dark times.
>>726072313context?
>>726062201Would the Half-Life 2 story be better without the whole mixed race thing with Alyx and Eli?
>>726067528>Reminder that G-Man's employers are Valve themselvesI'm glad someone other than me figured it out
>>726058421I... would like Artifact 2...
>>726072414About 5 to 10 years ago a screenshot leaked and a 16x16 pixel icon kinda looked like a half-life 3 logo.
>>726069368Someone pay that guy that does the gman voice on fiverr to say this.
>>726072749what was it a screenshot of?
>>726073112I don't remember
https://files.catbox.moe/01ufbv.mp4https://files.catbox.moe/qj66mm.mp4
>>726063578triage at dawn
>>726058109>Start a good life, eat properly and workout, find a gf, live for yourself and not for the attention and approval from othersI already have all of those, but a nigga gets bored on the internet. And for all its faults this place still has some good discussions and laughs. Better here than Twitter or god fucking forbid R*ddit
what started today's hype?
>>726057880Source 2 remakes of HL1 and HL2 (combine all the episodes into one game + death match)
>>726068946>>I wish I could do more than keep an eye on you, but I have agreed to abide by certain... restrictions.>Don't know what to make of this one but it fits the theme, imo.I read that as Volvo wanting to get more involved in the community, wanting to talk about future plans, maybe reveal cut content, but having internal rules against it.
>>726062360>>726062759I think it would be cooler if they introduced Chel in this game and she acts as a stand-in for Alyx and you can command her to open portals for you in puzzles and shit instead of Gordon having the portal gun himself.
>>726058708>THE CHIMPACT
>>726074915The Chimp Actor The CHIM Pact?
Why do you lay these troubles on an already troubled mind?
>>726075326He looks like he makes the most bug free yet milquetoast game you've ever played.>it sometimes works
>>726075326>see that mountain?>you can destroy it
>>726074259>valve finally announces new hardware lineup>half life references in too many places>the steam store front page is going to be vacant for a much longer time than usual, a sale event has been pushed back under the guise of making the big sale rotations have a better and more well spaced out schedule which probably is a real reason but the timing is just too good to be just thatjust off the top of my head i know there's more
Call of Duty was better than Half-Life as a game series
>>726075590>postedtooquicklyawardOld heads at valve have also been stirring the pot with subtle and not so subtle posts regarding the near future, even effectively stating that things are not NOT happening.We survived to see HL3, bros.
>>726066467She should be a good meme VA pick for half life.
>>726075590you forgot>2 HL anniversaries in a row>Raising The Bar still not reprinted despite preorders being scheduled to open in 2025
>>726075813she can be cast as one of the lost personality cores that went away with the borealisthe lust core
>>726053168I hope my wife comes back with her crow army
>>726075896>>Raising The Bar still not reprinted despite preorders being scheduled to open in 2025wtf its true?
>>726076048glados is so sexy AAHHHFJSKDFHSODF
>>726075326do the reverse of this
>>726076048>with her crow armyI was kinda hoping she wouldn't be in, but that sounds like the coolest payoff ever
>>726076048>you will never get a glados fleshlight JOI as a reward for solving her puzzles admirablywhy even fucking live?
>>726076048Chell was more attractive in P2 but Caroline was finer
>>726077005do it wanna
>>726060440Just give me a proper Xen ecosystem, all with the moss growth thing and I'd be happy.
These are the posters shitting on half life btw.
>>726076879stupid drunkard
>>726063578credits music for me
>>726077402This is actually kind of sad
>>726073703So what was the significance of that painting mike shapiro's video was zoomed in on? Pretty cryptic.i mean besides the blatant "see you in the new year" message.
Slow Light is a more emotional track than Triage at Dawn
>>726077402That was masterful baitThese "people" are poojeets paid to shit on Valve by Tim Sweeney. Possibly even more disgustingly, some of them may be doing it for free. I am not joking. Steam/Valve had a minimal amount of people that actually hated them back in the day because of crates/drm/laziness but it was basically not even perceptible. Until the EGS started becoming a thing, and the first wave came with the 30% crying and when they started buying exclusives and actively poaching games about to release on steam.Tim Sweeney truly is a sorry little man.
>>726077794Wasn't this a Russian paper?
>>726077559I've always thought the same. I used to use "slow light" as the base for my passwords
>>726077483album cover for his self-published music
>>726076143Valve time, you know how it is.
It's going to be Half Life Zero. Don't ask me how I know.
>>726078997has valve made a 3 anytyhing?
>>726077402i once wrote a post that listed like 20 different things that hint the solution to this puzzle that this zoomer missed.
>>726076048>birds are the only animals seen in HL3>most of them are crows>shes watchingI want to believe bros
>>726058109>Tells him not to live for the attention and approval of others>Right after saying to get a gfNormalfags are so retarded that it's almost funny
>>726053168How much you want to bet half life 3 is going to be a Valve Frame exclusive
>>726077402retarded its about to be 6 years since that post
>tfw didnt get far in HLA because motion sickness and scared of trying again since the feeling of sickness lasts for hours
>>726079993What headset did you use? Maybe you need a higher FoV.
>>726079993You can literally just teleport if you want no sickness possible mode. It makes the game a bit harder so I prefer it for balance anyway.If you still get sick without any movement or turning then it means your headset setup is screwed somehow, like bad IPD or low fps or something.
>>726079993i played through HLA four times, 160 hours, played it for hours at a time without noticing the sun went down, made an entire campaign mod for it, even played the half-life 2 VR mod and completed it within two days, but within 2.5 hours of HL2 VR EP1, i got horribly motion sick, like it never went away the entire day, and i never went back to that game since. the intro of that game has a ton of vertigo moments that are bound to make even the most seasoned VR players sick, maybe that or i had a bitchmade moment idk which.
>>726079993You get sick while playing a VR game? And they said eugenics was bad...
>>726053168>The white Man in a wrong place can make all the difference in the world.What did he mean by this?
>>726079303a 3rd steam(ing pile of shit) box
>>726080617Its not exactly uncommon
>>726079993just will it away, that's how I stopped being car/vr sick. Amazing how the brain works. Every time I got into the car as a kid I just said to myself that "i will not get car sick today" and after a fucking week it just worked. Never again, unless I'm on my phone.I also do this to stop my hiccups, except I tell myself that I'm not a fucking fish
>>726080045Quest 2
>>726081747Which is why eugenics should have never ended
>>726081843i mean if eugenics never ended you wouldn't be here buddy-oo~!
>>726077402I don't remember that part specifically or get what's going on. What did he do?
>>726081785I also got car sick all the time as a kid when i was playing pokemon red on my gameboy
>>726081843Eugenics is bad for low value races, not for videogames
>now about that blowjob I owed 'ya
When are the steam banners ever this fucking back to back with new releases and sales? I swear its been at least one or two different games almost every single day all week. Now it's on cawwaduddy.I didn't even notice there was a new one until now.
>never carsick my whole childhood>suddenly ride in the back of my friends car>literally turn greenam i fucked for VR?
>>726082131depends on the car, a lot of people get fucked up with the new fiat 500s and those fuckheug hyundai SUVst./o/tist
>>726082131nah mate your friend is probably just a shitty driver.I felt the same way yet VR doesn't fuck with me. Turn's out when I go see my Grandma she's just a shitty driver (sorry Gma)That said, the ONLY thing that really screws with me is locomotion and when frame drops occur and the headset freaks the fuck out.
>>726081901it's chapter 4 water hazard. you get there within the first hour of the game. you also just got the boat minutes prior to this, it'd take the intuition of an actual retard to believe you're supposed to abandon it already.it's just a physics puzzle that blocks progress. if what you need to do is not immediately obvious the solution telegraphed directly at your dumb fucking eyes with hints every couple of seconds until you get it and some people still don't get it.https://youtu.be/jElU1mD8JnI?t=2452
>>726082598desu I'll forgive taking a while with this puzzle, because if you're used to other games you wouldn't expect a floating barrel to actually push something up. There are so few games besides HL2 that will have "soft" physics puzzles rather than scripting them. Even today.Charging ahead is certainly special tho
>>726082598>>726083286Oh, it's just the buoyancy puzzle. It can take a minute to figure it out since most games don't do that, but he was picking up barrels and saw that they could float, so he's a retard.
>>726083386it's also the fact that the "floor is lava" with the water continuously poisons you if you try to walk on it, another hint that you need the airboat to continue.it's a soft reference to HL1's gameplay direction with the "on a rail" chapter that was also notoriously derided. playtesters ignored the monorail cart that you need to progress and thought they could just continue on foot so valve just made the floor electrocute you to death slowly until you got the point and got back in the cart.
>>726069368literally me
>>726084038That was fair though, you don't normally expect to switch rails by shooting the fucking sign.
>>726084556you can press the use key on them too iirc
>>726069368gave this a shot in indextts2https://voca.ro/1dWFUZMlfXXu>earlier shots actually did his inhales way more often
>>726084038>>726083386not to mention the fact that he's looking at a wide ramp clearly intended to be used as such, and having previously done physics puzzles
>>726086076there is a ramp exactly seconds before this puzzle and the timestamp begins, specifically added to make you understand that driving vehicles over ramps is a possible thing.
