What do you think Half Life 2: Ep. 3 should be like?

So I just seen the first conceptual art work for Ep. 3 and I cannot FREAKIN wait!! What are your thoughts on Ep. 3? What should it have in it i.e. new enemys, new characters, G-Man? What about the Borealis?

 

It has to feature the portal gun, and that mystery ship they mentioned in the 2nd episode.

 

Where did you see this "conceptual artwork"?

 

http://kotaku.com/5024040/first-look-at-half+life-2-episode-three

Its just one screen shot but WOW!!!

 

I want to see the Forces on earth recuperate and start building tanks, planes, and other war machines. Big battles.

 

I'd like to find out who G-man is, and what his role in the plot has been. Valve has a great storyline going for HL2.

 

Conceptual work means nothing. It`s not the finished product.
But I agree, HLEP3 should definitely be a step up in the right direction, and it will most definitely have DX10 effects included.

 

I'm curious as to Aperture Science, Black Mesa and the G-Man's connection.

 

^^ Indeed! I just wanna know where the G-man fits into all of this! ... oh! And use that Portal gun too!

 

cool, i wonder if this's supposed to be the interior of the boreallis!!, i just can't wait!..
things i'd love to see in EP3:
1-new types of enemies(synthers maybe??) and enviroments, but i know valve won't disappoint me.. .
2-that helicopter driving-sequence, or maybe alex will be driving and gordon will be doing the shooting!, either will be fine..
3-i want to see barnie, or atleast know his fate!!.
4-Magnusson was an amazing addition to the cast of HL-universe, i'd love to see him again in EP3!!.
5-tell me more about the connection between aperture and black mesa facilities!..
6-who is the G-man??, but i can wait with that if there's gonna be a HL3 ..
7-returning characters again!!, maybe shepard, father gregory and others..
8-finally, surprise me!

 

agree, most of the conseptual work and art that was shown prior to the release of HL2 had nothing to do with final version, but if anything, it means that the developers care alot about their game and think twice before adding any elements to the final release!, and valve have already shown everyone that they know what they're doing!, i fully trust these guys..

 

Conceptual art is just a tease for us people who have been waiting for a game since '07. I seriously wish they would give us something more than just a picture of Freeman with a crowbar up against an advisor.

 

Maybe we'll meet Chell(sp?) and make a trip in the combine homeworld like in the first half life.

 

you know what?, what is really odd about the HL series is that after playing all the games(HL and HL2 and their expansions, about 5 games untill now!) in the series we actually still don't know that much about the story!!, we still don't know what's the G-man or where did the combine come from and that's just a few of the questions that we don't have answers for, still most of us regard the story of the HL-series as one of the best story-lines featured in a game!.

but that's also part of the game's appeal, valve wanted the story to be a mystery and having read some of the posts in the HL-forum i can tell you that there already are hundreds of theories about the games, some of them do make sense while others are just laughable...

 

Ya know, that wasn't the Combine homeworld in the first game, that was Zen. I don't even know if the Combine lived in the same universe/dimension. The trouble was that the creatures of Zen and the Combine were at odds...Gordon really shouldn't have done what he did at the end of the first game. There would've been no need for HL2 though, so maybe I'm glad he did.

For more explanation *spoiler to HL1* highlight the rest of the text:

Because Gordon killed the Zen overlord, the Combine were able to take control of the portals to Earth and thus invade. Technically the Zen overlord was protecting us from dimensional invasion from the Combine, even though he probably wanted Earth for himself.

 

Wasn't the vortigaunts being constantly hunted by the combine then they stumbled upon Zen. On Zen it was pretty much a battle royale then Gordo opened up that portal and everybody from Zen flooded over to Earth. Then Gordo freed the Vortigaunts from slavery from that Nihilanth and defeating that closes the portal here. Then the events of Half Life 2 ensues.
As of right now I'm playin through HL2 Ep2 and I'm just at the part where you pick up the car.

 

I hope Ep3 will be better than Ep2.

 

Ep2 was good but short

 

You see, this is what the problem with gamers is these days.

Don't mean to sound like a ****, but surely, what do you mean:

'What do you think Half Life 2: Ep. 3 should be like?'

It's going to be exactly how Valve wants it to be, and it's going to be awesome. That's why game developers like Valve are game developers.

If you personally don't like it, you don't have to buy it and that's that.

That's exactly the problem with Diablo III. The 'internets' hate Diablo III because it has too much color. Who the hell are these people? 'It should be like this, like that'. NO! It should be exactly like the creators intended it to be.

So I figure the correct and proper question would be:

What do you think Half Life 2: Ep. 3 will be like?

 

Somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed...

 

So why don't you use your own logic to see your way out of this thread? If you don't like it then don't read it. The point of this thread is for people to discuss different ideas or direction they would like to see with HL2 Ep3. We here all know that whatever Valve comes out with will surely not disappoint us. So I hope you got your rocks off and feel better about hating someones thread. And FYI, you did sound like a ****.

 

I'm not hating your thread. I just hate the way some people think they own everything.

And no need to insult me. I don't really appreciate that.

I have an opinion that differs from other people's. If you want to respect that, fine. If not, that's fine anyways.

Cheers!

 

Dude, you have no idea what you're talking about; game developers don't design the game around what they want in the game because their wants are not important. They design the game according to what the customer wants. If the customer wants a shooter, the studios get to work making shooters. If the customer feels that Diablo 3's atmosphere isn't dark/evil enough (and I agree), then Blizzard had better listen unless they want to lose 40,000 buyers. Its not about the developers' preferences; its a job, and their job is to deliver what they *think* the customer wants.

 

^^^^^ I second that. I respect your opinion but you shouldn't jump into a thread and start bashing it for no reason but your own opinion.

 

If this was true, companies would make money just for developing a game.


They make money when the game sells. No one buys, if no one likes. Hence, developers make games for the people. If they wanted to make them for themselves, they would mod-creators, not game developers. No doubt they use their ideas and visions, but in the end, the game is for the people. If it wasn't, they wouldn't release it, they would just sit at home and play it.

 

I just learned something today...playing through HL2 Ep2, after DOG tears that strider apart right before White Forest, I found the striders brain rolling around. I knew that the most of the combine enemies were somewhat organic but I didn't know they had brains. Interesting...

 

I picked it up and threw it around the first time I ran through Ep2... it's a cool little detail.

 

I was surprised, I thought to myself "I HAVE YOUR BRAIN, I HAVE YOUR BRAIN!!"

 

Haha, even got the screenshot with the Brain and the Gravity Gun.

Classy.

 

I want more G-man.

He makes the game amazing.

wtb G-man wallpapers.

 

Valve is almost obligated to have ALOT more Gman in Ep3. They have to explain who he is and who does he work for. Right now he's just some stalker with a speech impediment. But he certainly does make the story so much better. Mysterious.

 

Did they announce it yet?

 

No sir, not as of yet.

 

Maybe thats exactly what he is, and nothing more... man that would be a hilariously anti-climactic end!

 

I quite frankly don't care what the plot is, I just want more gravity gun fun.

 

The gravity gun is always fun to play with. I really wanna try to play through the game without using any weapons, just gravity gun.

 

I think a bunch of Star Destroyers will jump out of hyperspace. Imperial troops will begin invading earth. The Combine vs the Empire. Gordon starts throwing stuff around without his gravity gun. The G-man gives him a lightsaber. All of the sudden master Chief appears out of nowh..............

 

Whoa bro, chill out. I believe your committing one of the seven deadly geek sins by getting a buncha sci-fi stories mixed together. But that would be FREAKIN awesome!

 

I can bet that G-Man will not be revealed, and that there will most certainly be a HL3.

 

I don't want to expect anything of EP3 other than I hope to be fantastically surprised. Given their history, I'm sure Valve will pull off something spectacular.

 

I am still on the Normal HL2, i still have ep1 and ep2 and lost coast to play before ep 3

So far i love HL2, the graphic is great even though its 4 years old. I run it on all highest settings but no AA or AF smooth on my x3100 and my celeron cpu

 

I have a feeling that there going to give more info on the G-man. The way I see it they have to, maybe not give his full story, but right before alex's father....you know..... he was going to give a background on the g-man.

 

I have yet to play the original Half Life. I'm gonna buy it before Ep3 comes out. That will probably explain for of the story behind the gman. Its only 10 bucks on steam so might as well.

 

id like black mesa source to come out before hl2ep3.

hoping for a cool HL1 experience for free before playing hl2ep3...

 

HL 1 does not actually explain much

At lest not much about the G-man its more about how it all started with the aliens etc but overall HL does not really offer a great story

 

Call me crazy, but I haven't finished the original HL2 in the Orange box yet, that I've had for a long while now. I don't know why....

I get stuck, and I just stop playing

 

Are you stuck on Ravenholm??

 

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I'd like to know what happened to Corporal Adrian Shephard from Opposing Force. Other than that, I'm not too interested in the HL saga.

 

He probably god destroyed along with the rest of the worlds military when the combine took over.