... wants to see more of Alyx (and her crush on Gordon! :naughty: ) in Aftermath?
I've been reading through some of the old archives on the board and there seems to be a serious antipathy towards Alyx as a character within the Half Life universe. Personally, I thought that the "plot progression" scenes with Alyx were among the most memorable in the game.
"I'm not saying goodbye" is a great line - when you first hear it from her, she's talking to her father, but the second time she's talking to you. I honestly felt some warm fuzzies that this NPC cared about me.
Or when you arrive in BME and you're talking with Eli (well, Eli is talking to you, at any rate), and he says "Gordon can handle anything... with the possible exception of you." It's a credit to the engine that Alyx get's this incredibly embarrassed expression on her face that is completely believable, and you really think that it's a father teasing his daughter about her crush. And then she wanders off to do something useful, muttering to herself - perfect! That was cute and funny in and of itself - but when I turned back to Eli and he winked at me, that's when I knew that this game was doing something that no first-person shooter had done before.
And, of course, the final bit of that little arc was the "Ha ha! You did it!" at the very end, and Alyx jumps through the shattered glass and gives you a kiss. Of course, then everything is blown to hell, but still... I'd like to see where that goes.
So, really, am I the only guy who wants to see more Alyx plot/character/romantic interaction?
I've been reading through some of the old archives on the board and there seems to be a serious antipathy towards Alyx as a character within the Half Life universe. Personally, I thought that the "plot progression" scenes with Alyx were among the most memorable in the game.
"I'm not saying goodbye" is a great line - when you first hear it from her, she's talking to her father, but the second time she's talking to you. I honestly felt some warm fuzzies that this NPC cared about me.
Or when you arrive in BME and you're talking with Eli (well, Eli is talking to you, at any rate), and he says "Gordon can handle anything... with the possible exception of you." It's a credit to the engine that Alyx get's this incredibly embarrassed expression on her face that is completely believable, and you really think that it's a father teasing his daughter about her crush. And then she wanders off to do something useful, muttering to herself - perfect! That was cute and funny in and of itself - but when I turned back to Eli and he winked at me, that's when I knew that this game was doing something that no first-person shooter had done before.
And, of course, the final bit of that little arc was the "Ha ha! You did it!" at the very end, and Alyx jumps through the shattered glass and gives you a kiss. Of course, then everything is blown to hell, but still... I'd like to see where that goes.
So, really, am I the only guy who wants to see more Alyx plot/character/romantic interaction?
Actually, the more advanced npcs I can be quite fond of, especially that cute little Lamar, but those idiotic resistance forces are very annoying. They don't make me feel like I'm fighting alongside other humans... they make me want to kill them brutally for having such badly scripted AI. 
