E3 missing scenes in HL2

[Kalcyt]

Just wanted to ask why there aren't some scenes in HL2 that were presented in E3 movies, like Traptown, Docks with Headcrabs, blue tentacle grasping Combine soldier...
Are those parts from the leaked source code and eventually removed? pity...

 

[Cruiser]

Plenty of bits in the game were cut, including the borealis (a ship to take you to the air exchanger)

Originally the coast run took you to a train depot, then onto the air exchange (nova prospekt) then back in a c-130 to city 17.

 

[The Monkey]

All e3 2004 videos were there, but very few from e3 2003.

 

[el Chi]

The_Monkey: They were sort of there but all were heavily modified.

 

[Baal]

Yea, exactly, E3 2004 was there but different, as well as some from E3 2003.

Like BugBait and Tunnels (I think tunnels was from E3 2003...well, it was from 2003, I know that) were there, but completely changed.

 

[Archangel]

a part of traptown is in ravenholm, but with zombies instead of combine soldiers...obviously...

 

[rebb]

Traptown has become a part of Ravenholme, only that now u dont encounter any Combine at the place, and the whole fight inside the house as well as the girder- and container-trap are missing.

 

[ukfluke]

the girder & container trap were not in the stolen build either. It was just a demo for e3.

 

[ailevation]

Weren't the E3 videos just little 'scenes' created, just for show... but were never from actualy game? I thought they mentioned that in "The Final Hours of Half Life 2"; where they had to compile a 'scene' or whatever to show to E3 and Gabe had to decide whether it was good or not.

 

[T-Dogg]

Weren't the E3 videos just little 'scenes' created, just for show... but were never from actualy game? I thought they mentioned that in "The Final Hours of Half Life 2"; where they had to compile a 'scene' or whatever to show to E3 and Gabe had to decide whether it was good or not.

Yes, they did, the "proof of concept" scenes.

 

[bodhi]

there actually quite a few bits that werent in there. wasnt there supposed to be a ship/icebreaker section to the game, i remember seeing a screenshot of stuff like the antlions coming out of the water on the beach, and the screenshot of the fishing boat. it probably wouldt have fitted in well with the rest of the game.

im sure its for the best though, i mean there was loads that they changed for halflife1 and that turned out great didnt it.