Have we already seen the beginning of the game?

Originally posted by Wheresthenoose?
firstly i just wanna say that Davekap guy has the coolest little picture A-insert the rest of the word thing here- thing. Its cool....

It would be good to see an orientated ride like the others. It gives it a lot of character... especially a new awe inspiring graphical fantastical explosion of goodness and other cool stuff. yup. And the moment we get the crowbar better be an awsome one too.... and the manipulator. And when we first play it. Hope i dont get nervous weeing...
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Nate? That you?

Er, Gdman?
 
Originally posted by Estevan
OMG YOUR RIGHT!!!!!!
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public service announcement:

your doesn't mean you are.

on your right!!!

you're right.

there is a difference
 
remember how hl started

i bet it will be something like that and then u will end up on the docks
 
whos nate? not me... thanks for the cookies and milk though,
 
DOnt Know If This Has Already Been Posted But She Says Your Looking At Me >>AGAIN<< it cant be the start of the game
 
No. I also think the lab isnt the begining of the game.
I think we will walk solo for a while lost , scared and after an hour or two we will meet a npc who will explain the first piece of the story.
 
Hm. I don't think it is the beginning of the game. Because Alyx says "Your staring at me AGAIN." So wouldn't that mean that he would have been staring at her before? Just guessing.
 
you start in a prison where gman has a lot of aliens. you are there inspecting the prison when the aliens breakout. that's why you won't have any weapons. that's why there are some early screens where it's all orange and there's a guard shooting on an antlion in a prison...i think you will "wake up"in the prison while theres a lot of riot.

then the aliens escape and invade city 17 and etc...they call their master and he eats the city beacause he is looking for someone..or something..???


makes any sense?
 
up to the part where the master comes and eats the city because hes looking for someone, yes that does make sense andrix.
 
Originally posted by Whezzy
DOnt Know If This Has Already Been Posted But She Says Your Looking At Me >>AGAIN<< it cant be the start of the game
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yeah, ever heard of amnesia?
 
Speculating on Half-Life 2 is what this forum is for...

el Chi, thanks for recognizing my skills of knowledge, and knowing that the Strider beam is not a telepoter. :D

Wheresthenoose? thank you for complimenting my forum avatar, remember, you can find it in the Half-Life 1 easter egg hunt HL2 tech demo map thingy that Adam made :D

And finally, no, the beginning of the game is not the docks, because that would be the most incredibly lame beginning of a game ever (unless there is some seriously persuading story-telling before the scene).
 
again

I think its going to start with another tram like sequence...maybe...like on one of the busses in city 17

PS OR BETTER YET u wake up on the bus and everythings blurry and theres explosions everywhere and striders and the drivers going out of control..and u tip over and u just run untill u meet up with someone who gives you a protective suit (maybe eli!)
 
well it can't be klieners lab. because you play as gordon. so that must mean gordon must know what happened before he was staring at aylx.

wat you think after the teleportation from the tram ide (end of hl) he ends up in klieners lab standing, looking at alyx. errm no lol.
 
Originally posted by Maskirovka
public service announcement:

your doesn't mean you are.

on your right!!!

you're right.

there is a difference
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OMG YOU'RE RIGHT!

Anyway, Andrix's idea is my favourite one so far.
 
The part where you are on the price is right, cheating on the giant pachinko machine using a much smaller pocket concealed version of the gravity gun is the real beginning of the game.

I agree that the weird docks feel like some kind of beginning. Especially finding the crowbar right away and being distant from a rather detailed and elaborate scene. Docks are also a convienent place to start a game because it almost immediately implies you can't go back wherever you came from. The game will most likely have some kind of rolling/credit type of intro like half-life did where you can look around and what not, (at least I hope it does, I thought that was really cool), and that could very well be the boat ride. (Although that would be a strange fit for this kind of engine)

I hope the benchmark doesnt give too much away, I'd rather have it be a mystery right up until I play.
 
Originally posted by Democritus
I'm guessing the game will start out with some sort of orienting "ride" as it did in HL1. Perhaps an aircraft ride with the Gman sitting across from you saying "we've been rather busy in your absence, Mr. Freeman" as Gordon looks over the crazy stuff going on in City 17.

Then Alyx, the stewardess, comes up comes up and gives you one of those really small bags of peanuts and a soda. That's right before you're shot down by a strider and you crash near one of those charming European cafe's where you get to know Alyx better, and she gives you a Glock with her phone number engraven into the side to remember her by. Then you see her get into a Ferrari with Doctor Kleiner, and the doctor stares as you with menacing jealousy as he floors it. Then you realize you've got no cash, so you do a dine and dash, only to be chased down by the owners of the Cafe, who are really Combine agents. They scream "I want my two euros," start shooting, and thus it all begins. The only real gripe the Combine has with you is that you didn't pay your bill and the point of the game is to try to bum two euros off someone to make the Combine leave you alone.
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HOLY SHIT DOOD. ;p LOL. YOU MAKE ME LAUGH.
 
OMGWTFBBQ lol asl plz

Is it so hard to take the time to type correctly, people? I'm referring to a few posts up.
 
Originally posted by Democritus
I'm guessing the game will start out with some sort of orienting "ride" as it did in HL1. Perhaps an aircraft ride with the Gman sitting across from you saying "we've been rather busy in your absence, Mr. Freeman" as Gordon looks over the crazy stuff going on in City 17.

Then Alyx, the stewardess, comes up comes up and gives you one of those really small bags of peanuts and a soda. That's right before you're shot down by a strider and you crash near one of those charming European cafe's where you get to know Alyx better, and she gives you a Glock with her phone number engraven into the side to remember her by. Then you see her get into a Ferrari with Doctor Kleiner, and the doctor stares as you with menacing jealousy as he floors it. Then you realize you've got no cash, so you do a dine and dash, only to be chased down by the owners of the Cafe, who are really Combine agents. They scream "I want my two euros," start shooting, and thus it all begins. The only real gripe the Combine has with you is that you didn't pay your bill and the point of the game is to try to bum two euros off someone to make the Combine leave you alone.
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Haven't laughed like that in weeks! LOL
 
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yeah... beginning of the game.. and stuff
i don't think we've seen it :dozey:
 
Valve wouldn't do a stupid thing like that, you all know how tightly they're keeping a lid on the story. We know basically nothing about the premise of the game....
 
I think that arriving by aircraft in City 17 and your going to be attending a conference about standard scientific duties will be how the game starts out.
Imagine flying above City-17 seeing the expansive city in all its glory, with the sun rising and the high dynamic range rendering providing for an awe-inspiring look at the relective surfaces and brilliant glare reflecting off the crafts window. You turn around and people modelled perfectly are chatting with you. Then some kind of alien craft comes hurtling down towards the ground right next to your craft. Then it it accompanied by many more crafts, and a large ship lowers itself over the center of the city, and out comes a large black structure, and it plants itself over an open space between a few large buildings. You make an emergency landing and suit up. Its go time.
 
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