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From what I know, episode 3 is going to be the end of the half life 2 story but not the end of the half life franchise. Presumably the combine are defeated and the earth has gone back to normal, or as normal as it can be with the occasional barnacle lurking in the sewers.
So, the combine are gone, but the walls between dimensions haven't been as strong ever since the resonance cascade, and occasionly portals to xen and other alien worlds open up, causing havoc when alien wildlife comes through these portals into our world (and possibly more intelligent aliens).
Gordon Freeman is now part of a team, dedicated to repelling these alien infestations and closing these portals. Funded by the miltary the team has plenty of high tech weaponry and equipment to assist them. This doesn't make the task easy who knows how large or powerful alien creatures can be. Thanks to reverse engineering left behind combine technology the team has found a way to teleport back into our world once they venture into the alien worlds and find whatever is holding the portals open. Sometimes the portals can be closed without entering them thanks to the teams technology. But any aliens already through the portal still need to be dealt with.
This game could work well being linear or free roam in my opinion. Being able to drive around locations and report to any portal openings could be fun, but if done well each linear mission could start at the portal site.
Well that's my idea, what do you think?
From what I know, episode 3 is going to be the end of the half life 2 story but not the end of the half life franchise. Presumably the combine are defeated and the earth has gone back to normal, or as normal as it can be with the occasional barnacle lurking in the sewers.
So, the combine are gone, but the walls between dimensions haven't been as strong ever since the resonance cascade, and occasionly portals to xen and other alien worlds open up, causing havoc when alien wildlife comes through these portals into our world (and possibly more intelligent aliens).
Gordon Freeman is now part of a team, dedicated to repelling these alien infestations and closing these portals. Funded by the miltary the team has plenty of high tech weaponry and equipment to assist them. This doesn't make the task easy who knows how large or powerful alien creatures can be. Thanks to reverse engineering left behind combine technology the team has found a way to teleport back into our world once they venture into the alien worlds and find whatever is holding the portals open. Sometimes the portals can be closed without entering them thanks to the teams technology. But any aliens already through the portal still need to be dealt with.
This game could work well being linear or free roam in my opinion. Being able to drive around locations and report to any portal openings could be fun, but if done well each linear mission could start at the portal site.
Well that's my idea, what do you think?
