'Look Inside' Prima Half-Life 2 Books

[Munro]

Prima Games, the creator of the official Half-Life 2 guide books have released new ‘look inside’ previews of two upcoming titles. On show is the
Half-Life 2: Official
Game Guide and Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar, a behind the scenes look at the development of HL2.
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'Look Inside'
Half-Life 2: Official Game Guide[br]
'Look Inside' Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar
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There are some minor spoilers about the plot and characters but the new art and images contained within are worth a look. They are in .pdf format so make sure you have Adobe Acrobat installed to view them.

 

[hool10]

There are actually some major spoilers if you read them. It tells you what happened to earth while you were sleeping...

 

[Asuka]

Sweet! Checking it out now.

 

[UberSoldat]

Don't look at it if you don't want it to ruin your HL2 experience. Its a BIG spoiler.

 

[Ecthe|ioN]

Thanks for telling me about the spoilers. I'm keeping my eyes away from it then Spoiling the game 2 weeks before release is kind of sad.

 

[UberSoldat]

I didn't look at it, though when I clicked it had some words that kinda ruined it. It even has characters never before seen. Which WILL spoil.

 

[Xenon]

Neat, nothing new though, except that one character.
And a small map of the City 17: Main Plaza

But still: Neat

 

[Dsty2001]

I read basically everything, makes me alot more interested than anything else.

 

[blahblahblah]

So what is the verdict? Small, meaningless spoilers? Or spoilers that will ruin HL2?

 

[Progz]

Loved every bit of it.

 

[Gorgon]

Dude this is crazy,

we are realy going to have a happy time playing it.

 

[Adrien C]

How big is the spoiler ?

Edit: ****, huge spoiler !

 

[Adrien C]

Hehe, you can d-load it to your pc for 9 USD, no point of buying it, we shall have the "Scans" 2 days after is out.

 

[Lethal8472]

Actually, they may not be spoilers. If you read Marc's quote next to the two script pages, it says the script is from early versions of HL2, meaning it has probably changed completely.

Spoiler

I would LOVE to see a slideshow involving a Garg turning over a tractor...in the full power of the source engine...

 

[Dougy]

There are actually some major spoilers if you read them. It tells you what happened to earth while you were sleeping...

To read or not to read?

READ! damnit READ!

*i have such little self dicipline*

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EDIT: oh my sweet sweet god...

Spoiler

Earths military lasted 7 hours? we suck.... i wonder if these scenes will be like in HL where you got teleported to them but you could move around and stuff.

 

[UKchaos2]

Only 2 weeks till we get the game, have a little will power will ya

 

[SubKamran]

There are actually some major spoilers if you read them. It tells you what happened to earth while you were sleeping...

I realized that before a few sentences so I stopped trying to decode what it was saying. :E

 

[Master Creep]

Er....I wanna see the spoiler (I know, no self-discipline either), but my eyes SUCK. The letter is waaay too small for me to read. Could anyone PM it to me?

 

[[Dragoon]]

I read em. It only tells you what you find out at the start of the game anyway.

Spoiler

After the black mesa disaster, Xen aliens began to leak out into the world. Seeking saftey, people began to crowd into the larger cities, where more military personel were.

Soon after, a large chunk of each city's center vanished, creating nothing but a large hole - which was soon filled by our friends the Combine, with a Citadel.

 

[Adrien C]

Where the hell do you see those spoilers ?

I don't see anything, my eyes must be spoiler free.

 

[Slainchild]

Spoiler

After the black mesa disaster, Xen aliens began to leak out into the world. Seeking saftey, people began to crowd into the larger cities, where more military personel were.

Soon after, a large chunk of each city's center vanished, creating nothing but a large hole - which was soon filled by our friends the Combine, with a Citadel.

OMFG that is awesome...but i don't get it....
:dozey:

 

[Master Creep]

Thanks.

 

[Master Creep]

Err...not to sound like a jerk...but could anyone post the entire "slideshow briefing" (spoilered, of course)?

 

[<RJMC>]

wow I am beginig to be more hyped about HL2

too bad that will not run in my PC

 

[Adrien C]

Hehe, it says in bing " DOMINATE THE ONLINE PLAY"

Hl2 Mp will be great. prepare to be surprised.

 

[Ames]

Err...not to sound like a jerk...but could anyone post the entire "slideshow briefing" (spoilered, of course)?

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showpost.php?p=912073&postcount=26

The text in the .pdfs...

Not in spoiler tags...

 

[Investigator]

Anyone recognized the new/old? scaner model?

 

[Master Creep]

Thanks....should be in spoiler tags tho....eh well thanks

 

[Mr. Redundant]

after perusing a couple posts down (mostly ones saying "should I read?.... edit: "huge spoilers eesh") I won't even open up the damn web page or read the other comments.

thanks for the heads up, and thanks to those of you who gave me warning.

 

[DarkGhost86]

WOW! Thank for Spolied

 

[Bandages]

Very minor, but still something. Just something I picked up on from the 'look inside' of the guide.

Spoiler

You don't actually get to team up with any AI resistance members until Chapter 11 (late into the game)

 

[stanr]

Moderators? Have you gone mad?

There are MAJOR spoilers in there. I think I will be entering HL2 info deprivation mode, to avoid the repeat of this experience.

Stan R.

 

[Dsty2001]

No, there isn't any *MAJOR* spoilers in there. It's basically what we've known all along, except put into more detail.

 

[Some_God]

Good thing the page isn't working for me... I don't want to read/hear any information that would take away from my HL2 experience.

 

[[Dragoon]]

Dudes, they're barely spoilers - this is stuff you find out pretty much right away in the game. It's all backstory.

 

[tsigo]

Which one comes with the Steam Gold pacakge? Sure hope it's the Raising the Bar, don't need a strategy guide.

 

[Ames]

Which one comes with the Steam Gold pacakge? Sure hope it's the Raising the Bar, don't need a strategy guide.

You get the strategy guide.

 

[flo_Orian]

omg wtf there is nothing to spoil oO

 

[Ames]

omg wtf there is nothing to spoil oO

You learn about a whole part of a level, what happens to Earth after Black Mesa, and what the Combine are.

 

[Cpt.Carnage]

Just a question, does the Raising the Bar book contain a strategy guide? I have the Raising the Bar book preordered. Just wondering if I should also preorder the Guide.

Cpt.Carnage

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