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Originally Posted by Marc Laidlaw
Dear X,
Thanks for writing. Explanations outside the context of the game are
not really something we want to get into. Most of the things that are
hazy are that way simply because the right time and place has not come
about for clarifying these things in the context of the games. So, I
try not to say anything that would spoil revelations and backstory that
we may want to use in the future or are currently developing. The
relation between the Nihilanth race and the Combine is one of those
things. As for Race-X being from Xen, I'm not sure any of the aliens
we've seen were actually from Xen originally. Xen is a borderworld--a
place you have to go through to get to other places. It was colonized
by certain creatures that could adapt to it. The Race-X creatures
didn't seem particularly well adapted to Xen. I imagine their home lay
somewhere beyond.
Marc Laidlaw
notice he says nihilanth race and not Xen race.
also about xen being a borderworld, a dimensional slingshot. its interesting he says none of the races were originally from xen, but the ones that could survive there populated it...
finally the race-x creatures didnt seem particularly well adapted to xen, and that their homeland lay somewhere beyond...
Dear X,
Thanks for writing. Explanations outside the context of the game are
not really something we want to get into. Most of the things that are
hazy are that way simply because the right time and place has not come
about for clarifying these things in the context of the games. So, I
try not to say anything that would spoil revelations and backstory that
we may want to use in the future or are currently developing. The
relation between the Nihilanth race and the Combine is one of those
things. As for Race-X being from Xen, I'm not sure any of the aliens
we've seen were actually from Xen originally. Xen is a borderworld--a
place you have to go through to get to other places. It was colonized
by certain creatures that could adapt to it. The Race-X creatures
didn't seem particularly well adapted to Xen. I imagine their home lay
somewhere beyond.
Marc Laidlaw
notice he says nihilanth race and not Xen race.
also about xen being a borderworld, a dimensional slingshot. its interesting he says none of the races were originally from xen, but the ones that could survive there populated it...
finally the race-x creatures didnt seem particularly well adapted to xen, and that their homeland lay somewhere beyond...