Snarks?

[ZombieBudgie]

Well, I haven't heard anything on the matter, but does anybody know if the snark is going to be in HL2?

 

[Neutrino]

No idea. I doublt we'll find out until we play the game.

I'm hoping they are still there though.

 

[6iXx]

snarks = ?

 

[MultiVaC]

Don't think so. I read somewhere that they weren't I'll try to find the quote.

 

[Neutrino]

snarks = ?

Your on an HL2 forum and don't know what a snark is? Blasphemy I say!

Did you ever play Half-Life 1? There those cute little bug things that you can pick up and throw at things. Though they often had the tendency to turn around and eat you instead.

 

[Axyon]

I certainly hope so, they're a part of Half-Life just like the crowbar is.

 

[Chadda]

HL2 MUST have Snarks...best weapon ever created IMO...and the sound they made was fantastic. Plus, imagine the merchandising opportunities.

 

[Hazar]

Snarks=alien grenade bug things

I never used them much because they usually would end up on you.

 

[ZombieBudgie]

HL2 MUST have Snarks...best weapon ever created IMO...and the sound they made was fantastic. Plus, imagine the merchandising opportunities.

LOL - Merchandising opportunities. I would SO buy a Snark plush doll.

I remember someone in another thread asking about making toad rain in Source... Snark rain would be AWESOME.

 

[Edcrab]

HD pack snarks were one of the few recreated models I preferred over the original. OMG CUTE ANTENNA!! Although the daft new snark pack caused me to replace it with the traditional four-legged egg sac wannabe thingy.

I'd start a petition to ensure their return but man, are those things melodramatic.

 

[Chadda]

or a Snark stress ball that when squeezed made their little sound...oh yeah!

 

[BRODIEMAN2k4]

?????

 

[Duracell]

I'd rather have Snarks in the game than the crowbar

 

[adulus]

thats snorks...not snarks...i hope...
Lol, Snark Stress Ball? You have some serious stress there.

 

[Rocketman9mm]

I LOVED the snarks in HL. They were very usefull. You could dumpe them around corners where you knew enemies were and sit back and watch the carnage. The target couldn't evade them as well as a grenade that just sits there. You did have to be careful though. They were my fave weapon in multiplayer besides the rocket launcher and shotty. I'd hord them then release em on someone walking by and go "attack my pretties!"

If they are in HL2, perhaps they could be more friendly like the vortigaunts. maybe Eli managed to genetically alter them to attack only certain things or to not explode.

 

[Lanthanide]

I too used to howl "attack my pretties" while launching snarks at unsuspecting passerbys. Great fun.

Best place to use them in HL is during Surface Tension, you come into a large warehouse room with grunts and slaves fighting marines, while you're up on some high balconies - throw the snarks down to distract the enemies (and kill them) while you can observe the canarge at no risk to yourself.

 

[BRODIEMAN2k4]

Sorry, snorks was the first thing that came to mind when i saw the thread

 

[TheWart]

Ahh, snarks and scientists.....good times.

 

[Chadda]

I dunno about making them more friendly. Part of the attraction of Snarks was the danger involved when using them..so funny to see, in MP, people release Snarks and then have to run like crazy cause they would turn on their master...lol good times indeed.

 

[TheWart]

Don't forget that the new antlions are like bigger versions of snarks.

 

[Adrien C]

I love snarks, I hope they do comeback, who cares about the croosbow, I want snarks, oh wait, instead you get those ant lion grenades, remember.

 

[Lanthanide]

I don't know what the big deal about the crossbow is. IMO it's a stupid weapon - why can't we just have a sniper rifle?

 

[Gajdycz]

the best part about snarks were the idle animations, when u tickled it, and it bit ur finger... aww so cute. yeah, i would buy a plush snark and headcrab. and the antlions are like SNARKS 2.0

 

[torso boy]

i still think that manhacks are going to replace snarks in this game...snarks were cool though

 

[Gambone]

id be happy if there were just a poster on a wall in the game that read:

"Have you seen this snark? *picture* Please call 1-800-BLK-MESA if found"

 

[Agent.M]

I hope they make a return in HL2....great fun. :smoking:

 

[Impulse147]

I never really liked snarks, i somehow managed to kill myself with them more than my enemy. ah good times of running backwards while shooting at chasing snarks with my shotgun....only to miss and die.

 

[Lanthanide]

The bee gun was the best one to use against them because it would seek them out and kill them for you while they were jumping up and down insanely, and it didn't matter if you missed either.

 

[Impulse147]

The bee gun was the best one to use against them because it would seek them out and kill them for you while they were jumping up and down insanely, and it didn't matter if you missed either.

no gun worked for me, i'd unload em in a room with like 3-4 marines and they would attack me first.

 

[adulus]

Its part of HL1 programming. Given a choice, almost all enemy would choose to attack you rather that say, a grunt or a bullsquid.

Speaking of bullsquid, i heard that they make a comeback in HL2, but there is no pictures or footage.

 

[Brian Damage]

Snarks must return for Half Life 2 to be a true sequel :E . Maybe we should make a list of "Core Half Life concepts", like the HEV Suit, the Crowbar, the Pistol, the Laser Guided RPG, the Snarks and Gordon...

 

[The Monkey]

Its part of HL1 programming. Given a choice, almost all enemy would choose to attack you rather that say, a grunt or a bullsquid.

Speaking of bullsquid, i heard that they make a comeback in HL2, but there is no pictures or footage.

I also hope that the Bullsquid will return, together with the Houndeye.

 

[Rupertvdb]

Bullsquid is a definite, i'm fairly sure someone from valve said that, or they released that... the houndeye is still unknown to the best of my abilities, i hope they come back with those sweet blinking eyes.

 

[daveodeth]

no gun worked for me, i'd unload em in a room with like 3-4 marines and they would attack me first.

must be your animal magnetism. :naughty:

 

[Dr0ndeh]

i want to pick up snarks with the manipulator and launch them into some combine faces.

 

[Rupertvdb]

twould be fun, with physics you could chuck one into a shop filled with plates and truly see what a snark in a china shop looks like. Computer might not like it.

 

[urseus]

Id like to see that huge monster that was in the rocket silo again. Hearing those banging noises freaked the hell out of me when the level first loaded, made you think i dont know whats making that noise, but i know is really really bad.

 

[ZombieBudgie]

You mean from "Blast Pit", right? That's the tentacle. Classic.

Anyway, really, so what if they don't add snarks? How long would you think it'd be before a fan added them on their own? With the freedom of Source, I bet that would be a reality fast after the release.

 

[Impulse147]

Id like to see that huge monster that was in the rocket silo again. Hearing those banging noises freaked the hell out of me when the level first loaded, made you think i dont know whats making that noise, but i know is really really bad.
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it'd be cool to see a tentacle erupt from the ground and start attacking a strider.

 

[RipperRoo]

Omg, Snarks were the coolest badguys (and weapons) In the whole of HL!!
They were so cute! I want one!