Gazork0
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I hope there are references to Norway in a suchlike whaling outpost :E...Wait a minute, a whaling outpost! That would be an interesting locale
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I hope there are references to Norway in a suchlike whaling outpost :E...Wait a minute, a whaling outpost! That would be an interesting locale
I hope there are references to Norway in a suchlike whaling outpost :E
A whaling outpost would have lots of harpoons. Harpoons are fun.
It must be hard coming up with ideas for Ep3, as there is a lot of nothingness up there. There is the Artic Base and Borealis, but what else could be up there? A german U-boat that you could explore, a whaling outpost...
we are going north right? so we might go to the north pole, so that means we'll see one of these sticking out of the ground,
i got one
The night was moist.......
This makes the most sense. I could also see valve starting the game with Gordon waking up on the helicopter as its in flight to the Borealis. The only thing that gets me is that why would Gordon be passing out to begin with? I guess you could argue it would be due to stress from the strider battle and witnessing Eli's death. But really? After everything hes gone through hes gonna pass out from Eli's death? To bad there isn't a amphetamine drip in that HEV suit.
So if we do indeed start the game before the heli ride, how long will the heli ride be? I mean, is it gonna be in real time to get to the borealis, or will there be a lot of exposition of Alyx during the heli ride then 5 minutes later we are magically there? Even if we do get shot down/crash (which is highly likely) how far would we have to travel on foot? unless we had one of these of course :E http://www.break.com/index/sweet-subaru-with-snow-tracks.html
ok so basicly heres how i see the 3rd and final episode unwinding:
The plot of Episode Three is largely unknown. Judging from events at the end of Episode Two, it will see Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance moving even further away from City 17 to an arctic setting some distance away. The plot has been rumored to revolve around the Borealis - an ice-breaker vessel belonging to a rival corporation of Black Mesa, Aperture Science -- the same fictional company featured in the recently released Portal. It is believed some powerful technology exists on board. It would appear that the main objective of Episode Three is to find the ship and the technology on board and save Dr. Judith Mossman in the process. The various characters in the Half-Life universe have differing opinions about whether the technology on board should be destroyed to prevent another catastrophe or preserved to be used against the Combine, and hence it is likely that Gordon and Alyx will be tasked with one or the other over the course of the game. This will most likely the latter, as Eli Vance was killed in Half-Life 2: Episode Two, and Isaac Kleiner is the character that supports harnessing the technology.
It is presumed that the player also will see the G-man's plans for Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance, and the "unforseen consequences". It is also possible that being the final episode, there may be a function of player choice towards the end that affects the outcome, but will most likely not occur seeing as the beginning of Half-Life 2 dashed whatever path the player choose at the end of Half-Life. Also that would leave the alternative option that the beginning of Half-Life 3 would establish to be non-canon and therefore irrelevant.
It is possible that the powerful technology could have to do with the destructive Artificial Intelligence GLaDOS, or the Portal Gun present in the game Portal. This is also supported in some unknown way by the back story of creating AI presented in Valve's viral marketing site http://www.aperturescience.com. This is also supported by Dr. Isaac Kleiner stating that when the Borealis disappeared it took some of the dock with it, presuming that the technology on board is a kind of Portal Technology.
It is also possible that there will be a reappearance of GLaDOS, possibly on board the Borealis, this could explain her saying that she was 'still alive'. She may be used against the Combine, as she said she is the 'only thing between us... and them' suggesting that she may have formulated a plan to defeat the Combine or have the ability to hold them at bay. However given that she stated that "I have an infinite capacity for knowledge and not even I know what's going on out there" This seems unlikely. It is most likely that she knows that some entity is doing bad things, but not that the entity is the combine, if that is indeed the entity in question. Also given the exiting of the aperture science facility into a parking lot in what appeared to be a forested area, it's unlikely that GLaDOS is on the ship, but still possible, given the numerous spheres shown at the end of portal, which contain GLaDOS's central files and operating kernel
ya thats how i see it i cant wait :upstare:
that seems like a fairly possible series of events
one thing though...how would alyx get there before you "without" the helicopter that you and barney are in
She'd have headed you off in another plane. Of course copters can only fit abotu 7 people, not enough to begin an assualt on the Boarealis.
I think everyone is far too tired because of all the help they gave us fighting off those striders,
off course with Alyx mourning her father, Kleiner might whip out Little Nelly for you
Here it goes:
game begins EXACTLY where you were left off. Alyx is crying over Eli's dead body with D0g sitting there. Kleiner and Magnusson shortly run into the hanger, investigating on all the ruckus. They are both devastated by what they see (especially Kleiner) and then Uriah run in with a couple other Vorts and attempt to heal Eli. While they are occupied, time freezes and a familar man in a blue suit appears and talks to you about.... something (probably talking about Eli's death). Time restores and the Vorts give up on attempting to heal Eli since he's long gone. Then some sort of ceremony takes place (involving the Vorts?) for Eli.
After the ceremony Alyx, in her frantic state, almost leaves in the helicopter on her own. She doesn't want anyone to come with her and she wants to avenge her father's death on her own. Kleiner eventually convinces her to take Gordon with her. Then you get in the helicopter (Alyx piloting, Gordon operating weapons) and take off for north.
The first level is you fighting Combine gunships, helicopters, and maybe mortar synths (since they fly) in your helicopter. You make occasional landings to make repairs or fill up gas and on these landings you encounter enemies like zombies and antlions. In one landing a bunch of Combine ambush you and you fight them off, but they manage to knock Gordon out... somehow. You're partly conscious as Alyx tries to drag you to the copter and says something like "God, you're heavy Gordon. Sorry, we gotta lose some of these weapons."
Then everything goes black (maybe a very very brief Gman siting) and you wake up in the copter with Alyx saying you've been out for hours and gas is almost out so you're landing. You've lost most of your weapons, but still have the pistol, crowbar, smg, (maybe AR2?). The copter lands and that's the end of the first level. You're close enough to the arctic base Mossman was at to continue on foot.