What are you looking forward to in Ep3?

[RyanG]

Well, I for one want to see how Aperture ties in with the HL2 story. As if everybody else didn't. I don't, however, want the Portal gun in ep3... for some reason I think it'd ruin it.
I'm hoping for a few more things:

a) the helicopter! I think it'd be awesome if like the first map of the game alyx is flying the chopper and you've got some kinda mounted minigun or something and have to take down hunter-choppers and gunships while you make your way to the borealis. That would rule.
b) more enemies! I'm hoping that in ep3 or in other future games (hl3?) we'll see more of the crab synths and those weird fly thingies we saw in the citadel.
c) vengeance for eli! I wanna kill that ***tard advisor that snapped eli's neck. He was my favorite character! :flame:
d) I wanna blow up the borealis... that would be awesome. Flyin' away in the chopper with alyx while the borealis explodes.

 

[Sneaki]

The arctic, more info on G-Man, a chopper that doesn't crash, moar caek.

 

[SeBBeN]

Definatly the story overall!!
and i really want to know more about Gman.
I really hope that we will get an explanation to why he started the cascade and what his meanings are.

I want more zombies and a lot more scary stuff too!
Maybe some different kinds of combine forms and more close ups with the advisors!

Maybe i excpect too much but i know valve will pull of an amazing game and as long as the story goes on, I am happy

Cheers :cheers:

 

[RyanG]

I want more zombies and a lot more scary stuff too!

Yes, I'm hoping for more diverse zombie styles. I'm honestly getting tired of the same white-shirted blue-jeaned zombies... More zombie types would be good too, but I can't think of any viable categories right off.

 

[ellimanest]

Hard question to answer when we don't know what its actually going to contain. If it does take place on the Borealis then im looking forward to the possibility of a trickier puzzle then average. It would be awesome if there was a part were we are destroying the Borealis as asked and it ends up on its side, you having to run a bit before it goes boom or something (Yes I was thinking of CoD4 while writing that bit). Zombies, not sure if that's possible but if it is they would have to be crewmembers from the Borealis. Ice-zombies, made by the cold conditions. And ice headcrabs! Who am I kidding that's a rubbish idea, I'd hate if that was in it, well the zombie part.

 

[Sneaki]

That was a confusing post. What is it that you don't want, the headcrabs or the zombies?

 

[AntiCitizen001]

A release date...

 

[Sneaki]

I doubt they'll release the release date in Ep3. Release dates are meaningless these days anyway, it's not too hard to be patient.

 

[Blue Shifter]

Barney. Or at least mentions of what became of him after Ep1.

 

[Avoidist]

Some decent plot twists/revelations would do me nicely. Especially finding out about the Borealis.

 

[ríomhaire]

a) the helicopter! I think it'd be awesome if like the first map of the game alyx is flying the chopper and you've got some kinda mounted minigun or something and have to take down hunter-choppers and gunships while you make your way to the borealis. That would rule.

The only thing that could be more clich?ed is if that ends in a helicopter crash in which you lose all your weapons.

 

[Pinkle]

Oh, another one of these threads! Yay!


that said:

BARNEY!!!!!

 

[Druckles]

The fact that Valve will answer some questions. And the fact it's a game?

It doesn't particularly matter what else I'm looking forward to. It might not even happen.

 

[Triumvir]

It might not even happen.

no!

 

[Jeron]

- to find out more about g-man's mysteries.
- combine homeworld
- how g-man reacts when he finds out 'bout Ali (is it just unfortunate, or does it throw his plans apart entirely?)
- to battle an advisor

 

[TheBreenMachine]

*An appearance by Adrian Shephard.
*The return of Barney

 

[phoinix]

First post here! I absolutely love the half life series, played everything that was released on pc.

About Episode 3, I would like more scary stuff too (the Ravenholm level is one of my favorite fps levels of all time, horror-action packed, dark atmosphere, clever traps...), more zombie types and more info on Gman! Also more Resistance vs Combine fights and some elit combine units too! The end battle of Episode 2 was really good too.

 

[Pivovar]

*An appearance by Adrian Shephard.
*The return of Barney

i haven't been here for very long, as you can see from my post count, but from what i've seen here...brace yourself for epic flame-age ( i mean the Shephard part)

as for me, i want what most other people want, more about the Gman. And a cohesive storyline. All the previous games always have just clues, clues that are sometimes hard to piece together, and over time I began to think that they're just sticking random things in to make a plot (Not that I'm saying the HL story sucks, hell no, it's just hard to follow at times). I hope they wrap it up nicely or reveal stuff that makes sense, but i've seen games that end the series and leave a huge amount of lose ends. (Not that I don't believe in Valve, they've never disappointed me so far, but i'm just sayin)

 

[saratos]

I can see the arctic as a great setting for another horror level. You know what? Fast zombies in snow-drifts. You know what else? Hunters would be effing awesome for some sort of scary section. The whole concept of the snow, and it's effects on the environments and buildings could bring in some fresh gameplay.

One thing I have to wonder about is: Where the hell are all the combine that conquered the rest of the world? There must be at least 17 combine bases, so where are they? And if they DIDNT actually conquer the whole world in 7 hours, then where are the rest of the humans? We're goin to iceland, and perhaps exploring into Apertueres past, so we will probably get an explanation.

 

[lord_raken]

* kill advisers!!!!!!!!!
* more synths
* more Alyx character development
* more back story
* more hunters
* a hunter based level "hunt the hunters"
* smarter hunters (so the actually: hunt, stalk, and Strategically coordinate as a pack
* the addition of a small but significant game-play mechanic
* news on what the hell is going on in the rest of the world!
* answer the question: how did taking out city 17 change much if anything?

 

[Deinonut]

Hmm i wonder what fast and poison zombines would be like

 

[Alterego-X]

An epic cliffhanger at the end, more questions than at the beginning, etc.


Just as usual....

 

[ChiliFan]

I'm hoping for:

• Development of Alyx's character
• Return of Barney or at least an explanation of his fate
• Some sort of helicopter ride

 

[Shoes_Buttback03]

I'm hoping for more gnomes.

 

[dumba$$]

more zombie types, combine types and maby new technology (robots, anyone?)
new guns, alternale melee to the crowbar (icepick). Gman info, revenge for eli, the choppa, fighting alongside alyx AND barney (he hasnt been seen since the train station in ep 1), finally getting to use the combine sniper rifle, more bosses like in HL1, RETEARN TO XEN! moar acheivments, and a partridge in a pear treee....
*breaths*
I have no idea where that last one came from. :-3

 

[Nathan]

A release date...

 

[Apocalypse89]

I'd post a list, but it would be way too long. Suffice to say that I'm looking forward to see what Valve have been cooking up all this time. If it's taking this long to develop, it must be good.

 

[Cpt Tenacious]

Whoa, I just went from page 2 to 1 and now everything is orange.

But I want

1.More Alyx (her character is great and I want more of it)

2.New weapons

3.INFO

 

[L3N!N]

A cinematic scene assuring us that the world can be sewn back together after the combine. Or just something that assures us about that.

Dynamic snow.


How Chell/Aperture will tie in with the story.


Explore ALL of the Borealis.


New Zombies.

Enhanced graphics, but not something like a brand new engine.

Helicopter...


Dynamic Snow.


Another city with a citadel.


Advisors.


Combine home world.

 

[Pinkle]

I would definitely love a cinematic cgi thing at the end. Something epic... I bet Alyx would be beautiful <3 <3 <3

 

[ellimanest]

Seeing a pack of hunters running at you in the snow, only really far off would be awesome. It'd be all what do we do! I think I'd resort to running away.

 

[Lokizen]

Something tells me we'll be seeing the Combine homeworld...

 

[f_combineftw]

i would like to see some return of the xen army that comes to the rescue or somethin, only they dont know there rescuing the rebels (the xen army jest realyu hates combine) and later on the vorts speak with them and tell them that gordan is not the destryoer od worlds (like they thought in half life 1) and they all join up and have a nice tea party (forget about the part with the tea party)

 

[f_combineftw]

i hope we see some kind of xen army that saves the day, only they dont know it cause they like attacked the combine from behind or somethin. So then when they reach the rebels the vorts tell the xen army that gordan isnt the destoyer of worlds (like they thought in half life 1) and they all become freinds and fight the combine.

 

[Shoes_Buttback03]

Hey a Scanner idiot posting on everythread in existence to get his count up. Original.

 

[f_combineftw]

yeah well im jest going to ignor you considering i dont realy care about my post count, im not some overzealuos half life net wanting post fan boy that masturbates over the alyx lovin thread. I jest want people to hear my opionon about a subject like everyone else wants people to hear there opionon. O and sorry for that double post im kinda new here and stuff

 

[Robert-]

Moar Aperture and moar G-Man.

 

[f_combineftw]

i wasnt so sure that the borealis was an apeture scince ship at first beacuse it looked all rusty and stuff (after seeing the white shiny walls in Portal, its a large contrast), but then again it was probably lying around there for like 30 years or so.

 

[Azner]

*An appearance by Adrian Shephard.
*The return of Barney

In before Samon flame.

Anyway, Combine arctic units. Like we would see another faction of the combine, the type that is mobilized in lower temperatures

 

[leib10]

-New enemies.
-Advanced AI for enemies and allies alike.
-Possible new weapon/game mechanic.
-Upgraded particle system (blizzard, anyone?)
-Fighting in the snow (somewhere we haven't gone yet in HL)
-Major plot revelations, including G-Man's true role in all of this.
-Updated graphics for some things that haven't been upgraded since HL2 (like the casings from the SMG... despicable).
-More on the role Aperture Science plays in all this.
-Some sort of manifestation of the growing romance between Gordon and Alyx.
-New Zombie skins.
-True Advisor combat.
-Better-written dialogue than the first half of Episode Two.
-More difficult physics puzzles.