Who wants to play as Alyx in an expansion?

[Absinthe]

No
most of the hl players are guys...
Do they really think we can relate to Alyx???
It might work for games like heavy metal fakk2 and tomb raider where you get to play in 3rd person and look at the ass the whole time. but for a fps game it will be dumb.

What about NOLF? I didn't have a problem with playing as Cate Archer.

 

[kupocake]

No
most of the hl players are guys...
Do they really think we can relate to Alyx???
It might work for games like heavy metal fakk2 and tomb raider where you get to play in 3rd person and look at the ass the whole time. but for a fps game it will be dumb.

Pff... everyone knows that Girls are simply better than Boys. Besides, FPS games - especially one of HL's "No Third Person View" style - make it so that it doesn't really matter who you're playing as. Your experience of that Character in the game will be limited to characters calling you by a Girl's name and using Female pronouns in reference to you. Oh and your gun hand may be slightly thiner. Big Deal. Did anyone here really relate to Gordon Freeman that much? I certainly don't consider myself the scientest mass murderer type. And I think it's sad if people don't want to play as Alyx just because it makes them less macho or something.

"The HL2 Expansion has made you gay!"

Hey, I just thought of a major benefit. The Male Allied AI will be ultra polite and useful for you: no more blocking up doorways, they'll say "Ladies first" and get the hell out of your way... unless they spend too much time looking at my ass. Perverts.

 

[D€vIL²]

I disagree

personally i don't think there is as much scope for expansion of hl2's characters as there was for hl. Not sure why, maybe its because hl2 is so much more centered around Gordon Freeman and his mission, whereas hl everyone was part of this catastrophe and were all in the same boat.
I dunno, im just not as excited about expansions for this as i was with the first

I disagree, Half-Life 2 itsn't really based around Gordon, really he is A Big part in this GIGANTIC story, theres alot going on that we aren't even aware of yet (This is what I think) I mean we come into this whole epidemic in the very beginning when it first opens the portals, which were left open after HL1, we go "Sleep" then come back into this story years and years later after this whole 7 hour war (I think thats what its called) and other things im sure to this rebellion where the problem has obviously grown to where citys are over run and governed like a police state. gordon in my opinion isn't the center of HL2, in my opinion. (Sorry i didn't want to go on and on so I will stop here)

 

[Dr. Freeman]

i want to play as Adrian Shepherd.
i am interested in knowing what happens to him next.. btw there was a poll taken about month ago on this very subject with more option than just Alyx and Adrian Shepherd was the winner

 

[Cukel]

Well damn. I really hope Valve knows what's it doing. When you play as Alyx, you would expect her to speak when you have seen her speaking before. If she wouldnt, that would be plain dumb. If she does, then it completely ruins the feeling of being there, thats one of the main elements in Half-Life.

About Dog - well ugh. Sounds like a flop. Bullets dont hurt you, you move stupidly, you are too big to walk around in most of the buildings, you cant use any other weapons than your fists and other body. Boooring. And Dog isnt really a person, I cant imagine myself being a piece of metal with scripted AI ;P

I really hoped the expansion would be about Shepard, because we havent seen him speaking before, that would fit perfectly.

Well, whatever they will do, I will buy the expansion pack anyway Need more HL2.

 

[corkscru74]

Hmmm although she wouldn't have been my first choice I think if anyone can make an enjoyable game with Alyx as the main character Valve can.

I did think Dog was criminally under used in the main game and I'm starting to see why. Looks like Dog is gonna play a huge part in the Alyx expansion - she's a dainty little girl, he's a monstrous mound of metal able to protect her. Just like Gordon used the Ant Lions so Alyx will use Dog - unless he's off with Gordon lifting cars and what-not.

And, as said above, Alyx will have the Grav Gun from the start! Woot!!1!

If they do a sort of Opforce2 with a Combine maybe we'll get to see more of the Citadel. And also, maybe they'll put the Hydra back in. Valve said the only reason they took it out was that, while cool to watch the Hydra fight others, it was rubbish to fight against. I forsee you and a bunch of buddies storming the sewers and running into it - then running away from it! It could work, you're shown how dangerous it is by how many guys it takes out and then given an exit. For the rest of the level you're jumping over boxes, climbing ladders and pretty much getting the hell outta there!

 

[subtlesnake]

I really don't like the use of characters other than Gordon. They have their own personality so it doesn't make sense for them to remain silent.

Unless you want to imagine that really they're speaking which diminishes the strength of the illusion and the significance of Gordon. It also results in the creation of super characters, i.e characters that are as good as Gordon because the player is behind them. If Barney and Alyx and Dog are on an equal level with Gordon then why was Gordon hired and why is he significant or special?

It really takes away from the whole mythos.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

I, too, would rather see shephard in an expo.

Part of what defined alyx was that she relied on a very limited amount of technology. The combine door-hacker, the transforming handgun, and dog. That was just about it.
Plus, she knows kung-fu and is extremely good at hacking. That wouldn't really fit into hl2 gameplay too well.

 

[Walter]

...as for dog....YOU are dog?! it doesn't work for me...controlling dog, id buy that

Same with me .

 

[Malfunction]

I can't see you playing Alyx unless you talk and have a 3rd person model. Besides, she only use her pistol through the whole game.

 

[DreadLord]

if you played as a CS or a CE youd have access to the organic gravity gun! playing as a Combine Elite sounds ****in sweet now that i think about it... :sniper:

Excuse me? When would a combine (Other than that 5 minutes they have it while Gordon is locked up) have access to the organic gravity gun?

It's the only gravity gun we know of (other than the possibility of Dog having one in his arms or something). AND they don't know that the dark energy can make it into this anyways.

Unless you plan on altering the story of HL2 completely.

 

[Rafa 5.0]

no, not as Alyx, she is uninteresting and has already a personality well set..

think of this, playing as a random resistance member in another city, maybe city 14
The game could start right after the first explosion of the citadel(at the end of entanglement) and have your character rise up in arms against the combine, maybe having to travel to city 17 to launch an attack on the citadel, obviously you would hear a lot of talk on the way about the Free-man and have to meet up with him or something like that:thumbs:
Then having a part where you overtake a combine warehouse and get to pilot a strider and and and.... *slaps himself*

we can dream can't we?

 

[Cole]

Besides, she only use her pistol through the whole game.

What does that have to do with anything? We can already tell you that you will never see gordon(Would interfer with what valve does).
Thus we can tell you it most likly wont take during what HL2 went through.

 

[subtlesnake]

I vote for another nameless hero.

 

[Mitoboy]

The G-Man doesn't seem to bother with people are not of use to him. To me, Shephard was put into storage for a reason, even if his employers didn't exactly approve of it.

A expansion of him maybe fighting to destroy stuff that was cut out of the last game, like the air exchange.

 

[moggy]

The G-Man doesn't seem to bother with people are not of use to him. To me, Shephard was put into storage for a reason, even if his employers didn't exactly approve of it.

A expansion of him maybe fighting to destroy stuff that was cut out of the last game, like the air exchange.

te air exchange doesnt feature i dont think, but yes i agree with you and others who want to see sheperd return.

alyx has already been used in a part. i dont think she would be used again. like someone else said its characters which are not shown and that u play and that develop over time.

 

[Sars]

I'd like an expansion where Shephard gets to fight in the 7 Hours War.

Id killl to play that...

 

[DarkStar]

I don't care what the actual content is of the expansion, I just want to play more HL2.

 

[Chrsim]

I can't see you playing Alyx unless you talk and have a 3rd person model. Besides, she only use her pistol through the whole game.

3d person? You just want to look at her ass! :E

Anyway, i would like to play a expansion where you start of as a headcrab! Wouldnt that be great?! You could attach yourself to unsuspecting people to become a zombie, and maybe get upgraded to one of those fast zombies!
(Then again, maybe not...)

 

[Alec_85]

I voted Yes but I would love to see The Tiny Adventures Of LaMarr even more

 

[Tytarian]

I know it will not happen(at least not in the foreseeable future)but the character I would most like to play as,is the Gman,what with all his portal manipulating and such,would be the most interesting imo.

 

[Dr. Freeman]

I know it will not happen(at least not in the foreseeable future)but the character I would most like to play as,is the Gman,what with all his portal manipulating and such,would be the most interesting imo.

hmm..i don't think that will ever happen because part of why the G-man is so cool is because if the mystery that he is.
take away the mystery and suddenly the G-man doesn't seem as interesting anymore.

 

[Wolfy Snackrib]

I wanna play as Lamarr! Getting teleported away and snatch some crows muahahaha...

 

[CREMATOR666]

Your health would be like 25 or something if you play as Lamarr! Unless they make HEV suits for headcrabs, that is.

 

[Danimal]

HEV suits on headcrabs would be sweet

 

[Atomi]

It would be weird playing Alyx. She'd have to have a suit of some kind and she wouldn't be able to talk. That's how it's been in all the HL games.

 

[Sid Burn]

It would be weird playing Alyx. She'd have to have a suit of some kind and she wouldn't be able to talk. That's how it's been in all the HL games.

Nah... its going to be cool. you'll help gordon and you can also use your baton instead of a crowbar. well, anyway... its time for a change. :E

 

[Spugmaster]

I definitely think they need to do a prequel of sorts with the expansion. Perhaps showing the arrival of the combine, the people all gathering in the city for protection from the xen wildlife that remained on earth.

The citadel teleporting into city 17 and the combine establishing their dystopia would be awesome. All this stuff is mentioned in Raising the Bar and is ideas that did not get used for HL2. They could easily use it now for an expansion. They could even re-use areas that we have seen, like Ravenholme before it got taken over by zombies or perhaps you go there just as the combine are firing the headcrab missiles into the town and you see the citizens becoming headcrabbed.

There are so many possibilities to make this a kick-ass expansion. I hope they don't just cop out to make some quick cash.