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Title: half life 2: episode two
Post by: Stealth on October 16, 2007, 08:56:54 pm: anyone played yet? the trailers look AWESOME.

i'm downloading it right now :D
Title: Re: half life 2: episode two
Post by: achtung on October 16, 2007, 10:59:46 pm: It's pretty good, but the ending's a wee bit cheesy.
Title: Re: half life 2: episode two
Post by: Stealth on October 18, 2007, 03:05:10 am: ok i'm not there yet. i'm at the point where they get ambushed
Title: Re: half life 2: episode two
Post by: Stealth on October 18, 2007, 05:39:13 am: OK just finished it.

they really set it up for Episode 3 :D :D :D
Title: Re: half life 2: episode two
Post by: Fineus on October 21, 2007, 03:44:27 pm: Yeah, it does look like something of an "all or nothing" for Ep 3. Nice inclusion of Aperture as well... really ties the whole lot together quite nicely.

Hopefully Ep 3 won't take that long to see release though (compared to Ep 2 anyway) as they won't be bringing Portal and TF2 out with it at the same time...
Title: Re: half life 2: episode two
Post by: G0atmaster on October 21, 2007, 10:53:11 pm: Hopefully you get to/have to use a portal gun at some point in the future.
Title: Re: half life 2: episode two
Post by: vyper on October 28, 2007, 01:31:37 pm: One would assume that similar technology exists on board the Borealis.
Title: Re: half life 2: episode two
Post by: Ashrak on October 30, 2007, 07:10:46 am: noone knows what youll find aboard the borealis :)
Title: Re: half life 2: episode two
Post by: Fineus on October 30, 2007, 07:46:20 am: Well that's true, but given Valve have tied the Black Mesa and Aperture Lab. histories together - both in Portal and in Ep:2 - it's a fair bet that what you'll find at least has a passing resemblance to the styling of Portals tech.

That said - how they'd go about combining Portal and Half Life as games is beyond me - Portal contained very strict specs on where you could and couldn't create portals, as well as a lack of other weaponry available to the player. Half Life on the other hand features are far more "natural" world with other weaponry also available. They'd have a very hard time allowing you to create portals in the Ep:2 or Ep:3 worlds.
Title: Re: half life 2: episode two
Post by: Ransom on October 30, 2007, 08:40:34 am: I suspect they'll just make a second Portal game and keep the portal gun out of Gordon's hands entirely.
Title: Re: half life 2: episode two
Post by: G0atmaster on October 30, 2007, 11:40:17 am: Heh, check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKg3TUPQ8Sg

Then go here (http://www.primotechnology.com/2007/10/17/half-life-2-portal/) to see how it's done.
Title: Re: half life 2: episode two
Post by: Ashrak on November 03, 2007, 08:04:11 am: just finished ep 2, god damn brain suckers :(
Title: Re: half life 2: episode two
Post by: diceman111 on November 03, 2007, 11:31:19 am: I wonder if you will finally get some cake in either EP3 or Portal 2
Title: Re: half life 2: episode two
Post by: G0atmaster on November 03, 2007, 01:53:36 pm: ashrak, use the spoiler tag! sheesh!

Now go back and play it with portals!
Title: Re: half life 2: episode two
Post by: Ashrak on November 03, 2007, 02:55:57 pm: nah, HL2 AI dosent seeme to understand that they can shoot me through portals :)
Title: Re: half life 2: episode two
Post by: Stealth on November 04, 2007, 12:28:28 am: LOL at the last part of that video, where he creates the portal to drop the can into the trash can in the well-recognized sequence :p