Half-Life: Alyx Official Thread

[MaXenzie]

Must live in either Birmingham or swansea

porth

 

[Revanox]

Okay,, yeah I brought the full index kit and HL:A

I saved up for a year for VR, guess now is as good of a time as any

congratulations
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[Anthrax_PL]

im happy it works with oculus rift, was very happy when it said it was compatible : D

 

[Aether]

"Alyx Vance alone cannot not prevent his fate" right before "Don't open your eyes honey"

oh god oh fuck

yo what if Eli's death fucked up the timeline of HL2 and wasn't supposed to happen, so Gman goes to Alyx in the past to prevent Freeman's fuckup, seeing as Freeman wasn't meant to be out of stasis for the events after base HL2 - it's the Vorts that break him out of stasis after all, so I imagine his presence fucked up whatever great plan ol' HDman had in the first place

 

[Kafe]

yo what if Eli's death fucked up the timeline of HL2 and wasn't supposed to happen, so Gman goes to Alyx in the past to prevent Freeman's fuckup, seeing as Freeman wasn't meant to be out of stasis for the events after base HL2 - it's the Vorts that break him out of stasis after all, so I imagine his presence fucked up whatever great plan ol' HDman had in the first place

kinda hoping there is no time travel.
Kinda sucks the tension out of things if the plot just means you go back to unfuck things that went wrong.

 

[Aether]

kinda hoping there is no time travel.
Kinda sucks the tension out of things if the plot just means you go back to unfuck things that went wrong.

It's the Gman and the Vorts we're talking about here, not anyone else really. We've known they exist outside of the normal realms of time and space since Half-Life 2, it's really not something that should come of a surprise.

 

[Thood74]

kinda hoping there is no time travel.
Kinda sucks the tension out of things if the plot just means you go back to unfuck things that went wrong.

i mean, it would be a high stakes story with a twist at the end. You are essentally releasing earth of the combines grip while under the guise that you are merely taking the first step towards that goal.

 

[Kafe]

It's the Gman and the Vorts we're talking about here, not anyone else really. We've known they exist outside of the normal realms of time and space since Half-Life 2, it's really not something that should come of a surprise.

yeah but we've only seen them be able to put people 'on hold' or pause time. not really go forwards or backwards.
Even though they can stop time, it seems like they still have to obey the flow of time and have to wait.

 

[Dallas]

i think it's a double edged sword opening up a time travel plot but it wouldnt be out of place in half life, where inter-dimensional hard scifi is the founding principle

looking forward to being surprised, half life is unpredictable in its story and that's why im not worried about any possibility of time travel - the crazy vort stuff in the trailer indicates that it'll be anything but routine

great innovators in both gameplay AND story, HL1 and HL2 were incredibly visual storytelling games with plenty of complex things communicated passively and didnt treat the player like a total jabroni by spoonfeeding cunts everything, but knew when to hold the hand when it needed to

i have faith

 

[Isuckatgaming]

the crazy vort stuff in the trailer indicates that it'll be anything but routine

Bro imagine witnessing crazy vort or G-Man shenanigans in VR

bruh

 

[Aether]

yeah but we've only seen them be able to put people 'on hold' or pause time. not really go forwards or backwards.
Even though they can stop time, it seems like they still have to obey the flow of time and have to wait.

I mean there's no way to know if they wait or if they flash forward, after all a week goes on between HL2 and HL2:EP1

Even then, outside of them there's still iirc the literal flash forward that happens in HL2 when they use the Combine Teleporter in the Citadel and flash forward two weeks if memory serves. Time travel in the game itself.

 

[dallahan]

ngl

i cant wait to see how vortigaunts will look with the new source engine

 

[Revanox]

I mean there's no way to know if they wait or if they flash forward, after all a week goes on between HL2 and HL2:EP1

Even then, outside of them there's still iirc the literal flash forward that happens in HL2 when they use the Combine Teleporter in the Citadel and flash forward two weeks if memory serves. Time travel in the game itself.

They cannot manipulate time, but space.
G-Man put Gordon in an ethereal space at the end of HL2 (1st part), and the vorts pulled him out, since that wasnt planned Gordon landed somewhere under Debris (understandable, since pulling someone uncontrolled and in a haste could cause problems where he spawns, but it is worth the risk to have an asset still alive and functioning).
In my theory, "dont open your eyes honey" is probably that we are playing in a flashback, and as soon as we are completed that we might end up at the end of EP2, just to be teased yet again.

 

[Rabid]

ngl

i cant wait to see how vortigaunts will look with the new source engine

And voiced by the man himself??

Yeah I'm looking forward to it. With how good the zombies and striders look (they look really meaty underneath now which was only implied due to graphics), Vorts shouldn't be far behind.

 

[Aether]

ngl

i cant wait to see how vortigaunts will look with the new source engine

if possible, we must obtain them

Actually scratch that, HL:A RP when

 

[Revanox]

if possible, we must obtain them

Actually scratch that, HL:A RP when

Not HL:A RP, HL2:RP - Pre-Citadel

 

[Dallas]

HLA:RP but its a permadeath Rogue One style whitelist server about the quest to secure the gravity gun x

small team of early resistance in an impossible mission against the combine

kinooOOOOOooOoOoOo

 

[Merlinsclaw]

yo what if Eli's death fucked up the timeline of HL2 and wasn't supposed to happen, so Gman goes to Alyx in the past to prevent Freeman's fuckup, seeing as Freeman wasn't meant to be out of stasis for the events after base HL2 - it's the Vorts that break him out of stasis after all, so I imagine his presence fucked up whatever great plan ol' HDman had in the first place

Also, I'm replaying the Half Life Games and Black Mesa and a vortigaunt says "Eli Vance is indispensable to the liberation." I feel like this may just be right.

 

[Rabid]

If they pull some shit like that to change the timeline to justify not doing Ep 3 I'll be fucking amazed.

 

[Thood74]

tbh there will probably be a HL2RP server based around the time of HL:A with alot of elements along with the standard custom shit you see in HL2RP servers most of the time