I never played HL1(questions)
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I just finished HL2... is it supposed to continue or something? I get to a point where time appears frozen and some guy is talking to me. Walks through a door, and that's it? Is this where HL3 will start with? How did HL1 end? Why are there a bunch of aliens running around?
I did play A LITTLE bit of HL1, at first aliens from that other dimension came through some device that blew up. That's about as far as I got with that one, it was a friends copy. Why are they friendly now, some evil and all that?
I guess I am lost, and ain't too satisfied with the ending so far for HL2.
I just finished HL2... is it supposed to continue or something? I get to a point where time appears frozen and some guy is talking to me. Walks through a door, and that's it? Is this where HL3 will start with? How did HL1 end? Why are there a bunch of aliens running around?
I did play A LITTLE bit of HL1, at first aliens from that other dimension came through some device that blew up. That's about as far as I got with that one, it was a friends copy. Why are they friendly now, some evil and all that?
I guess I am lost, and ain't too satisfied with the ending so far for HL2.
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Here's my interpretation: Gman is obviously not from earth or from the alien world that earth connected to in HL1. He works for someone else, some kind of inter-planetary MIB. So do you, through him, as of the end of HL1 (assuming that you chose that path, which HL2 does assume).
Your time in City 17 is one of your missions, but you don't really get told much. He teleports you from the end of HL1 directly into the train bound for City 17. It's years later. This is proved possible later in the game, remember when you and the pretty girl miss a whoile week?
After defeating the doctor at the end of HL2, the Gman moves you to a new mission. Who knows what surprises that mission may hold for Gordon.
As I said, that's my interpretation, but it seems to fit, ja?
What about all them aliens and stuff...
The combine moved to enslave them aswell, so they allied with the humans.
The HL universe's story isnt spoon fed to you and there are lots of little details around the world that give you clues.
~Cyrix
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Lots of good free add-ons from places like Planet Half Life as well - try They Hunger, 1, 2, & 3.
Obviously HL1 ain't quite so pretty as the latest instalment but for such an old game, very playable indeed.
That's a guy being converted into a "Stalker", or a human fused with Combine technology. You see them in on the monitors in Nova Prospekt, and in the Citidell.
Combine are just humans with a frontal labotamy done.
Nope. They are a difrrent species which invaded Earth, and (much like the Borg) assimilate diffrent races into their own workforce. (says so in Raising the Bar, and I believe the strat-guide).
In fact, the 'thing' Dr. Breen is seen talking to both at the beginning and the end of the game is what the Combine species actually is.
I don't think we get a name for the other race, yet.
The place where the headcrabs came from and other creatures was xen.
The combine have captured a gonarch(the big walking testicle) And are basically breeding headcrabs then putting them in shells and when they want to make an area uninhabitable they will fire loads of headcrabs into the area.
He speaks to Odessa and "maybe" gives him the info that a gunship is on the way plus a rocket launcher?
And the characters were all expecting Gordon, so they must of been notified of his arrival by something(probably the GMAN)
Also he seems to be invisibe to combine turrets and ant lions(you can see that on 1 of the security cameras in nova prospekt)
And he is a pirate(I'll show you the screenshot of him in a boat with a crow on his shoulder later) :P
How do you know he gets paid in material possessions? And where is it explicitly stated that the Gman acts as Gordons broker? from what I remember, there are several references to Gordon being a man of unique talents, Gordon being utilised in the right place / time etc.... but nothing that would definifitively state what the Gmans relationship is with Gordon.
where's this? Sorry, not being awkward now, really don't remember this bit from the game.
they weren't expecting Gordon at all, after Barney meets you in the station and drags you off to the interrogation room one of the first things he says to the doctor is 'look who I found wandering round', the doctor then says (with a great deal of suprise) 'I don't believe it', if he was expecting Gordon why was he so suprised? My interpretation of the first scene is that Gordon appeared completely unexpectedly, it's only after he makes contact with Barney that people, when you meet them, have been expecting him.
And? how does that prove he's one thing or the other?
that's because pirates kick ass, no matter where / when you're from
G-Man at end of game.
"I've recived some intresting offers for your services, normally I would'nt contemplate them, but theese are extraordinary times"
In a coast level you can look through a pair of binoculars at the little village you fight the gunship at, and you see them speaking on the roof.
I'm loading up the game to get the wording right here.
Kleiner - Gordon Freeman but I expected more warning?
Barney - You and me both.
Im sure there where some other references to him being expected but that sentence paticulary jump out at me and suggest they where told of his arrival, because let's face it if I was presumed dead and suddenly turned up after 10 years without aging I would expect a bit more of a reaction
Does not prove anything, just something to ponder if he can't be seen by ant lions or turrets has gotta mean something
Yar! Swab the deck!
ah ha, but why would he not usually contemplate offers for Gordons services if he's some kind of broker as you suggest? Surely he'd always at least contemplate offers?
Didn't know that, fair enough
Hmmm..... I dunno, I still don't think the G-man has anything to do with Gordon being expected, the characters you meet early in the game seem to exhibit more suprise at seeing Gordon than I'd expect if they were anticipating his arrival.
Anyway, Valve have kept the storyline deliberatly vague precisely so you can come up with your own interpretations and have exactly this kind of conversation.
I still reckon he's from the future though.
now G-man as Gordons great great great great grandson, that's my kinda theory
FACTS:
Gordon Freeman was a materials handler at the Black Mesa Testing Facility.
They were working on transportation technology using a material that (to us gamers) came from an unknown location/place in the universe? (I think we got it from the same place the G-Man hails from...'cuz I think he started this whole mess to begin with...top to bottom)
The administrator of the facility at the time, Dr. Breen, for reasons specifically unknown was indeed pushing the scientific community, and it's equipment to it's very limits. (Interesting that on several occassions the Scientists are seen talking/arguing with the G-man, but it is not known if the G-Man has ever talked directly to the administrator, although I think it would be safe to assume that he has. It is also interesting to note that even before the resonance cascade scenario takes place, the Xen inhabitants have already been taken over, and assimilated by the Combine race). Gordon shows up late for work on the fateful day, and heads straight to the materials handling lab to begin the PLANNED experiment with the newly acquired mystery material. On the way there, the scientists are already complaining that the equipment they're using was never designed for the experiements that are taking place, especially the one that's ABOUT to take place. So...Gordon goes into the test chamber, places the material into the neat little beams, and BOOM! A Resonance Cascade that opens a portal to Xen...great...
This is a very interesting thing that all this happens with the G-man around...just as the Combine have finished taking control of Xen...and it's also interesting how the (enslaved) Xen inhabitants were prepared to invade Earth as SOON as the portal had been opened...Very strange indeed. Another interesting coincidence? The Marines sure did get there pretty quick to try to clean the situation up, didn't they? Almost like they were on standby? Hmmm...
Eventually, Freeman faces the Nihilanth...which seems to control the Xen race telepathically. This can be backed up with the fact that the Vortigaunts always speak in a communal way. (WE think this, WE feel that, etc, etc...)
The Combine gain control of any given species' ruler, and then conquer through him/her/it. When the Nihilanth was destroyed, so was the transversally telepathic control that the combine had on the Xen inhabitants THROUGH the Nihilanth. Hence, Xen was freed. But, the portal was still open, and the Combine could now find Earth. For the inevitability of what would come to pass, the G-Man would enlist Gordon Freeman, simply because well...he defeated the Combine once before, didn't he? (Without realizing it at the time, that he was fighting the Combine, not Xen of course).
(Dr. Breen from the beginning may, or may not have intentionally been assisting the Combine with reaching Earth before the experiment. He may have been a victim of circumstance in bringing the Combine to our humble abode. But...one thing is for CERTAIN: He is an oppurtunistic peice of crap. He may not have been in on it from the beginning, but he didn't waste time in selling out humanity to save his own butt once the Combine got here. Hence the newspaper clippings you can see pasted everywhere in City 17 regarding the 7 hour war.)
The 7 hour war is just that. When the Combine invaded, the administrator somehow brokered a deal with them, and as a result, enslaved humanity, so that the combine could mine the resources off our planet. (We do not know where the G-man fits into all this. He does answer to someone, or something. He has "employers". Gordon is definitely being USED by a higher power...but we know not if they are of good, or ill, or even...trivial intent. This could all just be a game. A cosmic commune of apathetic galactic gamblers betting on who will win the fight: Humans Vs. Combine...while the G-Man is the "Don King" of humanity, lol. He's the fight manager! Maybe...)
Hopefully, I've made it clear as to why the vortigaunts are friendly now. They always were...except for the fact that they had been enslaved during HL1.
The Combine soldiers, from what I can tell are 100% human. Dr. Breen, over the intercom at one point, is chastizing the Civil Protection forces saying something along the lines of "How can you not catch this one man? blah blah, I've gone to all this trouble to convince our benefactors that you are the best humanity has to offer, blah blah, and now you're proving me to be a liar, and we're all in deep crap because you can't catch this one stupid scientist!". Not an exact quote, but man, that was a FUNNY monologue. So, they're DEFINITELY human. I'm just not sure if they're lobotomized, or just a bunch of free-willed sell-outs like Dr. Breen.
I do question if the Headcrabs are actually from Xen, or if they're a tool of the Combine. I lean towards thinking that they're actually from Xen, because I've never seen a Xen inhabitant attacked by one. Therefore, I believe the Combine just "picked them up" from Xen, and now use them as zone-clearing weapons.
wow...I lost track of where I was going...but I hope this answers some questions, and maybe even introduces some new ones.
how do they reproduce on Xen? I'm assuming the headhumping of the headcrabs has some kind of reproductive intent....although I could be wrong....if they never 'attack' xen inhabitants what did they do before xen & earth where linked via portals?
The Gonarch produces headcrabs...the headcrabs then "couple" with another being. (Highly original, eh? hehe)
Perhaps the Gonarch is not from Xen?
YOU'RE ALL CRAZY!!!
Keep it up, I'm enjoying all this...
Then they evolve and turn into gonarchs.
But most of them get killed as you can tell, I think the xen creatures know that they have to kill the headcrabs to stop them turning into gonarchs.
Because the antlions kill zombies and they are both apparently from xen.