First Half-Life 2: Episode Three Concept Art Revealed

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• agreed. G - E - N - E - R - I - C : bbmar23

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  I was agreeing with you until transparent objects. Thje gravity gun doesn't make shit invisible. : Nighteyes
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    It doesn't, but in reality you would at least be able to look around the object, or move it slightly to t... : Mystery0000
    • I agree - although I have to say Episode 2 had the prettiest fucking caves ever :D : SpikeMeister

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• I love that shot. Borealis! : -sk-
• now that is an exciting reveal. : phokz
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  So the combine aren't looking for the Borealis. They're already there. : Popedispencer
  • Remember, it's concept art not a screenshot. : Archangel2007

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  How about 15+ hours of play? I'm tired of bite-sized entertainment -- Valve should conclude the saga wit... : progressor
  • I'm all for that absolutely, just seems more likely they would continue the general duration trend for th... : speon
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  I think Gabe said the HL2 Episodes served as HL3, so the next step would be....well a bit confusing. I ... : aqtrans
  • What I understood in this statement was simply a renumbering of the games. So you have Ep.1 to 3 that mak... : Bingo
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    not really.. they could make another half life game and tack on a 3 at the end of the title for half-life... : ballystix
    • Eh yeah I suppose the average customer wouldn't worry about numbers, and neither would I. I was just sayi... : aqtrans
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  I think we will see yet another slow elevator ambush :/ : Beady
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    The trick being that you're standing on floating cable wheels in toxic sludge while battling the enemies!... : AlexW1203
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      preferably without the map loading every 500 feet or so. : carbontree
      • I'm positive they've worked out the atrocious loading times that occurred in the first game. They took th... : aqtrans
• whoah now, don't go too far out on that limb. : crockroches
• They really need to end it. No more cliffhanger endings. : Pettytheft
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  do colored words not get spoiler covered? i noticed the word "cold" still came through. : senor135
  • colors need to go outside the spoiler tags. : zerog83
• I hope to see: 1) Everything you said. 2) A vehicle section, possibly on a snow-mobile. 3) New enem... : Wisp!
• needs a new Half-Life saga featuring Adrian Shephard! : azuvatar

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• Good point. : [7]kami
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  Ya. Telltale nailed the episodic format with Sam & Max, but I suppose it's easier to turn out a fast poi... : coyoterys
  • Tell tale nailed quick episodic release. IF they could nail humour, it would be advantageous. : zooolander
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  To be fair, they ARE releasing it more frequently. Not truly "episodically" but you may remember the 6 ye... : Archangel2007
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    Afaik HL2 wasn't an expansion pack but a sequel :) : [7]kami
    • was a whole new and completely different game to be precise : anal justice
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      Of course it's a full game, that's what EP1 to EP3 would be if released together as HL3(as already stated... : mizeriq
      • Yes, but the Episodes are using the same engine and many of the same assets developed for HL2. They shou... : lechuck59
• I wish they were just called expansion packs and had names like the Half-Life spin offs. : Wisp!

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• Hah, she'd be ripped and exploded in a fraction of a second. Unless they were sleeping... : dedgecko
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  I have a server named glados, I expect it to torment me any day now : RobFlinn
  • Kinky. : aznboysix

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  if it's 4 hours of awesome - then thats fine : jbury
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    hopefully they don't add another stupid vehicle section and 5 other types of gameplay in order to dress i... : mistrmojo
    • Yeah that was horrendous. I really liked the rest of Ep 2 though. : ZombieAcademy
    • I think Valve, probably more than any developer, never really adds cheap gimmicks. Just curious what you ... : Sturm08
  • You mean 4 hours of "defend the position against spawning enemies". : GreatGooglyMoogly

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  Where are the killer polar bears? : Schnapple
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    Hiding from the giant mechanical spiders. : Hoax
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      They also happen to be out of Cheez-its. : Sailor of Fortune
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        somewhere along the line the sense-making stopped entirely. : senor135
        • You've never seen family guy? : Sailor of Fortune

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• SHHHH! Quiet. Don't give him any ideas or he might sue Valve... ( http://www.benedict.com/Visual/Monkeys/... : mockery

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• I try to not think about how long the wait will be anytime some new valve anything is announced. Then, af... : genocidalrobot

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  hey, fucking spoiler that Eli Vance, shit. Ok? Mods, please nuke. : deathofrats
  • haha - please, everyone reading the shack had better have played through all the important fps titles, HL... : dedgecko
• Yeah, you really kind of only spoilered about half of what should have been spoilered. : valael
• What if it's just the D.O.G., floating on antigrav generators and wearing an Advisor disguise? Only to b... : progressor

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  The thing I hated about EP2 was how they had all these screenshots, movies, etc. - and then it was anothe... : Schnapple
  • The worst part about that was at the end of Episode 1 they had a trailer for Ep 2 saying coming soon. The... : Pettytheft
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    They put HDR in the HL2 levels on the 360? Damn that's a lot of acronyms, but they really should do that ... : famine101
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      I emailed Gabe Newell asking him if the enhancements for the console versions will come out for PC and he : Schnapple
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        Definitely not. Ep3 AND redownloading the meat of HL2 updated? That would crush the Steam servers like a ... : AlexW1203
        • Steam servers host counter-strike my friend, they've seen it all : noven
• Valve said they were going to backport all the engine improvements to the previous episodes/HL2 at some p... : aqtrans
• Same here, I am eqaully as pumped for this as i was for the original half life 2 and thats saying somethi... : MCbigdude

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• Good catch. : dawurz
• Although Nick did say it was "The first widely available piece of concept art for the final episode of Va... : couch99

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• perhaps distract them by tossing a brightly-colored ball of yarn? : Dave-A
• Shoot the flashing red part. : gooblerampling
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  Step on a jump pad and smash it's brain with your crowbar, probably. : jet-poop
  • Motherfucking Nihilinth... : heartsauce
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  Implant Gordon's Brain into Dog : Sailor of Fortune
  • This could work. : heartsauce
• Dunno, how do you kill giant, flying edamame? : steauengeglase
• Excellent replies, my idea is nekkid dawg. Ah heck, nekkid everybody. : dawurz

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  technically, this could be HL3 as some of the devs have said. : MurrayTheSkull
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    ooo, got a link to that? : niceguynick
    • HL. HL2. HL3. HL. HL2. HL2 Episodes. How can you not get that? : AlexW1203
    • they've said it in many interviews and (I think) on occasion the commentary in-game : MurrayTheSkull
  • I hope when they release Ep3 they make Ep1 and 2 seamless with it. So you finish Ep1 and it just continue... : K1Bond007

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• Like portal hopping? Oh wait... : heartsauce
• Well there was that talk about a boat from Aperture science found in the ice so I'm guessing at least we'... : jccalhoun

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• Yeah, same here. I just remember a lot of swearing and throwing of computer peripherals every single time... : CoreContingency

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• Yes, that's Gordon and an Advisor. : Chepito.
• Wait no, thats on their feet. Must be Gordon. : avatar_58