Late Night Cinema: Half-Life 2 Recreated in Live-action 'Escape from City 17'

By Nick Breckon, Feb 13, 2009 7:00pm PST A technically impressive recreation of Half-Life 2's City 17 marks the first entry to "Escape from City 17," a new series of webisodes that combines live-action footage with Half-Life 2 assets and other digital effects.

The series is directed by brothers David and Ian Purchase. Their website's down, but check out their YouTube page for more info.

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Question - the high pitched noise after gunfire. In the game I was always on the impression that this was supposed to be the sound of the ringing in your ears - like, when you alt-fired a grenade too close to yourself. It's been a while since I played HL2 but I hear this noise a lot in this short film - what is that noise supposed to be exactly?

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  I think thats the monitor on the combine suits flatlining. : UberChrist
  - ^ This. : Godhatesfatpeople
  - yes correct. : shadebane
  - Ah, cool. Thanks : Schnapple
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  I've always wondered why they built a loud flatline into their suits. : erikman619
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    Well it would make stealth kills of combine difficult : johnlocks
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      But it's handy for the poor resistance soldiers who can't afford wasting ammo on someone who's already dead. So it all evens out.
      
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      But it's handy for the poor resistance soldiers who can't afford wasting ammo on someone who's already de... : lapskaus
      
      Well I think the idea is that there are so many of these guys around that that sound will almost certainl... : wendigo
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    To alert their buddies that they are dead? : marmite
    - As well as location of death, and possible directions of enemy gunfire. I'm just hazarding a guess, don't... : Skyburst101
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    i think valve just put it there for effect. it gives things a sense of finality and grimness and gives yo... : terylene
    - well said. : shadebane
    - It's also a throwback to Half-Life 1 (and maybe it happens in 2 as well) where your suit plays your ECG t... : danielbrauer
  - I wish they could feign their death with the flatline sound. : supamart
- Wasn't it also that you only heard the tone when they were attempting to talk with their radio at the sam... : X-Nice