Episode 3 Concept Art
Created 16 years ago2008-07-14 12:46:45 UTC by
satchmo
Created 16 years ago2008-07-14 12:46:45 UTC by
satchmo
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 12:46:45 UTC
Post #252490
Here's a sneak:
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 12:54:28 UTC
Post #252492
Saw this a few days ago, and I still can't help but wonder what this is.
It looks like the Citadel but Valve said they won't be going back.
It is just concept, though, so maybe it's someone just having fun.
It looks like the Citadel but Valve said they won't be going back.
It is just concept, though, so maybe it's someone just having fun.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 13:09:21 UTC
Post #252493
Drools...
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 13:09:27 UTC
Post #252494
Gordon and an advicor inside something that kinda looks like the citadel.
Maybe THE citadel wasn't the only citadellish building in the world.
I'm guessing it's like the base for the high combine.
Maybe THE citadel wasn't the only citadellish building in the world.
I'm guessing it's like the base for the high combine.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 13:13:43 UTC
Post #252495
Maybe THE citadel wasn't the only citadellish building in the world.Well, we already know the Citadel wasn't the only one of it's kind. They mentioned it wasn't somewhere, not sure where, but I remember that specifically.
EDIT: Or maybe the Citadel was somehow teleported (See: The Borealis) and they are in the teleported ruin.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 13:21:56 UTC
Post #252496
There should be a wiki for the Half-life story, so that you could look up different things such as the borealis, which I am very confused about what it is.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 13:26:48 UTC
Post #252497
SPOILERS AHEAD
The Borealis (My definition) - A ship owned / created by Aperature science labs, supposedly very mythical and almost a legend, but very real.
It disappeared off the drydock it was being worked on at one day, along with a huge chunk of the drydock itself, leading you to believe it was somehow teleported somewhere.
It was supposed to be this experimental vessel, but not much is explained of what it was for.
In Episode 2, it was revealed that the location of the ship was discovered somewhere in the north. You and Alyx were about to go to a helicopted to search for the boat, but then you get stopped by those overwatch thingies, and Vance is killed.
Thus Episode 2 ends.
The Borealis (My definition) - A ship owned / created by Aperature science labs, supposedly very mythical and almost a legend, but very real.
It disappeared off the drydock it was being worked on at one day, along with a huge chunk of the drydock itself, leading you to believe it was somehow teleported somewhere.
It was supposed to be this experimental vessel, but not much is explained of what it was for.
In Episode 2, it was revealed that the location of the ship was discovered somewhere in the north. You and Alyx were about to go to a helicopted to search for the boat, but then you get stopped by those overwatch thingies, and Vance is killed.
Thus Episode 2 ends.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 13:36:28 UTC
Post #252498
So far we know what Borealis was.
What it is will be revealed in Ep3.
My guess would be it's currently under combine control and possibly has something to do with the advisors (some kind of central avisor hub for Earth?). Also, we should expect some arctic version of antlions to occupy the wastelands as well as new weaker monsters to cover for headcrabs/zombies/etc., which can't possibly exist in the cold.
And I bet the helicopter you'll be flying will somehow crash somewhere near borealis. That'd leave you in a weaponless condition (just like prev. HL games) and would provide a wider array of gameplay environments than just the ship.
What it is will be revealed in Ep3.
My guess would be it's currently under combine control and possibly has something to do with the advisors (some kind of central avisor hub for Earth?). Also, we should expect some arctic version of antlions to occupy the wastelands as well as new weaker monsters to cover for headcrabs/zombies/etc., which can't possibly exist in the cold.
And I bet the helicopter you'll be flying will somehow crash somewhere near borealis. That'd leave you in a weaponless condition (just like prev. HL games) and would provide a wider array of gameplay environments than just the ship.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 13:39:22 UTC
Post #252499
which can't possibly exist in the cold.I doubt that
I'm kinda expecting to see that one boss thing they didn't include in Half Life 2 because it didn't fit with the game or something. You know, that weird thing that there's a picture of it stabbing a combine with a blue tentacle thing. That's about all we see.
It had something to do with the icebreaker, I think.
But yah, I think it's definitely under combine control, or something's on it that the combine want / need, and it's gonna be like a race to get there before they do to get it yourself.
Whatever happens, it's gonna be awesome.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 13:49:24 UTC
Post #252500
Oh yeah, I was sooo looking forward to facing that blue thing, but no :<
I hope they find a way to put it in there.
This is a stupid question since I have played through portal and ep2, and I know that I knew the answer for about 3 weeks ago.. How do we know that there is a connection with The Borealis and Aparture Science?
I just can't remember, my memory is so shitty.
Also, I do not think that they will replace the headcrabs with something else just cuz there is snow.
Xen is nothing like earth, yet they somehow managed to survive in the hostile enviroments of the desert.
There has been some time now, and so perhaps the headcrabs has found a way to survive in the cold.
They will probably act the same way as they do in sand; jump around and then burry themselves.
And yes, the helicopter will crash. If it didn't, it wouldn't be half-life.
I hope they find a way to put it in there.
This is a stupid question since I have played through portal and ep2, and I know that I knew the answer for about 3 weeks ago.. How do we know that there is a connection with The Borealis and Aparture Science?
I just can't remember, my memory is so shitty.
Also, I do not think that they will replace the headcrabs with something else just cuz there is snow.
Xen is nothing like earth, yet they somehow managed to survive in the hostile enviroments of the desert.
There has been some time now, and so perhaps the headcrabs has found a way to survive in the cold.
They will probably act the same way as they do in sand; jump around and then burry themselves.
And yes, the helicopter will crash. If it didn't, it wouldn't be half-life.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 13:52:51 UTC
Post #252501
How do we know that there is a connection with The Borealis and Aparture Science?When Alyx thinks that the Borealis was fake / a myth, Kleiner explains to her that it's real, then goes into the back story, directly saying it's Aperture Science's doing.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 14:01:55 UTC
Post #252502
Oh right.
Things are starting to make sense.
What do they want to do on the borealis anyways?
What's so important about it?
And ain't that the ship which you were supposed to be on in HL2, but they removed it from the final version?
Things are starting to make sense.
What do they want to do on the borealis anyways?
What's so important about it?
And ain't that the ship which you were supposed to be on in HL2, but they removed it from the final version?
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 14:10:04 UTC
Post #252503
I don't think they specify what's exactly on the Borealis, but I don't remember that too well.
It could just be that the combine want the ship, so they think something important is on it.
The original ship was an icebreaker, so it's probably not the same ship.
It could just be that the combine want the ship, so they think something important is on it.
The original ship was an icebreaker, so it's probably not the same ship.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 14:45:12 UTC
Post #252506
Maybe that image shows a place where you will teleport using borealis.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 14:58:50 UTC
Post #252509
Come to think of it, that does resemble some kind of combine world.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 15:21:30 UTC
Post #252510
I still got to play episodes 1 and 2... Going to wait 322u2ntil I get thishttp://www.firebox.com/product/2075/3rd-Space-FPS-Vest though.. but yea.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 15:26:12 UTC
Post #252511
That's awesome.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 15:28:10 UTC
Post #252512
If you haven't noticed, that man standing there is DEFINITELY holding a crowbar, indicating Gordon. Since they'll be out in the Arctic, and this looks very combine like, I am guessing that some sort of teleportation device is on the Borealis and will take us to the Combine homeworld. Kinda of like a mimic of Half-Life.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 15:34:05 UTC
Post #252513
there's a bit of concept art showing the borealis stuck in a glacier, too, but i can't be arsed finding it.. dig around on facepunch, that's where i found them
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 16:37:21 UTC
Post #252515
Aye, there's more concepts, older ones.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 16:38:35 UTC
Post #252516
So it seems the combine already got to the Borealis.
Than I'm guessing the first shot is just the combine stuff within the ice around the Borealis.
So many things could be possible I can't even guess.
Than I'm guessing the first shot is just the combine stuff within the ice around the Borealis.
So many things could be possible I can't even guess.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 16:57:56 UTC
Post #252518
Arent those flying things the alien that breen always talked to when you warped into his office?
edit: http://members.shaw.ca/halflifestory/timeline.htm
edit: http://members.shaw.ca/halflifestory/timeline.htm
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 17:42:17 UTC
Post #252519
Kinda looks like they're going for the post-apocalyps theme for EP3.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 19:41:53 UTC
Post #252520
Arent those flying things the alien that breen always talked to when you warped into his office?They're called advisors. Haven't you played ep1 or 2?
Concepts all look pretty freakin awesome though.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 20:33:33 UTC
Post #252523
I wish they'd take us back to Xen.
I'm kinda expecting to see that one boss thing they didn't include in Half Life 2 because it didn't fit with the game or something. You know, that weird thing that there's a picture of it stabbing a combine with a blue tentacle thing. That's about all we see.Hydras I believe.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 20:59:56 UTC
Post #252524
Do you think the gravity gun will be converted to a portal gun in Episode 3?
Maybe the conversion will occur on Borealis.
Maybe the conversion will occur on Borealis.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 22:27:10 UTC
Post #252526
If Valve know what's good for the Half-Life series I hope they never give us the portal gun.
I still think Aperture had their own Anti-Mass Spectrometer or equivalent portal tech onboard the Borealis. I'd say the Combine want whatever it is to reconnect with their homeworld, and Kleiner probably wants it to force them out or contact the rest of the Vortigaunts.
A trip to the Combine homeworld would be ace.
I still think Aperture had their own Anti-Mass Spectrometer or equivalent portal tech onboard the Borealis. I'd say the Combine want whatever it is to reconnect with their homeworld, and Kleiner probably wants it to force them out or contact the rest of the Vortigaunts.
A trip to the Combine homeworld would be ace.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 23:04:04 UTC
Post #252527
I hope they don't combine the portal gun to the HL series. That would blow.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-15 16:48:34 UTC
Post #252547
Indeed.
What I do want though is:
What I do want though is:
- To kill an advisor!
- Classic Xen Creatures
- Some info about the G-Man
- A new weapon or 2
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-15 19:29:27 UTC
Post #252549
But wasn't it Kleiner that DIDN'T want the Borealis to be used? Or maybe that was Eli.
Either way, we stopped their second portal storm before it happened, and if the Borealis is REALLY this important, then it's probably their best chance at finally over-taking Earth.
Either way, one party from the humans did NOT want it to be used. The other did, more than likely to send Gordon to the Combine home-world and destroy them from the inside out just as he did to Xen by killing Nihilanth.
ValvE is known for their amazing series, I highly doubt they'd ruin it in such a way, and if they did implement the portal gun, I don't think the use of it would be very long.
In fact, I believe that if they did, they'd do it Super Gravity Gun style. Some machine malfunctions giving the Gravity gun temporary Portal abilities.
Either way, we stopped their second portal storm before it happened, and if the Borealis is REALLY this important, then it's probably their best chance at finally over-taking Earth.
Either way, one party from the humans did NOT want it to be used. The other did, more than likely to send Gordon to the Combine home-world and destroy them from the inside out just as he did to Xen by killing Nihilanth.
ValvE is known for their amazing series, I highly doubt they'd ruin it in such a way, and if they did implement the portal gun, I don't think the use of it would be very long.
In fact, I believe that if they did, they'd do it Super Gravity Gun style. Some machine malfunctions giving the Gravity gun temporary Portal abilities.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-16 12:33:40 UTC
Post #252562
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-16 12:44:31 UTC
Post #252563
Me thinks it's pretty obvious. Clearly the Borealis has been captured by the Combine and that's when Judith spotted it stuck in-between the ice glaciars...It looks like they have converted it into a base or power source...perhaps they'll use the portal technology to call for reinforcements after you closed the Citadel portal.
I'm kinda expecting to see that one boss thing they didn't include in Half Life 2 because it didn't fit with the game or something. You know, that weird thing that there's a picture of it stabbing a combine with a blue tentacle thing. That's about all we see.As pointed out, Hydra and it'll most likely never return as it sucks. Owns too much. Try fighting one in the countless mods.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-16 15:16:53 UTC
Post #252567
Urb: I didnt play EP1 and 2, havent had any time to do so yet.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-16 16:43:52 UTC
Post #252568
you freak!
Not really i haven't beat hl1 still
Not really i haven't beat hl1 still
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-16 17:22:45 UTC
Post #252569
I honestly never did either:)
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-16 21:44:30 UTC
Post #252571
I did after I learned some cheats. I hate games that throw friggin everything at you at the end and expect you to live. :/ kinda cliche and doesn't usually fit some games. HL2 was done right tho.
ya know I don't like that last screen, I've seen better from amateurs. You sure thats real?
ya know I don't like that last screen, I've seen better from amateurs. You sure thats real?
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-16 22:00:27 UTC
Post #252572
Same as Rimmy... I cheated. =] as long as you have the storyline tho, i spose its okay... right?
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-16 22:16:34 UTC
Post #252573
rim: that's only supposed to be seen from the fuzzy cameras in ep2
also i cheated at the end of HL1.
also i cheated at the end of HL1.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-16 22:39:26 UTC
Post #252574
Heh, I remember having to outrun a Gargantua to someplace. Plus the way Nihilanth teleports you away all the time was rather irritating.
Even I look forward to Ep3. 3 seems to be a prime number now-a-days for stuff to be the ending. Too many Trilogies to tally.
Even I look forward to Ep3. 3 seems to be a prime number now-a-days for stuff to be the ending. Too many Trilogies to tally.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-16 23:03:49 UTC
Post #252575
Half-Life probably isn't going to end with Episode 3, though... Too much stuff left to cover, unless they're planning on turning Episode 3 into a full-length game like Half-Life 2. And that doesn't seem likely considering how limited the idea of running around on a ship is.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-17 00:12:45 UTC
Post #252576
And then it wouldn't be Episode 3... it would be Half-Life 3.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-17 01:25:06 UTC
Post #252577
Don't you think Gordon "The Free Man" Freeman will face another foe of some sort in HL3?
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-17 03:39:50 UTC
Post #252578
He'll almost certainly have to. Valve isn't stupid, they know everyone's tired of fighting endless hordes of combine soldiers.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-17 05:35:46 UTC
Post #252579
I used to kill Gargantuas with grenades. It'd take 10 grenades if thrown correctly. I didn't like running from them, it was too tense for me.
But i managed to finish hl without cheats. I hate the idea of using cheats to finish a game, i don't feel any pleasure doing that.
But i managed to finish hl without cheats. I hate the idea of using cheats to finish a game, i don't feel any pleasure doing that.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-17 07:56:23 UTC
Post #252580
Hah, glad to know i'm not the only one.
I haven't played Episode 2 yet (cba anyhow) and I skipped big parts from xen in half-life (I don't give a shit what you say... xen is crap).
I haven't played Episode 2 yet (cba anyhow) and I skipped big parts from xen in half-life (I don't give a shit what you say... xen is crap).
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-17 10:27:53 UTC
Post #252583
Don't you think Gordon "The Free Man" Freeman will face another foe of some sort in HL3?Yeah, he will be called "Gman"
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-17 10:55:54 UTC
Post #252584
It should be fairly obvious by now that Gman isn't/isn't going to be an enemy of yours.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-17 11:01:17 UTC
Post #252585
Dancing bananas
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-17 15:42:47 UTC
Post #252586
I can honestly say I never cheated.. I played with my dad though, kinda a father, son, bonding thing, I controlled the aiming, and he did the movement.. but ya, at the end the final boss took us forever, had no idea what to do, we finally finished it though.. I never found it was too much..
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-17 16:13:01 UTC
Post #252587
I controlled the aiming, and he did the movementWhat were you, like 4?
I'm not sure if I ever beat HL1 without cheats before. I was too young to know how to be a good FPS player, anyhow.
Haven't cheated in any FPS since, though.
You must be logged in to post a response.