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Originally Posted by kupoartist
this choice perplexed me and disappointed me a bit as well. Firstly, the final G-Man speech seemed to indicate that Freeman was being put on ice until the next job... but the next job turns out to be like 5 minutes later? Secondly, it breaks from the (IMO brilliant) convention of having the Half-Life Expansion / Episodes set at the same time as the main story, featuring new characters. I suppose it's partly because Valve themselves are doing the expansion - Gearbox were made to make the old expansions as the did partly out of necessity (lots of assets were resused from the original game to get it shipped quickly) and partly out of not being allowed to tamper with the story. Still, there were about 4 sources that heavily suggested that you'd play as Alyx in the first expansion... no such luck. Still, the implication from Valve appears to be that this is the first (or second, counting the Uber-Nerd only Lost Coast) of a number of episodes, so perhaps they'll have different lead characters?
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Hehe, my computer is good enough to play the lost coast levels. Well, in about a week it will be. I'm upgrading this 2500+ to a 64 bit 3200+. I already have a 6800, though. I'm guess i'm one ofthose uber-nerd's, eh?
But yea, the decsion for them to make an expansion like 5 minutes after the events of HL2 doesnt make much sense... i dunno, maybe more will be told once this expansion is released.
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Originally Posted by kupoartist
Most of the guesses are more or less confirmed by the writers or the making of / strategy guide. I personally feel that I was able to understand exactly what was going on, even to the point that I really didn't like being led down the straight and narrow path and being made to make the Citadel explode in the first place! The lack of development is more a side-effect of the HL game's intrigue rather than a story deficency. The player's utter cluelessness is intentional, and it's more than likely the first of many games...
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Yea... personally I didnt really understand what I was doing during the game. Like I really didnt have any clue as to what the heck was going on till I reached the "follow freeman" chapter. But, yea... I suppose it was intentional. Valve really likes to have the player think they are Gordon, and I suppose if you were held in stasis for 10 years, you wouldnt have a clue as to what is going on either.
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Originally Posted by kupoartist
Still, at a reported "33% of the length of the full game", i've got concerns about how much they'll get into Aftermath...
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Yea, that scares me a bit too. HL2 wasnt even that long to begin with.. I beat HL2 within 3 days, and I wasnt really even playing it that hardcore. Well... actually, if you dont classify staying up till 12am for it to be released over steam, and then playing it till 8am, causing you to be late for class being hardcore. Er... yea.
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Originally Posted by kupoartist
Wait... this is a Doom 3 thread?
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Yea... it really is supposed to be.
