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Half-Life turns 10!
KvP:
I'm disappointed that the aliens who took over are apparently much different from the aliens who initially invaded. Where are the grunts? Where are the eyedogs? I'm tired of human death squads and Macbook monsters.
Nodaisho:
They originally were going to have bullsquids and... what were those giant blue things, smashed a car into hazmat goons, you took one out with some sort of strike you called in? They were going to have you going through the countryside and see one of those in the woods while you were on the train, but they cut that part.
Black mesa could have had some parts deep enough underground that the nukes didn't wreck it all.
Of course, I think the difference between Chernobyl and Black mesa is that the destruction at Chernobyl was limited to the immediate area, which was covered by the Sarcophagus. The nukes would have been made to be strong enough to wreck the place, not just irradiate it.
Dammit, now I am wanting to play Quake, Half Life, *and* S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
clockworkjames:
THis is the deal of the century, I might just buy it 10 times to make new steam accounts, then when 9 diget steam accounts become the new 3 and 4, I sell them and become rich...
Johnny C:
Xen was a border world full of species running from the Combine. These creatures, controlled by the saw an opportunity to flee to an actual planet and escaped. The Combine noticed the resonance cascade and traced it to Earth. Then they invaded. The Combine manufacture and control headcrabs, and they have enslaved a number of Vortigaunts. I dunno about other creatures.
Here's a page that sums everything about the Half-Life series up very nicely. I'm guessing you've seen it before but if you haven't it's worth a look and if I remember right it has Laidlaw's blessing.
PizzaSHARK:
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--- Quote from: october1983 on 19 Nov 2008, 16:31 ---Nothing would make me happier than a brief return to Black Mesa in one of the new games. I mean, I thoroughly enjoyed Half-Life 2, especially episode 2, but Black Mesa provided such a great atmosphere to play in.
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Might be difficult; Black Mesa was destroyed with nukes after the end of HL. Remember, approximately twenty years pass between the two games, which is why Alyx is a grown woman and Barney's got some gray hair.
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Try visiting Chernobyl today. There are animals and plants happily living in the concrete remains of a once mediocre soviet city. After 20 years, Black Mesa may be survivable. It would definitely be believable that much of the center is, but that some portions are still dangerously radioactive.
Just like Chernobyl.
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Difference is that Chernobyl wasn't multiple nuclear bombs, just a reactor that went boom. Bombs would cause much more structural damage. The radioactivity is mostly irrelevant because the HEV suit is basically rudimentary power armor, and provides Dr. Freeman with at least basic (if not complete) NBC protection. There probably won't be a lot left to go back to, and that's totally disregarding the catastrophic worldwide damage that resulted from the portal storms. Remember the train rails at the intro to ep2?
Off topic, I heard that fungi that actually consumed radioactivity were discovered at Chernobyl somewhat recently :)
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