Half-Life: did Freeman take the job?

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-08-03 03:35am

We all know what happens at the end of Half-Life. So, does Freeman reject the G-Man's offer, thus putting him in a battle he can't possibly win, or does he take the slimeballs job? Which makes more sense in light of HL2?

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-08-03 04:22am

I think he accepts. Considering I tried the other thing even with god mode and it still ended

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-08-03 05:59am

I hope they make a mission pack with Shepard and Barney.

McNum · Post by **McNum** » 2003-08-03 12:50pm

Wasn't it kind of a "Join me or die!" offer? Since there's going to be a sequel, I think he had to have accepted the job.

I wonder what the job is... Alien hunter? Nah, too simple.

DeadM · Post by **DeadM** » 2003-08-03 01:38pm

I think he joined and then he rebelled or something.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-08-03 02:17pm

Vympel wrote:We all know what happens at the end of Half-Life. So, does Freeman reject the G-Man's offer, thus putting him in a battle he can't possibly win, or does he take the slimeballs job? Which makes more sense in light of HL2?

Who gives a shit about HL2? The original HL wasn't even subtitled!

*shoots Valve*

Slayen · Post by **Slayen** » 2003-08-03 03:25pm

MKSheppard wrote:
Vympel wrote:We all know what happens at the end of Half-Life. So, does Freeman reject the G-Man's offer, thus putting him in a battle he can't possibly win, or does he take the slimeballs job? Which makes more sense in light of HL2?
Who gives a shit about HL2? The original HL wasn't even subtitled!

*shoots Valve*

...... what does that have to do with anything?

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2003-08-03 03:45pm

Slayen wrote:
MKSheppard wrote:
Vympel wrote:We all know what happens at the end of Half-Life. So, does Freeman reject the G-Man's offer, thus putting him in a battle he can't possibly win, or does he take the slimeballs job? Which makes more sense in light of HL2?
Who gives a shit about HL2? The original HL wasn't even subtitled!

*shoots Valve*

...... what does that have to do with anything?

Shep is deaf. However, the way Half-Life works, it would be difficult at best to subtitle things. Games like Elite Force had subtitles for cutscenes only for the most part. Half-Life just doesn't lend itself for subtitles without some major reworking of the game structure given its relatively free flow and only partialy scripted events.

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2003-08-03 05:13pm

Vympel wrote:I hope they make a mission pack with Shepard and Barney.

That would be nice, though at least Barney is in HL2 as an NPC who fights alongside with you. This tiny screenshot does not do justice to the scene where it was taken from - you have to see HL2 in action before you really understood the awesome look and feel of the new game. After watching Gamespy's (ack!) E3 demonstration video of HL2, I found myself thinking that this game will be more revolutionary than its predecessor.

E3 video

As what comes to your original question, every piece of news, including the HL2 overview at Planethalflife.com, says that he accepted G-Man's offer.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-08-03 05:28pm

Damn you, the evils of FilePlanet!

Now I must wait 15 minutes, PLUS the time to download... oh well, I am certain it is worth it.

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2003-08-03 05:46pm

I had to wait fifty minutes for the download to start, but it really was worth it!

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-08-03 10:26pm

I don't know, I got all my HL2 movies from IGN and there was no queue, I was even able to put them in my GetRight queue and download the day after... also they're the super-high resolution versions (the Traptown one was 150 mb)

LT.Hit-Man · Post by **LT.Hit-Man** » 2003-08-03 10:28pm

I hope they make a mission pack with that lard ass securty guard Otis as the main charcter

Hehehe That would be a scream

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2003-08-04 03:53am

hope they make a mission pack with that lard ass securty guard Otis as the main charcter

Make it so that you PLAY Otis, and you can only run for thirty seconds before you have to stop and catch your breath...

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-08-04 07:47am

Oberleutnant wrote:
Vympel wrote:I hope they make a mission pack with Shepard and Barney.
That would be nice, though at least Barney is in HL2 as an NPC who fights alongside with you. This tiny screenshot does not do justice to the scene where it was taken from - you have to see HL2 in action before you really understood the awesome look and feel of the new game. After watching Gamespy's (ack!) E3 demonstration video of HL2, I found myself thinking that this game will be more revolutionary than its predecessor.

E3 video

As what comes to your original question, every piece of news, including the HL2 overview at Planethalflife.com, says that he accepted G-Man's offer.

How many megs is that video- I've got Traptown, I don't know if I can afford to spend more bandwith (once I go over my 3000meg limit i start paying extra)

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-08-04 11:07am

Alyeska wrote: Shep is deaf. However, the way Half-Life works, it would be difficult at best to subtitle things.

How the FUCK is it "difficult" to flash text on screen in sync with what
the characters are saying at vital moments such as "I need you to open
that door" or plot points? I dont' expect subtitling for voices that aren't
really needed, like the soldiers talking to one another unless it's important,
like you're walking towards a hall way, and you hear them talking, so
you duck into a grate to get around them....

Slayen · Post by **Slayen** » 2003-08-04 12:25pm

MKSheppard wrote:
Alyeska wrote: Shep is deaf. However, the way Half-Life works, it would be difficult at best to subtitle things.
How the FUCK is it "difficult" to flash text on screen in sync with what
the characters are saying at vital moments such as "I need you to open
that door" or plot points? I dont' expect subtitling for voices that aren't
really needed, like the soldiers talking to one another unless it's important,
like you're walking towards a hall way, and you hear them talking, so
you duck into a grate to get around them....

He's right. They were able to do if for AvP 2 so it cant be that hard.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-08-04 01:51pm

Slayen wrote: He's right. They were able to do if for AvP 2 so it cant be that hard.

AvP 2 rocked. Too bad the expansion sucked shit.

McNum · Post by **McNum** » 2003-08-04 02:59pm

Slayen wrote:He's right. They were able to do if for AvP 2 so it cant be that hard.

No. It would in fact be kind of easy. When a talk script is activated it would have been as easy as having a simultaneous script write text on screen from a file such as "titles.txt". They already did so in the Hazard Course for basic controls.

They could have had the game do it. They just didn't think of it. If there had been subtitles I would have used them, too. Some of those guys really mumble at times...

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