Recent content by shade70

The shootem up XCOM: Enforcer was an awful travesty and not worthy of the XCOM name. It was released during the final death throes of the XCOM series by another company, and was a cheap and nasty shooter with very little to do with XCOM apart from the name. The proper '5th game' in the XCOM...

Personally I think that everyone decided to stay there. I believe the Portal storms started on the Bring the Daughter to work day. Seeing what was happening outside, everyone in Aperture decided to let GlaDOS 'look after them' in the recreation suites (after all there wouldnt have been enough...

No, spies arent revealed unless they panic and attack HOWEVER the color of their Blood is a dead giveaway - you bleed your team color when hit if you look closely. As an Engineer, Spies are definately the most irritating class, those Electro Sappers destroy turrents without decloaking them...

Like other people have said, the 'otherwise' are the Vortigaunts, and their telepathic link means if one knows, they all know,so he doesnt really need to tell them as they all will already know. The reason he talks about sentient beings is due to the fact there are human zombies in the city...

Another possible answer to the Xen vs Combine debate is that the Combine didnt know about the existance of Earth until after Black Mesa. According to the Prima Game Guide (which was written with the help of Signor Laidlaw), the Combine were 'attracted to Earth by the dimensional Rift caused...

Here, Here! I totally agree. In the UK, ANY reported crime where a firearm maybe involved is immediately passed to SO19 (the British version of the american SWAT team)...these guys carry MP5s and Berretas and dont mess about. So most average, run of the mill criminals (muggers, housebreakers...

Actually it does....Ive heard some of these lines from my allies in Follow Freeman when I die. Listen closely to what your 'team' is saying after you buy the farm and you'll hear some of those quotes. Think it only happens when you're 'grouped' with a team so to speak so you'll only hear them...

Hehe, I bet Gary will get his ass kicked if Gabe or Marc sees that post of his. Valves first rule - never Confirm or Deny ANYTHING to do with Half Lifes story line :laugh:

You get the Organic Manipulator when the Combines weapon Disintregrator thingy merges with your Gravity gun. Thats why it destroys any weapons the enemies carries.

At the end it is hinted that Breen knows of the G-Man. He states that he doesnt need Vance anymore to control the Resistance because he can use Gordon, basically because he has contacted G man about using Gordon for his own ends. He states 'Gordon is a fine pawn for those who control him' and...

I guess we have to agree to disagree :) I dont think the Nihilianth or Xen is under Combine control, you say the opposite. nuff said. One thing is bothering me, why did Breen tell Vance how dark and horrible the Combines universe is? And why was he asking for a host body so he could...

She didnt actually say Xen - she said 'their Universe', you see a Combine Teleporter right at the end....it needs alot of energy and time to use, compared to the Xen teleporter. Earth Teleporters in HL2 use Xen as a slingshot (in HL you had to Teleport to Xen, and find another portal to...

The major question then is why can't the Combine teleport locally if they have direct access to Xen and they knew all about it? The betrayal of Breen by Mossman doesnt really come in to it. She only betrayed Breen cause he was going to kill Vance, who she had the hots for :)

I dont believe they were....if he was under the Combines control then his death wouldnt have changed a thing. How could Xen come under the Gmans control if the Nihilianth was Combine - they would have just replaced the Nihilianth Also apart from the installed technology he had, there is nothing...

Just had a hugh brainwave and I think Ive figured out why the G-Man decided to wake up Gordon at the time he did. Now, the only thing that was special about the day Gordon was brought back was the first use of the new Teleporter build by Kliener. This was the first working teleporter built...