Multiple Eli's and Barneys?

[Glo-Boy]

Remember in HL1 how fun it was to either kill, or set up deaths for the scientists and the hundreds of barney's walking around?


Can we do this in HL2? Or is there only one barney? One Eli Vance? One Dr Kleiner?

 

[Dux]

Wouldn't be much use to the story if there was more than one, would there? Considering they are key characters in the Story. The original Scientists and Barneys were just walking Cannon Fodder.

 

[Axyon]

There will now be only one Barney and one Eli Vance, we don't know if there are the other scientists in it yet though. They wanted to develop the story with these characters more, so decided to note create clones of them this time round.

 

[Chris D]

There'll be plenty of NPCs in the game that will be... expendable :flame:

 

[AcousticToad]

Didn't Gabe (Or someone else) say that everyone will have a different face? I guess that will be good in the case of Barney due to him

Spoiler

Being the leader of the resistance according to magazines

 

[Andy018]

I wouldnt call em cannon fodder. personally I always saved em and put em in safe places.. of course the bombing scene toward the end of HL probably ment most of them died... I never really thought about it

 

[marksmanHL2 :)]

*cries*. I couldnt resist the damn tempting spoiler tag. :x


I am gona go do some more maths now....

 

[DEATH eVADER]

They were walking human shields, Hehe
Don't forget there will be expendable resistance fighters (Take them towards a striders leg)
You will also get fun by shooting combine

 

[Dux]

*cries*. I couldnt resist the damn tempting spoiler tag. :x


I am gona go do some more maths now....

Oh come now, it was blatently obvious it would be him.

2+2 = 3

 

[Beserker]

It wasn't obvious! He could have been just a character who would have died right at the beginning!! Aaaieeee!! *jumps outta window from 4th floor*

 

[Wilco]

Hmm, spoiler tags arent going to work if people talk about it afterwards are they.

Well, I dont really know who u are on about.

 

[Ahnteis]

I liked the scientists. They'd heal you if you were under 50%

 

[Murray]

Hmm, spoiler tags arent going to work if people talk about it afterwards are they.

Well, I dont really know who u are on about.

Admitt it, you did check it too, didn't you.

 

[Vegeta897]

Well, the only other maps with tons of barneys where you can just spray 'em are custom maps. Just make a simple map and place a bunch of barney entities and BAM!

LOL, what if Valve put in a little AI for if you make two barneys together! Just a little funny thing, cuz they know you will try it eventually.

 

[galoot3000]

i know that there are only one of each character, but if there are only one barney and eli what would happen if you killed one of them? im thinking that they would put a black screen like there was on blue shift when you shoot someone before the accident.

 

[simon]

2+2 = 3

2 + 2 = 5 !

 

[63]

I never considered the scientists or "barneys" expendable. I always did my best to save them, and never took their weapons...

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

I checked the spoiler thats facinateing /me ponders rest of hl2 plot

oh by the way WOW I didnt expect that... heh im stupid... but sweet!

 

[Brian Damage]

You're stupid but sweet? Oooookaaaay...

I always used to try to protect the Scientists and Barneys... just the mournful looks on their poor sixteen-polygon faces... so endearing...

 

[RblDiver]

I am pretty sure they said there'd be only 1 of each type this time around (ie one Barney, one Eli, and one Kliener). I remember them saying at one point they were really surprised how much of an emotional tie people had with the hordes of cannon fodder in HL1, so perhaps they took out all the original fodder and turned them into one. Now for fodder perhaps we'll get the guys in white (the resistance, or whatever they're called), and maybe the vortigaunts (hehe, green lightning everywhere!). Oh, and the antlions too!

 

[Brian Damage]

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