op-force enemies in hl2?

[madFive]

i'm sure this was beat to death at some point around the onset, but i can't find any info hereabouts just now... it was said that the original HL enemies will all be making a comeback, but will that include the opposing force aliens? and what about the specialty alien weapons you get in op-force?

a few things i that would be interesting to see:
- the tall commando-like aliens with the live guns and bio grenades: pre-cursors of the combine?
- the little ones that run around and spit spikes at you: some relation to ant-lions?
- the really fat spider things with the shockwaves: wtf - really don't want to be seeing those again , but would like to know more about where they came from etc...

i'm sure these'll all make some kind of comeback when opposing force 2 is released in 2006 or whenever, but it might be cool to see a few of them around in hl2... thoughts?

 

[G-Nelson]

I think it would probably be they Spike Spitter things because they kinda have the "Half-life 2 feel."

Plus they might have to ask gearbox to add opforce enemies I think, and valve is already "supposally" working hard enough as it is...

 

[Ames]

Race-X isn't going to be back according to Valve. But hey....anything could happen.

 

[Cutey_Kaite]

wouldnt it be funny if 6 years of work=crap game?

 

[Ames]

No. It won't.

Crap game = crap. :O

Maybe the mods would save it.

 

[63]

Fat Spiders? You mean the Houndeyes?

 

[Jadewolf5675]

i'm sure these'll all make some kind of comeback when opposing force 2 is released in 2006 or whenever, but it might be cool to see a few of them around in hl2... thoughts?

Valve hasn't said anything about Opposing Force 2. I doubt it the next expansion will be called that.

 

[Ames]

I think the fat spiders are the Volitgores.

 

[madFive]

...i have no idea what they were called...the ones that used to hide in dark places and lock up my P2 machine when i had to use the nighvision ...they shoot red glowing shockwaves at you, and are generally very anoying... i hope they were made extinct in the time between HL&HL2, 'cause those were some ugly little f'ers...

 

[Apos]

Basically, here's the plot reason we won't see Race-X again:

Spoiler

At the end of OP4, you basically destroy the entity that was trying to push through into our dimension. This dimension: the Race-X dimension, was basically using the opportunity of the dimensional breach to launch it's own invasion of Earth, separate from the Xen creatures (which may or may not really have been deliberately invading in the first place). When you kill the guy at the end, you are also basically sealing up that path of access to Earth for that dimension. End of story: Race-X can't come back. In regular HL, you basically do the same to Xen, only I strongly think that Nilhanth or whatever his name was wasn't precisely invading us, but rather trying to heal the breach. I think he was a good guy, and the G-Man was a bad guy who wanted him destroyed so they could take over Xen. That's just a guess though, not a spoiler for HL2

 

[madFive]

ya - makes sense...

 

[evil^milk]

Sad. I liked Race-X.

 

[Kazuki_Fuse]

Yeah Shocktroopers were cool. I loved their robotic sounding voice. They were pretty smart too.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

Basically, here's the plot reason we won't see Race-X again:

That's a bit speculative, don't you think? For all we know, the Gene Worm could have just been a Race-X tank or something.

That said, I don't expect to see them back, unless they're somehow integrated into the plot in ways that we don't know yet. Although it would be great.

I heard in an interview that the Barnacle gun is making a comeback though, and we'll likely see the gonome again.

 

[urseus]

I wonder if the assassins will be in hl2?


They scared the shyte out of me. Running around in dark corners, tiny black demons poping up here and there around corners.

I lept around scared out of my mind laying trip mines all over the place, then fleeing into a dead end room, sitting there with my gun trained on the entrance, hearing these muffled expolisions in the distance. I must have sat there for like 10 minutes before creeping out, and finding all of them blown to pieces.

 

[Jadewolf5675]

I wonder if the assassins will be in hl2?

I strongly doubt it, they were government employed killers, and in HL2 there isn't much of a government.

 

[Sparta]

There are, look in this sites concept art section

 

[Apos]

Different assasins tho. Probably part alien.

 

[c0ltM4a1]

the assasins scared the shit out of me to they were so fast and hard to kill i allways sat in a room waiting for them or something
i have only completed Op4 not half-life or Blue Shift but i know how they end

 

[Brian Damage]

I never heard VALVe say anything about Race-X not making a comeback. It's supposedly in the Info from VALVe thread, but I don't have a spare six hours to trawl through that stuff. And I've found that searching doesn't really work too well, either. I only seem to be able to find posts from 2004.

 

[jimbones]

Maybe they'll have Race-XI or even (I highly doubt it though) Race XII ?!?

 

[jimbones]

i have only completed Op4 not half-life or Blue Shift but i know how they end

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[KagePrototype]

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