Probably been asked before. How does Adrian fit in now?

[Skaadi]

The search button isn't my friend.

Well, I heard (somewhere) that Valve isn't going to make any games that tell the story from anyone elses perspective like in Half Life 1 (Blue Shift, Opposing Force, ect ect.) Not that that would matter with Adrian because he's in stasis or something. So how does he fit in now? Maybe he never comes back or he comes back during Half Life 3.

Just wanted to know if everyone thinks he will come back or not, or if anyone has heard anything.

 

[Fuse Kazuki]

Boy, you do have a lot of questions..well um..I'm not much of an Adrian fan so I dont know much about him. But I have played his game, and I'm sure they'll bring him back, they arent going to let him be in stasis to long.

 

[Langolier]

Adrian just... fits in as himself.

He was a Marine in Half-Life 1, he survived, and he was placed in statis. If Valve never uses him again then we can assume he shall remain there forever.

I believe Marc Laidlaw said in an email to a fan once that Opposing Force and Blue Shift had no lasting effect on the storyline. They just fleshed out Black Mesa.

There is no reason that he (Shephard) must be brought back, though plenty of us would like to see better closer to his fate. (either death or release)

 

[gabriel]

i wouldnt be surprised if adrian never comes back

 

[63]

Adrien C is cool.

 

[Dr. Freeman]

The search button isn't my friend.

Well, I heard (somewhere) that Valve isn't going to make any games that tell the story from anyone elses perspective like in Half Life 1 (Blue Shift, Opposing Force, ect ect.) Not that that would matter with Adrian because he's in stasis or something. So how does he fit in now? Maybe he never comes back or he comes back during Half Life 3.

Just wanted to know if everyone thinks he will come back or not, or if anyone has heard anything.

i sent Marc Laidlaw an email a few months back on the status of Adrian Shepherd not from a HL universe stand point, but from a "who is in control of the Adrian Shepherd IP (IP = intellectual property)" stand point and basically he refused to comment on the situation.

he did acknowledge tho that there are alot of Adrian Shepherd fans and basically in the email in so many words indicated not to rule out the possibility of Adrian popping up somewhere along the lines.

take that for whatever u will

 

[Asknoone]

There is no need for him to come back.

 

[Skaadi]

There is no need for him to come back.

I know, but Gman just can't keep him in stasis forever, he still could serve some purpose.

 

[Dr. Freeman]

There is no need for him to come back.

u shush
whaddya know anyway huh?

 

[Asknoone]

u shush
whaddya know anyway huh?

No I won't shush

Adrian is cannon and is relativley useless, leave him in the void dammit!!

Time for a new character to arise :bounce:

 

[Bob_Marley]

I (pulls on kevlar vest) agree with samon. There is no need to bring Shepard back. He's been put in stasis as a contingency plan (my personal belif) in case Freeman goes down or is unavailible. and that wont happen because Freeman is the central charicter and almost always his actions have an effect on the other chariters actions and motivations. Shepard dosn't.

None of the other charicters (to our knowlage) have ever seen him, and Barney(assuming that the Barney from blue shift is the barney in HL2, which i think he is) is the only one who knows he existed at some point, although he probubly believes him to be dead as the marines were talking about his osprey going down.

Also the original idea of having Shepard was to show the point of veiw of the opposing force. Now Shepard wouldnt be the opposing force, he'd (probubly) be on the same side as Freeman and the other black mesa survivors, which dosent fit (Shepard knew the marines were searching for Freeman, and if Freeman survived, that means that he almost cirtainly killed Shepard's brother marines, which he wouldn't be very happy about) or a random element, which if that happenes what would be the point of bringing him back?

How ever, I would like to see Shepard brought back for one last mission and is killed so that he will have a definite fate and when HL10 comes out we wont be wondering if it features Shepard or not.

Otis (isn't it wierd how we always refur to the other chariters by their sir name and to the security guards by their first?) on the other hand, Otis needs to come back. If he dosent who's going to break into vending machines and eat donuts while every one else is trying to escape/save the world/kill his coworkers? No one. And that would be bad.

 

[Asknoone]

I (pulls on kevlar vest) agree with samon.

Don't worry kid, agreeing with me is the safe thing to do

/Samon holds back angry rioters led by the one and only - Dr. Freeman!

Anywho, you summed it up nicely. Shepard was the opposing force, and is gone now. Tada.

 

[Pesmerga]

Adrian will probably be subtly reffered to in Half-Life 3 or maybe even Aftermath.

 

[Insano]

And I fully agree with Bob_Marley

 

[Duracell]

Sadly, I don't think he really does fit in now

But if anyone can write him back into the story it'll be ol' Laidlaw

 

[Bob_Marley]

And I fully agree with Bob_Marley

Exelent I'm not the only one who firmly beleves that Otis, the greatest security guard in the history of PC games need to make his triumphant return!:E

 

[Dr. Freeman]

Exelent I'm not the only one who firmly beleves that Otis, the greatest security guard in the history of PC games need to make his triumphant return!:E

yeah, to raid the nearest coffee shop and swipe all the donuts huh? :upstare:

 

[Drackard]

Don't ya think it would be cool though that like, say you, barney and alyx are pinned down all together in HL3 by tons of Combine Forces then along comes some huge explosions, gun fire and shouting and through the smoke comes Adrian Sheaperd and a couple of grunts to save the day and help you out a lil o course

Me personally, i think that would be really cool to see.

 

[Bob_Marley]

Don't ya think it would be cool though that like, say you, barney and alyx are pinned down all together in HL3 by tons of Combine Forces then along comes some huge explosions, gun fire and shouting and through the smoke comes Adrian Sheaperd and a couple of grunts to save the day and help you out a lil o course

Me personally, i think that would be really cool to see.

Er... yes that would be cool but it doesnt fit. The USMC no longer exisits so Shepard has no allies. It is conceaveble that shepard might come back on a mission for the G man to prevent Freeman's death, but having Shepard as a speaking part, as almost cirtainly he would be in the idea above, would ruin the chariter for many of his fans as they would never all like the voice or how he acted during his apperance. Remember for everyone who has ever played OP4 there is a different Adrian Shepard who acted differntly during his time at black mesa. Also, I dont think that shepard would willingly help to save Freeman due to him having killed Shepard's brother marines and lets face it, as soon as shepard finds out the true purpose of his mission he will probubly go off and do his own thing, probubly trying to save mankind with the rebels but always trying to kill Freeman in the process.

Also think about it, its 10 years after the BMI some of the survivors are in city 17 fighting the combine, then out of the gun smoke appears one of the marines from the BMI, in full battle dress, gun in hand, PCV fully charged. Those poor bastards from BM are gunna think its a living incarnation of the wrath of the USMC come to cliamb them for their actions at BM (ok, thats a bit far fetched but no doubt they'd be scared witless).

But having Otis, Dr. Rosenburg and a few survivors of BM/Rebels, now that would be seriosly cool, and they could raid the nearest cafe/vending machine/donugt shop on the way.

In short, It just dont fit to bring Shepard back that way cos he's got no motive, no allies and no one that'd recognise him (exept the BM survivors, who, as stated previosly, would be scared witless by him, with the possible exeption of Freeman who will be wondering "if i unload this MP-7 clip into his face will he say 'Is that all you got'?").

 

[Asknoone]

There is no need to bring him back. End of.

 

[Drackard]

Geeze Bob i was only f****** saying, no need to go off on one and ruin what was a cool image in my mind, thanks a lot :frown:

 

[Fliko]

He was just saying... don't spazz.
EDIT: That... and Adrian is not from Valve, but from Gearsoft, or something like that. Which, correct me if I am wrong, entitles them to using Adrian unless Valve gets permission.

 

[Drackard]

I believe i shall "Spazz" as much as i want thankyou very much.

 

[Fliko]

Spazz as much as you want, just, don't waste forum space with pointless spazz on other people.

 

[Drackard]

Bit ironic tbh.

 

[Asknoone]

Keep order people

 

[Bob_Marley]

Calm down dear, its only a forum! So you lost your cool image of Shepard's return (and it was acctually qutie cool). Big deal, come up with a newer, better one that is plausable in the story line (the basic idea is good, now for the details [cos i notice the details, i complianed about the WoW movie because they used a stinger missile on a ground target] and it'll be perfect). I have to do that all the time. Now when I think "hey, thats really cool" I have to run through a checklist to make shure it fits (which is bad, it's ruined so many good ideas *raises fist to sky* Damn you, Damn you and your complex story line).

 

[ThrasherX9]

It's possible though that they could make Sheppard fit. Freeman is up to the highest bidder, Sheppard could be in the same position. G-Man's got another contract with someone who needs Sheppard to stop Freeman... see, we still have no idea what the G-Man's motives are and Freeman just may have been hired by a resistance civilian to save the day and end the combine threat. Possibly now that Breen knows of Freeman and may be on to the G-Man's game, he could hire Sheppard to stop Freeman.

And don't bother bringing back Otis... it just doesn't seem possible that a fat, lazy, rent-a-cop could have survived The BM incident, let alone a 7 hour attack on earth. Dr. Rossenburg on the otherhand, we know he escaped. I think it would be interesting if somehow he ended up on the other side of the planet doing his own research and somehow remained hidden from the Combine. Maybe he went a little crazy...