What is going on?

[AJ Rimmer]

I'm heading for the prison now, and so far, no-one has explained anything to me? Where am I? What is City 17, who are the combine, what does Dr Breen want, what is the combine tower, how did barney and Kliener knew I was coming? I hoped for some splanin' bout BMRF and the time between HL and HL2, is it still coming up or what?

 

[guise]

i just reached the prison so im not far ahead, but from what i know,

youre going to rescue eli whoes been taken to the prison.

barney and kleiner didnt know gordon was coming. no one did. he just turned up.

but apart from that i dont know much else

 

[AJ Rimmer]

i just reached the prison so im not far ahead, but from what i know,

youre going to rescue eli whoes been taken to the prison.

barney and kleiner didnt know gordon was coming. no one did. he just turned up.

but apart from that i dont know much else

Yeah, I know that, but I thought barney & kliener knew gordon was coming, noly not when.

 

[Doofus]

Don't worry guys, it's all explained by the end...

No wait, I'm just kidding. I beat it, and I'm still confused.

 

[AJ Rimmer]

Might as well ask for help in this thread then, I'm a bit after the big train bridge with the buggy, and I can't figure out how to open the big gate at the combine post, there's a battery in one of three sockets but what do i do?

 

[AmishSlayer]

Don't worry guys, it's all explained by the end...

No wait, I'm just kidding. I beat it, and I'm still confused.

Valve likes to toy with us...no answers...just more questions! YAY!

 

[markabey]

put batteries in the other 2 sockets
theres one in a scrap car under the bonnet and one in the other room.

 

[AJ Rimmer]

put batteries in the other 2 sockets
theres one in a scrap car under the bonnet and one in the other room.

Much obliged.

 

[Dynasty]

its because hl2 isnt the last game in the series. hl3 will explain all the answers. if everything was explained in hl2 then there would be no point to hl2...but i do agree that the story is lacking so far. ive just got past the prison and havent advanced further yet...hopefully the reason why youre there in the first place will be explained.

 

[Dynasty]

Might as well ask for help in this thread then, I'm a bit after the big train bridge with the buggy, and I can't figure out how to open the big gate at the combine post, there's a battery in one of three sockets but what do i do?

mate look for the big tower thing to the left of the battery building. look up and there's a sheet of metal sticking out. run away from it and zoom in...the battery is sitting on the edge. shoot it off with a magnum...easy :E

 

[shade70]

I'm heading for the prison now, and so far, no-one has explained anything to me? Where am I? What is City 17, who are the combine, what does Dr Breen want, what is the combine tower, how did barney and Kliener knew I was coming? I hoped for some splanin' bout BMRF and the time between HL and HL2, is it still coming up or what?

There is some info around - but to my knowledge noone tells you directly.

In Black Mesa East , there is a notice board with some newspaper clippings - basically the Combine are Alien Invaders who conquered Earth in 7 hours (it was called the 7 hour War), Dr Breem arranged the surrender of Earth Forces, so was given the job as the Human populations 'Administrator', also how Earth was ravaged by 'Portal Storms' - whatever they are

The earth population is under strict control, with all emotions and even sex being banned - noone everyone looks so POed! (this is from Dr Breems announcments in City 17). City 17 seems to be the 'capitol' of Earth now - as its Dr Breems centre of operations.

There is more than one 'City', in the railway station one of the travellers says he just came in from City 14.

Drugs are used to try & control the population - in the Railway station at the start one of the citizens mumbles 'They put something in the Water to make you forget - I dont even remember how I got here -Dont drink the water'

According to the game guide (although it might be somewhere in game as well) the Combine were attracted to Earth by the Dimensional Rift caused by the Black Mesa incident...

The Vortiguants are basically Alien Slaves from HL - when Freeman destroyed Xen in HL, they were freed and rather than assist the Combine, they fight on the Humans side....the hold Gordon in very high regard, seeing him as there Liberator.

Humans are taken to Nova Prospekt to be turned into Slaves for the Combine - these so called Stalkers (you never fight them, though you do some one on a monitor in Nova Prospekt) are humans who have been Lobotimized and had Higher brain functions disconnected, and various implants installed.

I think also the Combine soliders are also 'Adapted' or 'Assmiliated' humans. On a wall at the Petrol station in Highway 17 (the end wherer you have the big fight with a large ambush of Combine soliders).....if you check the Gas container compound opposite the house, you see three drawings on the wall....one is a spilt view of a monkeys head, second is a humans & third is a combines soldiers (you can see what looks like implants etc) they all look the more or less the same....

There are pointers to what has happened - you just have to look hard for em.....as alot of em arent obvious.

 

[VodkA-HLC-]

There is some info around - but to my knowledge noone tells you directly.

In Black Mesa East , there is a notice board with some newspaper clippings - basically the Combine are Alien Invaders who conquered Earth in 7 hours (it was called the 7 hour War), Dr Breem arranged the surrender of Earth Forces, so was given the job as the Human populations 'Administrator', also how Earth was ravaged by 'Portal Storms' - whatever they are

The earth population is under strict control, with all emotions and even sex being banned - noone everyone looks so POed! (this is from Dr Breems announcments in City 17). City 17 seems to be the 'capitol' of Earth now - as its Dr Breems centre of operations.

There is more than one 'City', in the railway station one of the travellers says he just came in from City 14.

Drugs are used to try & control the population - in the Railway station at the start one of the citizens mumbles 'They put something in the Water to make you forget - I dont even remember how I got here -Dont drink the water'

According to the game guide (although it might be somewhere in game as well) the Combine were attracted to Earth by the Dimensional Rift caused by the Black Mesa incident...

The Vortiguants are basically Alien Slaves from HL - when Freeman destroyed Xen in HL, they were freed and rather than assist the Combine, they fight on the Humans side....the hold Gordon in very high regard, seeing him as there Liberator.

Humans are taken to Nova Prospekt to be turned into Slaves for the Combine - these so called Stalkers (you never fight them, though you do some one on a monitor in Nova Prospekt) are humans who have been Lobotimized and had Higher brain functions disconnected, and various implants installed.

I think also the Combine soliders are also 'Adapted' or 'Assmiliated' humans. On a wall at the Petrol station in Highway 17 (the end wherer you have the big fight with a large ambush of Combine soliders).....if you check the Gas container compound opposite the house, you see three drawings on the wall....one is a spilt view of a monkeys head, second is a humans & third is a combines soldiers (you can see what looks like implants etc) they all look the more or less the same....

There are pointers to what has happened - you just have to look hard for em.....as alot of em arent obvious.

Great ****ing post bro..........Who would of thought that you actually have to look around the game world and investigate every nook and cranny to find out what you need to know. I was thinking of taking screen shots of all those easter eggs. Next time I play it I will investigate everything with a fine tooth comb so that I don't miss anything since I was just blowing through it my first time.

 

[shade70]

More interesting info - from Dr Mossman in Black Mesa East.

The Combine seem to be from another Dimension...as she states they can only only teleport in from 'their' universe.

They are unable to teleport 'locally' so to speak, so they have to use the local trasportation (that why nothing teleports in and they use Drop ships)

Kliener has improved the teleporter so instead of having to travel to Xen and then back again (as in HL), Xen is used like a Sling shot, so you can teleport between 2 points on Earth.

Check the bookcase in the Lab- Kliener wrote a book called 'From Here to There in Under a Second'

Also if you ever wanted to see an Alien Slave in a Chefs hat and cooking - check out the small room in the Lab at Black Mesa East, take a look at the Security cameras - a classic!

The new way of being able to select where you start in the New Game option makes checking for things alot easier - if you wanna check out Black Mesa East yourself (if youve already been through) for he info, just select 'New Game' and then scroll to Black Mesa East - easy

Half Life 2 is one of those games every time you play it (even if youve already done a level before) you find something new.

 

[samcim]

WOW, really cool thread!

 

[AJ Rimmer]

WOW, really cool thread!

Yes, it's awesome!

 

[15357]

Yes, it's awesome!

yeah....

"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist--" -- The last words of General John Sedgwick, Union Commander in the Civil War

shade70, there must have been elephant hunters in the civil war......

 

[The_Wookie]

If you keep on talking to the Vortigaunt who fits the combine gun to the Airboat, he waxes quite lyrical about Gordon and the fight ahead. I clicked on him like forty times or so, and he NEVER repeated himself once. They seem to hold Gordon at a level somewhere near supernatural.