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[SantaC]

Swedish Gamereactor has made an excellent interview with Valve about the lost content in HL2. Here are some tidbits from it:

http://www.gamereactor.se/texter/?id=3061&PHPSESSID=9a306bd85f403620c6b963f7b204d3c3


* The blue snake like enemy hydra was scratched after 6 months of work with it. It was too boring to fight against.

* The swamp boat was a jetski from the start

* There was a drivable apc in the game before it was deleted.

* A boss called ant lion king that was absolutley huge was removed because it didn't fit in

* Plus several other enemies as you can see.

* Valve are happy with the great reviews and the sales numbers.

* Steam was used in order to lower piracy

* The development of HL2 started in februari 1999.

* Valve will continue to make more games in the Half-Life serie ( an adventure with alyx and her "Dog" is mentioned)

* Team Fortress 2 with the HL2 engine is in the works. More info will be available in spring 2005.

* (not confirmed)Gordon will play co-op with alyx in a HL2 expansion pak


Early HL2 game content that never made or was changed the final version.

 

[duckroll]

* Team Fortress 2 with the HL2 engine is in the works.

Come on Duke Nuken Forever! You still have a chance!

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Nice pics, I think we knew about some of them but not all. Good to see Valve is happy with the sales, they better be.

 

[SantaC]

Come on Duke Nuken Forever! You still have a chance!

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Nice pics, I think we knew about some of them but not all. Good to see Valve is happy with the sales, they better be.

Yeah I know, but valve actually mentioned that they will reveal more about it spring 2005.

 

[enjoy bell woods]

I think I remember getting excited for TF2 when I read about it in a 1999 PC Gamer.

 

[radioheadrule83]

That art of Alyx really reminds me of Jade from Beyond Good & Evil

 

[Dr Zhivago]

There's more like that in the 'Raising the Bar' book, v. interesting read.

 

[tedtropy]

Half Life 2: The Spirits Within

Oh, and Alex seems kinda calm, considering the horror before her. I think this boss battle should've comprised of activating three switches in incredibly remote locations, followed by initiating a giant toilet flush that also opened a path to the level ahead. Just an idea.

 

[Eric-GCA]

I know it sucks that they cut so much, but hey, thats the inevitable when designing a game. You're almost always going to have to cut stuff from the initial idea rather than add stuff.

Oh well, at least there will be no shortage of new stuff that they can add into the expansion packs. I'm already excited about more stuff with Alyx and especially Dog.

 

[brandonnn]

There's more like that in the 'Raising the Bar' book, v. interesting read.

Apart from the sales and reviews line, almost all of the info and pictures look like they were lifted straight from Raising the Bar.