The Half Life 2/Half Life 2 Beta topic

[Decepticon]

Okay, so first of all i'm fairly sure that the beta isn't illegal since it's the source code that Valve cares about.

But anyways, I just wanna ask if anybody here has played the Half Life 2 Beta? If so, which one is better? The anonymous one or Russian?

It's just that i've seen some E3 videos of Half Life 2 and played Missing Information and they both seem really cool, but yet the Anonymous version and the Russian version (which has been translated into English) both look like they have a lot more content and such than Missing Info.

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[ChexGuy331]

they probably have more content because Missing Information is still a very early work in progress.

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the fact that valve left all those cool enemies in the hl2 beta files made me sad

[LordCutlerBeckett]

the fact that valve left all those cool enemies in the hl2 beta files made me sad

Half Life beta had some cool enemies too. Like everyone's favorite, Mr. Friendly.

[Renousim]

Half Life beta had some cool enemies too. Like everyone's favorite, Mr. Friendly.

oh god one of the attacks is rape

[The Resonte!]

oh god one of the attacks is rape

[Decepticon]

Half Life beta had some cool enemies too. Like everyone's favorite, Mr. Friendly.

oh god i remember looking this up

they probably have more content because Missing Information is still a very early work in progress.

Yeah, I guess you're right about that.

the fact that valve left all those cool enemies in the hl2 beta files made me sad

Same here, who wouldn't want to fight this?

[Masterlegodude]

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=half+life+2+beta&sm=3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTW22CpLzIM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrmTw8g7kx0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWL3kRbArjY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPPIWxO9QQ0 (this is actually in HL2's files but is not used anywhere)

I love seeing Half Life 2 beta stuff, it's exciting and creepy

[LordCutlerBeckett]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c505w1jyLLA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt9VT2wfN_E

Not really beta stuff, but as said above Half Life 2 has a really creepy atmosphere if you really think about it. These help. Also cheaple.

On to the beta. There was a really cool creepy thing they took out called the Manhack Arcade.
http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Manhack_Arcade
Would've really added to the creepy. Creepy creepy creepy.

[Masterlegodude]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt9VT2wfN_E

And you heard this during the pod ride up to Breen's office, y'know the one, the one with all the strange Synth creatures you never see throughout Half Life 2 except this area and are never to be seen again

Look at how awesome and mysterious these things are

[Decepticon]

http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Manhack_Arcade
Would've really added to the creepy. Creepy creepy creepy.

Yeah, these are one of the things I like about HL2 Beta. It has a lot more creepy stuff than Half Life 2 it seems, but Half Life 2 can still be pretty damn creepy.

And you heard this during the pod ride up to Breen's office, y'know the one, the one with all the strange Synth creatures you never see throughout Half Life 2 except this area and are never to be seen again

Look at how awesome and mysterious these things are

Oh god I remember these. Then you see the Advisor pods that you never see again except as white streaks coming out of the Citadel when it explodes.

Also, the combine carrier used to be meant to walk but they cut that out too for some reason.

[LordCutlerBeckett]

Also, the combine carrier used to be meant to walk but they cut that out too for some reason.

Synths freak me out. It's just weird to see the dropship wave around its fat arms like it's living but it's practically a machine. Making it walk around would be even worse. Yucky.

http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Combine_Super_Soldier
http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Combine_Guard
http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Combine_Synth_Elite_Soldier

Yuck yuck yuck! Imagine walking around and suddenly seeing those abominations. Why were they cut?!

[Decepticon]

Synths freak me out. It's just weird to see the dropship wave around its fat arms like it's living but it's practically a machine. Making it walk around would be even worse. Yucky.

http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Combine_Super_Soldier
http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Combine_Guard
http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Combine_Synth_Elite_Soldier

Yuck yuck yuck! Imagine walking around and suddenly seeing those abominations. Why were they cut?!

sweet dreams

[Harm94]

Atleast the Opposing Force 2 mod will use some of these dropped enemies as well as the indie game conscript.

[Decepticon]

Atleast the Opposing Force 2 mod will use some of these dropped enemies as well as the indie game conscript.

Both seem cool, but also pretty inactive.