Half-Life 2 Q&A [Jun 08, 2003, 11:42 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
HomeLan Fed's Half-Life 2
Q&A is online, talking with Valve's Gabe Newell about what can de
revealed about plans for their shooter sequel. Along the way, they cover a good
deal of ground, confirm that they still expect to make their September 30
release date, and more. Here's a bit on the reasons behind setting the game in
the fictional European location of City 17:
Within the story, there are reasons why you are in City 17. Outside of what is happening in the story, two factors influenced our inclusion of City 17 - the first was that Viktor Antonov grew up in Romania and without really intending to he got a bunch of the artists excited about an art direction that drew heavily on eastern European source material, and the second was that thematically present day eastern Europe exists at a really interesting crossroad between the past and the future which resonates with what goes on in Half-Life 2.
"With that out of the way, Gabe's statement is at best, optimistic, and more likely just diplomatic. I'll probably buy and play both but some people won't be able to afford both. Just like movie releases are sometimes delayed so as to avoid going up against the latest big blockbuster.. "
not really. movies are only in theaters for a short time to make cash while hl2 and the other big games will be on the shelves at full price for upwards of a year.
not really. movies are only in theaters for a short time to make cash while hl2 and the other big games will be on the shelves at full price for upwards of a year.
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