I went down the elevator shaft, turned off the power, climbed up to the top floor, into the vent, down through the collapsing pipe and found myself on the other side of the red door, the way forward blocked by a locked door with explosives right behind and a mighty wall of debris. So I’m … Read more
I’m confused about the multiplayer modes in the Half-Life series. Half-Life and Half-Life 2 appear to have launched without online features, but now have paid multiplayer offerings Half-Life Deathmatch: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch on sale, respectively. What confuses me greatly is that Half-Life Deathmatch: Source was released after Half-Life 2: Deathmatch. Can you elaborate … Read more
In Half-Life 2: Episode One, my character, Dr. Gordon Freeman, runs really slowly. I can sprint but even then, he is still very slow. I’m also sure I’m not using ‘WALK’ by accident. All the enemies and NPCs move at normal speed. The game runs perfectly on my machine. I have good graphics and sound … Read more
I have heard through the grapevines that there is a secret Half-Life 2D game that was released back before Half-Life 2 was officially available, that can still be installed onto Steam by entering “steam://install/92” into your steam client. However, I can’t seem to make Steam accept this url – when I try to enter it … Read more
In the original Half-Life, Marine Corps units storm the Black Mesa facility a little while after the resonance cascade, with orders to kill not just the invading aliens, but any human witnesses as well. They become perhaps the primary enemies for the player throughout the middle section of the game. Was this ever a source … Read more
Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 7 years ago. Improve this question Ok, so Black Mesa and Aperture Science were competing to discover and develop portal technology along … Read more
In Half-Life 2: Episode One, the last underground level is where Gordon and Alyx find an unpowered elevator, look around for a switch to power it on, and then try to survive the zombie onslaught while waiting the elevator to arrive. In my previous playthroughs, I always struggled on this part, and could only survive … Read more
I know that the two of them are independently developed from Half-Life itself, and based on events that took place during Half-Life, but are the two games considered part of the official Half-Life Canon, or has Valve not formally adopted them as part of the backstory? Answer There is no official Half-Life canon. Valve have … Read more
Are there any stories that go deeper into these the histories and purposes of locations like Black Mesa and Aperture? Answer The Combine Overwiki has full articles on Aperture Science and Black Mesa. These articles cover all that is canonically known about these organizations. A quick summary: Aperture Science Location: Upper Michigan Purpose: Originally created … Read more
I have played Portal (loved it), but not Half Life. First, what is Black Mesa? And how is Portal related to Black Mesa? I know GLaDOS mentions it in the “Still Alive” tribute at the end of the game. But what’s the relation? Please feel free to be specific, since I doubt I’d pick up … Read more
