Nameless Voice on 7/10/2009 at 17:18
There was meant to be, though. You can see some of the leftover objects and the train car has moving terrain properties on it.
ZylonBane on 7/10/2009 at 18:28
Well, it is the same assembly that's used later as a tram on the VB command deck after all.
Enchantermon on 7/10/2009 at 19:36
The earth level itself was originally meant to be much larger, wasn't it? Maybe the tram was supposed to take you through some of the parts that were cut. That would have been pretty cool, so long as it wasn't as annoyingly long as Half-Life's is.
theabyss on 7/10/2009 at 22:41
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
You start in one, which you immediately leave.
Yeah, that's what I meant with intro. ;)
Back then I was new to PC's (I got my first one in '98) and have seen Halflife only on a friends PC. Therefore, I thought it was just one of those clones.
ZylonBane on 7/10/2009 at 23:26
Quote Posted by Enchantermon
The earth level itself was originally meant to be much larger, wasn't it? Maybe the tram was supposed to take you through some of the parts that were cut.
There's actually quite a bit of unused geometry sealed off in the Earth map, but it's all at the street level. Besides, the point of Half-Life's tram ride was to give the player an idea how huge the Black Mesa facility was. A long tram ride in SS2 on Earth would have been fairly pointless (and quite obviously derivative).
The training booths were directly inspired by HL's hazard course though.
Zygoptera on 8/10/2009 at 01:18
I'm not convinced that the tram was meant to ridable on earth either- likely it's set up as an elevator because otherwise the pathfinding db won't compile properly and that's the simplest way to get a walk-on-able tram. No conclusive evidence either way though.
konstantin.neo on 8/10/2009 at 02:15
That first part kind of reminded me an old game I played on a mac, it was amazing and I never saw anything like that a that time. It was Spaceship Warlock.
Enchantermon on 9/10/2009 at 00:22
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
There's actually quite a bit of unused geometry sealed off in the Earth map, but it's all at the street level.
Ah. Guess not, then.
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
Besides, the point of Half-Life's tram ride was to give the player an idea how huge the Black Mesa facility was.
Right. And it did it's job well. I just wish it was skippable so I didn't have to sit through it every time I start a new game.
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
The training booths were directly inspired by HL's hazard course though.
Really? Didn't know that.
zakisbak on 10/10/2009 at 15:59
I'm just finishing my 1st time with ss2,('cept I never get to meet Shodan,just languish at the bottom of the tunnel in pitch darkness?),and am wondering about ss1.
Do you think I'll enjoy it having already played ss2?
"......Clear Sky. I'm just crossing my fingers regarding Call of Pripyat, hoping that it can be more like the first game."
First reports sounds good,though matching SOC is some task.
I only really got into ss2 while waiting for Pripyat,but am very glad I did!
Now I've played ss2,am I a nerd now?
Do I need to fish out my dark rimmed glasses and buy an anorak?
:joke:
Enchantermon on 10/10/2009 at 16:55
Quote Posted by zakisbak
Do you think I'll enjoy it having already played ss2?
I did. Whether or not you enjoy it will depend on factors other than whether or not you've played SS2, so I would give it a shot.
