Half-Life 2: Episode Two nearing completion, new concept ar

News Reader · Post by **News Reader** » May 7th, 2007, 16:00

Half-Life 2: Episode Two nearing completion, new concept art inside
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As part of their weekly updates, Valve recently spilled the beans on the status of Half-Life 2: Episode Two: "we're working hard on putting the final parts together." The early part of the development was spent carefully working on concept art of key areas in the game, ensuring everyone on the team could share a vision of what the final product would look like. A few examples are in the gallery below.

While yearly releases doesn't feel very episodic to us (especially compared to the monthly Sam & Max series installments), it's half the time we waited between Half-Life 2 (2004) and Episode One (2006). Does Valve need to get its act together and deliver at a faster pace, or does a game like Half-Life 2 need time for perfection?

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spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » May 7th, 2007, 20:13

The third pic makes Alyx look like a giant compared to the chopper. Perspective hax!

Post by **Dog Pants** » May 7th, 2007, 20:18

Women always look giant compared to my chopper too

MrGreen · Post by **MrGreen** » May 7th, 2007, 20:43

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » May 7th, 2007, 20:49

Dog Pants wrote:Women always look giant compared to my chopper too

Hahahaha

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » May 7th, 2007, 20:54

I notice GMan is in the Arctic base. Mummy, why is GMan in the Arctic base?

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » May 7th, 2007, 20:59

Stoat wrote:I notice GMan is in the Arctic base. Mummy, why is GMan in the Arctic base?

Because he is the G-man, and he can go anywhere, he is the G-man, he can go anywhere.

Including here, here, and there.

Aside from that, it could quite easily be a dusty lab complex, after all, I see no snow and it IS a concept art drawing, unlike the other two which look like renders.

MrGreen · Post by **MrGreen** » May 8th, 2007, 15:04

<IMG SRC="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/202/4899 ... 8b.jpg?v=0" ALT="geeeeman">

Quick and dirty, just how you like it.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » May 8th, 2007, 15:07

pffft, nice

The bbcode tags don't seem to like question marks, I edited you post to test it.

MrGreen · Post by **MrGreen** » May 8th, 2007, 15:09

I html'd it now.