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[IbizaPocholo]

Welcome to the Combine Overworld!
Until Valve reveals their next Half Life game, I tried to imagine what a trailer for a sequel to Half Life 2 Episode 2 would look like... Welcome to the Combine Overworld, and their next attempt to regain control of Earth.

Almost every visual asset in this short film (concepts, models, textures, rigs, animations) have been designed and handcrafted from scratch. Exceptions: (G-man, and Dr. Breen's Face)
No generative Ai assets have been used in this project, even for the concept stage... if that even matters to anyone.

I wanted to thank the Half Life subreddit for all their support and and even suggestions during the design process and a friend who helped with retopology of the bear and the "mother" creature.

Inspiration/references:
Half Life 2 Artbook "Raising The Bar" has been used as initial inspiration for the many original concepts I had to create but at the same time, other media has influenced the design process in many areas. "Alien", "Prometheus" "Scorn - game" and Denis Villeneuve sci-fi movies are some of the them.

Voice lines:
Dr. Wallace Breen by Robert Martin Culp 1930–2010
Half Life 2 and HL2 Episode One

Music
Half-Life 2: Combine Harvester music remixed from @DarrynYT
Half-Life 2 EP2 "Dark Interval" Slowed down and reversed.
Half-Life: Alyx "Anti-Citizen"

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

Wish I could play this

 

[violence]

I’m holding back my tears.

 

[Spukc]

People seem to forget how fucking huge the halflife 2 jump was for pc gamers.

An half life 3 or episode 3 needs to come out when tech is ready.

This is what lord gaben stated eons ago

 

[pqueue]

i think i spooged.

 

[Come On Tars]

People seem to forget how fucking huge the halflife 2 jump was for pc gamers.

An half life 3 or episode 3 needs to come out when tech is ready.

This is what lord gaben stated eons ago

That why vr for alyx was such a smart move

 

[violence]

They decided to bow off the stage on top rather than get Mass Effect 3’ed.

 

[Spukc]

That why vr for alyx was such a smart move

so cool you mentioned this.. but this step was not mainstream hence it failed.
to me it is half life 3

 

[Dacvak]

so cool you mentioned this.. but this step was not mainstream hence it failed.
to me it is half life 3

That’s not Valve’s fault though. It doesn’t diminish how gigantic of a leap in VR gaming it was and still is. No other VR game has come even close in scope and execution.

 

[Spukc]

That’s not Valve’s fault though. It doesn’t diminish how gigantic of a leap in VR gaming it was and still is. No other VR game has come even close in scope and execution.

Yeah but you and me both know we are part of a very small part of privileged people that experienced Alyx

 

[Dacvak]

Yeah but you and me both know we are part of a very small part of privileged people that experienced Alyx

It’s true

 

[Big Baller]

I hate those stupid striders

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]