All-Knowing Vortigaunt Walter Bennet Wallace Breen Barney Calhoun (Half-Life 2 pre-release Half-Life 2 Episode One) Caroline Consoling Couple Gina Cross and Colette Green Odessa Cubbage Drill Instructors The Fisherman Gary GLaDOS (Portal Portal 2 single-player Portal 2 multiplayer Peer Review. Barney (referred to as Just Barney, or Justin Barnes) is the protagonist and player character of the Half-Life mod Azure Sheep as well as the 2019 remake, Black Mesa: Azure Sheep. He is a security guard at the Black Mesa Research Facility who goes on a mission to find his girlfriend Kate during the Black Mesa Incident. He also appeared in the other mod by Davide Cintrao named Point of View as.
Apr 29, 2008. Apr 05, 2014 Strangely, Barney does not appear during the course of Half-Life 2: Episode 2, and was not even mentioned. Given his place as a main character of note in the series, and that he escaped City 17 ahead of Dr. Freeman and Alyx Vance, he is presumed to still be alive, but his location is unknown.
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| Half-Life 2: Episode One |
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Developer: Valve This game has unused models. |
| This article is a work in progress. ..Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes. Notes: Get the pre-loaded 'outliers' and the unused dialogue from Alyx and G-Man. |
Half-Life 2: Episode One is the follow up to the original Half-Life 2, featuring pretty-looking HDR effects, more cooperation with Alyx, more physics puzzles and red skies.
It also adds some Hunters. Woo.
Vortex Hopwire Grenade
This 'weapon', also nicknamed the Black Hole Grenade, can be spawned through the console. It is very powerful, drawing everything nearby into it before collapsing and killing enemies instantly. However, it is glitchy and has an unfinished model; it re-uses the Rollermine model. According to Episode Two's commentary track, this would later become the Magnusson Device.
If used too close to Alyx, it can kill her and spawn endless ragdoll copies, and often crashes the game to desktop.
Unused Models
Vortex Hopwire Grenade
This 'weapon', also nicknamed the Black Hole Grenade, can be spawned through the console. It is very powerful, drawing everything nearby into it before collapsing and killing enemies instantly. However, it is glitchy and has an unfinished model; it re-uses the Rollermine model. According to Episode Two's commentary track, this would later become the Magnusson Device.
If used too close to Alyx, it can kill her and spawn endless ragdoll copies, and often crashes the game to desktop.
Unused Models
models/props_outland/pumpkin01_explosive.mdl contains an untextured pumpkin from an early build of Episode Two.
Unused G-Man Dialogue
There are various soundscripts located in Half-Life 2: Episode One that are pre-loaded, but whose respective sound files were omitted in versions after the preload release. The G-Man is one example of this. Here are various lines from the intro, and his only appearance in the game since the Vortigaunts hinder him from getting to talk to Gordon. Seemingly, he was to speak with Gordon in early revisions before being cut off, whereas in the final he is instead stopped from even initiating conversation.
Oh no, Freeman, come back. Come back here, now.
Get back here.
laughter
Oh! Not for long.
Not this time.
Snarling
Well..well shit.
So nice to have you with us, Mr. Freeman.
Get back where you belong, and forget about all this until-
We meet-
Again. Www.googlehangouts.
Again.
Unused Alyx Dialogue
Unlike the fucking soldiers who volunteer for what they get.
Alyx has a small number of unused pieces of dialogue involving the Stalker train that she and Gordon ride to get out of the Citadel, where she expresses fear for the Stalkers. As Bill Fletcher mentions in the developer commentary, her reactions to the Stalkers went through a number of iterations. In very early versions, Alyx was frightened by the Stalkers. This didn't work since it clashed with her earlier reactions to Stalkers in the Citadel. In the second revision, Alyx expressed anger at the Stalkers' predicament. Fletcher mentions early versions of this new idea didn't work out since Alyx's transition from generally upbeat to blind rage was too sudden. Ultimately, through 'rewrites and rigorous testing', the team found the right tone for the scene - a simmering anger level that was more in tune with the situation.
In addition to this line also being removed in releases after the preload version, it is located among the closed captions, its string is blanked out however. By comparison, the earliest iteration of Alyx's Stalker train-related dialogue is still present in the game's files.
Unused Barney Calhoun Voice Clips
The best thing you can do is run defense.
Ammo's in short supply; a lot of the citizens are unarmed at this point.
Barney was originally meant to say these lines when Alyx and Gordon meet up with him at a Resistance safehouse in the Urban Flight chapter.
Okay then. You take care of yourselves. I'll see you out there.
Barney was meant to say this when Alyx and Gordon are about to leave the Resistance safehouse.
Dr. K's in fine fettle, isn't he?
Barney was supposed to comment on either Alyx or Gordon about Isaac Kleiner's condition either during the Urban Flight or Exit 17 chapters.
Oh, you're kidding me. A Strider? In here?
Okay, where the hell did that strider come from? I thought they'd all hightailed it out of town by now.
Hey, see if you can bring that strider to its knees, buddy.
Good job knee-capping that strider!
Meant to be used for a Combine Strider battle in the first section of the Exit 17 chapter.
Are you crazy? Er, well, don't answer that.
Barney was supposed to say this if Gordon was to interact with him when under fire with a tough enemy entity during the first section of the Exit 17 chapter.
A gunship! Well this is one hell of a wrinkle.
That's one less gunship in the world!
Lines for a Combine Gunship battle in the Exit 17 chapter.
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Okay, we've gotta take out that armored personnel carrier or no one will be able to get through.
Barney was supposed to say this when encountering a Combine A.P.C. during the Exit 17 chapter.
Oh hell, it looks like that soldier found himself a rocket launcher.
Barney was supposed to say this when spotting an Overwatch Soldier equipping a Rocket Propelled Grenade.
Oh well..I don't have a trophy room anyway.
Barney was to say this if Gordon managed to defeat a tough hostile entity during the Exit 17 chapter.
Good. Now, to catch up on those beating quotas.
| The Half-Life series | |
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| Windows | Half-Life (Prototypes) • Half-Life: Opposing Force • Half-Life: Blue Shift • Half-Life: Source Half-Life 2 (Prototype) (Lost Coast, Episode One, Episode Two) • Half-Life: Alyx Black Mesa |
| Dreamcast | Half-Life |
| PlayStation 2 | Half-Life |
| Arcade | Half-Life 2: Survivor |
This article contains spoilers for Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One and Half-Life 2: Episode Two. Proceed at your own risk.
Half-Life: Alyx is out in two months. A new Half-Life game? Wow! Exciting stuff! Finally going to resolve that ending!
Not so fast, bucko!
In 2007, Valve ended Half-Life 2: Episode Two on a powerful note. After successfully defending the human base at White Forest from an all-out Combine attack, the Resistance launched a rocket into space, shutting off the conquering force's superportal and stranding them on Earth. But, the victory turned out to be pyrrhic.
Just as protagonist Gordon Freeman and his companion Alyx Vance were about to take off in search of Dr. Judith Mossman , a pair of Advisors — mysterious aliens speculated to be the master race of the Combine species — burst in, jacked in to Resistance leader Eli Vance 's brain and killed him. Alyx cried and cradled her father's dead body as the game faded to credits.
A shocking cliffhanger, followed by 12 years of nothing.
Originally, the Half-Life 2 episodes were planned to release as a trilogy. But, Episode 3, initially announced for a December 2007 release, never materialized . Now, we're getting something else entirely. In Half-Life: Alyx, it doesn't appear that Valve will continue Half-Life 2's story at all. Rather, this new VR chapter looks to mine the unexplored space between Half-Life and Half-Life 2.
The Space Between
The Half-Life saga kicks off with physicist Gordon Freeman participating in an experiment at government research facility Black Mesa that causes a 'resonance cascade.' That strange phenomenon opens a portal to the alien borderworld, Xen. After travelling to Xen and defeating the Nihilanth — the creature whose power sustained the portal — Gordon meets the G-Man. This mysterious interdimensional being places Gordon in stasis, where he remains — untouched by time — for 20 years.
At the beginning of Half-Life 2, the G-Man removed Gordon from stasis and placed him on a tram to City 17 , a sprawling dystopian metropolis and the headquarters for the Combine's rule on Earth. Here, Gordon joins the Resistance, led by Eli Vance, a scientist who worked with Gordon at Black Mesa, and his daughter, Alyx.
Half-Life: Alyx will explore the time between these two games. Here's how Valve's official Half-Life website describes the set-up for the game:
'The loss of the Seven-Hour War is still fresh. In the shadow of a rising Combine fortress known as the Citadel, residents of City 17 learn to live under the rule of their invaders. But among this scattered population are two of Earth's most resourceful scientists: Dr. Eli Vance and his daughter Alyx, the founders of a fledgling resistance.
You and your father were relocated to City 17. In the years since, you've continued your clandestine scientific activity—performing critical research, and building invaluable tools for the few humans brave enough to defy the Combine.
Every day you learn more about your enemy, and every day you work toward finding a weakness.'
Who to Expect
So far, Valve has only given us a small peak at the cast of characters who will appear in this game. Alyx is, obviously, back in the starring role and the announcement trailer reintroduced us to Eli, who looks substantially younger than in the Half-Life 2 games. Alyx will be aided in her mission by a new character, voiced by Rhys Darby , who chucks her a loaded gun in the trailer.
Additionally, it seems likely that Half-Life: Alyx will mark the return of Barney Calhoun — though, so far, that hasn't been confirmed. Barney Calhoun was a college student working as a security guard during the Black Mesa incident. In Half-Life: Blue Shift, a Gearbox-developed add-on to Half-Life, players assumed the role of Calhoun as he attempted to escape the Black Mesa facility.
In Half-Life 2 and its episodes, Calhoun has become a key figure in the Resistance. It's probable that Calhoun will make an appearance in Half-Life: Alyx. Likewise, Isaac Kleiner and Arne Magnusson , former Black Mesa scientists who became key figures in the Resistance following the Seven Hour War, will likely appear.
But, perhaps most importantly, the G-Man has some part to play in Half-Life: Alyx. The trailer ends on a glimpse of the up-rezzed interdimensional bureaucrat. For fans looking for plot threads connecting the new entry to Episode Two's cliffhanger, the G-Man is your best bet. Hopefully Half-Life: Alyx can provide some new insight into the G-Man's relationship with Eli.
The aging scientist never speaks the G-Man's name but, when during a conversation with Gordon, refers to the G-Man as their 'mutual friend.' Additionally, after Alyx's near-death experience in Episode Two, we find out that the G-Man rescued her during the events at Black Mesa. Half-Life: Alyx will likely give us a better understanding of the G-Man's relationship with the Vances.
The Resistance
As a result of its place in the Half-Life timeline, Half-Life: Alyx has the opportunity to answer some lingering questions about the formation of Earth's Resistance movement. When Gordon arrives on the scene, the faction is already established, with outposts in City 17, White Forest and along the coast. Its key figures — mostly scientists — are in place. But, Half-Life: Alyx has the stated goal of showing us how that confederation coalesces.
In the trailer, it is revealed that Eli Vance has been apprehended by the Combine. But, will we get a glimpse of his relationship with Alyx before his capture? Will we see the pair recruiting scientists in a bid to form a Combine-fighting coalition? Will we see how the Vortigaunts went from Xen slaves and shotgun-fodder to friends of the Freeman? What about how Barney Calhoun ascend from looked-down on security guard to Resistance leader? And, Alyx's relationship with the G-Man? What's going on with that? And why does Alyx still look like she's in her twenties in Half-Life 2 despite also looking like she's in her twenties over a decade before in Half-Life: Alyx? Only time will tell.
Barney Half Life 2
So, while we still eagerly anticipate a sequel that ties up the loose ends left by Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Half-Life: Alyx is exploring a fascinating time period in the series' lore. While Gordon Freeman is out of the picture, Alyx has the potential to tell the interesting story of Earth's most highly educated group of ragtag rebels.
