Half Life 2 Episode 2 Trailer 2 Extended HD
CONTAINS SPOILERS
Continuing the plot of Half-Life 2 and Episode One, Episode Two consists of seven chapters telling the story of Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance's journey to a large resistance base called White Forest. The Combine's Earth-stationed forces have used the destruction of the Citadel to begin opening a massive super portal, through which their army will be able to invade once it reaches critical size. However, as explained by Dr. Kleiner's broadcast in Episode One, it has also inflicted a portal and communications blackout, leaving the Combine isolated and disorganized in the meantime. In addition, Combine Advisors, some of them still unhatched from their pods, are scattered about the region after evacuating the Citadel. A crucial part of the plot is the transmission packet which the Combine sacrificed the Citadel to send, copied by Alyx and Gordon before making their escape. It contains data on the formation of the super portal, which the resistance can use to collapse the portal before it forms completely. The G-Man explains his role in saving Alyx Vance from the Black Mesa incident. The background images evoke the original Half-Life. After Gordon and Alyx climb out of the wreckage of the train they used to escape City 17, they make their way to White Forest. At an abandoned mine, Alyx is gravely wounded by a Hunter. They are discovered by a vortigaunt, who leads them to an underground Resistance base. The vortigaunts there have the power to heal Alyx; however, Gordon must first venture into the nearby antlion colony to recover larval extract necessary for the healing ritual. Once the extract is retrieved and the healing process begins, the G-Man contacts Gordon. He hints at Alyx's importance to his own long-term plans, revealing that he had preserved Alyx's life at Black Mesa despite objections from unnamed others. The G-Man then instructs an unconscious Alyx to tell her father to "prepare for unforeseen consequences." (Unforeseen Consequences is the title of the second chapter in the original Half-Life, which takes place right after the resonance cascade occurred.) After Alyx has recovered, she and Gordon proceed to White Forest, further motivated by a large group of Combine forces heading to the same location. Despite being slowed by multiple ambushes, road blocks, and an Advisor, they reach White Forest in advance of the main Combine force. There, Alyx and Gordon are reunited with Dog, Isaac Kleiner, and Eli Vance. The player is also introduced to Dr. Arne Magnusson, another former Black Mesa scientist who is egotistical, verbose, and authoritarian. The team of scientists are preparing a rocket, which they plan to use in conjunction with the satellite array launched during the events of Half-Life, to close the Combine super portal. After a breach of the base by Combine forces, Alyx gives Judith Mossman's message to Dr. Kleiner, which contains the location of the Borealis, an Aperture Science research vessel which one day suddenly vanished into thin air with part of the surrounding drydock. The player is not told exactly what the ship contains or the nature of its significance, though it is suggested that whatever it contains has the potential to cause a disaster as great as that at Black Mesa if used improperly. The G-Man compels Alyx to unconsciously deliver the message he gave her earlier. After convincing Alyx to leave temporarily, Eli reveals to Gordon that the G-Man, whom he refers to as "our mutual friend," had issued the exact same warning back at Black Mesa after giving him the test sample that caused the resonance cascade. Eli is physically shaken by the new warning and promises further revelations to Gordon. While the rocket is being prepared, White Forest comes under attack by Combine forces, namely a dozen Striders escorted by Hunters. Gordon engages and destroys them using experimental explosive charges created by Magnusson. After the rocket is successfully launched and the portal closed, Eli again warns Gordon about the "cargo" on the Borealis, which he wants destroyed, and the three of them head into a hangar where Alyx has restored an old helicopter. However, they are ambushed by a pair of Advisors, who restrain them. Alyx and Gordon are forced to watch helplessly as Eli is killed. Dog hears Alyx's cries and bursts in, injuring one Advisor and causing both Advisors to flee. The game ends with Alyx mourning over Eli's body.
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Half Life 2: Episode two - Borealisby Kopust123712,485 views
Hunters are great enemies. So well designed. They are clearly inhuman, yet freakishly intelligent... It's a great example of why I love Valve.
Advancedgod 11 months ago 4
The part where alyx was hanging was going to be the original reason she needed reviving, but the idea didnt pan out well, so they had the hunter do it, to introduce the enemy type and make you hate them, as well as giving alyx a moment of fear during the ambush at the radio station, making her seem more human as a character If you play through with the commentary on, which a lot of people do not bother to do, you'd have known that :)
DannyFox06 2 years ago 3