Enemies

[Jandor]

Which enemys would you like to see in Aftermath?

personally, I want to see:

Bullsquid
Houndseye
Snarks
Chumtoads
Freinoplu
Panthereye
Cremators
Hydra
Tentacles
Combine Assassins
Gonomes
Gonarch (maybe)

I think thats it.

[Ravioli]

Archintaus (spell?) Those aliens from Star Ship Troopers.

[Jandor]

I suppose copyright laws don't exist in your corner of the world?

[ríomhaire]

First and formost Chumtoads
Gonomes
Gonarch with it's lair in Ravenholm (come on we nead bosses)
Real Combine
Bullsquid
Crab and Mortar Synths
Antlion Queen/King (another boss)

[D.L]

a bigass robot

[MarcoPollo]

yeh i hope they have bosses.....BRING BACK THE GARG!

[Jandor]

Antlion King!! I knew I forgot one
and the Crab and Mortar synths, ok three, I forgot three.

[MarcoPollo]

yeh deffinetly see my thread on my theory bout why they WILL be there

[Rafa 5.0]

Antlion King!! I knew I forgot one
and the Crab and Mortar synths, ok three, I forgot three.
antlion king, isn't that "asscheeks" or something from Raising the bar? :laugh:

[MarcoPollo]

LOL yeh ^^^ it looks like a giant ass worm.

edit: to clarify not a worm that burrows in ur ass, a worm that LOOKS like an ass

[Rafa 5.0]

weren't those supposed to be like 60 feet high, think I read that gordon fit in between their toes or something

[MarcoPollo]

^ yeh it had its own 25 min load screen

[Jandor]

Push the other cool synths to the top of the list

EDIT: Antlion king ripping up C17 would be cool, then the Citadel falls on him ;)

[sAntA199]

i wanna see some of the aliens from hl1 and opf remade for source in it

[Angry Lawyer]

Freinoplu? Their Valve-given name is, and has always been, "Mr. Friendly".

-Angry Lawyer

[Rafa 5.0]

haha, i read the story behind mr friendly, he wanted to have.... offspring with the player... you know what I mean, you could even see his.... organ

[ríomhaire]

A massive enemy robot teleported to C17 like the scarab from Halo 2 but which you damage.
here's the idea. You must blow up it's legs with RGP blasts to make it fall over. Then you must climb inside and kill it's crew (who are a new enemy). From then on you will be fighting the new enemies as the Combine teleport them in.

[D.L]

LOL yeh ^^^ it looks like a giant ass worm.

edit: to clarify not a worm that burrows in ur ass, a worm that LOOKS like an ass
sig'd, thanks 4 that i needed a good laugh

[ríomhaire]

Shut up about the damn antlion king!

[Jandor]

@ Angry lawyer

really?

[Rafa 5.0]

haha, it would be scary if he could rip through the HEV suit and get in your ass.... eww.

let's see, how about some headcrabbed combine and vortigaunts

[kaf11]

i would rather see new enemies like synths and new combine tech (perhaps those mechanical suits which were discussed but obviously cut) than things like chumtoads or any of the lame enemies that gearbox added for op4. i loved the expansion but hated the new enemies.

[Jandor]

I dont like your opinion in regards to Chumtoads, I do like your signature ;).

[Hectic Glenn]

CREMATORS! please please please. I really would love to borrow their gun or see them burning stuff up. awesomeness!

[Loke]

Gargantua (!!!)
Bullsquid
Ichthyosaur (But this time I hope you fight it)
Alien Grunt
Mortar Synth
Crab Synth
Houndeyes
Gonomes
Tentacle

[CMEast]

I think the synths from the citadel are a shoe in. Ant lion king is a big worm? Presumably in some kind of desert area. Almost certainly sensitive to vibrations...

Can anyone else say Dune? Or Tremors?

I do want to see bosses though, large scripted events for unique creatures that are a real challenge are so rewarding. I'd also love to see some sort of plague of small creatures, imagine hundreds of baby antlions swarming after you, a tidal wave of death covering the landscape behind you while you're driving away as fast as possible, looking into your rearview mirror (on the new improved vehicle) to check how close they are now. Imagine using physics to get away, shooting out supports to knock out towers and racing underneath the falling structure before it crashes down behind you. Making holes in water towers to sluice away the enemy when you see the area ahead is full of them. To kill them? Maybe the petrol is pouring out of your vehicle and its a race to last as long as possible and then when you run out of gas you light the area behind you and see them all go up in flames :)

OK, I typed to much :).

[hellboy900]

Id like to see i few new weapons come out of this expansion pack.

[Nephtis]

The huge zombies from Opposing Force which mutate from staying in the dark, underground and toxic?
The blue aliens from Opposing Force which have those claw sort of things on their hands.
The aliens with claws on their hands!
Icyhsaurs!

[Rafa 5.0]

oh I know, I would like Valve to show some kind of genetic monstrousities much like the stalkers, maybe aliens from other worlds they've been experimenting with. Like say an organic being that's half machine

[PeeWee]

How bout those weird robot things from in the Citadel while your in that body train thing and there somethin you havent fought and there on a conveyor belt. I will try to make a pic.

[Illusion]

I would like to see that huge creature that we saw on the Citadel ( i dont know the name, but its four legged and looks strong).
And maybe of course, the Hidra (the concept worked in zelda 64, i dont see why it wouldnt in HL2) But overall, i dont think we will be receiving a lot of new guns.

[PeeWee]

^^^Is it green, and was it on a conveyor belt. And did you see when your on the train type thing?

[Kato]

I'm pretty sure anything we saw at the end of HL2 in the Citadel is in this game.

I want (in order of wanting :)):

Hydra
Stalkers
REAL COMBINE
Cremators
Bullsquids
Gonarch(s)
Chumtoads
Gonomes
Not really a monster, but...I want to launch some Headcrab pods!

-Kato

[Nephtis]

The things on the convyer belt, the small thing and the four legged thing are called Syths. In my oppinion they are Synthesized, Copied from something.

[special-ed]

what are crab synths and mortar synths??!?!?? someone plz tell me.. I thought the only true combine was gunship/dropship/strider/strider scanner

[oldagerocker]

I just want to fight me some BUllsquid and them Hounds, that'd make me a happy camper... oo aswell as some bosses. :)

[Samon]

Bullsquid
Houndeye
Stalkers
Cremators
Garg

Thats it.

[G-Dub]

cremators
bullsquids
houndeye
stalkers
synths
hydra

[kupocake]

The whole thing about the gate to City 17 opening and it getting overrun from the wasteland creatures screams an excuse to get Xen creatures back in the game. Packs of Houndeyes and Bullsquids seem likely to me. I imagine Gargs are also on the cards. As the antlions are confirmed to be along for the ride, perhaps the King Antlion will make an appearance... A new type of headcrab or perhaps an evolved zombie form (like the ones from Op4, but perhaps not the same) could appear perhaps.

Aside from that, more Synths will be in for sure, though the ones at the end of HL2 did look a little pants. We'll probably also get Stalkers, but as Enemies i'm not entirely sure... Assassins are a possibility. But what about the Hydra? I don't think we'll see it, which is a major shame. And to round it all off, I hope that Valve create something that wasn't in RtB!

[Jandor]

Hmmm. Im thinking:

Cremators: Cremating things
Synths: Both Crab and Mortar varietys.
Hydra: Looks damn cool.
Stalkers: They shoot lasers from there head!
Bullsquid: Good old HL.
Houndseye: Same as above
Antlion King: 60ft tall! Damn.
Gonarch: Well, why not? Would look good in Source.
Gonome: Just because.
Snarks: Make a good weapon to.
Chumtoads: Just hopping about zapping birds or something.
Advisors: Hmmmm, maybe. maybe not.
Tentacles: Source Tentacles. fighting Antlions.
Antlion Grubs: Something to step on and make 'squish' noises.
Combine Assassins: Leaping around, shooting silenced pistols. etc.
Archers: Some underwater enemies please.
Ichtyosaur: Same as above, maybe eating Archers.

Hmmm, I think I'm done.

[G-Dub]

Hmmm. Im thinking:

Cremators: Cremating things
Synths: Both Crab and Mortar varietys.
Hydra: Looks damn cool.
Stalkers: They shoot lasers from there head!
Bullsquid: Good old HL.
Houndseye: Same as above
Antlion King: 60ft tall! Damn.
Gonarch: Well, why not? Would look good in Source.
Gonome: Just because.
Snarks: Make a good weapon to.
Chumtoads: Just hopping about zapping birds or something.
Advisors: Hmmmm, maybe. maybe not.
Tentacles: Source Tentacles. fighting Antlions.
Antlion Grubs: Something to step on and make 'squish' noises.
Combine Assassins: Leaping around, shooting silenced pistols. etc.
Archers: Some underwater enemies please.
Ichtyosaur: Same as above, maybe eating Archers.

Hmmm, I think I'm done.

Archers? Advisors?

What are these please?! :hmph:

[Jandor]

Archers: Small fish cut from HL or one of the expansions, cant remember.
Advisors: The big green slug at the end of HL2.

[Mechagodzilla]

I'd like to see...
-The cremator
-AI'd Icthy
-Those two mystery synths
-Vortigaunts helping in combat
All that stuff was shown in Hl2, but never really entered gameplay. So they are the the most likely to get added into this new volume.

Second most likely to show up are the cut things shown in Raising the Bar that could have been fixed.
Out of them, I'd like to see the hydra and the female combine.

The least likely thing we'll see are going to be creatures from the original games, although those shown or mentioned in HL2/RTB have high potential.
Out of them, I wanna gonarch, garg and bullsquid.

And I know it'll never happen, but: RACE-X PLZ K THNX

[G-Dub]

Archers: Small fish cut from HL or one of the expansions, cant remember.
Advisors: The big green slug at the end of HL2.

Ahh I see. I did know what the advisor was but it's been a while since I played HL2.

Archers... any pics? I've googled, couldn't find anything :|

[kupocake]

Advisors are likely to be in, though I doubt we'll fight them. That raises an interesting point: well Breen be back, will someone else take his place, will it be all out Human/Combine war or will it it just be a case of initating the escape from City 17 with no combine war?

[Jandor]

Archer:

http://img57.exs.cx/img57/106/archer27em.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Intended to shoot spikes I think.

[GiaOmerta]

GMan and Alyx. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. :>

[Sufferin-rebel]

hmmm... Well HL1 Main Boss was the Alien Baby from Xen.. But what about the Alien Father from Xen :naughty: 200x Bigger than Ninny (Cant spell its name :P) and much more harder to kill :P

[Sargeras]

I want that big creature in OP4 which was huge and shooting pink energy balls at you and explodes when you killed it (very hard to kill BTW)

[kaf11]

I dont like your opinion in regards to Chumtoads, I do like your signature ;).
well it appears that we can agree to disagree. :)

hooray for independent opinions!

[fenner]

Super-strong headcrabbed combine zombies, trans-human stalkers, all our buddies from xen and the synths :bonce:

[Rafa 5.0]

remember the supposedly "flying headcrabs".... *craps pants*

[Dalamari]

I see a big chance in the hydra making an appearance

[Sn4tcH]

Imagine this, you're running through the streets, fighting all Xen creatures and Combine running around. You're near one of the walls of City 17, and suddenly you hear a burning sound. You look towards the wall, suddenly the combine stop shooting you and aim towards the wall. All the Xenites clear the street. No music, just silence, maybe footsteps and sounds of people running. Suddenly the portion of the wall crashes down as a Garg comes bursting through followed by even MORE Gargs. The collapsing wall of course somehow creates a new path and keeps you from getting in the way of the Garg batch except for that one that sees you, and then BOSS FIGHT! Meanwhile you see Gargs destroying the city in the background. Having a few Gargs running around the city would also create chances for even more boss fights. Can you imagine the awesomeness of a Garg trampeling a strider? *drools*

[Jintor]

Oh, so you all want another Xen Fraction.

Maybe the Vorts would be like HEY GUYS THE SQUISHY THINGS ARE ON OUR SIDE!

[The Mexican]

remember the supposedly "flying headcrabs".... *craps pants*

Flying headcrabs? Man that will be weird, or maybe not.

Anyway the enemies i'll like to see are:

-Cremators
-Hydra
-Crab and Mortar Synths
-Bullsquid
-Gargantua
-Alien Grunt

That about it.

[jondy]

Imagine this, you're running through the streets, fighting all Xen creatures and Combine running around. You're near one of the walls of City 17, and suddenly you hear a burning sound. You look towards the wall, suddenly the combine stop shooting you and aim towards the wall. All the Xenites clear the street. No music, just silence, maybe footsteps and sounds of people running. Suddenly the portion of the wall crashes down as a Garg comes bursting through followed by even MORE Gargs. The collapsing wall of course somehow creates a new path and keeps you from getting in the way of the Garg batch except for that one that sees you, and then BOSS FIGHT! Meanwhile you see Gargs destroying the city in the background. Having a few Gargs running around the city would also create chances for even more boss fights. Can you imagine the awesomeness of a Garg trampeling a strider? *drools*

Due to the Vortiguants' alliance, imagine if they were on *our* side :O

[kupocake]

Due to the Vortiguants' alliance, imagine if they were on *our* side :O
I think Gargs are considered wildlife - they're too dumb to have alliegences. Anyone dumb enough to stand up to a garg, Human or Combine is going to get fryed. I do see a very good chance of them being in though - the gargs will storm City17 and make it their kingdom ^^

[Sprafa]

What if the Citadel itself is a synth :D

[Qwert93]

Flying Snarks! And Combine Mawmen! That's about all...

[Cukel]

Combine Mawmen/Zombies, Ichtyosauriourio and TEH CREMATOR! ME WANTS CREMATOR!

[DEATH eVADER]

The Kingpin and Mr Happy. They were never used in HL and it would be interesting to see how they fight.

[wackywack101]

Well, the hydra was already advertised for HL2 (not the expansion) but wasn't in the game (false advertising) also there was a screenshot on planet halflife showing an m16 or something but also wasn't included in the game so after release it was taken off the site. if u ask me hl2 is a good game but overated. When u cut zombies in half they only get cut at the waist line. And when pick up stuff u cant see ur hands. And as 4 the tentacle well in the blue-shift manual it calls the barnacle a tentacle (i think). Do u mean that thing in the blast pit? Anyway there should be a hl2 opposing force and intead of hl2 blue-shift u'd play as shepard with the rebels. There should be more original enemies and the actual combine but this would come a year after so the citys are rebuilt. And zombies other than just humans. I dont think gargs would be a good idea but maybe bullsquid and hound eyes with those green collars the vortiguants had in halflife so that the vortiguants could make them on ur team.

[KurtCobain]

I dont want robots lol, i cant stand fighting robots.

Ide rather fight pink fluffy bunnies with slingshots, at least their alive... that sounds quite sick, but i dnt like shooting robots on a video gam, anyone else not like doing that, just seems stupid for some reason.

[Dodo]

idd like to see a alex drunk... with lots of beer.. and i want to see... uh.. lots of things, and a mirror ;)

[KurtCobain]

Pfft Mirrors.

What key will it be to do Gordons hair while hes llooking at himself in the mirror AND NOT SAVING THE WORLD...!!!!

I would also like mirrors, and when u stand close to it, breath marks go onto it....damn straight

[Squiddy]

I'd definately LOVE to see the Hydra in there, maybe the Prowler from the concept art. Some sort of Ant Lion Overlord or something would be cool; some antlion type thing as big(well maybe not THAT big) as a strider. :E

[Jandor]

Prowler, I forgot about him. Still, Cremators would satisfy me. Bullsquid and Houndseye as well.

The Antlion King was reportedly bigger than a Strider, 60ft tall or something. I would love to see it kicking some ass in C17.

I think Gargs where wildlife, then enslaved by the Xenians/Comine (whichever you prefer). They might be free again now. But personally I'm not fussed about seeing them.

[Samon]

I just want to see:

Bullsquids
Houndeyes
Cremators
Garg
Stalkers
Ichthyoaur - A MUST HAVE.

[French Ninja]

Bullsquids
Houndeyes
Cremators
Synths
Assasins
Prowlers
And some of the concepts of combine soldiers being ingame would be nice too. :)

[Sn4tcH]

if u ask me hl2 is a good game but overated.

I'll respect that opinion when you tell what FPS is better. ;)

The Antlion King was reportedly bigger than a Strider, 60ft tall or something. I would love to see it kicking some ass in C17.

The only problem is the LOADING! If the thing is that huge (According to reports, Gordon fits between his toes.) I would LOVE to see it in game, but it seems like it can only realistically be done in CGI. Seriously, the thing would be so huge and then consider the destruction it would cause, not to mention its scripted AI. And don't doubt for a second that it wouldn't be killing things... Our computers would explode....

[A Big Fat CoW]

BIOZEMINADES

That is all.

[kaf11]

in the early gaming magazines they described mechanical suits that combine soldiers used and they sounded like they would be cool if they werent too rediculous. id have to see a concept art before i formed a judgement but i bet they would be very fun to fight.

[wackywack101]

I'll respect that opinion when you tell what FPS is better. ;)

Its still an awesome game but its not perfect. when ut2006/7 comes out apparently the graphics will look a bit like final fantasy the movie. (almost like real life) and gargs a not really wildlife because their robots :borg:

it really annoys me how hl2 needs internet to play. (ut is multiplayer but u dont need internet to play, let alone have to download crap)

actually i think tere already are real combine i think their those white soldiers because they have on eye. there arent any synths or whatever becuase they came down with the citadel. and the antlion king idea is just plain stupid. also there shouldnt be any antlions because its no longer ant lion season. ||maybe alyx will be working for the g-man too?||

[special-ed]

Gargs are robots eh? Where did you come up with that idea?

[wackywack101]

sparks come off gargs, the have a red light for eyes, they explode..

[Samon]

At one point I always thought the gargs were robot suits piloted by Overseers. I doubt it though. And it doesnt just explode, the dam thing practically almost burts, dont think a robot would do that :p

[T.H.C.138]

gargs are some kind of synth like the striders and gunships...biomechanical...

they breathe,bleed and cry out in pain when dying..sparks also come off of armor..

gargs would be sweet,as would the cremators..hydra also

[AzzMan]

The hydra

Antlion King

More evolved versions of the zombies (although it can be argued the combine altered the headcrabs so they couldn't mutate past a certain point)

And some completely new stuff.....

[kupocake]

Its still an awesome game but its not perfect. when ut2006/7 comes out apparently the graphics will look a bit like final fantasy the movie. (almost like real life) and gargs a not really wildlife because their robots :borg:
Are you implying that UT2006/7 will be better than HL2 because it has graphics "that look a bit like final fantasy the movie"? What if those games end up about as fun as final fantasy the movie? Or the slightly more bareable prospect of a night-in with a serial rapist?

I disagree that Gargs are Robots, though them being biomechanical creatures still makes it difficult to see why they could be "wildlife" as such. Still, RtB suggests as much, with Gargantuas seen on a (now scrapped) train ride through the wastelands.