Analyzing the screen shot

[Defpotec22]

so we got a screen shot from aftermath, lets see if we can decipher what it may mean.
- it may be a sequence at the very start of the game where freeman and alyx have to escape the citadel
- it my be an assault on another citadel
-it may be some assault or escape from some other completely different combine building on earth with the same architecture
-and no, i really hope we don't have to fight stalkers

[Samon]

Its definatley them escaping, as Marc Laidlaw said in PC GAMER they are fleeing City 17 because the citadel is going to meltdown.

[Mattigus]

I analyzed the screenshot, and came to the conclusion that if you told me the screenshot came from the original Half-Life 2, I probably would have believed you.

[Samon]

I would have believed you as well, because there is the same walkway with guard/stalker when your in the pod ascending upward through the citadel :P

[J_Tweedy]

well, the citadel is obviously still (partly) standing- it won't be another city. Maybe race X are coming?

[Samon]

well, the citadel is obviously still (partly) standing- it won't be another city. Maybe race X are coming?

They arnt. they are not part of the half life storyline and were merley cannon in OP4. Marc Laidlaw confirmed it.

[The Mexican]

Why do some people believe that race X is coming back? They r never coming back.

I also have to agree with u about the picture being from hl2 instead. The only thing that look different is the eye of the combine soldier.

[kupocake]

All the screenshot confirms is:
- We fight in the Citadel
- Stalkers will be there (we may fight them, we may free them)
- Valve have done a reskin job on the Soldiers - we don't know the reason for the differentiation. (new eyes, new symbols can be seen on the uniform)

However, all 3 of these facts were already known if you've seen the PCGamer article... so this is a pretty big let down...
I'm not sure the forum needs another thread to discuss a screenshot that tells us so little...

[Defpotec22]

oh trust me you do

[G-Dub]

oh trust me you do

Trust me, it wasn't needed. I refer you to... http://gprime.net/flash.php/postingandyou :hmph:

[Puzzlemaker]

LMAO

Nice flash!

[Pi Mu Rho]

The word "over" should have been appended to the thread title.

[clairelovestlc]

lol i love that flash, i posted it on another forum a few weeks ago

[SFLUFAN]

This thread isn't nearly as bad as the one that tried to (over)analyze Valve's use of the word "Aftermath", then stating that its abbreviated form - AM (don't ask me how you get AM from Aftermath) - had some symbolic value to it.

[HL2Fans_MoleX]

all this things are confusing me i just hope i dont need a guide book when i'll be playing my own HL2