First Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Concept Art Revealed by E3

[Hawkers]

The first widely available piece of concept art for the final episode of Valve's Half-Life 2 saga has been uncovered via the 2008 IntoThePixel E3 art gallery.

The piece--created by Valve artists Ted Backman, Jeremy Bennett, and Tristan Redford--appears to show Half-Life hero Gordon Freeman within a large Citadel-like environment, a Combine Advisor looming ominously overhead.

IntoThePixel's website labels the art as related to "Half Life EP3," with platforms listed as PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Valve has been mum about the final episode in the trilogy since the release of Episode Two last year. Episode Three will reportedly not be appearing at E3, though Valve will be making an appearance at the event to show off its zombie shooter Left 4 Dead.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53545

[Micster]

Re: First Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Concept Art Revealed by E3

:awes

Even more awesome than the Citadel.

[CtrlAltDe1337]

Re: First Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Concept Art Revealed by E3

Citadel of citadels?

[BobTheJob]

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[Oli]

Re: First Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Concept Art Revealed by E3

Aha, the Borealis.

Where did you ge thtat from?

[Hawkers]

Re: First Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Concept Art Revealed by E3

OH SHI-

Didnt see the ship.

[Yukiism]

Re: First Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Concept Art Revealed by E3

I hope we are gonna kill some Advisors this time, i hated those bastids!

[iQue]

Re: First Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Concept Art Revealed by E3

OH SHI-

OH SNA-

GG Valve, hope it's better than EP1 and 2

[Oli]

Re: First Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Concept Art Revealed by E3

Better than Ep1 and 2 so that it ends on a high or in the other context where by you mean Ep 1 and 2 were crap?

Doug Lombardi did hint that it wouldn't be the end of the Half Life series.

[CtrlAltDe1337]

Re: First Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Concept Art Revealed by E3

There is no way they could wrap up the story in 1 episode unless its the length or EP1 and 2 combined.

[iQue]

Re: First Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Concept Art Revealed by E3

Better than Ep1 and 2 so that it ends on a high or in the other context where by you mean Ep 1 and 2 were crap?

Sorta both

I don't think EP 1&2 were bad, but they could have been so much better and imo they lacked anything really new and interesting.

In both EP 1&2 it felt like the first few hours in the game were just filler, until you got to the last chapter which was a hell of a lot better but almost not worth playing the whole game.