Valve Discusses Episode 2 - Spoiler Warning

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  • CSN NewsBot

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    Valve Discusses Episode 2 - Spoiler Warning

    Oh look, there's a spoiler warning in the headline so you know you should avoid this right from the start if you haven't beaten Episode 2 yet. You've been warned!



    Valve's David Speyrer and Marc Laidlaw recently spoke with CVG about the events that unfold in Episode 2. With that warning up above already said, let's see what they had to say about the final scene in the game.
    Marc Laidlaw: "I wrote as good a script as I could, then when we got into the recording studio, Merle Dandridge [Alyx Vance's voice] took the scene further than was possible on paper.



    "The most powerful bit at the end was her improvisation; I just transcribed it. When we had that, the animator went to work with a level designer, blocking out the movements of the actors in the scene, then slowly getting into the details. Merle's raw performance could make people choke up - but it only came together at the very end, which always seems to happen..."
    You can read this and other bits concerning the importance of Alyx, how White Forest came to be, and the reason for the design of various levels all at CVG.
  • meowmeow

    #2
    It's extremely rare for a video game character to have such an emotional impact on the player at some point in time, I think Valve did it quite nicely.



    Now I must bitch about Episode 3's trailer..

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    • acidsnow

      #3
      I can't even remember if I did ep 2, whats the intro like?

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