Half-Life 2 Based In Russia?

Half-Life Series
#41

They are actually from Sweden.

#42

Could be anywhere.

#43

At the end of episode Two you can see a map of the zone arround White Forest base, where a western portion of former USSR is highlighted.

Then…

#44

the lead designer is from Bulgaria.
In the Raising the bar book he said that the C17 is based on locations in: Bulgaria,Romania,Russia.

#45

has anyone mentioned the BTR APC yet?

#46

Good find. :freeman:

#47

I always just assumed it was a fictional amalgamation of countries with elements from various places so that they could avoid having to pin down the location exactly.
But definitely Eastern Bloc architecture…

#48

This

#49

Yep.

#50

:hmph::S

Raising the Bar says otherwise

#51

I just watched a Batman movie and I fucking swear it just looks like Half Life 2 except Gordon Freeman is not there or even the Combine… Watch the Batman: Forever movie to see it for yourself.

#52

Are you retarded? Besides, Batman Forever is one of the worst movies ever made.

#53

After completing STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl and discovering the corpse of Dr. Freeman I can confirm that City 17 is located in the Chernobyl Power Plant region in the Ukraine.

#54

Hooray!
Take your jemmy and have fun.
(Are there really no bears here?)

Although it says he was sent to some strange town in Russia, and THEN to the endless Ukrainian plains. Since Shadow of Chernobyl is definitely canon, we can determine City 17 is a strange town in Russia.

#55

Since when CITY 17 is little town? :smiley:

#56

Dudes, I am from Bulgaria, and I can say with certainty that many locations are modeled after building found all over Sofia, as well as there is one sign that says: “Цимент”, which means “Ciment, or Concrete” in English. This spelling of the word in Cyrillic is ONLY used in Bulgaria. So it is a mix of things - Bulgaria/Eastern Europe/Russia, etc.

Cheers. :wink:

#57

i never quite understood how eli and kleiner got there

#58

I understood everything. But I ain’t telling you guys shit.

#59

Everybody got relocated to the Cities, i.e. City 17. What I don’t understand is the lack of European accents in freaking Eastern Europe. They all sound American.

#60

Father Grigori is clearly one of the locals, though

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