The reason was because the game wasn’t anywhere near finished. The leak had nothing to do with it. The original half-life was delayed an extra year, and nearly every game Valve has worked on has been delayed at some point or another because it didn’t meet their quality standards. There were plenty of NPCs cut from HL1, and probably a lot of maps & other things we don’t know about, and the reason we don’t know about them is because they weren’t leaked.
Only thing i miss from beta is AirEx
You can’t miss what you never had.
Besides, Air Exchange was cut because it was deemed to be too long, too boring and added nothing of value to the overall game.
But it was a good idea!
If it was such a good idea, how come it was cut?
derp
i like the concept art style alot more than the final, although if that was the final and the current final was the concept art who knows what i’d be saying right now.
Maybe something useful?
imo, the older concept art had no real direction, and too many overlapping styles. Some of it looked like anime, some of it like it was from Spawn or 40k, and some of it looked Tim Burton-y
I still love Half Life 2 Retail but I was asking you guys which is better. The Half Life 2 Beta or The Half Life 2 Retail
Yes, Lambda is right, It was a good idea. You got to see more of what happened to the whole world except of… uhh lemme put this into words:
1: G-Man puts you in train
2: Get H.E.V Suit and get crowbar from Barney.
3: Kill aliens and Combine people.
4: Arrive to citadel.
5: Kill Breen.
See guys just that simple, they need to add more!
Ok, god damnit, IF THE OLD CONCEPT WAS SO GOOD, HOW COME VALVE DECIDED TO CHANGE IT FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT? UH?
IT’S LIKE YOU GUYS CAN’T EVEN THINK THROUGH THIS SHIT! :FFFUUU:
the old concepts probably wouldn’t have worked as a game. they were fine for demonstrating the capabilities of the engine and some cool sceneries with the overall idea of the game, but they had to go.
no matter how you look at it, the beta is an underdeveloped stage of the game. besides, many chapters are clearly visible in the final cut, only drastically altered for the sake of gameplay. there’s no way the beta would’ve made this far without valve “butchering” it.
So the whole plot of Eli getting abducted, mossman turning on you and the the uprising happening because you managed to steal Eli back from nova prospekt, and taking out the Overwatch Nexus just never happened in the game?
It seems like you remembered everything except… the plot.