>be combine >be highly advanced species >apparently

Also guarded by Glados, and maybe other advanced AI.

Although if the leaked HL2ep3 story is real, the Combine had a Dyson sphere, so probably had the technology to make an AI able to outsmart Glados.

>>388285091
Well, Anon, those turrets shoot the whole bullet.
That's 65% more bullet.
How can the Combine compete?

>>388285091
The Combine have no idea where it is you stupid nigger. If they found Apertures you you bet your ass they'd flood the place with Hunters and elite troops to find the location of the Borealis. Hell they could probably make their own portal device if they found it.

>>388285212
Uhhh...they did? They sucked the info from Eli?

>>388285212
if they can recreate the portal device then why werent they smart enough to look underground? checkmate combine poster
humans:1
combines:0

>>388285519
Source? If so then the Combine would have immediately sent a large occupation force to take control of the compound.

>>388285519
Why the fuck would Eli know anything about Aperture?

>>388285091
>highly advanced species
have you even played hl2? the enemy ai is braindead

>>388285519
how would Eli know?

>>388287838
You ever play episode 2? Hunters were no fucking joke.

>>388287838
The occupying force on Earth are basically out of shape mall cops.

The Earth Combine have no reason to think an AI is still operating a massive underground testing facility
They're run by magic grubs and brainwashed people, and I don't think the grubs jew magic would work well on a facility consisting of empty space, machines, and an advanced AI. If the Combine ever roll nearby GLaDOS can just shut shit down and hide the good stuff until they leave and never come back because they think it's just ruins.

>>388288051
not to mention the facility is miles underground and spans for who knows how far

With the end of Portal 2, we can assume the Combine fucked off? I can't imagine people beating them.

>>388288346
what Im wondering is, if the combine are so overwhelmingly advanced, why not just enslave all humans immediately or kill any resistance within a few hours, strip mine the planet and move on?

>>388288648
Because of Breen. Since he worked at Black Mesa who were rivals to Aperture, he could theoretically help the Combine by finding the local portal technology and in return, humanity would slowly become part of the Combine instead of exterminated or instantly transformed.

>>388288765
so why doesn't the gman get involved in aperture labs since it's still functioning, and with GLaDOS back online it could run potentially forever(or until the earth is destroyed)

>>388289262
Because G-Man has no clear end goal. He started the cascade who lured the Combine but also re-awoken Gordan to help fight off the Combine occupation.

And him basically dumping Gordan and picking up Alyx is also interesting. Besides, the portal technology in the labs can only be used on special goo and requires sightline of the two points. Borealis goes through space and time without a sight point.

>>388289881
but if the facility is allowed to run indefinitely GLaDOS will eventually master portal technology, she might not do anything with it besides send robots through them but she'll have it.

>>388285176
Underated

>>388290198
Maybe, but at the same time GLaDOS seems to only be interested in testing and testing without innovation if the ending of 2's Co-op campaign is any sign of things.

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>>388288346
Frankly the story for Episode 3 sounds like they intended for Portal 2 and Aperture to be very different. I almost wonder if a change in Portal 2's tone and direction caused delays (and eventual cancellation) in Episode 3.

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Wait, HOLD THE FUCK UP.

Portal 2 takes place in the deep future, and Episode 3 ends in the deep future. If they happen to exist around the same point in this future then this could mean many things, both in terms of the lore, and what Valve had cooking at the time.

Assuming the Combine ultimately succeeded, then that means Gordon and Chell are the last remaining human beings on Earth. This is obviously major, and would suggest that Valve's decision to move Portal 2 into the future wasn't to distance itself from Half-Life's plot, but in fact to put itself directly in its trajectory. The Borealis cameos in Portal 2 somewhat support this, and perhaps Valve was, at least at one point, looking for a way to tell a more complex narrative using two different franchises, which given their work in experimenting with different storytelling methods with Left 4 Dead, isn't a stretch.

It's also entirely possible that Episode 3's ending inspired the team to use the 'deep future' concept as the jumping off point for Portal 2. Given the surprise success of the original, the Episode 3 team most likely transitioned over to the Portal 2 project, possibly as a fun side project before returning to Half-Life. It's also possible that elements of Episode 3 aside from its cliffhanger ending were repurposed for Portal 2. Once Portal 2 was done, the timing for Episode 3 was way off, and returning to the project was even harder. It might not even be because of all the multiplayer projects as easy as it is to put the blame on those, but rather an indecisiveness on Valve's part whether to make Episode 3 way too late or to jump forward to Half-Life 3 without explaining why Gordon is in the future (because no doubt Half-Life 3 would've started there). There's no right answer, and that's not even taking into consideration the pressure put on them by the fans, which even they didn't know what they themselves were clamoring for by that point.

Also GLaDOS and her facility are in the UP, and I guarantee you, nobody, not even a multidimensional empire, gives a shit about what happens in the UP

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>>388285091
Nigga. Have you seen Aperture Science. It's fucking massive. Gargantuan test labs over and over again. A giant vault door with a tiny door behind it. Aperture is on a scale larger than any other facility I would bet.

It has some insane security systems probably. We don't see it but those turrets are for testing. I wouldn't be surprised if the entire facility was spaghettified as a last ditch security effort.

>>388285091
Combine just has random government so most of the time they will be shit but sometimes they are competent

>>388285091
They can't think with portals, so they quickly die.

>>388292498
Aperture Science is confirmed to be 4km deep and 20km wide.
Not bad, i guess.

>>388285091
The complex got HUGE over time, it's probably as large as a continent at this point.
And it's filled with labyrinths, death traps and pitfalls into the void with multiple layers of security.
And GladOS is controlling all of that.
At this point the only way you're taking it over is by either hacking into the system or just bomb it to cinder until you get to the main chamber.

Aperture literally solved interdimensional travel and time travel. I'm sure they have insane defenses hidden

>>388293097
>Black mesa takes tentative steps into the field of portal technology
>Fucks everything up for everyone
>Aperture figured that shit out years ago, made it portable, then bought a boat to fuck around with because they were bored

>>388293479
BLACK MESA IS BANKRUPT AND GONE! HOW WILL THEY EVER RECOVER?

>>388285091

Aperture Science is basically a miniature version of the Combine but also one with a time machine.

>>388287838
They sent slugs to invade Earth. The Combine Advisors aren't even awake.

>>388285091
They also couldn't get into our universe without Black Mesa's technology. Just because they're advanced doesn't mean they're perfect.

Post yfw the key to humanity beating the combine is Australium

>>388293784
They could beat the xen species which are practically aussies in space.

>>388288346
My assumption is that they got cut off and the whoever is in charge of the combine just cut their losses and left them stranded. What's one shit planet compared to what they already have, regardless of whatever knowledge of teleportation we might have.
By the time of Portal 2, which is god knows how long into the future, the combine remnants have already been killed off or are being killed off.

>>388293479

>t. Aperture shill

Get the fuck out faggot, everyone knows that Black Mesa is unrivaled in REAL portal technology. This is a Black Mesa board.

>>388292678
DUDE SCIENCE LMAO

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>>388285091
But anon, GlaDOS don't even know what's going on outside

>>388294667
She does.

>>388294731
https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/d/df/GLaDOS_escape_02_spheredestroy4-03.wav

>>388293780
The slugs won in 7 hours, too. Gg humans.

>>388294913
Fuck off ayy lmao

>>388294825
https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/e/ee/GLaDOS_testchambermisc27.wav

>>388295002
Aliums are second class citizens too, cockroach. How the fuck you gonna beat the combine?

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>Be called Gordon Freeman
>In the end, get fucked by the theoretical invention of Freeman Dyson
Pottery

What's the proof Portal 2 takes place in the future?

I thought it took place during HL2.

>>388296429
It's 20 years after portal 1, minimum. Probably a whole lot more.

A better question is, what backward-ass slapdick imbecile thought putting the portal and HL canons together was a good idea. I think the main reason we've yet to see HL3 is because they still can't figure a way out of the retarded little corner they've written themselves into by merging their canon with that of an offshoot comedy puzzle game and now have to reconcile two totally different types of stories without caving your brain in with tonal dissonance.

>>388294587
the largest particle accelerator irl is 27km long btw

>>388296429
Overgrown vegetation, among other things. It has been a while since I played it.

To be fair they didnt have a portal gun

>>388285212
they do know where it is
>As the Combine pushed Earth into the Seven Hour War, the aliens seized control of our most important research facilities. The staff of the Borealis , with no other wish than to keep the ship out of Combine hands, acted in desperation. The switched on the field and flung the Borealis toward the most distant destination they could target: Antarctica.
then of course glados locked down the facility, keeping anyone from coming in or out.
>>388296797
the main reason the combine are still on earth is to try and figure out the Borealis portal technology.
you can play the HL2 episodes without knowing the events of Portal and the portal gun itself, and you could still understand it. all Gordon ever sees is the Aperture logo and the Borealis.
Portal and especially Portal 2 are extremely irrelevant to Gordon Freemans story.

>>388296797
I'd argue to say portal 2 takes place centuries after episode 3, and chell doesn't wake up until after the combine threat has ended. Isolating the universes really isn't hard, they've done pretty well so far. Just cheeky references with name drops of Black mesa or apperture science, along with a logo or two. That's how it should be.

why is everyone assuming portal and half life are even in the same universe? Where does Counter strike fit in?

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>>388302037
>assuming
>literally stated in both games they are

>>388302037
>why is everyone assuming portal and half life
Because they played portal and half life before commenting in this thread.

>>388302131
But the devs said they aren't.

Few questions because i played the games years ago and forgot everything:
Why did the combine attack?

Who are the small aliens who help Gordon in Half Life 2?

>>388302037
Portal/Half-life is reality
Team Fortress is a comic
Counterstrike is a video game
Left 4 Dead is a movie franchise

>>388302426
>Why did the combine attack?
To harvest the Earths resources, they wouldn't have been able to get to/know about Earth however if it wasn't for HL1 cascade event causing inter-dimensional portals which lead the combine to Earth
>Who are the small aliens who help Gordon in Half Life 2?
You mean the vortigants? They are an initelligent alien race who were enslaved by a giant alien in HL1, they help you because they are grateful you saved them.

>>388302161
Better source that stupid comment your pulled out your arse.

Aperture (portals setting) is mentioned axtensively in half-life, its logo is even on the borealis which is a massive plot piece for HL2:ep2 and subsequently the HL3 plot.

The borealis is also present in portal 2, the dock it was sitting is there and there is a rubber ring which tells the player the borealis sits there. Not to mention portal 1 and 2 reference Black Mesa repeatedly, which is the science facility in Half Life

>>388302904
>The borealis is also present in portal 2, the dock it was sitting is there and there is a rubber ring which tells the player the borealis sits there.

Proof?

>>388302983
Anon, come on now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVbqOwh2s3M

>>388302983
Play the fucking game you useless cunt

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=portal+2+borealis

>>388303068
Is that when glados is a potato?

>>388291837
nah

>>388303068
>>388303087
BAITED HARD

the combine would have likely left earth once the borealis was destroyed/teleported into their dyson sphere

>>388285519
that was how many years later you fucking dumb faggit

and ep3 takes place during that time frame

>>388286763
Doesn't Eli warn Gordon against going there, fearing that what he finds may lead to another resonance cascade?

>>388285091
They fire entire bullets though
Thats just too much firepower for the combine to handle

>>388303104
Don't remember but yea should be around that time.

>>388303217
>epik trol man
lmao

>>388303247
Um, no? They were still harvesting the earths resources, draining the sea etc.

The technology was of interest to them but they still would have carried on sucking the Earth dry and assimilating the lifeforms like all the other planets they have been to

>>388285176
>Cave Johnson, we're done here

>>388303350
nah, that stuff's just a "oh while we're here" kind of thing
there'd be much better places to do that than earth

>>388303309
Why would another resonance shitcade matter? The combine are already there

If Gordon Freeman is so great why couldn't he land a job at Aperture? He had to settle for Black Mesa which is not a top tier facility.

GLaDOS is the smartest intelligence in the world, if she really wanted to kill chell, she would've at the beginning of the game. I think she was in love with her.

>>388303979
If she's so smart why can't she stop being a potato on her own?

>>388303217
>haha epic i was just pretending to be a retard

no anon you really are one

>Trying to incorporate Portal into Half Life

No point, Portal started as a standalone game with nothing in common to the HL series.

>>388303979
She's her mother

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>>388302681
the wonder is forever gone

>>388285091
>turrets
>deadly neurotoxin
>possibly mantismen
>portal technology
>those jumpy boots
>mashy spike plates
Apeture was well defended

>>388304629
there's no trying about it, they're already integrated. A central plot element in Half Life is an Apeture Science thing.

>>388304732
>combustible lemons

How can the combine even compete

>>388304732
>Mantis Men
They died out year's ago when Johnson was still alive

>>388304801
What plot? The big boat? They just made it up for that blog post. There was never any mention of it in Half Life 1 - Episode 2.

>>388304908
Bait

>>388304908
>What plot? The big boat?
So did you not play episode one and two?

It's hidden underground

>>388304908
fuck off

>>388304908
These dumb cunts that didn't even play the games are the same that spout "HL2 is shit"

>>388285091
Dont forget the army of mantis men.

>>388304908

Better go replay Episode 2, it ends when the MCs are going to head of the the Borealis (and are attacked by advisors). Hard to understand how one could forget such a thing.

>>388305125
Speaking of which, it was in Portal 2 that Chell finds the place where the Borealis was docked, right?

>>388305268
The video was already posted is this thread

>>388303979
>bring your child to work day is how chell ended up trapped in aperature
>glados is a woman who got turned into a testing robot
hmmmmm mysteries like these really gets those neurons a sparkin

>>388305268
Yea hidden away together with some of the rooms where Cave explains some of the past projects

>>388304251
Because that's her fetish.

As noted elsewhere in the thread, the Episode 3 plotline that was just leaked was likely conceived of many years ago. Marc's twitter adds credence to this notion.

There are quite a number of inconsistencies. If Aperture were overrun by Combine during the 7-hour war, would there be anyone in there? Doesn't really make sense -- Glados claims to have killed them all with nerve gas.

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>>388285176
>65% more bullet per bullet

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>>388303217

>>388298320

As a comparison, London from one side of the M25 to the other is 50KM

>can build a Dyson Sphere
>can't scan a planet from orbit and detect a giant, artificial hole

Nah, never going to accept that one, sorry. By the time you're THAT advanced you've been chewing up planetary matter like it's candy. You could find an underground laboratory if you really wanted to.

>>388307782
>if you really wanted to.
I guess that's the key word there.

>>388307864
>some backwater nobodies develop the one technology you don't have that could up your position from "multiversal conquerors" to "basically omnipotent"
>can't be bothered to put in the hours to find it

>>388291837
>Gordon and Chell are the last remaining human beings on Earth.

I like where this is going

So how the fuck did a shower curtain company invent time travel

Gotta love how everyone is proving the series has your usual shit videogame writing but at the same time they're pretending it's good anyway

>>388308168
Grit and moxey

>>388308113
>engaging drama between two mutes
As do I

>>388302681
Wait, CS exists within Half life's universe as a game?

>>388285091
>questioning logic in a digital toy marketed to 16 years old

Underaged faggot detected, please leave 4 chan

>>388309169
>Underaged faggot detected, please leave 4 chan
>He says this whilst'mv posting on the most underage board.
Chance is you are just as underage as you believe OP is

>>388285091
Put me down