I don't understand the endings.

[「Science」]

One one hand you get hired and are presented with a black screen with credits. On the other you're teleported to a plain with hundres of aliens all wanting to kill you Gordan without weapons.

[Sovereign]

Yes those are both endings. What is it that you don't understand?

[「Science」]

There so odd

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by 「Science」:

There so odd

Ok... in what way?

[52pickup]

Indeed, they are very odd. Valve ever making sense of the Half-Life storyline (and the interconnected Portal storyline) is like Nintendo making sense of the Zelda storyline. Frankly, it's just not going to happen at this point.

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by 52pickup:

Indeed, they are very odd. Valve ever making sense of the Half-Life storyline (and the interconnected Portal storyline) is like Nintendo making sense of the Zelda storyline. Frankly, it's just not going to happen at this point.

While I agree with your overall statement, I think HL1's endings are actually pretty simple and make perfect sense in context.

-If you except the G-Man's offer then he puts you into stasis until "your time comes around again".

-If you refuse he teleports you (unarmed) into a room full of aliens who kill you.

There, it's hardly that complicated.

[Swegkart64]

Originally posted by 「Science」:

One one hand you get hired and are presented with a black screen with credits. On the other you're teleported to a plain with hundres of aliens all wanting to kill you Gordan without weapons.

The first ending is basically the set-up for Half-Life 2.
The second ending is a non-canon ending.

[52pickup]

Originally posted by Sovereign:

While I agree with your overall statement, I think HL1's endings are actually pretty simple and make perfect sense in context.

-If you except the G-Man's offer then he puts you into stasis until "your time comes around again".

-If you refuse he teleports you (unarmed) into a room full of aliens who kill you.

There, it's hardly that complicated.

Ok, in terms of what happens in each ending, I do agree that it is easy to see what happens. But I think it's specifically when you add context that it makes the endings odd, and raises a hundred more questions. Like, what is G-man capable of? What is his relationship to Gordon and Black Mesa? G-man only intervenes with you when you traverse the entirety of Black Mesa, enter Xen, and kill the Nihilanth; what are specifically his goals?

Normally endings kind of explain things in a way that don't raise too many questions. That's my basis on why I would deem the endings odd.

[java.lang.NullPointerException]

The endings are pretty straight forward.

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by 52pickup:

Originally posted by Sovereign:

While I agree with your overall statement, I think HL1's endings are actually pretty simple and make perfect sense in context.

-If you except the G-Man's offer then he puts you into stasis until "your time comes around again".

-If you refuse he teleports you (unarmed) into a room full of aliens who kill you.

There, it's hardly that complicated.

Ok, in terms of what happens in each ending, I do agree that it is easy to see what happens. But I think it's specifically when you add context that it makes the endings odd, and raises a hundred more questions. Like, what is G-man capable of? What is his relationship to Gordon and Black Mesa? G-man only intervenes with you when you traverse the entirety of Black Mesa, enter Xen, and kill the Nihilanth; what are specifically his goals?

Normally endings kind of explain things in a way that don't raise too many questions. That's my basis on why I would deem the endings odd.

Well doesn't really have anything to do with HL1's ending, "who/what is the G-Man and what does he want?" is sorta the big overall question of the HL series.

"What is his relationship to Gordon and Black Mesa?"
He works there, that's explained in the opening tram ride.

[52pickup]

Originally posted by Sovereign:

Well doesn't really have anything to do with HL1's ending, "who/what is the G-Man and what does he want?" is sorta the big overall question of the HL series.

"What is his relationship to Gordon and Black Mesa?"
He works there, that's explained in the opening tram ride.

Okay, I now foresee this discussion going nowhere. Good luck in your future endeavors.

[XanDer-XTX]

Simple answer:
- if you accept the GMan's offer, he puts Gordon in statis for 10 years -- after that Half-Life 2 events go on.
- If you decline his offer, you get killed by Xen aliens.

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by XanDer-XTX:

Simple answer:
- if you accept the GMan's offer, he puts Gordon in statis for 10 years -- after that Half-Life 2 events go on.
- If you decline his offer, you get killed by Xen aliens.
:gordon:

*20 years.

[XanDer-XTX]

Originally posted by Sovereign:

Originally posted by XanDer-XTX:

Simple answer:
- if you accept the GMan's offer, he puts Gordon in statis for 10 years -- after that Half-Life 2 events go on.
- If you decline his offer, you get killed by Xen aliens.

*20 years.

Oh my bad :/