Half Life 2 Chapters Deleted?

    On e3 video demos we saw awsome half life 2 gameplay..

    One of the subjects now is the 2 maybye removed chapters :

    Docks and Borealis.

    So far i know there was a e3 demo on a hl2 chapter called "Docks" where you start on some bridge near the coast or something.

    [Blocked Image: http://www.half-life2.org.uk/img/screen/full/docks1.jpg]

    Remember now?

    I only have a question now.

    Where is the chapter in hl2 with that level?

    Did they remove it? Because it was leaked before to the unlegal beta.

    I think this level was the best ever made, and suddenly they removed it.

    But next thing is the Ice breaker level Borealis :

    Also the ship level (leaked in beta)

    [Blocked Image: http://www.half-life2.org.uk/img/screen/full/ship.jpg]

    After some storm you wake up near the coast and the people on the ship saves your life.

    "" this is what i have heard""

    [Blocked Image: http://www.half-life2.org.uk/img/screen/full/ship2.jpg]

    So i'm very confused why Valve Team did remove those 2 chapters.

    They would really kick ass. But now..

    And..This is what i found in my half-life2/Models props directory using the Hammer editor and searching for models:

    props_docs (folder containing many models)

    Props_borealis (some barrels and other stuff from the Borealis ship.)

    That means there are props for the levels but the chapters were removed.

    Why Valve, Why?

    the ship was going to be the opening of the game.. they changed it tho.. im assuming the docks were right after the ship, which would account for the removal of that chapter

    Lots of reasons probably

    Things change when you do games, they probably figured that it wasnt much Fun to play, used it to show off the game, or that it just didnt fit into the story, wutevr

    Those areas did look cool tho

    Also, in the leak (which is shamefully checked out) there were a bunch of levels on board of a ship, where there was a shitload of fire, zombies and combine everywhere. It was very early, but it didnt really look like it would be much fun even if it had been developed further.

    Also the start of the game, with the train entering the station is cooler i think, a little homage to the start of hl1

    Why do people keep on asking why stuff was cut from the final game?

    They might release these maps in the 'expansions', valve dont need to do any real work anymore, with the map contest and such.

    Content is deleted from/changed in games all the time. There's tons of stuff I remember seeing in original Half-Life shots that never made the cut into the final game (as well as the unused AI models). Look at how Ravenholm evolved from the TrapTown E3 demo into what it is now, for instance.

    Schmung and Jynx make a good point - some of the content may have been not good enough, but other bits may just have taken too much time to do. They have the content already, so provided none of it sucked (which is also entirely possible - no one's perfect ), they could easily fix it up and use it for an expansion. I really would like to see that boat level/chapter...

    Quote from KungFuSquirrel

    Content is deleted from/changed in games all the time. There's tons of stuff I remember seeing in original Half-Life shots that never made the cut into the final game (as well as the unused AI models). Look at how Ravenholm evolved from the TrapTown E3 demo into what it is now, for instance.Schmung and Jynx make a good point - some of the content may have been not good enough, but other bits may just have taken too much time to do. They have the content already, so provided none of it sucked (which is also entirely possible - no one's perfect ), they could easily fix it up and use it for an expansion. I really would like to see that boat level/chapter...

    They did a deleted files in CS:CZ so lets ask them to do one for hL2!

    Spellbinder.

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    Spellbinder: I think he refered to Nexus (the topic starter)

    I know, i just made it clear that i wouldn´t had bother me about any comments if i knew.

    Spellbinder.

    it is a shame these things didnt appear in the final game! ..of ocurse, it's Valve's decission but there are some negative side effects:

    the last 10min of Hl² I really thought:

    "Wow, great! you'd think the end is near but there are still the ship level and the docks and the blue tentacle thing!! what a great game!!!!11~ "

    10mins later I was kinda disappointed...

    Sounds crap to me

    But i still think HL is a great invention.

    You get craploads of mods, friends, and fun time for your money.

    As i said, write them and ask them to do a deleted files cd to be played ingame.

    Spellbinder.

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