Half-Life 2 is a cult shooter from Valve. The first part of this series completely changed the world of 3D games, and the second part only consolidated the success. In addition to the main series, the developers released a continuation of the story of Gordon Freeman in the form of the spirit of episodic parts. They were called Episode One and Episode Two. The creation of the third episode was rumored to be stopped in 2008, as Valve focused on online projects.
What was supposed to be in episode 3?
It is easy to guess that the passage of Half-Life 2: Episode 3 should reveal the ending of the story of the adventure of Gordon Freeman and the fate of mankind.
In the second episode, the heroes successfully launch a military missile in the White Grove, which closes the alien portal over the captured City-17. After that, the protagonist and his partner leave for Antarctica, and militia forces are sent for them.
Leakage of plot details
In early 2016, one of the screenwriters of the third episode left Valve. After some time, he told several details about what the new part should be and what the developers wanted to show in the passage of Half-Life 2: Episode 3.
After the heroes arrive in Antarctica, the main characters have to independently discover the Alliance base. At this time, help should have arrived in another transport. After discovering the Alliance, Gordon and Alix are captured. Dr. Brin in a new body, which was taken from an alien, negotiates with the main character. He asks for one service - to kill him, because life in a strange body was unbearable. Gordon fulfills the villain's request, and he and Alix are freed.
Subsequently, the heroes find the alleged killer of Father Alix. It turns out that the suspected doctor is not to blame, but he does have a Resonance key that will help him get into the Alliance ship.
During the study of the ship, it becomes clear that they are stuck in a temporary loop between the Antarctic and Antarctica. Gordon and his team find a teleport point. Before the dispatch, a conflict arises between the doctor and Alix - Mossman proposes to go to the uprising and leave the Alliance ship intact, and Alix is going to destroy the ship, as her father wanted.
As a result, the companion of the protagonist kills the doctor, and then they destroy the ship. Suddenly, G-man appears and calls on Alix to go with him to complete the "unfinished business." Gordon is left alone on the ship, which will explode any minute. The ship is in space, surrounded by such centers. It becomes clear that the destruction of one of the ships of the Alliance can not be defeated.
To the aid of Gordon comes the ripening detachment of militias who move the hero to Earth. The screenwriter explains that this is not the end of the passage of the game Half-Life 2: Episode 3, but there are no more details.
It is known that Valve was going to make several endings of the plot and give the player a choice: the victory of the Resistance, the Alliance, the choice of the fate of the Earth and other decisions would fall on your shoulders! One can only hope that sooner or later the third episode will still see the light.