Freeman's Mind 2

[Link8909]

Very True, I had this thought that at the end of Half-Life when he finally meets G-Man that while he's talking Freeman is tuning him out like he usually does, but then G-Man just says "Look Mr Freeman, would you mind being quiet for a minute, it's very rude to talk over other people."

 

But I can see the complications of it (like getting the right voice actors, editing the existing voices and so on), just throwing ideas to the wall to see what sticks.

[Arby]

just throwing ideas to the wall to see what sticks.

 

There's your problem, don't throw ideas, throw Science! then maybe you'll get superpowers, or at least some tumors.

[Axeldeath]

An who doesn't want a tumor

[Link8909]

But yeah, I'd love to see a Freemans Mind 2 and I'm looking forward to seeing what Ross Scott does with it.

[Sir Raffi]

Actually, one of the things I love most about Freeman's Mind is the way Freeman responds to what the Scientists and Guards say.

 

Freeman: "See if I do anything nice for you again... because I wont."

Scientist: "As I expected..."

Freeman: "What was that? You trying to say something about me? Man, I'll kill you... pricks..."

 

Guard: "Go right on through, sir. Looks like you're in the barrel today."

Freeman: "Did he just say I'm 'in the barrel'?! Oh, shit, looks like I'm the only person here who know some dirty jokes!"

[Pinkie Pie]

Actually, one of the things I love most about Freeman's Mind is the way Freeman responds to what the Scientists and Guards say.

 

Freeman: "See if I do anything nice for you again... because I wont."

Scientist: "As I expected..."

Freeman: "What was that? You trying to say something about me? Man, I'll kill you... pricks..."

 

Guard: "Go right on through, sir. Looks like you're in the barrel today."

Freeman: "Did he just say I'm 'in the barrel'?! Oh, shit, looks like I'm the only person here who know some dirty jokes!"

 

And that's just in the first couple episodes. XD Later on he misinterprets them, or just flat out is wrong about stuff. Like he thought that one scientist was a genie right before he got the shotgun.

[Arby]

I'm really interested in how he'll react to Alyx in particular. Could you imagine Freeman bumbling his way through Episode 1 without a care in the world for her? Maybe he'll be a douche at first and get more attached over time, especially after the suppression field is off. Can you imagine his reaction to Elie's grandkids comment? I imagine he'll treat rebels about as well as he treats scientists though. No idea for how he'd go with CPs, not too kindly I expect.

[Darthbill99]

Be kinda've funny if she likes him, but he just acts like a douche to her. Then again, Alyx isn't bad looking, and Freeman obviously likes women...hmm...

I can definatly see Freeman constantly hitting on her, that would be hilarious since she wouldnt even respond to it.

[Kirkreng]

Be kinda've funny if she likes him, but he just acts like a douche to her. Then again, Alyx isn't bad looking, and Freeman obviously likes women...hmm...

I can definatly see Freeman constantly hitting on her, that would be hilarious since she wouldnt even respond to it.

I doubt it tbh, I really think he is going to be a big ass......which would be entertaining as hell.

[Pinkie Pie]

Be kinda've funny if she likes him, but he just acts like a douche to her. Then again, Alyx isn't bad looking, and Freeman obviously likes women...hmm...

I can definatly see Freeman constantly hitting on her, that would be hilarious since she wouldnt even respond to it.

I doubt it tbh, I really think he is going to be a big ass......which would be entertaining as hell.

On TV Tropes they said that they think Freeman will be a big jerk and then act like a softie when she almost dies, then when she's better he just plays it off like he doesn't care.

[Tastychainsaws]

I could imagine him waking up on the train to City 17 and actually thinking he's still in Black Mesa.

 

"Jesus Christ, just how big IS Black Mesa!? That's it...I'm going to live the rest of my life in this place...Where did my suit go!?"

[Bleem]

I wonder if he will finally get his grappling hook.

[frozt]

i got a grappling hook in gmod, he should get one too. his reaction would be hilarious

[Thuzan]

I'm curious as to how he'd handle Freeman's personality as the character goes from being an unlucky observer to a full on revolutionary. I wonder if Freeman would get just a little more serious about his job of liberating the future.

 

(first timer here) well i think that based on the way the game starts and the way freeman rebels against authority...sometimes needlessly...well anyway i think he will just instantly get pissed at CP and his paranoia will kick in full throttle. whenever i get to that trash can scene in the beginning (where the CP guy orders you to throw away the can) i can just imagine freeman lashing out against "the man!" and making a mad dash when he discovers what getting hit by those stun batons feels like. as for the whole revolutionary thing well i think that he will be happy to have allies who are actually helpful, if a little obsessive. he will be constantly freaking out as usual and getting high on adrenaline as well i bet. overall i don't think his character will change much, or that it will need too. hell i would PAY to see how he responds to ravenholm.

[Arby]

The pheropods and friendly antlion slaves are something I really want to see.

[Thuzan]

The pheropods and friendly antlion slaves are something I really want to see.

 

OH GOD i can imagine that "DESTROY THEM MY INSECTOID ARMY BWAHAHAHAHA" hell it would probably be his childhood fantasy.

[QuakeIV]

I can only imagine that he would if the fans wished it so, as he has said before; I too wonder how Freeman will respond to the new and rather alien world he would find himself in, it is my opinion that Half Life 2 is a bit silly when compared to Half Life 1, which has a more serious tone, the Combine are quite silly and weak when compared to the Xen creatures and HECU Marines, it may be because the weapons in Half Life 2 are rather cartoon-like, unlike the robust military equipment, humorous yet frightening biological weapons, and advanced scientific devices of Half Life 1.

Although I must seem like a critic, I would not be adverse to a Freeman's Mind 2, quite the opposite, but I do not think I will like it more than Freeman's Mind, but only time, and Ross Scott's talent, will tell.

 

I have to agree about Half Life 2 being silly.

 

In fact I would go so far as to say unrealistic.

I was swimming through a tunnel full of water as usual, except this time the combine kicked a bunch of explosive barrels in the water as I surfaced. I panicked and tried to get out of the water and find cover. I was expecting the concussion to transfer through the water gel my organs or something similarly horrible. I realized I couldn't get out of the way in time, so I dived to see the nice gory fireworks. I was totally unharmed by the blast.

[Pinkie Pie]

I can only imagine that he would if the fans wished it so, as he has said before; I too wonder how Freeman will respond to the new and rather alien world he would find himself in, it is my opinion that Half Life 2 is a bit silly when compared to Half Life 1, which has a more serious tone, the Combine are quite silly and weak when compared to the Xen creatures and HECU Marines, it may be because the weapons in Half Life 2 are rather cartoon-like, unlike the robust military equipment, humorous yet frightening biological weapons, and advanced scientific devices of Half Life 1.

Although I must seem like a critic, I would not be adverse to a Freeman's Mind 2, quite the opposite, but I do not think I will like it more than Freeman's Mind, but only time, and Ross Scott's talent, will tell.

 

I have to agree about Half Life 2 being silly.

 

In fact I would go so far as to say unrealistic.

I was swimming through a tunnel full of water as usual, except this time the combine kicked a bunch of explosive barrels in the water as I surfaced. I panicked and tried to get out of the water and find cover. I was expecting the concussion to transfer through the water gel my organs or something similarly horrible. I realized I couldn't get out of the way in time, so I dived to see the nice gory fireworks. I was totally unharmed by the blast.

 

Oh yes, because Eli getting impaled by a Combine Advisor is so silly. I get what you're saying, but I have to respectfully disagree. Half Life 2 has silly moments in it, such as playing catch with Dog, but can you really say the original was this dark and literal game that took itself seriously? A game where scientists would just openly state, "Do you know who ate all the donuts?" during a situation that could kill them. A game where your final boss is a giant aborted fetus alien. What about the stupidity of scientists that would be so foolish as to willingly crawl into vents with fan blades in them? Now I'm not saying it didn't have serious moments in them, I'd say the ending with G-Man was pretty cool (and a little creepy) and the really freaky part where you see, as Freeman says, a 'twitching dead guy in a strobe light' I'm just saying Half Life 2 took itself more seriously, and it shows. The guns are far from cartoonish, they were futuristic, you're in the 2020s, of course they're going to look wierd compared to the modern day military equipment. And about the 'unrealistic' part where you thought the blast explosion through the water would kill you, it's a videogame. The same would happen in the original if Valve put that same thing in. You have a life bar for a reason.

 

Now, once the Black Mesa mod comes out and we're comparing Half Life 2 to that, I'd change my opinion slightly, only in favor of Black Mesa because it looks really dark and looks like it takes itself a LOT more seriously. But as it stands, Half Life 2 is serious and realistic (though getting dropped from a far height in a car by a magnet crane is still up to debate) It's just futuristic. It's like saying Dead Space wasn't scary because Issac Clark looked like a cyber hockey goalie.

[MakoVlazkov]

I can only imagine that he would if the fans wished it so, as he has said before; I too wonder how Freeman will respond to the new and rather alien world he would find himself in, it is my opinion that Half Life 2 is a bit silly when compared to Half Life 1, which has a more serious tone, the Combine are quite silly and weak when compared to the Xen creatures and HECU Marines, it may be because the weapons in Half Life 2 are rather cartoon-like, unlike the robust military equipment, humorous yet frightening biological weapons, and advanced scientific devices of Half Life 1.

Although I must seem like a critic, I would not be adverse to a Freeman's Mind 2, quite the opposite, but I do not think I will like it more than Freeman's Mind, but only time, and Ross Scott's talent, will tell.

 

I have to agree about Half Life 2 being silly.

 

In fact I would go so far as to say unrealistic.

I was swimming through a tunnel full of water as usual, except this time the combine kicked a bunch of explosive barrels in the water as I surfaced. I panicked and tried to get out of the water and find cover. I was expecting the concussion to transfer through the water gel my organs or something similarly horrible. I realized I couldn't get out of the way in time, so I dived to see the nice gory fireworks. I was totally unharmed by the blast.

 

Oh yes, because Eli getting impaled by a Combine Advisor is so silly. I get what you're saying, but I have to respectfully disagree. Half Life 2 has silly moments in it, such as playing catch with Dog, but can you really say the original was this dark and literal game that took itself seriously? A game where scientists would just openly state, "Do you know who ate all the donuts?" during a situation that could kill them. A game where your final boss is a giant aborted fetus alien. What about the stupidity of scientists that would be so foolish as to willingly crawl into vents with fan blades in them? Now I'm not saying it didn't have serious moments in them, I'd say the ending with G-Man was pretty cool (and a little creepy) and the really freaky part where you see, as Freeman says, a 'twitching dead guy in a strobe light' I'm just saying Half Life 2 took itself more seriously, and it shows. The guns are far from cartoonish, they were futuristic, you're in the 2020s, of course they're going to look wierd compared to the modern day military equipment. And about the 'unrealistic' part where you thought the blast explosion through the water would kill you, it's a videogame. The same would happen in the original if Valve put that same thing in. You have a life bar for a reason.

 

Now, once the Black Mesa mod comes out and we're comparing Half Life 2 to that, I'd change my opinion slightly, only in favor of Black Mesa because it looks really dark and looks like it takes itself a LOT more seriously. But as it stands, Half Life 2 is serious and realistic (though getting dropped from a far height in a car by a magnet crane is still up to debate) It's just futuristic. It's like saying Dead Space wasn't scary because Issac Clark looked like a cyber hockey goalie.

It's just that the guns, enemies, and the setting are really strange. The weapons look like nerf blasters and (at least the 9mm Pistol) sounds like a toy, while the AR2 and SMG are extremely weak in the hands of anyone other than the player aiming for the head and instakilling everything. The Combine, for all their advanced military surgery, are for some reason a lot weaker and a lot less accurate than Rebels, which is guess is for gameplay, but it is silly that they can't even hit you from 50ft away.

[Axeldeath]

^ Couldn't you just quote his last post? We don't really need the quotes of previously posted comments taking up a quarter of the page...