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Depiction of the Combine's Civil Protection. Certain elements of the Combine's appearance, such as that of the Advisors, are inspired by the works of Frank Herbert. [1] The towering Striders seen throughout Half-Life 2 and its subsequent episodes are based directly on the Martian tripods of the H. G. Wells novel The War of the Worlds, where Martians invade Victorian England, using the tripods ...
The following are fictional characters (including extraterrestrial life) appearing in the Half-Life series of computer and video games developed by Valve. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Codename Gordon (sometimes called Codename: Gordon) is a two-dimensional Flash sidescroller shooter developed by NuclearVision, and was released over Valve's Steam online delivery system on May 18, 2004, as a promotional game for the then-upcoming Half-Life 2. [56] Characters from Half-Life have appeared in other games.
Alyx is the titular playable protagonist of the 2020 virtual reality game Half-Life: Alyx developed by Valve. [1] The game follows a 19-year-old Alyx's story in City 17 five years before the events of Half-Life 2. Initially performing routine reconnaissance for the Resistance, Alyx is captured along with her father by the Combine after he ...
In the Half-Life saga, Gordon Freeman is a silent protagonist who, despite lacking formal weapon training, survives a chaotic inter-dimensional incident at the Black Mesa Research Facility. In Half-Life 2, after being kept in stasis for nearly two decades, Freeman battles the Combine Empire to liberate Earth. He gains legendary status and ...
Barney Calhoun is the player character in Half-Life: Blue Shift and a major character in Half-Life 2 as well as Half-Life 2: Episode One. Michael Shapiro provided Barney's voice in the games of the Half-Life series. Scott Lynch, Valve's chief operating officer, lent his face to the game for use in-game as Barney in Half-Life 2.
Characters from Canabalt, Spelunky and Super Meat Boy: Super Meat Boy: Various indie game characters, such as Steve from Minecraft, Tim from Braid, and Gish; the Headcrab from Half-Life is playable in the Steam version Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania: Sanrio's Hello Kitty and Suezo from Koei Tecmo's Monster Rancher are playable via downloadable ...
McLain provides voices for many characters in several video games from Valve.Among them are GLaDOS, the primary antagonist of the Portal video game series (for which she won an AIAS Interactive Achievement Award for Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance), the announcer in Team Fortress 2; and the voice of the Combine Overwatch for the Half-Life series.