forcompass.blogg.se - november 2022

Eli was retconned in Half-Life as being the scientist who sent Gordon for help right after the Resonance Cascade. Eli is said to have lived at the Black Mesa Research Facility with his wife and daughter, although they are not seen or mentioned in Half-Life.

The African-American scientist model ("scientist03", or "Luther") was turned into the character Eli Vance for Half-Life 2.

Kleiner's first name was also retconned: in old documents from the Half-Life period, he is referred to as Alex, but in Half-Life 2 he is named Isaac. Later, for Half-Life 2, the "Glasses" scientist was again turned into a character, this time Isaac Kleiner, although it was not made clear if he was ever seen in person in Half-Life.

The bald scientist model wearing thick-framed glasses ("scientist01", or "Glasses") was turned into the character Walter Bennet for Blue Shift, a reference to Walter's World, a popular fan fiction set in the Half-Life universe created by Kevin "Fragmaster" Bowen on Planet Half-Life.

Later, Valve and Gearbox based actual characters on these NPC types, sometimes also reusing their nicknames as the new character's name:

In Half-Life and its expansions, scientists and security guards are generic NPCs with only a few variations.