Possibly one of Ted Backman's inspiration for Xen, from the novel Expedition 1990. I hope we get to see Xen again in Valve's next Half-Life title.
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613136Possibly one of Ted Backman's inspiration for Xen, from the novel Expedition 1990. I hope we get to see Xen again in Valve's next Half-Life title.
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It's so... pretty.
Actually Marc debunked this on twitter!
Source? Had no idea about this especially since multiple sources claim that this was a big inspiration for the making of Xen.
It was, but for Ted Backman and Brett Johnson and other HL1 designers who are not Marc Laidlaw.
Thanks for clarifying this, I'll make an edit.
I kinda think so, since there isn't any other source of big hit inspiration that gaben could of gotten frim since 1997 specially for the original xen architecture such as the "Xen Tree" (Quite similer to the Butchertree) "Xen Flora" (What is similer to the Gourd Tree)
After BMS, Xen never be the same
I love Black Mesa but I personally don't see it as canon, I prefer the old grotesque yet still peaceful vision of Xen.