From 2005 to 2008, the French studio Arkane — whom we now know as the team behind humiliation and Deathloop—Working on a Half-life game. We know thisand even watched the game before, but today we have reality good look at it.
Back in 2020, documentary series Noclip Introducing an episode on the history of Arkaneand as part of that showed some footage of what is known internally within Arkane as Ravenholm. The Half-life spin-off gamelike everything else Half-life– regarding the best part of 15 years, eventually canceled and never seen light during the day. Now, different two years later, they’ll be showing tons of extra footage of the game.
Set in… Ravenholm, a dark, horror game that is almost glimpsed in Half life 2it has a bigger role for madly holding a gun monk, Father Grigory. It will allow us to fully explore the area, visit new attractions, meet new people, use new weapons, and face a host of other enemies, with many of Ravenholm’s inhabitants being human zombies, rather than gun-wielding Combine soldiers.
As Noclip’s Danny O’Dwyer explains in the video — which spans over an hour — this is not and has never been a game over. WOMENall that you are seeing here from afar is close to what we can or would love if this ever saw the light of day. Animation is being worked on, dubbing is a placeholder, textures and models are still a work in progress. One of the new weapons is so crude that it can be hand painted with an inscription taped to it that says “GUNS GO HERE”.
That’s great! I’m damned love and cherish see the game in this state. Video games are too secretive businessand rarely do we see things in development like this. We should enjoy it whenever we get the chance. And even when going through all the rough edges, it’s nice to see Arkane’s signature moves, such as slapping objects hard (which we enjoyed with Deathloop), appear.
You can watch the full video below, through several stages and stagesIn-game fun, each section is broken down by a little explainer from O’Dwyer, providing some context and information about what you’ve just watched or are about to watch.
