Portal question (spoilers)

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#1 o0_L0st_B0y_0o
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where does it all fit in, in the half life world?

"im still alive..when your dead" does that have any significane? will the company be in episode three? (what with the black mesa comment)

do you die at the end cos you land and then nothing... it cuts to the zoomin down into the basement

who exactly is it your playing as?

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#2 gskristen
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As far as I know, there is an implied connection between Aperture Science and Black Mesa. They left the game very open to a sequel, and I personally expect that it'll become tied in with the Half-Life story at some point in time. I don't know if any of this has been confirmed, as it's just what I hope happens.
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The ship that Eli Vance was telling Gordon and Alex to go find in Ep2 (you saw it in the video from Judith) was an Apeture Science vessel that disappeared while doing experiments having to do with teleportation technology. Listen to the conversation between Eli and Dr. Kliener right before the strider attack sequence.
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#4 o0_L0st_B0y_0o
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my other question is...who was the one that left the messeges like "the cake is a lie" etc

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#5 1005
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where does it all fit in, in the half life world?

"im still alive..when your dead" does that have any significane? will the company be in episode three? (what with the black mesa comment)

do you die at the end cos you land and then nothing... it cuts to the zoomin down into the basement

who exactly is it your playing as?o0_L0st_B0y_0o

1.) It's assumed that Portal's relation into the HalfLife universe is through Aperture Science and its rivalry with Black Mesa as both companies were scientifically looking into Portal technology. So we know for this information that Aperture has existed for as long as Black Mesa has. Aswell as this the ship mentioned in Episode2, The Borealis, is an Aperture Science vessel that wean't missing under mysterious circumstances, its assumed there is some portal technology onboard that caused it to teleport somewhere.

From this information alone its likely we will hear or see more about Aperture Science in Episode3 and we may possibly find out abit more about Portal's main character aswell.

2.) I don't think the portal character dies at the end of the game, its more likely she's blacked out after going through everything that she has. However the "fade to black" ending may have just been an artist measure by the developers to end the game as it does leave you with a feeling of mystery, especially after you see the Aperture logo in the car park?

3.) The character in portal is called Chell or Shell i believe, she is an as of yet unknown character who we may see more of in Episode3.

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[QUOTE="o0_L0st_B0y_0o"]

where does it all fit in, in the half life world?

"im still alive..when your dead" does that have any significane? will the company be in episode three? (what with the black mesa comment)

do you die at the end cos you land and then nothing... it cuts to the zoomin down into the basement

who exactly is it your playing as?1005

1.) It's assumed that Portal's relation into the HalfLife universe is through Aperture Science and its rivalry with Black Mesa as both companies were scientifically looking into Portal technology. So we know for this information that Aperture has existed for as long as Black Mesa has. Aswell as this the ship mentioned in Episode2, The Borealis, is an Aperture Science vessel that wean't missing under mysterious circumstances, its assumed there is some portal technology onboard that caused it to teleport somewhere.

From this information alone its likely we will hear or see more about Aperture Science in Episode3 and we may possibly find out abit more about Portal's main character aswell.

2.) I don't think the portal character dies at the end of the game, its more likely she's blacked out after going through everything that she has. However the "fade to black" ending may have just been an artist measure by the developers to end the game as it does leave you with a feeling of mystery, especially after you see the Aperture logo in the car park?

3.) The character in portal is called Chell or Shell i believe, she is an as of yet unknown character who we may see more of in Episode3.

thanks dude

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#7 green26
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the character in portal is Alex's mother imo
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#8 foxhound_fox
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Episode 3 holds all the answers.
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#9 1005
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the character in portal is Alex's mother imogreen26

She died in Black Mesa and its been stated before that she isn't Alyx's mother. However if in some weird moment she does turn out to be Alyx's mother i'll give you a cookie!

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#10 66comet
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[QUOTE="green26"]the character in portal is Alex's mother imo1005

She died in Black Mesa and its been stated before that she isn't Alyx's mother. However if in some weird moment she does turn out to be Alyx's mother i'll give you a cookie!

or some cake, perhaps?

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She died in Black Mesa and its been stated before that she isn't Alyx's mother. However if in some weird moment she does turn out to be Alyx's mother i'll give you a cookie!1005


Well, the player character is an android IIRC, so technically, it could be Alyx's mother's consciousness implanted in a robot. Or that could be the Evangelion talking...
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#12 1005
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[QUOTE="1005"]

[QUOTE="green26"]the character in portal is Alex's mother imo66comet

She died in Black Mesa and its been stated before that she isn't Alyx's mother. However if in some weird moment she does turn out to be Alyx's mother i'll give you a cookie!

or some cake, perhaps?

The cake is a lie! :P

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#13 giantraddish
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the character in portal is Alex's mother imogreen26

Woah! I'm not sure I buy it, but very cool theory.

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#14 bob9999999999
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THE CAKE IS A LIE
THE CAKE IS A LIE
THE CAKE IS A LIE

But i wouldn't be surprised if we saw some cake in ep 3

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#15 NerdMan
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Guys, seriously, in a post about Portal PLEASE GIVE WARNING For Episode 2 spoilers! Damn it!:evil:

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#16 bigrhyno
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my other question is...who was the one that left the messeges like "the cake is a lie" etc

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I think it was former "lab rats" who died while doing the test, you also notice the tally marks counting the days they were in there