Half-Life 2: City 17 In Germany??

Deathsythe | August 28, 2008 | Pictures | PC Playstation 3 Games Convention 2008 Misc

...The city of Leipzig to be specific. A set of clever photoshops done to pictures of the site of the popular European Gaming Convention draws scary parallels to the fictional city from the hit Half-Life 2 series.

Make sure to check out all the 'photos' in the link as well.

Something fundamental had changed in the nature of our surroundings, and we all knew it. It wasn't just the weariness of a long, cross-European journey playing with our minds. Something was wrong. Something was very wrong.

And then it clicked, and in unison we exclaimed in shrill terror, "Holy shit, we're in City 17!".

And we were. We really, really were. We swear that Valve must have taken Leipzig as singular inspiration when designing Half-Life 2's Combine-controlled metropolis. It looks exactly like City 17. Take these photos as our evidence.

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Steel Magnolia | August 28, 2008

They look a bit like it. But nothing compared to the photos I took in Amsterdam

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/steelmagnolia666/PICT0130.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/steelmagnolia666/PICT0131.jpg
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BlackLabel | August 29, 2008

I love half the comments on Gamesradar... "completely fake" no shit i mean anyone can tell that is the case, i think it is a nice comparison and i like the added in Half-Life 2 creatures for comic effect.

Oh and nice photo's Steel.
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Deathsythe | August 29, 2008

In reference to that BlackLabel, there is a game where you try to post something totally inane on the internet without saying something like /sarcasm and see how many people still take you seriously - Hint: far too many.

Steel, those pictures are pretty sweet, and if I have any free time at work today, I'll see about photoshopping some combine soldiers or something into them - with your permission of course.
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  Steel Magnolia | August 29, 2008
  
  Go ahead mate, I'd love to see them
  
  I think the second one looks most life HL2.
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Deathsythe | August 30, 2008

Here's the first one.

_{Edit: And the second.}

It doesn't look too superimposed, right?
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Steel Magnolia | September 14, 2008

I totally forgot to check back here. Nice job mate. It actually looks like the guy in the red shirt is looking round at Alex.

Well done.
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  Deathsythe | September 14, 2008
  
  Thanks buddy!
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lord monkey | September 29, 2008

Haha, I love the second one Death, and I agree with Steel that the guy in red is looking at Alex.
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Deathsythe | September 29, 2008

Thanks for the praise guys -

Perhaps I can do a whole set of these things when I get some more time on my hands.