Half-Life, Portal, and how they all fit together.

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crashbandit_93

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After beating Portal 2 for the 5th time today I have begun to theorize about how the story of Chell will interweb with the story of Gordon, because at this point we can all safely assume that Chell will play a role (the size of which I think might be big) in either Half-Life 2: Episode 3 or Half-Life 3.
My theory is that Gordon, Chell, and the rest of the Half-Life gang with have to go to Aperture Science and recover something. This could be related to both of the endings of the Co-Op campaign.
Thoughts anyone????
 
crashbandit_93 said:
After beating Portal 2 for the 5th time today I have begun to theorize about how the story of Chell will interweb with the story of Gordon, because at this point we can all safely assume that Chell will play a role (the size of which I think might be big) in either Half-Life 2: Episode 3 or Half-Life 3.
My theory is that Gordon, Chell, and the rest of the Half-Life gang with have to go to Aperture Science and recover something. This could be related to both of the endings of the Co-Op campaign.
Thoughts anyone????
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You know... I didn't get that... but I really need to play Episode 1 and 2 again... I haven't finished 2 yet.

BUT... what makes you think this is the case?

†B†V† :hat
 
I see it. They released portal and Episode 2 together on the Orange Box right? and both games had something to do with Aperture Science at one point right?...and they both have to do with portals of some kinds...>.>...My brain hurts
 
There are also a lot of references in both games that relate to the other. People have speculated about this, but I think Valve officially stated a while ago that Portal 2 wouldn't tie-in to HL2 or 3. Although, don't believe anything they say and don't quote me on that. That was back in April of 2011 if I even remember that correctly.

I do think there will be a minor tie-in in Half-Life 3, but not much more.
 
Bluevoodu said:
You know... I didn't get that... but I really need to play Episode 1 and 2 again... I haven't finished 2 yet.

BUT... what makes you think this is the case?

†B†V† :hat
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A few things.
#1 the ship that Freeman and friends where looking for at the end of Episode 2 (Borealis) was an Aperture Science ship that was carrying "powerful technology" (now assumed to be portal technology).
#2Both the Combine and Freeman and Friends are after it and idk what it is, but I have a hunch that it is going to lead them back to Aperture and Chell to find thousands of test subjects in cryo-sleep (watch the end of the co-op campaign for more details on test subjects) . *perfect soldiers i might add*
#3If you watched after the credits you would have seen that Wheatley is still very much so alive. He says he would apologize to Chell if he ever got a chance and this may just be a conspiracy theory but I think there is a possibility that we might see Wheatley again.
#3
 
There has been loads of theories about Half Life/Portal crossover since Portal 1. Remember the projector?
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And there are keyboard with hightlighted letters like this...
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Which are all letters that spell out Adrian Shephard. http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Adrian_Shephard

As already mentioned, the Borealis appears in Portal 2
Discover the missing experiment Achievement
Possibly a reference to the Borealis, as the ship "had simply disappeared" some time before Half-Life 2: Episode Two. Aperture Science had been in a race with Black Mesa in order to receive funding from the government (although Black Mesa ended up getting it), so Aperture Science "must have compromised ordinary standards of risk". Therefore, it is suggested that the Borealis disappeared because the 'experiment' had gone 'missing' because they compromised ordinary standards of risk.
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There are also Half Life references in the Portal 2 comic that was released prior to the game.
Page 5, Panel 2
Pretzello points out that the Ziprasidone, the antipsychotic medication that is consumed by Doug Rattmann, has a half life of seven hours. The significance of seven hours may be a nod towards the Seven Hour War in Half-Life.

Page 14, Panel 4
A wall-mounted HEV, first aid and Combine charging units can be seen. There are currently two debates to its significance. It has been argued that Aperture Science had stolen the HEV technology from Black Mesa (however, it is not known how Aperture Science implemented this technology into their environment). It has also been argued that HEV technology was a universal technology present in Half-Life, hence why military soldiers were able to charge their PCV suits using the wall-mounted chargers in Half-Life: Opposing Force.

Page 14, Panel 4
The gravity gun from Half-Life 2 can be seen on the table. Similarly as above, there are currently two debates to its significance. It has been argued that Aperture Science had stolen the gravity gun technology from Black Mesa. On the contrary, it has also been argued that Black Mesa (East) had stolen the gravity gun technology from Aperture Science. As far as it can be told, the gravity gun required a crystal or substance of some sort to operate properly. Further, the portal gun, created by Aperture Science in Portal, is able to hold objects in suspension much similarly to the gravity gun, but cannot launch the object with the same power than the gravity gun.

Page 14, Panel 8
Another wall-mounted first aid charging unit can be clearly seen.
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It's not much, but Valve did say they were only going to throw in a light touch.
'Fans of Half-Life will notice some things'
In an interview, Erik Wolpaw stated the following: ""We tried to keep as light a touch about it as we did in Portal 1. Fans of Half-Life will notice some things, but if you haven't played Half-Life they'll just kind of pass right by you. You're not going to see Gordon tromping through the facility."
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Seems like I'm forgetting something...
 
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