If Alyx is in HL3, and I do not doubt that she will be, me and the other 256 will be wanting an Alyx with a character based on the EP2 type by the look of it.

Saying, “still doesn’t make it right” is nonsensical because there’s nothing wrong with the situation in the first place. Gordon Freeman is still a young man in every sense. And Alyx does in fact know that Freeman was there during the time of the incident, she specifically mentions the fact that Freeman and her father “worked together at Black Mesa” (and has made other comments about Freeman’s time at Black Mesa or about his coworkers).

You want weird, consider Barney. He’s approaching middle age, his hair’s getting greyer, he lived through years of Combine war and occupation, and Gordon is still in his youth. They were both young people in Black Mesa, but they effectively belong to different eras now. Gordon Freeman has had the blessing (or the curse) of living in two generations.

Everything about Alyx in Episode 2 is technically better, but the moments lacked the poignancy. Alyx in Episode 2 just felt like a more talkative squadmate – it didn’t feel like there were as many one-off interactions, and she also had to share the spotlight with Magnusson and others. And when we get to the end, defending White Forest, she’s nowhere to be found.

not to mention she’s suppposed to be a genius and cant seem to put “physics major who worked at black mesa long enough to be friends with dad” and “black mesa incident happened 20 years ago” together.

1)she’s 20 years younger than gordon[IF gordon remembers her from black mesa, its as a kid] (evidence, last photo of eli’s wife has a five year old alex in it)

2)she’s too clingy to, open to, and trusting of gordon (the guy is gone for 20 years, no thoughts that he might be working with the combine, beats the shit out of things in his way with a crobar, and doesnt talk)

3)she’s in my line of fire constantly

4)talks too much

5)gets in my way

6)constantly sending me into danger [maybe gordon dosnt want to crawl through trenches, maybe he wants to fix the car in safety]

7)entirely too cheerful about killing people

8)wont die

9)talks too much

10)talks too much

11)she will poop out gordon freeman jr, and the gman will say ‘mazzeltov’ (i apologize for bad spelling) and that will wrap the hl2 story arc.

- She’s a lot more involved than she was in Half-Life 2.
- She snipes, gives you direct support, and unlocks doors and whatnot.
- Her model is upgraded, and she uses an upgraded facial animation system.
- She ducks out of the picture every now and then to let Freeman do things that aren’t NPC friendly, like jumping and running around obstacles, navigating toxic waste, and things of that nature.

One thing that needs to mentioned is that she isn’t the only prominent companion NPC present in Episode Two, as one of the Vortigaunts does journey with the player for a while. There are more solo spaces compared to Episode One, but it featured far more companionship than Half-Life 2.

Overall, the differences between the Ep1 and Ep2 Alyx are relatively minor, she’s very direct and central in the plots and progressions of both episodes. I find it odd that the poll makes a mention of Alyx being a hindrance in Episode One, but she got in the way far more in Half-Life 2 and was much improved in Ep1.

I might commit suicide too if my male interest was mute and was so disinterested in me to leave me behind.

Damn, I was so far off the mark, but hadn’t ever really thought about the way the three Alyxs so far played out in the different games, nor worried about it until now.

There are some really quite good ones out there, especially the FakeFactory ones…..but in keeping with the actual post, I guess I like them all, and don’t get why one of the previous posters didn’t like her input at all. If I absolutely had to choose I suppose I’d go for the Ep1 version, but they all have places and things to contribute to the overall storyline, so it’s not really that big an issue for me.

It’s interesting to see other people’s opinions though…..

I hope Alyx in HL2-EP3 is the guardian. Explaining “mission objectives”, showing “level maps”. and leading to “waypoints”, if they don’t already exist in the HL universe.
It’s sometimes irritating, to keep on guessing.