What Was Cut from Half-Life 2 April 5, 2012

Half-Life 2 was a game that I have quite a connection with.  I was one of the first people to see it demoed live at E3 2003 and E3 2004.  I was one of the first members of the press to hear the announcement of Counter Strike: Source, and when the time came, one of the first players to beta test it.

Half-Life 2 was in development at Valve Software for around five years.  While the final version of the game was undoubtably one of the best PC games of all time, there were a few things that just couldn’t make it into the final version of the game, as well as a few scenes that were extended or altered from their original design.

Armed with the books he’s read and his own knowledge of the game’s development, Maniac talks about what was cut from Valve’s 2004 PC Game of the Year, Half-Life 2.