17: A Half-Life Story

17: A Half-Life Story is an upcoming First-Person Shooter game for PC. It is the sixth mainline entry into the Half-Life series and serves as a prequel to Half-Life 2 and further expands on the world presented under the Combine's rule following the Seven Hour War. The one-off location of Highway 17 from Half-Life 2 serves as the main setting of this game showing a much more active time for the area when the Combine's forces weren't as oppressive over the more rural areas.
==Synopsis==
In the year 200- the Combine descended upon Earth, for many they were a completely unforeseen invasion which quickly wiped out almost all of the Earth's military while for others who knew the truth of the matter they were the result of humanity attempting to tamper with higher forces, guided by an unseen hand.
It is now 201-, you are but one of many, a small but growing resistance force against the Combine, though their initial invasion was immense the Combine's higher forces left Earth in the hands of smaller task forces comprised of humans and what was once human, as well as administrators like that of City 17 under the former Black Mesa Administrator Wallace Breen. On the outskirts of that city however, the resistance finds a much stronger presence able to handle the smaller more isolated Combine forces.
You have been tasked by your outpost's commander, Slugych to deliver delicate information pertaining to Combine build-up South of City 17 to the leaders of the Resistance Force in Black Mesa East. Although normally a noble leader by all respects having been forged in the flames of the Seven Hours War into one, Slugych gives this information to the player meekly as though they fear the its source.
As the player traverse across Highway 17 they come across a variety of sites, the once quaint and peaceful villages that helped support City 17 either in ruins or being used as outposts for the Combine and the Resistance. Vegetation completely alien to the player, supposedly coming from an extraterrestrial location known as Xen dots the landscape with the strange wildlife posing a variety of threats.
Along the way the player encounters and helps various Resistance members and periodically meets up with a travelling weapon's caravan for the resistance led by Aguya a young woman who's hatred of the Combine is unmatched and at times extreme beyond reason. Through their correspondence the player learns that the Resistance isn't quite the monolith its higher-ups make it out to be and many seem concerned that there are forces that rival the Combine attempting to use the Resistance for their own selfish goals.
==Gameplay==
The gameplay of 17: A Half-Life Story is very similar to that of the other Half-Life games, the game takes on a first-person perspective and allows the player to navigate the environment in a variety of ways. A significant change from the prior Half-Life games was the advancement of movement which evolves from that presented in Half-Life: Alyx. The player is now able to scale certain structures where they're able to get a grip as well as jump and grab ledges above them and climb between two walls. Leaning around corners also returns as well as the ability for the player to crouch and go prone using much shorter forms of cover when fighting as well as getting under structures both for combat and exploration.
The physics system also returns with a greater emphasis put towards the use of water and wind in the environmental puzzles as well as the interaction the energy weapons present in the game have with particular materials.
One major change for the player is their health as compared to Gordon, the player character lacks armour and as such is much more vulnerable needing to make use of cover more effectively. The player can somewhat fashion armour for themselves though in the form of make-shift shields. Many objects in the environment can be picked up by the player and use to protect their body from damage, as well as a throwing object much like how they were presented in Half-Life: Alyx.
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