Gamespot scored a Q&A with Valve designer/programmer Robin Walker, in an effort to gain a little more insight into the long awaited expansion for Half Life 2, Aftermath. As you all know the game ends quite abruptly leaving a lot of unanswered questions. As per usual Valve has remained extremely quite concerning details of the expansion, stating only that is a new "episode" for the franchise.The expansion will feature the new lighting technology HDR, which will find a home in Day of Defeat: Source, the upcoming sequel to the classic ww2 shooter. It should be noted that the Q&A contains some minor spoilers, be warned.
GS: We learned at E3 during the demo of Lost Coast that Aftermath will include high-dynamic range lighting, which should help the game realistically model the way the human eye reacts to light. But do you envision a lot more fun with the gravity gun and physics, and are there plans to introduce any new weapons, or any new items, options, or features that will make Aftermath's gameplay as distinctive as the gravity gun made Half-Life 2's gameplay?
RW: Aftermath adds a variety of new ways in which the player interacts with the Half-Life 2 world. Alyx, and other allies, learn new abilities to help you. Your enemies, both old and new, haven't been resting either.
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