Talk:Alyx Vance

Enormous popularity? You'd expect so, but I haven't seen any real evidence of this. I think Barney and Dog are more popular than Alyx. pomegranate 15:51, Jan 23, 2005 (UTC)

Dog

Where did the information about Dog's immunity/susceptibility to various weapons come from? And does this information really belong in an article about Alyx? -DynSkeet (talk) 12:02, July 12, 2005 (UTC)

No amount of weapons fire used in-game against it does anything. Sub-machine guns, assault rifles, frag grenades etc, so it stands. The second part is by inference, and on second thought, should probably be removed. Care to do the honours, or shall I? CABAL 14:34, 12 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You may. The supposition on additional weapons was the part that was bothering me. -DynSkeet (talk) 16:22, July 12, 2005 (UTC)

toughness

Alyx really can survive a lot of injury, considering the fact that she's wearing blue jeans and a sweatshirt. I'm not sure Freeman could survive the same amount in the HEV suit. Maybe it's futuristic armored casualwear? -DynSkeet (talk) 16:24, July 12, 2005 (UTC)

You do realize this brings up a whole lot of other questions. How did a hulking robot that throws cars around manage to make it to Dr Kleiner's Lab without attracting attention? How are the fast zombies able to move when the muscles needed to move certain limbs are missing? Why aren't the lungs of the normal zombies falling out? Are the still-human MetroCops a direct reference to the Milgram experiment? Am I the only one that kept putting bigger and bigger objects into the miniature-teleport in Kleiner's Lab until it got busted? CABAL 16:42, 12 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

And why doesn't Gordon's "Hazardous environment suit" have a freakin' helmet??? -DynSkeet (talk) 19:23, July 12, 2005 (UTC)

Brings up yet another thing. If he's not wearing his helmet, how does he see his HUD? CABAL 19:47, 12 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I always thought that Gordon's upgraded glasses gave him ability to zoom in, target and even see sniper's beam.

Mayhap we're overthinking things a little bit for a simple computer game. -DynSkeet (talk) 12:53, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

what about the zombies wearing lab coats when they are atatched to the civilians that are wereing their civis or resistance clothes? (Chardrc 23:24, 5 October 2005 (UTC))[reply]

Hell, you seem to be having some fun, while the only one that make good questions is CABAL. And DynSkeet answered it already - it's a game, so stop asking so much questions; also, they probably won't be answered here. Also, Chardrc, they AREN'T wearing labcoats. I hate the fact that a lot of people don't seem to understand it. There ARE civilians wearing white sweaters in the game; search them in the Model Viewer or replay the game, if you like to. And c'mon, the zombies also don't even seem to be wearing "labcoats"! That's clearly a sweater! Anyway, sorry for this off-topic answer about the zombies, and stop making questions. Would you really be happier knowing all those answers?

ok... thanks for the answer i see it now.. but i have 1 more question.. if alxy's dad is african american. why doesnt alyx apper to be african american?... please try not to get mad at questions.Chardrc 23:11, 29 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well (I hope to God this doesn't sound racist) she IS darker than most of the Resistance citizens. And what about her mother, eh? We only ever see B&W's of Azian. God, this is getting into genetics now. bvAK-17 12:59, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

info about greater vulnerability in EP1

In Episode One however, she has become somewhat more vulnerable compared to her appearance in Half-Life 2, and can easily die if the player does not keep her from being damaged continuously (as can happen when dealing with Antlion spawn areas, for example).

Are you sure about that? Have you tested in several time, or just posted something after it happened once? Every other person commenting on Alyx's vulnerability has said how hard it is to have her killed, especially in comparison to HL2. --Tom Edwards 15:02, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

She seems relatively vulnerable to me (though able to take a fair bit of punishment). I never got her killed in HL2, but I managed quite a few times in HL2:E1, especially where zombies were involved. I didn't actually realise she could die in HL2! Regarding the quote above, it does sound fair to me, though I'd much prefer if this could be confirmed somehow. Cheers, --Plumbago 15:46, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I found exactly the opposite. She would die very quickly to Combine soldiers with shotguns in HL2, but could be surrounded by antlions in Ep1 while I sorted out the Antlion spawn areas the origianl editor talked about to no ill effect. At one point in HL2 I made a map with the sole intent of spawning enough baddies to kill her, but I don't think I ever managed it before my patience wore out. --Tom Edwards 15:53, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification

Her mother, Azian, can be seen in a family photograph in Black Mesa East with the face of her voice actor, Merle Dandridge. Azian was a scientist at Black Mesa, but died during the Black Mesa incident.

I dont recall it ever being stated that Azian died during Black Mesa. I was under the impression that she had died long ago. Is the above message speculation? -- Psi edit 17:34, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]