If you look to your left next to a fallen helicopter in Wild Territory, you’ll see an underground tunnel filled with electro anomalies, which plays a key role in the “Find the Family Rifle” side mission. Freeman seemed to be working on a device that looks awfully similar to Chell’s Portal gun, too.
Although Portal wasn’t released yet, this version of Dr. Freeman” what’s going on, to which he replies, “Maybe the quantum physics group finally opened that extra-dimensional portal!” Sadly, the enthusiast scientist perishes when an Eternal Sun gang member breaks into his lab, so you’re unable to save him. A tour guide shows Castle all of the scientists working on projects when the facility goes on lockdown.
However, the cameo we’re interested in happens during the introduction of the Stark Towers level. Loosely inspired by the 2004 movie starring Thomas Jane, The Punisher is a third-person shooter where Frank Castle takes on a load of gangs with plenty of guilty-pleasure cameos from Iron Man, Wilson Fisk, and more. Let’s see what other worlds the scientist has explored over the years. Freeman has received plenty of subtle textual and visual nods in titles like Call of Duty: United Offensive or Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, so we’ve limited our list to actual sightings of Dr.
Valve may have abandoned its silent theoretical physicist, but other developers have brought him into all sorts of video games over time. Extensive, investigative work has resulted in little to no revelation, and whenever information does crop up, it’s delivered at the most unexpected times in the most roundabout manners. The mysteries of Half-Life 3 and episode three of Half-Life 2 may never officially be resolved.
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