Division 2 is a fully voiced slice of a mod that revives Valve’s early concepts for the game
Sometimes, I like to daydream about what games could have been like if they’d taken another direction during development. Raising The Bar: Redux is exactly that, a reimagining ofHalf-Life 2as though Valve never dropped their original concepts for the sci-fi shooter sequel. The next instalment in the modding project to bring that abandoned game to life, Division 2, is releasing soon. You can watch the fairly hefty trailer for Raising The Bar: Redux: Division 2 below.
Redux’s latest chapter will chuck Gordon Freeman into some of City 17’s nasty canals, and re-envisions the creepy Ravenholm. It’s a different spin on Half-Life 2, and one that I find quite intriguing. The project has a more traditionally American sci-fi flavour to it than Half-Life 2 proper, and I approve of Alyx’s almost Rocketeer-style goggles and jacket. You might’ve noticed, too, that Eli Vance is now Eli Maxwell, and isn’t Alyx’s dad in this version of the story. The Raising The Bar: Redux project isn’t the only glimpse into abandonedHalf-Lifewe’ve seen this year either, with footage from Arkane’s scrappedRavenholm spin-offincluded in a Noclip documentary back in May.
Although there’s no solid release date yet, you’ll be able to download Raising The Bar: Redux: Division 2 fromModDBwhen it’s out. There’s already a demo, which you can grabhere.
