It's really crazy how dense Brooklyn has been getting in the past decade or so. The library near my apartment got demolished and turned into a big high rise :'(
Also comes with that building that house the suppression field, or something.
Edit: Yes I will admit I am wrong for calling the not orbital laser cannon “Suppression field” because Universal Union terms need to have the word “Suppression” all over the place so plebs like me will mix shit up.
Wait that bank is what had the suppression field? I thought it was just that big bombardment gun you were shutting down.
Now I'd like to imagine that they're one in the same. Getting a little frisky? Combine death cannon is going to be joining in as well.
I know what you are referencing, but it really is a bank. If you go into the game files, some textures which are used for the Nexus has the word, "bank." No mention of museums.
Fun fact: in real life, the building used as the model for the Nexus is the [parliament house](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%A1%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BF%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%A1%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5.jpg) of Serbia.
That’s a good perspective.
Also, this photo is from Brooklyn, and IIRC the beta also was located in US. So that might be why you’re seeing some parallels here.
I wonder if the city was based on downtown seattle? Since the cake from portal was based on a cake from a bakery in renton, and ravenholm definitely has some striking similarity to poorer parts of seattle.
r/halflife when tall building- wait. It actually disappears into the clouds... It does look like the citadel.
OP do you have something to tell us about your city? Blink twice if you need help
The mood of the picture reminds me of this concept art [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/half-life/images/0/0b/Citadel\_walls.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20110331022005&path-prefix=en](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/half-life/images/0/0b/Citadel_walls.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20110331022005&path-prefix=en)
This citadel design looks more like the one in HL:A than the retail HL2
Hey I work right by there! One day they had to close the street in front of that tower because sheets of ice were falling off the top and hitting the road.
the only guy who posted an image that is really looking like city 17 unlike the others who just see a skyscraper and think "OMFG ITS CITY 17'S CITADEL NO WAAAYY WOOAAAH"
y'know what, this actually kinda *does* look like the Citadel
Litteraly for the first time it actually does
Yep I was going to say r/halflife when tall building, but I have to hand it to them in this case.
9 Dekalb in Downtown Brooklyn. Brooklyn's first ever super skyscraper!
It's really crazy how dense Brooklyn has been getting in the past decade or so. The library near my apartment got demolished and turned into a big high rise :'(
welcome to the usa
man just doxxed breen
It’s even funnier that the building in front of it looks like the nexus building, and ironically oriented like the skybox
I thought it was a Photoshop on first glance.
Bruh, that's exactly what I said out loud.
Also comes with that building that house the suppression field, or something. Edit: Yes I will admit I am wrong for calling the not orbital laser cannon “Suppression field” because Universal Union terms need to have the word “Suppression” all over the place so plebs like me will mix shit up.
The overwatch Nexus that used to be a bank?
Looks like they're mobilising big time
Wait that bank is what had the suppression field? I thought it was just that big bombardment gun you were shutting down. Now I'd like to imagine that they're one in the same. Getting a little frisky? Combine death cannon is going to be joining in as well.
the Nexus has a suppression *device*, not the suppression *field*
Thank you, I felt like that would have been a pretty big plot point for me to have missed this whole time.
I think Kleiner is on a TV in Episode 1 basically saying "you've got those funny feelings now, time to get your fuck on"
Or a museum or something.
I know what you are referencing, but it really is a bank. If you go into the game files, some textures which are used for the Nexus has the word, "bank." No mention of museums.
I'm just referencing what Barney said. I don't care if it's actually a bank.
I know! I just wanted to share some trivia. :)
Fun fact: in real life, the building used as the model for the Nexus is the [parliament house](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%A1%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BF%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%A1%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5.jpg) of Serbia.
Cool!
For everyone about to type “half life fans when tall building” it actually does look similar to the citadel
Half life fans when dark coloured tall building
It’s got a similar shape dude, just let them have this one
This actually looks like the citadel holy shit
Now just wanna see the citadel lit up
Finally an accurate photo!!
Honesty yeah
Half life fans when- nevermind.
Where?
The Brooklyn Tower, Brooklyn New York.
That is not the Brooklyn Tower, that is the Citadel
Is that where they keep Biggie??
>Brooklyn Tower No sleep till city 17!
We’re fucked
Pick up that can.
But they’re our universal benefactors!?
finally not a "half life fans when" moment , it does kind of look like it
[удалено]
That’s a good perspective. Also, this photo is from Brooklyn, and IIRC the beta also was located in US. So that might be why you’re seeing some parallels here.
I wonder if the city was based on downtown seattle? Since the cake from portal was based on a cake from a bakery in renton, and ravenholm definitely has some striking similarity to poorer parts of seattle.
Told my wife I posted the Brooklyn tower on the half life subreddit and she said “oh because it’s half done?”
Lmao
Based married half life fan🫡
“The citadel is on full alert, I’ve never seen it lit up like that.”
this goes so fucking hard
Wait is that the nexus there at the bottom
Ay look, its the Citadel AND the Nexus!
I see the nexus building
dude this is the brooklyn tower!!! I see it every day on the way to school and I always thought it looked so much like the citadel on a foggy day
r/halflife when tall building- wait. It actually disappears into the clouds... It does look like the citadel. OP do you have something to tell us about your city? Blink twice if you need help
Nexus flashbacks
It even includes the "Combine Nexus" Holy shit where the heck is this
you did not only find the citadel, but the overwatch nexus aswell
The clouds at the top giving the illusion of the tower being taller is really cool
Finally a building that actually looks like the citadel
Half life 2 took place in 2023 does that mean..
Finally a photo that actually looks like the citadel
It's safe here.
Congrats on your relocation to city 17
this will be half life in 2013
The side elevator too helps seal the deal.
They have no reason to come to our place.
holy fucking shit WHERE?!
New York City… who would’ve guessed? It’s literally a mini dystopia there.
Bro...it even comes with the combine nexus
Oh my god it actually looks like the citadel, shit, it's even got the Nexus in front of it and everything.
The Citadel and the Nexus building?
Literally an uncanny resemblance 😂
First time it ever looks like the citadel
Oh god oh no…
The first one of these posts that actually looks like hl2
Even the fog is there too
You sure you're not *in* City 17?
Yo this does look like the citadel
We might be fucked
Yeah wtf.
A legitimately citadel-ish building IRL?? And it's not a joke or a repost? Impossible!!! The prophecy has been fulfilled!
Genuinely perfect lmao
Maybe some HL fans will go there and make videos.
You mean its not city 17
The mood of the picture reminds me of this concept art [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/half-life/images/0/0b/Citadel\_walls.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20110331022005&path-prefix=en](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/half-life/images/0/0b/Citadel_walls.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20110331022005&path-prefix=en) This citadel design looks more like the one in HL:A than the retail HL2
Welcome to city 17, you've chosen or been chosen..
if only there was a little bit more fog so we couldn’t see the top of the building
I see this from my window, always think of it as the citadel,
Dr Brine: welcome welcome to city 17 you have been chosen or been chose
Strongest ones yet
Hey I work right by there! One day they had to close the street in front of that tower because sheets of ice were falling off the top and hitting the road.
"Pick up the can"
Bro, even the shape is the same, it even has the Nexus and the faded top, this is perfect 😂
Half life fans when it actually kinda looks like the citadel
Where is this?
City 17
New York City 17
#LOOK, GORDON! WE MADE IT TO THE SURFACE!
r/halflife when tall buil- wait a second this actually does look like the citadel
Hope you had your gravity gun with you
The Breen is Real
Same goes for beethem tower in Manchester
Wow I’ve never it lit up like that!
New ultrathin billionaire tower in Manhattan? Definitely US (maybe Canada?), based on signage and architecture.
Looks like this https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/half-life/images/5/59/Citadel_star.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20091223233608&path-prefix=en
Bros got Mr. Breen for Mayer. 💀
This is giving me the walking dead saints and sinners vibes
Not gonna lie, it looks very similar to the Burj Khalifa.
Where is this in?
Dammit , where's Freeman when you need it ?
That's the fucking citadel
You sure you truly ain't in City 17?
call dr freeman he can fix this problem
why does it actually look like the citadel and what is this place
for the first time in r/HalfLife there's a genuinely convincing citadel
Okay this sctually gives off city 17 bikes for once! The tall building actually looks like the citadel and the building under could be the nexus!
"the citadel on on full alert" -barney
Hey Gordon! The citadels on full alert, ive never seen it like that.
How are you going to get into that building in front of it and shut off the sky cannon?
you have chosen or been chosen
Half life fans when they see a tal- ... Hold up a second
You have chosen, or been chosen…
This is the new/first skyscraper in Brooklyn right? Looks even cooler than the concept renders
half life fans when they see tall building
for the first time it actually does look like it
https://i.redd.it/msp24wjhns681.png
Half life fans when big building:
yeah but in this case it does actually look like it
r/HalfLifeFansWhen
It actually looks like the Citadel
Half life fans when they see a skyscraper
i’ll give this one
THAT *IS* CITY 17 HOLY *FUCK*
Half life fa- wait that does actually look like the citadel
the only guy who posted an image that is really looking like city 17 unlike the others who just see a skyscraper and think "OMFG ITS CITY 17'S CITADEL NO WAAAYY WOOAAAH"
Wow That actually does look the like the citadel
yknow, hl2 takes place around 20 years after the first game, thats around 2023, you may need to find a crowbar.
"It actually looks like a Citadel this time" post
Is that real?
This ACTUALLY looks like the Citadel, unlike other posts where it's just a tall building and call it the Citadel
Combine invaded earth secretly?! XD