Ravenholm, a cancelled Half-Life game by Dishonored developer Arkane sees an hour of footage unearthed
Video game documentary producer Noclip recently showed off some footage of a canceled Half-Life game, Ravenholm. A part of the universe, Ravenholm is a fictional ghost town seen in Half-Life 2, back in 2004.
Known as either Half-Life 2: Episode 4 or Return to Ravenholm, the now-canceled game has some footage unearthed thanks to a documentary on Arkane Studios. Though Ravenholm was only featured in one stage of Half-Life 2, it’s interesting to see how it could have been its own game.
The footage in the above video is not complete and isn’t really fit for fan consumption. There are bits of and pieces that are not finished and have placeholders for parts of the game that would have come later.
Noclip’s Danny O’Dwyer talked about the game being relatively incomplete.
It’s a genuine disappointment because a Half-Life game featureing Dishonored’s choices system and powers/abilities would have no doubt wowed fans of the franchise. It would have been a new direction for Half-Life as a franchise.
The footage showed the protagonist being given an exposition dump from Father Grigori, a priest and the sole survivor of the city. The peace doesn’t last long, as zombies come bursting in, forcing the player to flee.
This fits the original Half-Life stage as well, which definitely felt like a horror game squished into Half-Life 2. It looked like combat would have been interesting. The melee attacks look like they could have knocked the zombies around, potentially into danger - onto spikes, perhaps over railings as well.
Several traits that Arkane later made famous were present in this unfinished game, like laying traps that use electricity. This will be familiar to players of games like Prey and Deathloop for sure. The game is ultimately
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