The sign is pictured here.īorealis floats can be found early in the game. When you get off the train, an arrivals board lists City 17 as a destination, which is the setting of both episodes of Half Life 2. These are photos of the developers.ĭuring the beginning train ride, it’s possible to catch a glimpse of a security guard knocking on a door, which is a reference to a similar event in Half Life: Blue Shift. Scattered around several abandoned offices are photo frames, each one with pictures of a real person. One of the complete signatures can be found out of bounds in sp_a2_underbounce. This culminates in the locked-off lab 2056, which is enterable and grants an achievement upon doing so. These are all references to one of the lead developers, LoneWolf2056, and his full username is also hidden around the maps.
In multiple locations all across the story, the numbers ‘2056’ can be seen, most notably as AEGIS’ password in the final segment.
