>>713688698 (OP)Old looks like he's melded with the machine floaty thing and it looks more aliens and exoctic. New looks like he's just sitting on it and it's too recognizable as some kind of 1950s retro future machine or something that messes up the vibe.
Seemed like they took too much influence from Half-life 2 except the tech used by humans in that game were deliberatlly retro inspired because they were working with scavenged and cobbled together machinery. You compare it with the Combine's tech and it meld flesh and machinery together more seamlessly.