Some of the new weapons are a direct result of player input, even though some of the things players asked for didn't seem to make sense. "They wanted a knife and they wanted Hicks' shotgun," says Stalker, shaking his head in disbelief. "A shotgun? Why would you want a shotgun? Aliens would eat you before you ever got the chance to use it. We couldn't believe they wanted a knife. So we had a meeting and we said, 'Look, if we have to put a knife in, what the hell can we do with it?' We spitballed some great reasons you'd want to have a knife," he continued, "and we gave them what they wanted because we were able to come up with some really great gameplay reasons for you having the thing."