Darkangel
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They really should have just released Episode 3 back in 2009.
I don't want Half-life 3 to be some sort of weird experimental VR game with a cash shop.
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How Valve Time flies: Episode Three/Half-Life 3 now Valve's longest-gestating project
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They really should have just released Episode 3 back in 2009.
I don't want Half-life 3 to be some sort of weird experimental VR game with a cash shop.
It was a big deal but I think the first one covered more ground in innovation than the second one did.
I also recall people HATED that you had to install steam
Colonel Nasty
Member
Goddamn what a kick in the balls this is. I guess these things happen but the fact that they ended on a cliffhanger and will never give us the conclusion fucing sucks.
Interfectum
Member
There's an event that leaves Gordon Freeman speechless.
Cramoss
Member
I miss Valve games
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That was actually quite helpful.
Basileus777
Member
I understand why they are prioritizing other projects over this, but it's still sad when a creator breaks promises they've made with their audience when they are capable of fulfilling them. Having a cliffhanger ending, announcing a sequel, and then just abandoning the series isn't great way to handle it.
John_Videogames
Member
Amusingly Half Life 2: Return to Ravenholm (aka Episode 4) was in development at Arkane until mid 2007 - long after Episode 3 had hit its first set of development troubles.
Lasthope106
Member
I've lost all hope this will ever come out. I get that games take time or whatever, but this is now along the ranks of other vaporware like Duke Nukem Forever and worse. In a way I'm happy that there will ever be a conclusion. And I will remember Half-Life for having the balls to end it's story on a cliffhanger.
Seriously though, Valve doesn't even care about their other more recent games. It's been what, 4 years since Portal 2, and even longer since Left 4 Dead 2. Valve doesn't care about games they can't monetize, or games that don't involve having massive game economies. They have said that themselves. All their resources seem to be focused on Steam, ValveOS, Valve Hardware, DOTA2, and as of lately CS:GO.
Where is Half-Life Gabe?! Cries myself to sleep.
Seriously though, Valve doesn't even care about their other more recent games. It's been what, 4 years since Portal 2, and even longer since Left 4 Dead 2. Valve doesn't care about games they can't monetize, or games that don't involve having massive game economies. They have said that themselves. All their resources seem to be focused on Steam, ValveOS, Valve Hardware, DOTA2, and as of lately CS:GO.
ieptbarakat
Member
Even as a long term Valve fan their current projects just don't interest me, their cooperative and single player games were great but I don't have the slightest interest in getting involved with the competitive community.
Stevey
Member
I like this thread, but at the same time it's really, really depressing.
DNF took 14 years, so there's still hope :V
DNF took 14 years, so there's still hope :V
I found out from this video's comment section that Kitty0706 died this year.
Holy shit.
GlamFM
Banned
Fuck cancer.
I don't really give a shit anymore, sure I wanted to know what happened after I finished Ep2 on Orange Box ages ago but it hasn't been a driving, yearning desire for me all these years. HL2 is massively overrated too, if they did ever "finish it" I hope they do it in another episodic format cause I don't really trust them to make a compelling fps that's game length anymore. Gimme Portal 3 any day over HL. Not like I would turn down a VR made HL experience however
We think a like, although I don't care for Portal 3. I thought Portal was already stretched too thin with Portal 2. I don't care about Half-Life as a series that much, I've played all the games but it's not like the gameplay was the most revolutionary thing ever and it's story wasn't so compelling that I needed to know what the hell happened next. For fucks sake the main character doesn't even speak. It's not like I'm waiting for Mass Effect 3 where I'm anxiously waiting to see how the Reaper War will play out, what happened to all my companions, and how my decisions will effect and end this trilogy.
Of course, ME3 did come out and punched me in the gut as punishment for ever getting hyped. HL3 ain't no Mass Effect though so even if HL3 completed the "story" my reaction would be "meh okay" and not "OMG finally."
Krappadizzle
Member
"Hey Bill, when did Gaben say you were gonna get that raise?"
"When Half-Life 3 comes out Todd, don't remind me."
VGChampion
Member
The weird thing is, it feels longer going from Half-Life 1 to Half-Life 2 for me. It just doesn't seem like I've been waiting for Episode 3 that long even though I played through that fantastic cliff hangar back when it launched. I know HL2 is dated now too but some things still feel "new" in that game. I will never get tired of picking up the can in the beginning of the gam.e
afternoon delight
Member
Right? Fucking anonymous TF2 characters have had more continued stories now at this point.
I've given up wishing though, and am slowly moving to 'who gives a shit'. Which is sad considering the first two are my favorite FPSs. There are actual games to play.
I honestly don't see how people can say HL2 is dated in any area except graphics. In terms of core mechanics, level design, physics, and narrative it still destroys 99% of the games released to this day.
It blew my socks off when it came out, but what is its legacy? It was novel, but was it revolutionary?
PandaPedinte
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RIP Half Life
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Deleted member 102362
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CS:GO was doing a good job of distracting me from Half-Life (or just life in general) and then they go ahead and release that awesome Kelly Bailey music kit and remind me there hasn't been a HL since 2007.
sigh
sigh
wanderingprostheyltite
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Where I'm at with it at this point, if anything I'd like to see them focus on gameplay over a narrative (not like there's a ton of it to begin with), develop the AI further more along the lines of the seemingly emergent aspects hinted at in the E3 video, make environments incredibly dynamic and not just "ooo physics". They'd have to do a lot of impressive things with their template for level design for me to get excited about it. In other words...probably not gonna happen.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Exactly. Valve's level and encounter designs are out of this world, and it's why I don't feel Half-Life 3 needs to meet some arbitrary "revolutionary" standard in order to be incredible. I don't want them game because I need it to reinvent the wheel or even finish the story, but because they're still amazing games as is.