I'm fairly sure this is incorrect. I remember Kim Swift saying back in 07 that she was moving onto the L4D project. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm fairly sure most Valve employees aren't really part of "teams" so much as they are allocated to whichever project needs attention.I <3 Memes said:As a company they have had a lot of releases, but the main team that I assume worked on HL has not done much. L4D1 & 2 were made by the Turtle Rock team that also made the CS:S port. Portal 2 was made by the DigiPen team behind narbacular drop that Valve hired specifically for Portal. For Portal 2 they have that team + the DigiPen team behind Tag: The power of paint..
So what has Valves "A" team been doing since 2007? I'm pretty sure that I read that they have an entire separate team that deals with the multi-player bug fixes and balancing, so that leaves the main team as doing ....what? Doing what since 2007?
I know this is a depressing thought but i'm kind of thinking that they're waiting until next-gen consoles are about to come out before they release Half Life 3 that way they can either get it out at the same time on all 3 without having a weak PC version or so they'd be able to do a quick console port.I <3 Memes said:As a company they have had a lot of releases, but the main team that I assume worked on HL has not done much. L4D1 & 2 were made by the Turtle Rock team that also made the CS:S port. Portal 2 was made by the DigiPen team behind narbacular drop that Valve hired specifically for Portal. For Portal 2 they have that team + the DigiPen team behind Tag: The power of paint..
So what has Valves "A" team been doing since 2007? I'm pretty sure that I read that they have an entire separate team that deals with the multi-player bug fixes and balancing, so that leaves the main team as doing ....what? Doing what since 2007?
I <3 Memes said:As a company they have had a lot of releases, but the main team that I assume worked on HL has not done much. L4D1 & 2 were made by the Turtle Rock team that also made the CS:S port. Portal 2 was made by the DigiPen team behind narbacular drop that Valve hired specifically for Portal. For Portal 2 they have that team + the DigiPen team behind Tag: The power of paint..
So what has Valves "A" team been doing since 2007? I'm pretty sure that I read that they have an entire separate team that deals with the multi-player bug fixes and balancing, so that leaves the main team as doing ....what? Doing what since 2007?
gblues said:Gordonman.Free
Night_Trekker said:Colonel Shephard needs to make a comeback in Episode 3. Making Opposing Force non-canon is a travesty.
Forkball said:The surprise is a Portal hat in TF2.
Cymbal Head said:OK that would blow my mind.
For the first half of ep3, you play as Gordon Freeman, until he dies, and the G-Man has to call in Colonel Shephard to finish the fight against the Combine.
MikeE21286 said:dammit....I'm gonna have to play through all the Half-Life games again before Portal 2 comes out now
I just played through HL1 for the second time this past week (my first play through was in 2004--it was my very first PC game).IchigoSharingan said:i....feel ashamed.....
i never played a single Half Life, though i own the games + Orange Box. Played the hell out of Portal. Every time I felt like playing HL I would play vanilla Call of Duty or Bad Company 2.
Guess I'll fire up Half Life 1 right.......NOW!!!!!
Yeah, that's what I think, too. With the way they really jumped on L4d2 (after coming into LD1 so late in the game) it stands to reason that they were itching to sink their teeth into something non-HL. Looks like the same thing with Portal 2, where the first game was made primarily by a small team with Portal 2 being a full company effort.Rez said:I think, THINK, the long and short of the Ep2->3 wait is just that they were sick of making HL games so didn't make one for a year or two.
Gabendisappeared said:Gordon Freeman
G-Man
GlaDOS
Valve and their Gs, jeez.
fixeddisappeared said:Gordon Freeman
G-Man
GlaDOS
Valve and their Gs, geez.
Well, he does look a bit like an older version ofNight_Trekker said:I would be so bummed out if that were true.
Night_Trekker said:Whoa, wait a second. Shephard is mentioned in Blue Shift, and that's canon. How do you explain that, Gabe? Huh?!
Nessus said:Parts of Blue Shift and OP are canon, like Barney's name and Black Mesa being nuked. The other alien race not so much.
Willy105 said:Because that's how it should work? Orange and Blue. Something light balances something dark. If it's too dark then it's not enjoyable, too light and it's a joke. But together, it's a classic.
Nessus said:Parts of Blue Shift and OP are canon, like Barney's name and Black Mesa being nuked. The other alien race not so much.
kai3345 said:Well, he does look a bit like an older version ofgordon
Beelzeboss said:Wait a second I thought Gman was like a fan name or something since we have no idea what to call him yet
ehh, no. You could hope for it to be a given. But it was not a given.Bernbaum said:Um, I thought this was a given?
Revenant said:Wouldn't it be odd to drop news on something like Half-life 3/ EP 3 before Portal 2 launches though?
Revenant said:Wouldn't it be odd to drop news on something like Half-life 3/ EP 3 before Portal 2 launches though?
You'd assume they'd wanna keep pushing Portal 2 until release date, unless they're that confident it'll sell well...which frankly, its probably going to, but still dropping huge news about something like half-life seems kind of strange.
not that i'd complain of course.
Snuggler said:FREE PORTAL GUNS FOR EVERBODYYYY!!
Liquid Helium said:In before everyone thinks the surprise is episode 3 and then gets mad when it's just a comic or something.
V_Ben said:Surprise could just be entry into the DOTA 2 beta...
it'sPungza said:Some new footage from PAX, maybe spoilers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r7i89DdnC8&feature=player_detailpage#t=441s
EatChildren said:It's something that will give story on the time between Portal and Portal 2.
snack said:I think I know the surprise. More TF2 hats!
ThoseDeafMutes said:Portal is a dark comedy puzzle game and HL1/2 are pretty brooding shooters. They just don't mesh very well IMO.
ThoseDeafMutes said:The portal gun also seems way too advanced to be in HLverse since the super advanced alien race doesn't have local teleportation, and the super genius Black Mesa people have a far worse system involving large fixed devices that take 30 seconds to spin up. I would just prefer it to stay separate because they don't fit together very well.
I <3 Memes said:As a company they have had a lot of releases, but the main team that I assume worked on HL has not done much. L4D1 & 2 were made by the Turtle Rock team that also made the CS:S port. Portal 2 was made by the DigiPen team behind narbacular drop that Valve hired specifically for Portal. For Portal 2 they have that team + the DigiPen team behind Tag: The power of paint..
So what has Valves "A" team been doing since 2007? I'm pretty sure that I read that they have an entire separate team that deals with the multi-player bug fixes and balancing, so that leaves the main team as doing ....what? Doing what since 2007?
Angry Fork said:I know this is a depressing thought but i'm kind of thinking that they're waiting until next-gen consoles are about to come out before they release Half Life 3 that way they can either get it out at the same time on all 3 without having a weak PC version or so they'd be able to do a quick console port.
Backfoggen said:I hope its no digital comic. Did anyone actually read the L4D ones?
EatChildren said:I doubt Valve will ever truly explain the Gman.