Half Life 3 was nearly an RTS or FMV game

[MatParker116]

Wow this thing sounds like it's development was a fucking mess. How would an FMV game of worked?

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

I blame Valve's inability to finish Half-Life (or publish any new game in the last 6 years) on the company structure, which is supposedly "flat" (no hierarchy), as well as the complacency of living off the Steam money machine. They're living off a steady payroll without being harangued by any sort of deadline or middle management.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

I blame Valve's inability to finish Half-Life (or publish any new game in the last 6 years) on the company structure, which is supposedly "flat" (no hierarchy), as well as the complacency of living off the Steam money machine. They're living off a steady payroll without being harangued by any sort of deadline or middle management.

And its now made even more so with DOTA 2 which is appearently now thier biggest money maker so they are focsing all thier attention on maintaining Steam and DOTA 2.

 

[Hawki]

Way I see it, Valve should just outsource Half-Life 3:

-It saves them time and effort

-It allows them to get a cut of the profit as publisher

-Valve gets to avoid backlash if the game isn't a shining pillar of perfection and blames it on the poor smucks who made it.

But I wouldn't mind a Half-Life RTS...just saying...

 

[DoPo]

[The Know]

Yeah...OK then. I'm slightly inclined to not believe anything those guys say on account that every video I've seen from them has been terribly uninformative at best. I'm not sure if the name of the channel is supposed to be some sort of joke or not.