Play Half-Life 2 for Half-Life 3

[marurder]

Why hasn't a group of budding developers torn apart the game and made a fan made version of episode 3 yet? Any rabid fan would *KNOW* WHERE (the ship and on the way to the ship) and WHO and WHY. The hard part would be making a suitable twist of such for the ending. If indeed that IS the ending or just a cruel joke for part 4...

 

[RipRoaringWaterfowl]

I'm in. I'll bring the cookies. Who's got the popcorn? And the cake?

 

[SnakeoilSage]

They might have a time counter at Steam that says "Half-Life 3 Release Date in T-Minus..." and every time someone asks about the game, they reset the counter.

But c'mon guys, making games isn't easy. They need a title first.

But hey, it's been a while since I've played HL2, I'll load up my steam copy and give it a shot!

 

[Zen Toombs]

Hmm, well I don't have Steam. Is there any result from playing it on the Xbox?

 

[TheLastSamurai14]

Hmm, well I don't have Steam. Is there any result from playing it on the Xbox?

I'd imagine that there wouldn't be. As the creators of Steam, Valve has direct access to see what people are playing on the platform at any given time. AFAIK, the Xbox 360 (or original Xbox, if you bought that version) doesn't offer that sort of functionality.

I didn't think it was asking for Half life Episode 3 or Half life 3. I thought it was just asking Valve to tell us something. even if it is go and fuck off, just nice to hear from them. and i found this.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34147052/ARedLetterDay.png

Why such a short timeframe? A half hour isn't really going to catch much attention, in my opinion. Why can't the full Saturday be this whole "Red Letter Day" thing?

 

[Monkeyman O'Brien]

Is there anything more obnoxious than a HL fan?
For fucks sake people. Valve knows theres a market for HL, they have not scrapped the franchise, they clearly are going to release it at some point. Can we please just have a couple months without everyone fucking whining about it?
I honestly hope to god that Gabe delays it on purpose just for everyone pissing him off over it.

 

[ckam]

Well, let's help Gordon Freeman save some lives.

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

episode 2 is still on my laptop...
Time to play it again.

 

[Zen Toombs]

Hmm, well I don't have Steam. Is there any result from playing it on the Xbox?

I'd imagine that there wouldn't be. As the creators of Steam, Valve has direct access to see what people are playing on the platform at any given time. AFAIK, the Xbox 360 (or original Xbox, if you bought that version) doesn't offer that sort of functionality.

Sadface. I hoped they might have something like what Bioware had for Mass Effect 2: the ability to anonymously track when certain things (for example, the number of each class created, average time to completion, the number of times a character was imported, etc).

Oh well. I'll still probably play it. Still haven't finished all the Episodes, I've been far too busy.

 

[Lunar Templar]

ee-nope not even if the gave it to me free

 

[chozoone19]

If I can find the time count me in. Been job hunting and other life stuffs keep taking up a lot of my time, but Ill try my best to be able to at least play a bit...probably Ravenholm or something.

 

[Astoria]

Has anyone considered that they're delaying it BECAUSE of things like this? They know people want it really bad so they're taking their time and making sure it's perfect. There are plenty of other games out there to play while you wait. Anyway, I doubt this will get any responce from Valve.

 

[Twilight_guy]

Hum I'm divided between thinking Valve should provide some sort of acknowledgment as a common courtesy and thinking that gamers are entitled assholes demanding something they aren't necessarily entitled to (development be secret yo). Hum, not sure if should participate or complain.

 

[bossfight1]

If Valve announces any game that ISN'T Episode 3, I vote that absolutely NO ONE buys it. We won't eat everything they give us. Left 4 Dead was great, but then Left 4 Dead 2 came a year later, then Portal 2...

The point is, I don't want Half-Life to go the path of a certain Mr. Nukem.

 

[guidance]

Sorry guys I can't join you this weekend, I haven't beaten half-life 1 yet.

 

[Metalrocks]

sure like to know as well when they will bring it out. playing HL2 again, sounds nice. havent touched it for a wile. epi 2 is still my favorite HL ever. maybe i will play this one again. just i have to work on saturday till 6pm.

 

[dobahci]

This isn't going to do anything. If Episode 3 is so delayed because of production problems, then it suffers the problem of all vaporware and it's not going to be made any faster just because of passionate fan demand.

And if there's some other reason why it's not coming out, like, say, Valve correctly assuming that they would make more money by simply continuing to release more Left 4 Dead games which can be enjoyed by millions of gamers who don't even know who Gordon Freeman is, then this effort still isn't going to do anything. Valve knows exactly how strong the demand for Ep3 is or isn't, and they've made it clear that the game (and consequently the community of fans waiting for it) are not a priority to them.

This is why it's a mistake to become too much a fan of any one series or company. They might produce some brilliant stuff when they're bright-eyed idealists new to the industry but once they're settled in and have their obligatory pool of money to swim around in, things change. It's inevitable.

 

[Yureina]

Hmm... I haven't played HL2 in over a year. I just might consider this...

 

[duchaked]

well I suppose I could play Half-Life 2 again...though I really should try to finish Episode 1 and 2 sometime
do a little of both. then go for the sending the gnome into space shenanigan

 

[poiuppx]

...ah, damnit, I'm in. Time to crowbar some fools one more time. I mean, what's the worst that could happen?