DISCLAIMER:
Please note the following contains a spoiler about Portal 2 and possibly Half Life Episode 2. If you haven't played either, do so as they are fun as hell. You have been warned. and by the way this is concerned with mostly there single player games, but some bits on the multiplayer. And yes while im aware DoTA wasnt originally theirs, its still worth mentioned
I know its been discussed to death with the example of Half Life 2 Episode 3, but it does make you wonder, why has Valve never released a 3rd version of the current properties? Now one would give an example of there being 2 expansion packs for both of the Half Life games, which would count as three releases, but they are merely expansions, and since then Valve has declared it is over its Episodic phase and has now moved into using games as a platform itself for releasing new content, which means Portal 2 is going to continue on as Valve will support it as they have with Team Fortress 2 and to a lesser extent Left 4 Dead (because L4D already has its replay value in the different ways the campaigns play out). Now with the DoTA 2 coming out, and the amount of support Valve will give that, it makes me wonder, will they ever release some that ends with 3? The most requested would be Half Life 3 (and personally im willing to give Episode 3 the skip because i thought number 2 ended the story in such a way it would lead up to the story and events of Half Life 3), but even Valve have stated something about Portal 3 being in the works but again they ended Portal 2 in such a way that having Chell as a protagonist would be redundant and to bring her back considering the puzzley awesomeness she's been through. so that asks another question should Valve make a third version of their current games which one will it be?
Please note the following contains a spoiler about Portal 2 and possibly Half Life Episode 2. If you haven't played either, do so as they are fun as hell. You have been warned. and by the way this is concerned with mostly there single player games, but some bits on the multiplayer. And yes while im aware DoTA wasnt originally theirs, its still worth mentioned
I know its been discussed to death with the example of Half Life 2 Episode 3, but it does make you wonder, why has Valve never released a 3rd version of the current properties? Now one would give an example of there being 2 expansion packs for both of the Half Life games, which would count as three releases, but they are merely expansions, and since then Valve has declared it is over its Episodic phase and has now moved into using games as a platform itself for releasing new content, which means Portal 2 is going to continue on as Valve will support it as they have with Team Fortress 2 and to a lesser extent Left 4 Dead (because L4D already has its replay value in the different ways the campaigns play out). Now with the DoTA 2 coming out, and the amount of support Valve will give that, it makes me wonder, will they ever release some that ends with 3? The most requested would be Half Life 3 (and personally im willing to give Episode 3 the skip because i thought number 2 ended the story in such a way it would lead up to the story and events of Half Life 3), but even Valve have stated something about Portal 3 being in the works but again they ended Portal 2 in such a way that having Chell as a protagonist would be redundant and to bring her back considering the puzzley awesomeness she's been through. so that asks another question should Valve make a third version of their current games which one will it be?
