Poll: Will Valve ever make/use another engine?

[smithy1234]

As long as Valve keeps making good games that look half decent I don't really care. It's less costly for them to keep using Source rather than build a whole new engine and I don't think they'll do that until everyone throws up their hands and demands for them to upgrade.

 

[Mantonio]

The Source Engine is still a competitive gaming engine (hence why it's still in use). Of course they'll update it when necessary, but it's aged well and, well doesn't really look like it NEEDS an update right now.

 

[Kiutu]

Remake it to be better yes, but it would seem weird if Valve didnt re-use props and sounds from past games.

 

[JohnReaper]

valve and a new engine is like sunlight to a vampire never get along till some one makes sunscreen

 

[gerrymander61]

... Halo was a good game you can all go to hell

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Don't get me wrong, i like Half Life2 and L4D. But seriously, the games may have pace but they're really starting to look pretty ugly. As well as that, they barely produce much more than add ons, with the likes of L4D2 being some DLC in a better world, and HL2 episode 3 probably being a couple of hours like 1+2... Again don't go on an all out attack, but wouldn't it be nice to play a good looking(by current gen standards)Valve title?

I tried pointing this out recently and got torn apart by rabid fanboys to the point where I actually had to post a picture of L4D2 next to a pic from Dead Space to show that the Source engine has some catching up to do.

I love Valve to bits, and yes gameplay is more important than graphics bla bla but hey, games are more immersive when they look pretty.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Yeah.

 

[Woodsey]

The Source Engine is still a competitive gaming engine (hence why it's still in use). Of course they'll update it when necessary, but it's aged well and, well doesn't really look like it NEEDS an update right now.

It's updated constantly, that's the point. It's designed to be a mod engine to incorporate tech as and when it comes (when everything started using HDR for example).

HL2 can still keep up with a lot of games today, Episode 2 was very good looking and since when have L4D + sequel looked outdated?! TF2 is very pretty as well.

I think people forget that HL2 came out 5 YEARS ago. They can adapt it to anything.

 

[atomictoast]

Why would they need to? Honestly the engine is already fantastic and designed to be slightly modified for new technologies. As long as they make upgrades between games it'll be fine.

 

[Rusty Bucket]

Reusing the same engine over and over again is much more time- and cost-effective than making a new one every time, and as long as the engine still works for the games and the games are still fun, it's not a huge problem IMO.

...but yeah, it's way past time for an upgrade.

The phrase 'time effective' should not be used to describe Valve. Ever.

OT: I really hope they do soon, it looks awful and yet takes an inexplicably long time to load.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

Whenever Half-Life 3 rears it's head is when I imagine a new engine will be developed.

 

[Croaker42]

I think valve is doing perfectly fine throwing up and updated version of the same engine cuts dev cost. Thats the money that goes back into the things that make a game fun. You know functionality, charicter developement and content. So ya im cool with what they have.

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

It still looks okay, so who cares? They'll replace it enetually.

 

[Superior Mind]

I honestly can't see much fault with the Source engine. Sure it's not the latest and greatest but those kind of engines always seem to have their various problems while Source is pretty reliable. Valve aren't just using the same engine over and over either, Source has evolved quite nicely over the last few years.

 

[Supreme Unleaded]

They'll probably just update the Source engine again, it still works and its easy to use, why drop it. And no, the games don't look ugly, they look like a game. what I mean is that not every game has to look ultra-realistic for it to be fun.

 

[TheDoctor455]

Really, I don't see why they need to make a new engine at this point. It's the most flexible engine I've ever seen. All you have to do to see evidence of this is browse through the HL2 mod list on Moddb. I've seen people simply make new levels with it. Add new gameplay elements (SMOD comes to mind). I've seen people make the game look even better than it already does (FakeFactory's Cinematic Mod). I've seen people make (or at least, attempt to make) RPGs out of it. I've even seen people make RTS's out of it. And of course, there's Left 4 Dead. Fully maxed out, that game can easily compete with some of the current-gen shooters that are out now (except for Crysis obviously). So really, all that they have to do is update every now and again to suit their needs (which I believe is what they did for Left 4 Dead). So maybe the reason that HL2-EP3 is taking so bloody long (what is it now, almost 3 years?) is because they are making massive improvements to the Source engine.

 

[Valiance]

you realize they've basically been polishing up free mods for their game and charging you 50 bucks for the past 5-9 years, right?

 

[Lazy Kitty]

Eventually they will, since technology keeps improving and CPU's keep getting faster they'll be able to make engines which take more advantage of that, they can put in features for which computers at the time were too slow. Though maybe they'll just improve the Source engine.