Valve Says "Hang In There" For Half-Life 2: Episode 3
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This is what I've been thinking since forever.Veloxe said:
What better way to release a game than to be BOTH the sequel to one of the best FPSes out there AND the sequel to said FPSes episodic follow ups...man...the only thing that could be more epic is if a game was in development for over a decade...then got cancelled, then got picked up by another company to be released, then got delayed again and then....finally....in the epic summer of 2011....finally was released...
Imagine if we lived in that kind of universe.
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:O
I wish I had played Half-Life when it came so I could be arsed to care about this game.
Now it just feels too late.
Now it just feels too late.
I seem to remember someone once saying something similar about another game series. What was the name of the director and game again?
Oh yeah, Jon Romero and Duke Nukem Forever.
Hey, at least with the latest news on DN we can assume that Half Life will come out eventually, we just have to wait another ten years.
Why exactly do people let Valve get away with this sort of shit again? Duke Nukem was being mocked within two years of the announcement of their new game.
Oh yeah, Jon Romero and Duke Nukem Forever.
Hey, at least with the latest news on DN we can assume that Half Life will come out eventually, we just have to wait another ten years.
Why exactly do people let Valve get away with this sort of shit again? Duke Nukem was being mocked within two years of the announcement of their new game.
But valve... Bros don't leave bros hanging!
The problem with ep.3 is that Mr. Freeman is a blank-slate character. To finish the story (properly) would mean to draw some kind of conclusion on Freeman's character, which means defining him at all, thus removing everything that makes the "character" interesting (ironic!): The fact that the player fills out everything that isn't actually explicitly there.
Doing anything at all with character relations means that someone at valve has to decide "who" Freeman is and what the relations between him and the other characters are, thereby alienating anyone who thinks they have him figured out. You don't want to end up with the same kind of problems Other M had (Character not being who you thought they were, because you had extrapolated and filled in blanks yourself).
The problem with ep.3 is that Mr. Freeman is a blank-slate character. To finish the story (properly) would mean to draw some kind of conclusion on Freeman's character, which means defining him at all, thus removing everything that makes the "character" interesting (ironic!): The fact that the player fills out everything that isn't actually explicitly there.
Doing anything at all with character relations means that someone at valve has to decide "who" Freeman is and what the relations between him and the other characters are, thereby alienating anyone who thinks they have him figured out. You don't want to end up with the same kind of problems Other M had (Character not being who you thought they were, because you had extrapolated and filled in blanks yourself).
I'm with Onyx. Give us a new game on a new engine now please![/quote]Onyx Oblivion said:
The updated Portal 2 version of the Source engine would have been fine with me before your post....
But with this much time to make it, a totally new engine is a MUST.
Meh I lost interest long ago, poral 2 on the other hand looks amazing, can't wait to play co op on ps3 with a friend on steam
