Valve Says "Hang In There" For Half-Life 2: Episode 3

[Broax]

I don't want to sound like an obnoxious fanboy ranting about it's long forgotten game but... somehow I think that "hang in there" isn't enough for people that play their flagship game since '98 and were left on a cliffhanger almost 4 years ago... Did I mention "episodic" gaming? Selling smaller games with shorter intervals? I really like valve and all, but I get pissed to think of how long I've been waiting to finish Half-Life's storyline...

I just hope it's worth it...

 

[ThisIsSnake]

Episode 3 is confirmed to use the Unreal Engine, feature health regeneration, crowbar is now your melee attack and not a selectable weapon, it will also kill in one hit, after killing five combine in a row he can call in the dog robot, oh yeah and fucking UAVs are all over this shit.

 

[Ickorus]

Oh Valve, you little cock tease.

 

[Marik Bentusi]

I don't think Valve is working on a new engine. Portal 2 and DOTA 2 are said to upgrade the Source engine and the whole reason behind Source is that it can be constantly updated and all Source games benefit from the optimization.

Personally, I'm fine with Source and I get three-digit FPS with it, too.

I wonder where all that development time is going into tho.

 

[rokkolpo]

Too bad the game will never be as good as everyone wants it to be.

 

[rokkolpo]

chill? telling us to chill?
im sorry how mnay years has it been?

4, which is not that long.
Look at the duke.

 

[Harlief]

It wouldn't be as much of a problem if episode 2 hadn't ended with a massive cliffhanger.
I hope they bring back Shepherd, I wanna swing from ropes and cut some head-crabs up with a combat knife.

 

[CrazT]

I find it strange that, over three and a half years later, all Valve have to say about Half-Life is: A) that they aren't ready to talk about Episode 3 yet and B) that Gordon Freeman will return (something that was already confirmed when they announced an episodic trilogy)

As a wild guess, Valve have quietly cancelled Episode 3, taken what they had in terms of design, models, levels, etc., expanded upon them and turned it into Half-Life 3

 

[shig]

We're not getting Half-Life 3.
Instead, Gordon Freeman will be playable in Left 4 Dead 5.

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

So does this mean that I now Have to cancel my elaborate and carefully laid plans to break into valve offices and take hostages?

Not at all! In fact, it might make the game done sooner, if anything

 

[DTWolfwood]

well there's the running joke of the industry ain't it. Now that DNF actually has a release date, Episode 3 is all we have left XD

 

[Grufflenark]

4 Years ain't that much.

SC2 didn't get released before 10 years after the first, and duke nukem forever has a slight chance of being released 16 years after it was planned.

So, yeah.

 

[drunken_munki]

Abridged: We have finally started doing something about it. Now shut up and wait for four more years. If youre a good fanbase, it might happen.

My thoughts exactly.

I don't even know why Valve's fanboys still dominate every vote and contest ever considering that Valve has left us hanging for quite some time. You can say 'hang in there' all you want but we've been hangin' for almost four years. Seriously Valve, Our arms are getting mighty tired.

I think it's a very bizarre and wtf situation when there is demand for a product that a dev doesn't want to make. It's like... 'no, we don't want your money... oh but come back, pls buy LFD2!!111'... even though no one wanted/needed a sequel to that game yet (and within a year?!). Cheap cash in much?

Meh. I think they realized that 'episodic' releases are retarded, especially when/if it still takes forever to make. Plus the engine is already out dated? So they would need to update the engine and also create episode 3... They obviously thought it wasn't worth it.

I'll believe it when I see it, but there is NO doubt in my mind they haven't even started it yet

 

[mew4ever23]

-massive snip-

Irrelevant. This topic is about the next chapter of the half life series, and Portal 2 won't be out until march madness finishes for the year.

 

[VGC USpartan VS]

Ladyies and Gentlemen, you are reading news for what will become to be known as "Duke Nukem: Forevermore"

 

[Wolfram23]

The good news: HL2 was one of my favorite FPS games ever, thanks to having everything from standard run and gunning to scary "horror" moments to driving sequences to stealthy hidey sequences to being perhaps the epitome of "show don't tell". Loved it!

So yes I'm excited for HL3 or HL2:E3, but, I just hope they have an updated engine for it. Source. It is old. I don't expect a visual blockbuster but at least Unreal Engine quality would be appreciated.