Geoffrey B. Veteran Posted January 20, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 20, 2010 They are almost as slow as blizzard is when releasing new games lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyLarry Veteran Posted January 20, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 20, 2010 Honestly what I think happened is for a long time Half-Life was the gold standard of what an FPS could and should be, and a lot of FPS's could not even come close to it. Then all of a sudden a whole lot of damn good FPS's came out, so Half-Life in turn was no longer as special as it once was. So I think Valve is taking this time to really see if they can once again raise the bar for what an FPS can and should be. Thing is, not sure if they can do this myself, but if anyone could, it is Valve, so I think the delay is because they are trying to regain their lost dominance of the genre. Nevertheless, this news is extremely disappointing, was really hoping to have a new Half Life for this Holiday season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceBrewedBeer Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Meanwhile at Valve... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathachew Veteran Posted January 20, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 20, 2010 That's a major bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qdave Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I know more people who like L4D than Half-life :( Brainless shooter will always win against something with a captivating storyline :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Teej Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Meanwhile at Valve... ABSOLUTE ROFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted January 20, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 20, 2010 Now that's one funny image. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted January 21, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 21, 2010 L4D is just the latest fad, HL has taken a back seat because there hasn't been any new content for 2 1/2 years. I don't know, I don't remember many people (that I know) being excited over HL2, and those that did play it thought it was too easy. Left 4 Dead appeals to a wider audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchthisspace Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Everyone is probably right and they're too busy with L4D and TF2, but I do wonder if with Half Life, it will be Half Life 3 with a brand new engine, being Source 2 or whatever.. With Direct x 11 support and a true revamp of the Source engine.?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Examinus Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Bah! I'm sick of completing HL2. I just want to know how the story ends. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 I still haven't completed EP2 - At least this gives me a year to get that done :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan- Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 It has been so long I forgot they were making an episode 3. :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoredBozirini Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 So what was the idea behind episodic content again? Shorter games with a quicker release date? Sure Valve, sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Examinus Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 So what was the idea behind episodic content again? Shorter games with a quicker release date? Sure Valve, sure. Let's just hope it's a little longer than EP1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted January 24, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 24, 2010 I can wait, it'll be worth it. No doubt it'll blow everything out of the water the season it hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corris Veteran Posted January 24, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 24, 2010 I can wait, it'll be worth it. No doubt it'll blow everything out of the water the season it hits. Hopefully it wont involve any time being underground, personally I found them the most boring parts of the game and episodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy0 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Will give me time to finish HL2, HL2: Ep1 and HL2: Ep2 then. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Honestly what I think happened is for a long time Half-Life was the gold standard of what an FPS could and should be, and a lot of FPS's could not even come close to it. Then all of a sudden a whole lot of damn good FPS's came out, so Half-Life in turn was no longer as special as it once was. So I think Valve is taking this time to really see if they can once again raise the bar for what an FPS can and should be. Thing is, not sure if they can do this myself, but if anyone could, it is Valve, so I think the delay is because they are trying to regain their lost dominance of the genre. Nevertheless, this news is extremely disappointing, was really hoping to have a new Half Life for this Holiday season. Disagree with that, personally. Very few games that get released engross me as much as Half-Life 2 did -- even still. I do think that Valve is probably making Half-Life 3 instead of Episode Three now, though. They had a nice cliffhanger left on at Episode Two, and with all the time they're taking I'd be amazed if they didn't do a massive overhaul to the engine or make a completely new engine. Also, in regards to all the Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress comments: those are separate teams. Valve South does Left 4 Dead. A separate team inside Valve (Seattle) works on Team Fortress 2. The teams do sometimes crossover, but I highly doubt that the reason for the delay is those two games, personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HostileGamer Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 F*ck Valve and their HL series! They are no longer a game developer in my eyes. To me they seem way more interested in selling you games on their Steam platform than anything else and it seems to me that they only make games like L4D2 and TF2 is to promote their platform and make you install it on your PC. On the other side of that coin, the Steam platform itself is awesome in my opinion but I also don't see Valve as a game developer anymore but a distro. One day we might get a HL3 but I'm not going to bet the farm on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Examinus Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Hopefully it wont involve any time being underground, personally I found them the most boring parts of the game and episodes. Yeah it was such a relief to get out of that bloody mine cave thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajputwarrior Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 the last episode better be a full fledged game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted January 28, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 28, 2010 Can't see Valve getting rid of the Source engine, the most important factor is how it works for them and it works quite well. They make the engine for themselves first, other people second, what they want comes first rather than what other people want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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