http://www.couchathletics.com/ Wrote:The latest issue of GameInformer apparently includes a not-so-uplifting bit of information: there won't be an Episode 3 in 2010. I know many were expecting some good news on this front, but it looks like it's more of the waiting game this year. In light of a year chock-full of sequels (Bioshock, Mass Effect, and StarCraft in particular for me), it's a bit of a downer, certainly, but at least there's still plenty to look forward to.
Valve is nevertheless still working on the title, but what little we know about it is from some concept art released long ago. It's been a bit longer than the previous gap between episodes, certainly, but I'm still willing to wait if only for the high standard Valve sets for itself and its games.
I speculate the delay is due to the success of their other games: remember the coming Left 4 Dead 2 DLC and constant TF2 updates. You might want them to place their efforts elsewhere, but Valve's time and energy are definitely felt in other areas. How do you guys feel about this? Please use words other than FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU...
Allow me to agree with the reporter, with FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Come on Valve!! Sure TF2 and LFD2 are great, but I want to finish the damned story!!
Ach, i'm not surprised to be honest, Valve seem to be getting more and more involved in 'side projects' much like Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 DLC, etc, etc.
At least there are (hopefully) good games like Mafia 2 and Red Dead Redemption out this year (again, hopefully) to ease the pain of no Half Life.:P
Srsly, that's lame, it's not whole game they need to make, with everything new from start, if they started something better finish it then, now to wait another year for it, blahh, I will forget about it.
Well, at least we have G-mod. Also, you guys realize it's been almost six years since Half Life 2 was released. I somehow think they're already working on a completely new engine.
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' Wrote:Well, at least we have G-mod. Also, you guys realize it's been almost six years since Half Life 2 was released. I somehow think they're already working on a completely new engine.
Source map size limit among other things are on the list.
Yes, according to some "people who I know", its because of the engine update. The current engine has no chance of rivaling current FPS games and Valve missed the train of "release it in due time", even for EP II, where they managed to fix things with TF 2 + Orange Box package deal.
This time, they have no such chance to do it so they will have to go for an update, which means "time".
Valve loves their 'physics-glory' a tad too much. But the facial animations and how they get the emotions across with the voice acting and writing is just awesome.
I hope they get their priorities straight.
Wait...
You don't think there'll be a Half-Life 3 with a new engine do you?:mellow:
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