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Alright, everyone knows Half-Life but will there be a Half-Life 3? If you think there will be say why, if you don't think there will be also say why.
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# ? Feb 8, 2022 18:53 |
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# ? May 9, 2024 02:11 |
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No because valve has no reason to make it. Alyx was only made to show off their VR.
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# ? Feb 8, 2022 19:10 |
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I think the past 14 years have been strong evidence that the answer is No, OP
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# ? Feb 8, 2022 19:15 |
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They're busy working people in the DOTA and CSGO mines.
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# ? Feb 8, 2022 19:15 |
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no because everyone involved with that project is long gone and there's no interest within the studio or company at large
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# ? Feb 8, 2022 19:15 |
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Every once in a while I get the idea of making a List for Half-Life 3 (or Half-Life 2 Episode 3), like the one for Duke Nukem Forever that shows all the things that happened during its development. Except the list for Half-Life 3 will just have one item on it: "Duke Nukem Forever was released."
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# ? Feb 8, 2022 19:23 |
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RaimioGor posted:Alright, everyone knows Half-Life but will there be a Half-Life 3? If you think there will be say why, if you don't think there will be also say why. Yes, it's being worked on right now. Can't wait!
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# ? Feb 8, 2022 19:25 |
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There are some upcoming mods that let you play half life alyx without a vr headset (at a cost to some of the hand manipulation parts).
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# ? Feb 8, 2022 19:51 |
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The ending to Alyx is an annoying tease, but I don't think it will happen anytime soon It's a great game though, turned me into a VR convert tbh
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# ? Feb 8, 2022 19:55 |
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In Robin Walker's own words:Robin Walker, Valve Software posted:Half-Life products have always started with some opportunity or some technology that we felt were really interesting, in terms of the way we could use it to create some new experience for the player. If you go back to the first Half-Life, we were looking at first-person shooters at the time. They were fun to play, but very focused on combat. We thought there was a real opportunity in that medium for being a way to deliver stories that perhaps hadn’t really been done before. Less perhaps a focus on the story itself, but the way that you can tell stories in that medium. The name Half-Life 3 carries enormous baggage and with every passing year it only gets heavier. Alyx sort of skipped that, still for new hardware and using new technologies but it doesn't have a number in the title. Everyone at Valve seems to be deathly afraid of pitching or talking about a potential sequel, because the consensus is that anything they create can't live up to people's expectations. Never say never... but I'm not holding my breath. Why take the risk?
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# ? Feb 8, 2022 19:58 |
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That certainly makes sense. The biggest aspect of Half-Life and Half-Life 2 were that they introduced new techniques to gaming. Alyx, Portal, and Portal 2 had that as well. There was a very real wow factor. But without having that new approach to explore, I think that it would be very challenging to attempt a finale sequel. They don't want to make a mere reiteration like Opposing Force. VR might hold some promise for Half-Life 3, but I think that with Alyx they recognized that while the hardware is developing it still isn't ready for a premium game. The market isn't there yet, and players are still limited in what they can do and how long they can realistically play before getting eye strain. At a guess, I'd say that they won't make another sequel until something begins to shift.
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# ? Feb 8, 2022 20:14 |
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I think it'll happen someday but not in the immediate future.
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# ? Feb 8, 2022 20:26 |
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There already was a half-life 3. I will not expand upon this, figure it out.
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# ? Feb 9, 2022 11:58 |
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Gordon Freeman will be in a Fortnite event before Half-Life 3 releases
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# ? Feb 13, 2022 11:51 |
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a couple of years ago there was that one former story lead or whatever who posted the plot of what would have been HL3 and it was dumb as hell, I'm glad we never got "the sequel that just sets up even more sequels"
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# ? Feb 13, 2022 12:25 |
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I'd settle for a Half-Life: G-Man where you play as the G-Man travelling around the universe recruiting mute scientists who happen to be real handy with firearms.
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# ? Feb 14, 2022 01:19 |
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I always believe in Half-Life 3. And yes, it is a bit like "always bet on Duke", a slogan from my youth. DNF is underrated in my book, but I digress. Everybody would play it, people want it, why not. Even if Valve never gets together a big in-house team to do it, they could outsource it to a hungry team or two while still producing it. Plus, never is a long time. Even if it happens 30 years later, I still think it's more likely than not. Huge franchise gets ignored, despite guaranteed money? It's gotta happen. And more importantly, I personally need it to happen. Can't leave Gordon like that! Alyx happening would seem to up the odds even more than before I'd think as well.
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# ? Feb 14, 2022 05:49 |
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They should have doubled down on what they did in 2 and bring Gordon out further in time and everyone he knew is gone but there are still people around who insist they know him from Black Mesa
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# ? Feb 15, 2022 05:14 |
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Half-Life has always been used as a bridge way for Valve's next big project. The initial was there venture into gaming as a new studio. The sequel was the trojan horse to launch Steam. The episodes were to push for episodic content. Alyx was to bring attention to VR. Following the series trajectory another entry would likely occur if Valve made another big venture into something. Like if they were playing on launching their version of Gamepass or bringing back Steam Machines after a huge success from Steam Deck (I don't think either of these things will happen, just using them as examples).
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# ? Feb 15, 2022 06:56 |
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I don't think Valve is interested in being a game developer in general, so even if there's still some forgotten alcove in their offices where people fool around with game design, unless they can make something that can boost their online store, that's gonna stay locked up.
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# ? Feb 15, 2022 19:06 |
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There will be, if only as Valve's "Break Glass In Case Of Emergency" button.
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# ? Feb 15, 2022 19:40 |
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I feel like ~Game Culture~ has kind of moved on from Half-Life as a property (Alyx being a landmark VR game notwithstanding). That said, I feel like in 10 years it will show up as a surprise to set the game world a-talkin' about Valve's new ValveStation X game console or whatever.
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# ? Feb 15, 2022 19:57 |
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# ? May 9, 2024 02:11 |
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quote:Dearest Playa, be thankful they never made this Snow Cone Capone fucked around with this message at 23:25 on Feb 15, 2022 |
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