Comments on: Rumor: No Half-Life 2 Episode 3 in 2010?

By: wox42

wox42 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:42:31 +0000

so many insightful comments, I feel bad that mine is only 2 words long.

New engine.

It’s great what you’ve been able to do with source, but c’mon Valve. It’s about time. Probably what they’ve been working on anyways.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:26:52 +0000

@Sinister Mister:

Valve has not delivered Episode 3. I do think it is an epic fail. They chose to go this route to deliver the content quicker. In the case of Ep 3, it is failing.

You can defend them all you like and in the end, it won’t matter when they do finish the game and we are all freaking out about great it is. But if Square Enix got crap for taking 4 years to make FF XIII, a vastly larger game that didn’t have an engine already made for it, then Valve doesn’t get away scott-free with this one.

By: Sinister Minister

Sinister Minister — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:09:49 +0000

@Anthony: It’s not an epic fail if it takes less than six years. Still less development time at least for two of the three episodes. Valve, for the most part, delivered.

I’m yawning as I just don’t care. I waited six years for HL2 and I waited patiently and without complaint and when I got HL2 I got one of the best games i’ve ever played. If it takes six years or more to get Episode 3, I could not care less.

By: Julez

Julez — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:02:26 +0000

@John

I don’t like to think of TF2′s 10 year period as everyone who loved Valve was biting their lips, waiting for it. I mean, I’d way rather see a Portal 2 before a TF3 or Counter-Strike Omega. Death Match games are great because usually the older ones are better (CS > CS:S) and don’t have a story, so we’re not waiting for that next chapter. But a Half-Life or Portal is GOTY / Surprise of the year contenders on everyone’s lists. Same thing with L4D – No story = Don’t really care. Fun at LAN’s, maybe a little online. But please, oh please, give me HL3 before L4D 3 / DLC.

By: AlphaHawk

AlphaHawk — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:30:29 +0000

Y’know there’s one thing they could say to keep the internet talking for a few years:

Gabe: Hey dudes! You want Adrian Shepard? You got him! KTHXBAI.

I suspect he could say that word for word and still get away with it. xD

By: John

John — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:41:11 +0000

I’m a devoted Valve fan. That means that I expect the worst and hope for the best in terms of release dates. After Half-Life came out it was literally 6 years till the next game came out, and there was a 10 year wait for TF2. This really doesn’t come as a surprise to me, and it wouldn’t come as a surprise if it didn’t come out in 2011 or even 2012. I would certainly be pleased if it did come out then, but with this kind of wait and suspense I think that there’ll be a lot of bitterness in the community if it doesn’t come out as the perfect game, which is always the problem with pushing back release dates (or keeping a “When it’s done” approach) and holding back information about it (see Duke Nukem: Forever).

By: Mitch

Mitch — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:07:16 +0000

Can’t say I’m surprised, to be honest.

I mean, if the game was anywhere close to ready we’d have seen at least an in-game picture about now.

By: Benny

Benny — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:45:54 +0000

All i’m going to say i’ve been a loyal valve fan since Half life. But now they’re somthing else, they’ve pritty much abandoned the game that made them famous, and are trying to please random casual gamers than they are loyal fans. i would sacriface both Left 4 Dead’s just to see some progress on Ep3, Hl3 etc. And i’m sorry that my point is blunt but I think anybody who feels the same should not tip-toe around the obvious.

By: PrO-bOy

PrO-bOy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:25:19 +0000

The only beef I have is this: the Episodes were made in order to shorten developement times.

EPIC FAIL on that one.

got to agree with that.
I don’t really trust in rumors, but if Valve showed something… anything at all about ep3 or even HL3, i’d be a happy gamer/nerd/thing.
also, yeah, we all know about valve time, and we know something epic is coming to us. the thing is, it’s taking too long. We can thank the mod community for keeping the game alive, but there is only so much they can do.
I love Valve, and I love their work, but if no news start to hit the web after I go through Black Mesa: Source, I think I’ll go insane…

By: CAPTAIN CANADA

CAPTAIN CANADA — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:24:19 +0000

After the Cliff Hanger ending of Ep2, I was supremely stoked for Ep3 – and, knowing Valve, I was sure they would deliver (after all, they had never failed me to date.)

Then L4D came out and I thought so highly of Valve that I swore they could do no wrong: CS:S, HL2, TF2, and now L4D!? AMAZING!

…and then they pulled a Crazy Ivan and released L4D2 a year later.
The sound of my bubble bursting was said to be audible for miles around with the shockwave knocking out the windows on several prominent high-rises.
…at this point I am not surprised to see no Ep3 – in fact, I expect to see an L4D3 set in Alaska with characters who are even less evocative than the ones they have now and with infected that look even more so that they escaped from a disney film freak show.