Last edited:
Gabe Newell AMA tomorrow
- Thread starter Gerard
- Start date
Caporegime
- Joined
- 18 Oct 2002
- Posts
- 29,851
Spoiler alert, ffs.
It's that long since I played it I can't remember that bit! lol. I wanted to re-play it when HL3 news eventually comes out
I can see the sequels everyone and his dog are waiting for being held back until such a point where Steam an enter the Hardware market with something groundbreaking. They've slowly been easing their way into it, with Steam controller, Steam Machines, Steam Link, Steam VR. When they're more confident in the capabilities of these new platforms is when you'll see the HL3 announcement as exclusive to that specific platform - afterall, what better way to get an instant consumer-base?
Personally I'd like to see Valve take more of an active approach to things that help the community, such as server infrastructure and coding (pointing at you 64tic CS:GO competitive servers - how does that exactly tie-in well with your eSports ethos that you've adopted?) and anticheats that perform a bit better - sure it's always a catch-up game when it comes to hacking, but I still feel more could be done.
To also echo what has been said above, Steam was a pioneer when it came to digital (game) content distribution and was the de facto platform. Now, with much more competition about, they need to up their game somewhat.
Personally I'd like to see Valve take more of an active approach to things that help the community, such as server infrastructure and coding (pointing at you 64tic CS:GO competitive servers - how does that exactly tie-in well with your eSports ethos that you've adopted?) and anticheats that perform a bit better - sure it's always a catch-up game when it comes to hacking, but I still feel more could be done.
To also echo what has been said above, Steam was a pioneer when it came to digital (game) content distribution and was the de facto platform. Now, with much more competition about, they need to up their game somewhat.
Caporegime
It would be awesome to get HL3 and replay HL1 and 2 in anticipation but I just don't feel like doing that with no ending.
Soldato
Maybe not, but it'll more than likely still be an awesome game. When they do bother to make a game its usually good.
Now if they could do it well, a HL movie would be great.
I'd agree on the e-'sports' part. There is no way that playing video games should be considered a sport. However, it is a marketing ploy to make the couch potatoes feel a little less... couch 'potatoey' and to 'sex-up' what is essentially the least sexy thing known to man.
As for VR - not in the slightest interested, but whatever floats people's boats I guess.
I was of course joking, but removed anyway
Missed that lol...
But somewhere there is someone starting the last bit of episode 2... Somewhere...
Most of the half-life backstory is out there somewhere - I read some documents on it years ago.
Soldato
It makes little financial sense for Valve not to do a HL3. All of the other old classic popular games have had modern respins. Think how much money they would make from a HL3 release!
Unless Valve have gone completely from being a design studio to be just a cloud distribution platform.
Also after HL2 they said we would get 3 episodes rather than a full game. We only received 2, so they haven't even finished the episodic content either.
Unless Valve have gone completely from being a design studio to be just a cloud distribution platform.
Also after HL2 they said we would get 3 episodes rather than a full game. We only received 2, so they haven't even finished the episodic content either.
For anyone interested in following some of the questions/replies:
https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Gaben/comments/5olhj4/hi_im_gabe_newell_ama/
https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Gaben/comments/5olhj4/hi_im_gabe_newell_ama/
Soldato
- Joined
- 1 Oct 2006
- Posts
- 13,900
The question has been asked, and duly ignored. So far.
The question has been asked, and duly ignored. So far.
Yup, been asked a few times which they conveniently skip over, not going to be much point in this if they ignore the obvious question.
"The issue with Half-Life for me is that I was involved in a much higher percentage of the decisions about the games, so it's hard for me to look at them as anything other than a series of things I regret. There's no information in my response about what we'll do in the future. It's simply easier for me to be a fan of things that in which I was less directive."