Half Life 2 Episode...4?

Nate75 · 8 Dec 2015 at 13:01

Secret_Window said:
I think we may get TF3 and Left 4 Dead 3 before we see HL3. I also have this sneaky suspicion that they have focused on Portal 3 over HL3, mainly because of the VR demo that was already demonstrated a while back, and because of co-op. Portal is Valve's new baby in terms of innovation, so I can only see them develop it further.

I read that they pulled staff off other projects to work on LFD3 so that is the next game I am expecting from Valve.

BluD · 8 Dec 2015 at 13:31

Wont they bring out HL3 to show off their new engine then bring out new games on that engine after? It worked the last couple of times.

FoxEye · 8 Dec 2015 at 13:46

BluD said:
Wont they bring out HL3 to show off their new engine then bring out new games on that engine after? It worked the last couple of times.

There are just too many quote from Valve, including Newell, saying that HL represents "the past"; they are are not going to "take a step back", that they've "learned and moved on" from the games they "used to make".

Everything points to them /not/ working on, or even being interested in working on, another Half Life title.

They've also said that they are afraid of "fan backlash" if they do release HL3, and at doesn't conclude the story the way people had hoped.

So it seems very much like: Valve are not interested in more Half Life; they have moved on, see HL as being in their past; they are afraid of not being able to meet fans expectations.

Personally, I don't think another HL is going to happen. I don't think it's a super-secret game in production. I think they genuinely don't want to do it. It's not interesting for them; and in a way it's become too much of a problem for them to cope with.

Why we even waste time discussing it I have no idea. Just let it die.

Twirlywoos · 12 Dec 2015 at 15:20

Half-Life 2 Recreated in Unreal Engine 4

http://imgur.com/a/4YUsL#swvUbZq

Stunning
:eek:

Nate75 · 12 Dec 2015 at 15:59

Twirlywoos said:
Half-Life 2 Recreated in Unreal Engine 4

http://imgur.com/a/4YUsL#swvUbZq

Stunning

arc@css · 12 Dec 2015 at 16:45

Nate75 said:

+1

panda_uk · 12 Dec 2015 at 18:54

Someone should run a kick starter to make a knockoff hl3.

Mark A · 12 Dec 2015 at 19:33

Freddie1980 said:
Gabe whilst not 100% ruling out another Half Life game has made his feelings clear on the subject. Half is an character/story driven FPS game and those sorts of games aren't really fashionable as most people these days play Planetside 2, Call of Duty and Battlefield 4 i.e multiplayer death match. Ultimately I guess he feels the return on investment just isn't worth it for Valve to make another Half Life game.

It's a good job Bethesda didnt have the same mindset and binned the fallout series. Thats story driven and an fps, yet it broke records for people playing it on steam.

koolpc · 12 Dec 2015 at 19:41

I loved the original HL.

Nate75 · 12 Dec 2015 at 19:44

Mark A said:
It's a good job Bethesda didnt have the same mindset and binned the fallout series. Thats story driven and an fps, yet it broke records for people playing it on steam.

pretty sure Dota 2 is number one on that score tbf

Mark A · 12 Dec 2015 at 19:51

Nate75 said:
pretty sure Dota 2 is number one on that score tbf

It is, my point was that Fallout 4 broke records and sold by the bucket load. If they had Valves mindset they wouldnt have bothered.

Flibster · 12 Dec 2015 at 19:58

I don't care anymore.

They don't seem to care either, so why should I.

Gerard · 12 Dec 2015 at 20:02

Flibster said:
I don't care anymore.

Everyone says that, yet if they were to announce it on Monday morning everyone would be excited for it regardless of what they say online.

d_brennen · 12 Dec 2015 at 20:05

Well with Shenmue 3 on the way, there is hope. The fan base of Shenmue must be much smaller than that of the HL series, too

Freddie1980 · 12 Dec 2015 at 20:45

Mark A said:
It's a good job Bethesda didnt have the same mindset and binned the fallout series. Thats story driven and an fps, yet it broke records for people playing it on steam.

Fallout 3 and 4 are RPG's played from a first person perspective where shooting is just one part of the game but it's not a strict fps game like Quake, Unreal and Half Life etc. The problem I see is Half Life 2 was a good 20-25 hours of soild gameplay the coat of producng a game that long with a production of the same deepth and quality would cost Vavle 250m USD to make (a total guess but comparable to a GTA development I reckon). If the game flopped it would be a disaster so it's no wonder you see game publishers pushing multiplayer fps like COD and BF (3 hour sp and a multiplayer option which gets played to death).

Kyrne · 12 Dec 2015 at 20:58

Why youball saying ep 4? They only did it up to ep 2?

Gerard · 12 Dec 2015 at 21:03

Kyrne said:
Why youball saying ep 4? They only did it up to ep 2?

Check the link in the first page. Episode 4 was apparently going to be outsourced, so presumably either valve or another third party were going to be making episode 3 but never did or it got cancelled mid dev.

dholdi · 12 Dec 2015 at 21:08

FoxEye said:
Why we even waste time discussing it I have no idea. Just let it die.

Concluding one of the longest posts on the subject

Flibster · 12 Dec 2015 at 21:35

Gerard said:
Everyone says that, yet if they were to announce it on Monday morning everyone would be excited for it regardless of what they say online.

I still think that the original Half-Life was the best of all the various incarnations they've produced. It's got worse with every subsequent version.

snips86x · 12 Dec 2015 at 21:40

Twirlywoos said:
Half-Life 2 Recreated in Unreal Engine 4

http://imgur.com/a/4YUsL#swvUbZq

Stunning

Nate75 said:

arc@css said:
+1

oh my