Half Life 3?

Mak3R said:
Oh yes that is what I was thinking of, i played that when it came out and it was missing the final Xen levels. Or maybe there was a HL1 source also? Been years since I looked back at these so it's a blur.
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Half-Life: Source was/is a thing too but it was just the original HL assets ported into the Source engine. Black Mesa (a complete reimagining of HL1 to bring it up to HL2's standards) did indeed originally launch without Xen but they've since added it to the game (and by all accounts it's much more impressive than Valve's original Xen):

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I love that description on the Black Mesa page, just 'Relive Half-Life.', lol.
It really was a spectacular, groundbreaking game. I used to be mad about the HL3 situation but it's been that long I just got over it. It's interesting to read the comments in this thread about what it's like at Valve, though, it explains a lot. I have often wondered how they're spending, or not spending, the endless cash they must print.

Somewhat related, I really don't like the new Steam UI. It's laggier in the way that modern software built upon too many layers of abstraction often feels like. I'm disappointed that Valve of all companies seems to have gone down that route as one use of their resources...
 
Black mesa is awesome. I played it when it first arrived, and played it again once zen was released. I think the zen level was longer that it was originally. I got a bit frustrated with it as killing the spider thing took a lot longer than i remembered.

Opposing force and even blue shift were pretty good, so maybe valve should let someone else have a crack at it, if they cant be bothered.
 
champ222 said:
Black mesa is awesome. I played it when it first arrived, and played it again once zen was released. I think the zen level was longer that it was originally. I got a bit frustrated with it as killing the spider thing took a lot longer than i remembered.

Opposing force and even blue shift were pretty good, so maybe valve should let someone else have a crack at it, if they cant be bothered.
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Black Mesa is the best Half Life game in my opinion.
 
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opethdisciple said:
Why wouldn't they make a Half Life 3. It makes so much financial sense.

Also what every happened to Half Life 2 episode 3?

They started making DLC for Half Life 2 and released episode 1 and 2 but 3 is still MIA.
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They don't make anything with a 3 in the name... left for dead 1&2, team fortress stops at 2, half life.. no number 3, Portal stops at 2... everything stops at 2!! Gaben just doesn't like the number 3
 
If they can see an opportunity to do something groundbreaking once again, it could be great. The first two surely were and although I haven’t played it, Alyx was also innovative in a way many games weren’t on that medium.

Gaming in 2024 is very different to 2004 (has it really been that long?!).

What innovation or features would allow HL3 to really break some new ground?
 
alex24 said:
If they can see an opportunity to do something groundbreaking once again, it could be great. The first two surely were and although I haven’t played it, Alyx was also innovative in a way many games weren’t on that medium.

Gaming in 2024 is very different to 2004 (has it really been that long?!).

What innovation or features would allow HL3 to really break some new ground?
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AI? surely one day the NPC's will become intelligent or am I talking nonsense? :p
 
I'm going to level with you. It's kind of gone past the point now for me where if it was announced I'd just be like, yeah this has happened far too late for me to be excited about it.

Then again if it happened I could be pleasantly surprised. I mean I would like to be excited about it if it happened, trust me.
 
Noxia said:
I'm going to level with you. It's kind of gone past the point now for me where if it was announced I'd just be like, yeah this has happened far too late for me to be excited about it.

Then again if it happened I could be pleasantly surprised. I mean I would like to be excited about it if it happened, trust me.
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Lol I feel you, I was 14 when I played half life... I'll be like 40+ when playing HL3 - It's hard to keep that vibe going when you are getting older.
 
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Vince said:
Lol I feel you, I was 14 when I played half life... I'll be like 40+ when playing HL3 - It's hard to keep that vibe going when you are getting older.
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Also makes me wonder if they realise it may be too late. Lovers of Hl series are generally of an age where they may have moved on from gaming (huge assumptions and generalising here), maybe they think it's not worth it. We will likely never know. I asked my nephew if he'd heard of it (14), nope.
 
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Noxia said:
Also makes me wonder if they realise it may be too late. Lovers of Hl series are generally of an age where they may have moved on from gaming (huge assumptions and generalising here), maybe they think it's not worth it. We will likely never know.
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Not gonna lie if it drops its a day one pre order for sure, it just might take me a while to actually get a chance to play. I was one of the sad people that bought VR just to play Alyx which I won't lie was an awesome time.

The thing with valve is they generally don't release crap so if we get hl3 you know its gonna be of a standard.
 
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As above, so below... instant day 1 pre order here as well for Half Life 3, and as a rule I don't pre order games!

It's an absolute sin they've not touched the franchise for so long. I never understood it.
 
Vince said:
They don't make anything with a 3 in the name... left for dead 1&2, team fortress stops at 2, half life.. no number 3, Portal stops at 2... everything stops at 2!! Gaben just doesn't like the number 3
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My point was they haven't even finished delivering all the DLC they promised for HL2.

It's been so long can't remember but I'm pretty sure there was meant to be a 3rd dlc.
 
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