Gordon Freeman Will Still be Sharpening His Crowbar in 2010 [Rumor]

[StANTo]

Cinema blend (http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Rumor-No-Half-Life-In-2010-22325.html) mentions on their magazine reading journey that it is unclear what Valve's plan is for the coming year:

The February 2010 issue of Game Informer states that there won't be a new Half-Life game released in 2010. What's more, it's not even clear what form a new game would take. It could be Half-Life 2: Episode Three or it may be Half-Life 3.

GI makes no mention of Portal, the other series set in the Half-Life universe. In the summer of 2008, Valve put out a casting call for Portal 2 voice actors but we haven't heard a peep about that game since. The designer of the original game, Kim Swift, recently left Valve so we may be a long way from seeing P2 as well.

So much for frequent, episodic content, eh Valve? Still, at least I can kill zombies and collect hats in the mean time.

[bean19]

Isn't Episode 3 in the works?

[Tolgar]

Half Life Forever, after this long of a wait, we better get a Alex/Gordan sex scene at the end.

Tho that would prolly just be a close up of Alex's top and face for 1 minute with the standard no Gordan dialog.....Hmmmm....

I guess always being in first person has its downsides...

[MasterEvilAce]

Half Life Forever, after this long of a wait, we better get a Alex/Gordan sex scene at the end.

Tho that would prolly just be a close up of Alex's top and face for 1 minute with the standard no Gordan dialog.....Hmmmm....

I guess always being in first person has its downsides...

I bet valve could pull off that pretty cinematic-like, with the facial expressions.

There's no way we'll see a HL3 in 2010. Only rockstar could pull off a full fledged game in this short amount of time (GTA)... If we see a half life in 2010, it'll be HL2:EP3... but it'll be a good 6 months after any news even comes OUT about it before the game gets released. HINT: it won't be before June 2010.

[Wyrm]

Don't bet on episode 3 this year. They haven't said shit about it yet. I'm not saying it won't happen, but I'm guessing next year.

[Anenome]

Half Life Forever, after this long of a wait, we better get a Alex/Gordan sex scene at the end.

Tho that would prolly just be a close up of Alex's top and face for 1 minute with the standard no Gordan dialog.....Hmmmm....

I guess always being in first person has its downsides...
...Could be a new use for the Wii Vitality Sensor >_>
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/06/504x_wiivit.jpg

[SwitchBlade_Jax]

Wasn't one of the Vavle guys quoted a while back saying that we probably won't see episode 3 this year? Even if we did that would make Episode 3 being released 6 years after HL2....it was only 5 years from HL1 to HL2.

I think its taken so long they've had to scrap Episode 3 to make HL 3. I think Portal has made them rethink a lot of things since they are incorperating it into the story line.

I honestly think if Episode 3 or HL3 are not announced in any form at all at E3 then we won't see a game from then before Summer 2011, more likely winter 2011.

It sometimes makes me cry at night, in the dark...

[Johan]

I honestly don't care. Half-Life was groundbreaking in its day, but there are so many games today that, in my estimation, equal and exceed the most recent iterations/episodes, that I'm not waiting around for the title.

If/when it hits, I'll happily check it out. Until then, there's just a ton of quality software out there to be happy with.

[Mozgus]

They're making it so hard to remain a Valve fanboy. If they're not going to complete the HL2 story, then they can just finish TF2 with the engineer patch and get the fuck out.

[SwitchBlade_Jax]

Isn't Episode 3 in the works?


Just to give you a refrence the team that made Episode 1 were suppose to be making Episode 3. Valve originally said they had two teams, one making Episode 1 and one making Episode 2. I never read anywhere that they changed that model, but that could be out of date easily.

If that holds true the first team took 2 years for Episdoe 1 and the second team took 4 years to make Episode 2. If the first team really started making episode 3 right after episode 1, then this year marks its 4th year in production.

So yeah, its been in the works for a hell of a long time for an "episode". I love Valve but they can be so damn slow. It hurts to see a new L4D in one year but still waiting 5+ years to see a real continuance of the HL story.

[SwitchBlade_Jax]

I honestly don't care. Half-Life was groundbreaking in its day, but there are so many games today that, in my estimation, equal and exceed the most recent iterations/episodes, that I'm not waiting around for the title.

If/when it hits, I'll happily check it out. Until then, there's just a ton of quality software out there to be happy with.


The sad thing is I really dig where they can take the story. I almost wish they would just release a sub par game so I can keep following the narrative. Or fuck HL the game, have the guy write a book and be done with it.

[Chimpbot]

The sad thing is I really dig where they can take the story. I almost wish they would just release a sub par game so I can keep following the narrative. Or fuck HL the game, have the guy write a book and be done with it.

If the next game follows the basic narritive from HL2, I can sum it up for you; run from point A to point B. Hop on a vehicle, drive to point C. Run from point C to point D. Fuck up the alien big-bads. The G-Man shows up at some point. Gordon doesn't say a damn thing and you're still using a damn crowbar. Roll credits.

Much like with the first Half-Life, I really bought HL2 for the mods. Just like the first, I spend more time with a game featuring the words "Team" and "Fortress" than I ever did with the game proper.

As lukewarm as I am to Half-Life in general, I absolutely adore the opening sequence in the first game; I really get a kick out of the "normal day at work" shit they did. Honestly, I'm quite disappointed we don't see this sort of thing more often, because it really can be a very effective opening/tutorial sequence. And the tram...felt like I was in a movie.
Talk about a tangent...

I like what Valve does, overall...but I just can't bring myself to actually care about seeing or not seeing a new installment in the Half-Life series.

[Sion]

Dumbest thread title ever.

[Tintivilo]

maybe i missed the part where the rumor was included in this article?

[Cowin13]

It takes them a long time to make any Half-Life game but its so worth it. The story is so good in my opinion that I keep buying the game even though I don't see the multiplayer being played as often as most other games. Still, the HL games have been well made. Half-Life and Half-Life 2 were breakthroughs during there time. Would be very interesting to see how the 3rd one turns.

[atariv8]

Tho that would prolly just be a close up of Alex's top and face for 1 minute with the standard no Gordan dialog.....Hmmmm...

Come on now, it's Gordon Freeman, you'd definitely see the back of her head...just hope he doesn't accidentally Donkey Punch with the crowbar.

[brandonjclark]

Half-Life what?

Honestly, I couldn't even tell you what Episode 1 and 1 were, much less give a shit about 3. I went back and played through Half-Life 2 the other night(only the first few levels) and I was amazed by how often you have to STOP dead in your tracks with the music pumping so that Source could load the next scene. I shut it off because I couldn't take it. An open-world Half-Life is the only game I'll buy. I'm not interested in Call of Duty: HL3, the on rails shit is dead to me.

[TheBot]

Come on now, it's Gordon Freeman, you'd definitely see the back of her head...just hope he doesn't accidentally Donkey Punch with the crowbar.

rofl he would.

[yutt]

I'm not interested in Call of Duty: HL3, the on rails shit is dead to me.
Not really fair to imply that was the direction the game design copying went. <_<

After Prototype and Fallout 3, I don't think the bullet-point trend of "open-world" is inherently better than a more railed game. I do agree whatever the next Half-Life game is, it should have a better engine than Half-Life 2, released in 2004. :P

[Syl]

I would take half life's scripted "on rails" gameplay over a boring overworld any day. in fact, i'd take it multiple times a day.

[Anenome]

Truly open worlds are often like a book without plot.

It may not have physical barriers that put you on rails, but its missions still make you go from point A to point B, ala GTA.

[lallous]

This is good new for me :)
I still have Episode 1 and 2 on my backlog.

[lightguard]

I'd just like them to patch the source engine to have seamless level transitions.