meh episide 2 was rather disappointing for me that I don't much care.

ep2 was the best, so far

To me the story line was very weak and the game felt like a lot of mini-game sequences stapled on top of each other with little overlaying context. I know the second part of a trilogy is always the weakest but hl2ep2 felt very lacking to me.

oh. interesting.

i can see why it felt disconnected to you, but for me the "directing" felt all natural (luckily)

HL2 was good, didnt care much for ep1 and ep2 as they have slipped my mind, but hl2 is still there. If they keep it half-life and not some COD clone i may play though the SP if the story holds up to 1 and 2

EDIT: leak? are u srs? that not confirmed.

Wonder how nice source 2 will be

yeah I'm more excited about that than the game itself
Looking at how Valve behaves lately with their direction towards linux/opengl and several articles from their developers about input/output latency and all that stuff they kinda remind me of Id Software, but having much bigger resources to polish it into perfection. Tbh I concider Source being pretty good already and don't see any inferior points comparing it to id software or any other engine, but surely some next-gen gfx would be awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EfhAFA2yFE

some serious proofs right there

Am I the only one thats never cared for HL?

Was always pro quake, no interest HL, and it hasnt ever changed.

As long as they release Portal 3 I'd be happy though :>

Well, if you wish a game was never released, does that constitute for caring about it? Because that was the linear scripted shit that started the "modern FPS" genre.

Doom and Quake (except D3 and Q4 which were "modern" already) you could go back whole level just to grab health or ammo you left there. In Hexen 2 you actually had to go back 5 _maps_ to solve a puzzle you just found a solution to. Good times... all destroyed by cinematic experiences and shit like that. Damn you, HL!

who here expect valve not to release hl3? bigger question is when, especially concidering valve standardsssss

When will they not release it? I predict November 2013.

you're probably right

why is Alyx,

























































WHITE?

HL2 wasn't too bad, I have to say though I enjoyed some mods far more than the actual game/episodes themselves. I would've been excited about this 4-5 years ago. Now I really don't care about it and even if it came out next week I probably wouldn't buy it. And as time goes on HL(2) is reaching the state quake is at where generations of gamers have never heard of the game and/or care about it. I think an Ep3/HL3 would've done better in 2009-2010 than 2015-2016 (I think 2015/16 is being optimistic).

Then again I imagine a single player IP for a small niche of gamers is the last thing on their mind these days. Haha, everyone has been worried about MS or Google taking over and controlling everything, invading privacy, etc. And here comes Valve just casually strolling through the door.

Can't really get excited about it until I've seen some gameplay footage. I'm sure it'll be an acceptable game at least, but thats not enough to get me excited. If its like the first two then I probably won't bother, I've played them, its been done. They'd need to do something fresh, because the characters and the general idea of the game isn't really that interesting to me any more. It should be properly spooky and alien world like, a deep story and I want to be absolutely terrified by the end, and feel a deep sense of vengeance and satisfaction when I complete the game.

What I would get excited about is something like:
TIE FIGHTER 2
DARK FORCES 3
MASTERS OF ORION 2
DUKE NUKEM DONE RIGHT FFS
DUNGEON KEEPER 3
BENEATH A STEEL SKY 2
DUNE REMASTERED
QUAKE 5
And so on...

trust me, if there is one thing that is certain in this universe, it is that valve will most definitely not fuck up halflife3

I hope you're right, I really do :)
(...Vasquez)

uhh but Dungeon Keeper 3 is in production and early access on steam. Or do you not think it is a worthy successor? If you simply didn't hear of it yet look for War for the Overworld Bedrock beta

Didn't know about that! Thanks :D

DARK FORCES 2 HAPPENED ALREADY?

Oops I meant 3! lol

Much Better =)

beneath a steel sky 2 CONFIRMED!

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-09-24-...-happening

OMG thats amazing, I never thought that would happen... wow :D

it's easy to look at hl and hl2 and say they aren't that special now and that's right. looking back though to when i first played hl it was a game changer for a number of reasons - immersion, believable setting, great set pieces, good a.i and it all came together in a package that exceeded the sum of its parts. quake 2 sp is the only game that really came close and although enjoyable it was nowhere near the same standard. plus the mod scene spawned cs, dod, tf, ns and others. i don't think i'm being over the top here as the game was astounding. only nostalgia would say it still ranks up there as fps titles and the scene in general has surpassed it but its legacy is important.

hl2... not the same impact in game terms. i remember it being announced early and demonstrations of the physics leading other developers to pursue the same direction. the set pieces remained strong. the dose of immersion and realism was taken up another notch and this is one of the main aspects of hl - it does as little as possible to pull you out of the game - something many other developers still haven't achieved to the same level. then you have the source engine which wouldn't be here without hl2 which itself has spawned cs:s, cs:go, tf2, portal etc etc... all hugely played online right now. the legacy is still strong.

as a game you can have your arguments about what you like and what you don't but hl3 is a big deal in my opinion as has been demonstrated in the past - it will influence pc gaming for many years to come.

You know i wished, no expected, NO i was ABSOLUTELY sure they would pull the biggest half life 3 confirmed show in the history of the branch, think of all the possbilities to make THE publicity gag of the century out of the news. and now this leaky bullshit. i am sad and upset

It has begun.