Are Valve even AWARE of how badly they're screwing up?
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At this point, I wonder why the hell fans haven't just made their own episode 3 on garry's mod and ended this "Hype train" years ago.
And the only worse train to get on than a hype train would be one that drives straight into the mouth of a volcano.
And the only worse train to get on than a hype train would be one that drives straight into the mouth of a volcano.
Valve have infinite Steam money. People will literally pay them for nothing because 50% of Steam purchases are never even downloaded.
And they love doing it.
And they love doing it.
If there's one thing I can count around here it's ignorance and/or misinformation of Valve and it's associated projects; or just about anything really. It just....never fails.
I guess it's easier to presume everything instead of looking it up. Oh well.
Anyway:
I guess it's easier to presume everything instead of looking it up. Oh well.
Anyway:
- http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/04/23/gabe-on-ricochet-2-delay-but-he-doesnt-mean-ricochet/
- http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/23/half-life-3-being-worked-on-says-counter-strike-creator
- http://www.valvetime.net/threads/exclusive-half-life-2-episode-3-concept-art.206815/
- http://www.valvetime.net/threads/up...h-more-found-on-valve-project-tracker.243580/
- http://www.computerandvideogames.com/431918/half-life-3-development-team-revealed-via-network-leak/
- http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/2cv5os/
You can argue all day that Half-Life 3 might end up being cancelled at some point, and any rational person would agree, but to say it's not in active development, or never was, is just demonstrably wrong.
There is other info out there on Half-Life 3's development, but I really just don't feel like wasting more time looking it up. I've lost count on how many times I've tried to show this info to people. If others want to see it they can look it up themselves.
- http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/23/half-life-3-being-worked-on-says-counter-strike-creator
- http://www.valvetime.net/threads/exclusive-half-life-2-episode-3-concept-art.206815/
- http://www.valvetime.net/threads/up...h-more-found-on-valve-project-tracker.243580/
- http://www.computerandvideogames.com/431918/half-life-3-development-team-revealed-via-network-leak/
- http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/2cv5os/
You can argue all day that Half-Life 3 might end up being cancelled at some point, and any rational person would agree, but to say it's not in active development, or never was, is just demonstrably wrong.
There is other info out there on Half-Life 3's development, but I really just don't feel like wasting more time looking it up. I've lost count on how many times I've tried to show this info to people. If others want to see it they can look it up themselves.
Oh, but they did. And it was glorious.Racecarlock said:
Truth be told, I've never been a Half-Life fan. I understand and appreciate the series' appeal and the impact it made on the industry, but my personal playing experience was rather underwhelming. The only thing I really look forward to from Valve is Hat Fortress 2 updates.
Half Life 1 to Half Life 2 was 6 years. TFC to TF2 was 8 years. CS:S to CS:GO was 8 years. Even Portal 2, a relatively small game, took 4 years from Portal.
Everyone should know by now that Valve take their sweet arse time to make games. It's only 7 years since HL2:Ep2, they will make it when they're goddamn ready.
Everyone should know by now that Valve take their sweet arse time to make games. It's only 7 years since HL2:Ep2, they will make it when they're goddamn ready.
I doubt very much that they would do that unless they knew ahead of time that Steam OS was having a high uptake.J Tyran said:
That tactic worked for Half Life 2 because Steam fit into the existing Windows infrastructure, making (or trying to make) every player who wants your game create a dedicated syste, a dual booting system or wipe off their old OS would be more or less a death sentence for mass market sales. Plus the backlash would be horrendous.
HL 3 will happen. Its just a matter of why they make Half Life. Half Life series has always been made to push a game engine. A very solid and stable game engine. Once they finish the Source 2 engine then they have an in house engine to make their games with for the next decade, so they really want to get it right day 1. Also mean Steam has made Valve more then a game developer thats why they have the leeway to make very polished games that are probably made at this point as much for their reputation with fans as they are to sell.
The point is that Half Life 2's expansions were supposed to be episodic. The developer commentary in episodes 1 and 2 touted the episodic formula in between self-back-patting over their supposed "amazing techniques of storytelling." The Source 2 engine hadn't been announced, and nothing had changed the perception that Episode 3 not coming out on schedule was an increasingly blatant breach of verbal contract to many players. They were promised something, and never got so much as an apology or a "don't worry, we're just off-schedule."Scorpid said:
It could never live up to expectations, so they will never make it. Simple.
I still don't even know why people want it so badly. Even for their time, the others fairly average. Half of episode 2 is spent in the most boring boat sections ever and the only defense people have for the game is 'muh gravity gun'.
I still don't even know why people want it so badly. Even for their time, the others fairly average. Half of episode 2 is spent in the most boring boat sections ever and the only defense people have for the game is 'muh gravity gun'.
The average is actually lower, 37% of all owned games are unplayed, 13% more are played for less than an hour [http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/04/introducing-steam-gauge-ars-reveals-steams-most-popular-games/], but there's variation depending on how the games are acquired. Games bought in sales are bundled are much less likely to be downloaded and played.veloper said:
I remember after The Dark Knight, the Nolans didn't want to do another Batman. They finally decided they found the right story to finish the trilogy. And look how that turned out.
I really liked Bioshock Infinite but many people didn't. Mass Effect 3 as another. Return of the Jedi. Back to the Future 3. Godfather 3
Trilogies (or series) have to end, causing pain and suffering losing that moment in your timeline. Also, there is not many endings that are good to an average movies, never mind a trilogy. The best you could ask for is a Last Crusade.
I really liked Bioshock Infinite but many people didn't. Mass Effect 3 as another. Return of the Jedi. Back to the Future 3. Godfather 3
Trilogies (or series) have to end, causing pain and suffering losing that moment in your timeline. Also, there is not many endings that are good to an average movies, never mind a trilogy. The best you could ask for is a Last Crusade.
7 years? According to Valve time it's been 11 minutes and 23 seconds! You're all expecting too much!