Half life 3?

[sdfgsdfgdfsg]

...Holy shit. Please let that be real.

What, really?Shitty lighting, snow that looks like a talc powder, and combine advisor who looks like a fried walrus?

Of course there will be Half-Life 3(Or episode 3 maybe).Vavle is all about the MONEY, and not making next hl installment is like throwing away a big piece of emerald encrusted piece of gold with a big dollar sign shaped diamond at the end of it.Unlike Duke Nukem, Half-Life can live up to all fan's expectations.BECAUSE IT'S VAVLE.

 

[Woodsey]

A "full" Half Life game always coincides with a new engine. So my guess is, they'll do EP3 then in 2040 we'll get Half Life 3.

Well no, HL2 coincided with a new engine, and even then it was used in CS:S before HL2.

And Source is built to be highly modular, they don't need a new one.

 

[Vault101]

...Holy shit. Please let that be real.

What, really?Shitty lighting, snow that looks like a talc powder, and combine advisor who looks like a fried walrus?

Of course there will be Half-Life 3(Or episode 3 maybe).Vavle is all about the MONEY, and not making next hl installment is like throwing away a big piece of emerald encrusted piece of gold with a big dollar sign shaped diamond at the end of it.Unlike Duke Nukem, Half-Life can live up to all fan's expectations.BECAUSE IT'S VAVLE.

duuuuhhh its suposed to be like that (if it is legit) its a teaser show us as little as possible but get us exited

 

[sdfgsdfgdfsg]

No, i didn't mean that it doesn't tells us anything about the game or anything, i just meant that this can't be legit because that picture looks like shit.

 

[Free-man]

No, i didn't mean that it doesn't tells us anything about the game or anything, i just meant that this can't be legit because that picture looks like shit.

You sir clearly don't know what you are talking about. Regardless of if it's fake or not, it actually looks good, I wouldn't be surprised if this is internal.

Its more likely fan art though. (We can dream )

 

[Metal Brother]

The Half-Life games are among my favorite games ever, and I am very interested in learning the rest of the "Episodes" storyline.

But with that said, Valve's ongoing delays in publishing Episode 3 or even publishing meaningful information about their intentions is very frustrating. I'm torn between saying "I'm about to give up" and "I've given up already" but to be honest, I just find it difficult to even care at this point. When Valve decides what it's going to do and actually DELIVERS what it promised so long ago, then I'll care again. Probably. Today I have other things in which to invest my emotional energies...

 

[RocksW]

In truth, valve is taking the piss not having made it by now. Its a fucking product, im a customer, im losing my goddamn interest. It would serve them right if they released it and it tanked.

 

[Samwise137]

I really should play through the half life games shouldn't I...I've owned them for about three years now...

 

[Free-man]

Orange Box FTW

 

[hecticpicnic]

The whole point of the episode thing was so that they could release them quicker the last one was 2007 i've lost interest because i know its just gonna be a bunch more puzzles..and i guess all good things must come to pass, you know because all the games are kinda the same what i hope will happen is they will release ep. 3 as a kinda teaser and then release 3.

 

[sdfgsdfgdfsg]

No, i didn't mean that it doesn't tells us anything about the game or anything, i just meant that this can't be legit because that picture looks like shit.

You sir clearly don't know what you are talking about. Regardless of if it's fake or not, it actually looks good, I wouldn't be surprised if this is internal.

Its more likely fan art though. (We can dream )

This picture can only be barely good, if it's made by a person whos experience in a 3d software is no more than 5 minutes.I can't even believe that people actually think that this can be legit in any way.All he basically did is took hl2 models and posed them really badly.He didn't even added any background.-___-

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

A "full" Half Life game always coincides with a new engine. So my guess is, they'll do EP3 then in 2040 we'll get Half Life 3.

Well no, HL2 coincided with a new engine, and even then it was used in CS:S before HL2.

And Source is built to be highly modular, they don't need a new one.

Next time please read the dates of your quotes. Thanks.

 

[blankedboy]

Didn't Newell say he was tired of the series?

I hope so. I don't really want another Half-life, and if it comes out it should be in PlatinumSrc or something

Cookie to anyone who gets the PlatinumSrc joke.

 

[Nieroshai]

A "full" Half Life game always coincides with a new engine. So my guess is, they'll do EP3 then in 2040 we'll get Half Life 3.

there have been 2 full hl games, can we really say that EVERY HL game will have a new engine if it's only happened twice

Just extrapolating from previous facts here. But come on, original Half Life, expansion, Half Life 2 (new engine), episodes. There's a pretty clear pattern there.

2+2=4. 2x2=4. Therefore if 3+3=6, 3x3=...
9
WHUUUAAA?!?!

Seriously, there is no pattern. And Portal 2 is on the same engine as Portal but waaaay updated.

 

[Vault101]

No, i didn't mean that it doesn't tells us anything about the game or anything, i just meant that this can't be legit because that picture looks like shit.

You sir clearly don't know what you are talking about. Regardless of if it's fake or not, it actually looks good, I wouldn't be surprised if this is internal.

Its more likely fan art though. (We can dream )

This picture can only be barely good, if it's made by a person whos experience in a 3d software is no more than 5 minutes.I can't even believe that people actually think that this can be legit in any way.All he basically did is took hl2 models and posed them really badly.He didn't even added any background.-___-

uhhhh theres NOT SUPOSED TO BE A BACKGROUND anyway I Dont know much about 3d software but to me it looks like it was done from scratch not posed half life 2 models

 

[sdfgsdfgdfsg]

No, i didn't mean that it doesn't tells us anything about the game or anything, i just meant that this can't be legit because that picture looks like shit.

You sir clearly don't know what you are talking about. Regardless of if it's fake or not, it actually looks good, I wouldn't be surprised if this is internal.

Its more likely fan art though. (We can dream )

This picture can only be barely good, if it's made by a person whos experience in a 3d software is no more than 5 minutes.I can't even believe that people actually think that this can be legit in any way.All he basically did is took hl2 models and posed them really badly.He didn't even added any background.-___-

uhhhh theres NOT SUPOSED TO BE A BACKGROUND anyway I Dont know much about 3d software but to me it looks like it was done from scratch not posed half life 2 models

THERE IS ALWAYS A BACKGROUND, you may barely see it, yes, but there is always should be a background.Unless all this is happening in a black hole, in which case there isn't supposed to be anything but BLACK.

 

[Vault101]

No, i didn't mean that it doesn't tells us anything about the game or anything, i just meant that this can't be legit because that picture looks like shit.

You sir clearly don't know what you are talking about. Regardless of if it's fake or not, it actually looks good, I wouldn't be surprised if this is internal.

Its more likely fan art though. (We can dream )

This picture can only be barely good, if it's made by a person whos experience in a 3d software is no more than 5 minutes.I can't even believe that people actually think that this can be legit in any way.All he basically did is took hl2 models and posed them really badly.He didn't even added any background.-___-

uhhhh theres NOT SUPOSED TO BE A BACKGROUND anyway I Dont know much about 3d software but to me it looks like it was done from scratch not posed half life 2 models

THERE IS ALWAYS A BACKGROUND, you may barely see it, yes, but there is always should be a background.Unless all this is happening in a black hole, in which case there isn't supposed to be anything but BLACK.

uh huh according to who?....and who are you to say what should and shouldn't be in what is basically...a peice of artwork! have you no imagination? that artist be it fan-made or from valve can make it look how ever the bloody hell they want it to look

its about style ,not realism

 

[sdfgsdfgdfsg]

No, i didn't mean that it doesn't tells us anything about the game or anything, i just meant that this can't be legit because that picture looks like shit.

You sir clearly don't know what you are talking about. Regardless of if it's fake or not, it actually looks good, I wouldn't be surprised if this is internal.

Its more likely fan art though. (We can dream )

This picture can only be barely good, if it's made by a person whos experience in a 3d software is no more than 5 minutes.I can't even believe that people actually think that this can be legit in any way.All he basically did is took hl2 models and posed them really badly.He didn't even added any background.-___-

uhhhh theres NOT SUPOSED TO BE A BACKGROUND anyway I Dont know much about 3d software but to me it looks like it was done from scratch not posed half life 2 models

THERE IS ALWAYS A BACKGROUND, you may barely see it, yes, but there is always should be a background.Unless all this is happening in a black hole, in which case there isn't supposed to be anything but BLACK.

uh huh according to who?....and who are you to say what should and shouldn't be in what is basically...a peice of artwork! have you no imagination? that artist be it fan-made or from valve can make it look how ever the bloody hell they want it to look

its about style ,not realism

Well, fuck me then, turns out i'm so qualified that i can go and apply for job of art director at Valve right now.Seriously though, i don't say that this picture doesn't have right to exist(i'm sure that the guy who made this picture is very proud of himself, good for him), i'm just saying that this could not be, in any way, made by Vavle because Vavle makes pure awesome, and that "piece of artwork" is nowhere near it.

 

[Vault101]

No, i didn't mean that it doesn't tells us anything about the game or anything, i just meant that this can't be legit because that picture looks like shit.

You sir clearly don't know what you are talking about. Regardless of if it's fake or not, it actually looks good, I wouldn't be surprised if this is internal.

Its more likely fan art though. (We can dream )

This picture can only be barely good, if it's made by a person whos experience in a 3d software is no more than 5 minutes.I can't even believe that people actually think that this can be legit in any way.All he basically did is took hl2 models and posed them really badly.He didn't even added any background.-___-

uhhhh theres NOT SUPOSED TO BE A BACKGROUND anyway I Dont know much about 3d software but to me it looks like it was done from scratch not posed half life 2 models

THERE IS ALWAYS A BACKGROUND, you may barely see it, yes, but there is always should be a background.Unless all this is happening in a black hole, in which case there isn't supposed to be anything but BLACK.

uh huh according to who?....and who are you to say what should and shouldn't be in what is basically...a peice of artwork! have you no imagination? that artist be it fan-made or from valve can make it look how ever the bloody hell they want it to look

its about style ,not realism

Well, fuck me then, turns out i'm so qualified that i can go and apply for job of art director at Valve right now.Seriously though, i don't say that this picture doesn't have right to exist(i'm sure that the guy who made this picture is very proud of himself, good for him), i'm just saying that this could not be, in any way, made by Vavle because Vavle makes pure awesome, and that "piece of artwork" is nowhere near it.

I think thats very subjective

while I wouldnt put this on my wall or use it as a desktop background (and thats completley up to personal taste) I dont think this image is of particually low quality and it serves its perpose very well

 

[Player Two]

I understand there's some kind of an argument going on here... but if I can just cut in for a second...

Okay, let us theorise for a moment that Half-Life 3, or Episode 3, has been released. The fanbase goes nuts for it, plays it, loves it, it becomes a historical shining example of FPS gaming, etc etc etc.

And then what is Valve left with? Half-Life has been their flagship for so long now, and even with all the side projects they have, when the series ends it's going to leave a bit of a void. What's going to fill it? Portal? I highly doubt it. They need to phase out Half-Life slowly, introducing us to new ideas and games that will take its place once it's gone. I don't see Valve as the types to milk a series beyond reason, so after Episode 3, they're going to need to put the series more or less to bed, and find something else to fill the spotlight.

Hence, my theory: The reason they are delaying HL3 is in order to work on other projects to satisfy their fans when it's gone. Perhaps we'll see a game based on the Seven Hour War, or perhaps they'll start a whole new franchise altogether, or simply focus on multiplayer gaming. It would be a shame if they didn't keep putting their design philosophy to good use, though.