Does being right about not getting something bring you any joy?Toasty Virus said:
(This is assuming you like Half Life of course.)
Valve Outgrows Its "Episodes Phase"
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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(This is assuming you like Half Life of course.)
So Valve says they want shorter development times on their games. Isn't that what they were trying to do with Episodic games in the first place? 
Seriously though, I had a feeling that Episode 3 might turn in to Half-Life 3. I'm curious how they're going to stretch out the plot they had planned for Episode 3 into a full game, though.
Seriously though, I had a feeling that Episode 3 might turn in to Half-Life 3. I'm curious how they're going to stretch out the plot they had planned for Episode 3 into a full game, though.
The Goodyear Newell says so much yet so little. Maybe he should take a break from the bacon grease sandwiches and focus on getting Episode 3 out the door before at some point in the near future. There is simply no excuse outside of apathy or laziness as to why Episode 3 isn't out already. Valve is well aware at how ridiculously overdue it is and simply can't be bothered to give a shit because games like Left for Dead and Portal 2 are easier to monetize with DLC and the like.
"With episodes, I think we accelerated the model and shortened development cycles with it."
Half Life 2: episode 2 came out in 2007.
Half Life 2: Episode 3 is still not out four years later.
So they certainly have taken normal development times and threw them into hyperdrive!
Half Life 2: episode 2 came out in 2007.
Half Life 2: Episode 3 is still not out four years later.
So they certainly have taken normal development times and threw them into hyperdrive!
Valve, I love you, but you drive me up the wall sometimes. How about you release Episode 3, and THEN grow out of your episode phase, huh?
I've said that Ep3 will never come out due to the inability to slap hats on it and so far I stand corrected.
I think this is cool, but it does create some problems. Reviews are going to be reviewing products that simply don't reflect what they are 2 or 3 years later (or, potentially overcompensate) and very few other companies are in the situation where they can do this (continual development for a single fee product).
I'd see that happening if there was Steam was on the consoles. Yes, Steamworks on the PS3 is a step forward, but what are the odds of Microsoft allowing Valve to do that?
Either way, it's still a bit too early to tell, and they haven't mentioned anything about Episode 3. My guess is that they'll start talking about it come E3, but even then, that's not guaranteed.
Either way, it's still a bit too early to tell, and they haven't mentioned anything about Episode 3. My guess is that they'll start talking about it come E3, but even then, that's not guaranteed.
Is it really fair to say that Valve is over it "episodes phase" when it has not finished the episodes that were planned at the start of said phase? That is like a death metal band releasing a handful of metal singles from an upcoming metal album, then touring as a reggae outfit and saying that they're bored with the old sound.