I now believe that the biggest problem with releasing half-life 3 has been gab himself. He needs to let someone else take command of the hl games and just run steam.
Valve Outgrows Its "Episodes Phase"
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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In the mean time (sometime in the next decade, for example, should still be well within the window of 'Valve time'), can someone from Valve please visit Microsoft Game Studios and slap some guys around for a while until they agree to put Steam on the Xbox 360? We have Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm, Sky TV and Netflix on our consoles but no Steam? What is wrong with you, Microsoft?
they are really just being childish now. Why cant they just say, 'sorry guys we fucked up a little. no ep3, but still more good stuff coming'. just come out and say it once and for all; a proper confirmationl NO EP3, so we can all just move on. no one likes a tease....that teases for more than 5 years...that's torture ffs
Sounds like the next Half-Life game will be the new vaporware (a la Duke Nukem Forever). :lmaninahat said:
Goodness knows it'll take 10 years to hit the market.
Gabe, I know the Steam Forums challenge Xbox live for sheer idiocy, but for god's sake listen to your fans. You KNOW how much hassle L4D2 caused and you can SEE the problems with annual content from other developers.
How about doing what you do best and providing games that take their time but actually deliver?
We really don't care about motion controlled, 3D, Bookface enabled, e-peen stores; we'd like some of the really great games that you've produced in the past.
How about doing what you do best and providing games that take their time but actually deliver?
We really don't care about motion controlled, 3D, Bookface enabled, e-peen stores; we'd like some of the really great games that you've produced in the past.
Simply put, we're gonna make the best shit you guy have ever seen Because we can.Andy Chalk said:
Go for it Valve.
The fuck? They made two episodes with ridiculously long development times and are sort of already doing the proposed idea by adding more useless crap to tf2 and increasingly harder game modes to left 4 dead 2. Or do I just keep slipping into comas from the awesomeness of this stuff?
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I liked how the idea of "Outgrows" for Valve is more like "Not Being Up To The Challenge". Episodic content is not bad (it sure is better than your development cycle being closer to DNF numbers), it is just that you couldn't do it.
Valve, for an example, look at Telltale. They are far smaller than you and never had a problem with the concept...
Valve, for an example, look at Telltale. They are far smaller than you and never had a problem with the concept...
It's like he's a drug dealer who got me hooked, but ran out of drugs before he could get to the 'bleeding me dry phase'. Somehow, I feel just as used.
Release the next fucking half life!
Release the next fucking half life!
"Left 4 Dead 2 is starting to approach the TF2 cycle. Portal 2? We'll have to see how much our customers want us to push in that direction," he continued. "In general, our approach to our customers is, every day, to ask what we can do for them."
If you could liquefy Portal 2 put it in an I.V. bag and just jam that mofo into my veins I'd gladly hand over my wallet and first born. Make that my second born. The first is my co-op partner.
If you could liquefy Portal 2 put it in an I.V. bag and just jam that mofo into my veins I'd gladly hand over my wallet and first born. Make that my second born. The first is my co-op partner.
It ever had an episodic phase? What was it between episodes one and two? A year? Two? Episode 3 is going to need an entirely new engine at this rate... why not just call it Half Life 3? And hell Valve, I spend 6 months of every year in a place with some pretty unpredictable internet connections... it just becomes easier and more tempting for me to pirate when I at least get stable software which doesnt require a damn permanent connection to the Steam overmind.
