Why? Episode 2 concluded perfectly and tied up all loose ends.dochmbi said:I'd like to get HL2: Episode Three first please.
Personally I like the fact that Gordon is silent. It lets you imagine what he would say, and what kind of person he really is. The NPCs never really talk about his personality leaving it up to you to decide.skywolfblue said:1) A voiced Gordon Freeman. Booker Dewitt from Bioshock Infinite kind of rammed home how much I like a protagonist character who actually responds to what's going on around him.
Wow, at just the hint of a conversation about Half Life 3 the valiant realists take it upon themselves to remind everyone how shit it will be. Keep up the good fight mate, you anti-super fans are pretty much the reverse of fanboys and just as annoying, for every "this game will be great" you'll be sure to tell them how bad it will be, always with the quick reminder of DNF (haven't seen that jewel mentioned in every damn HL3 thread).cloroxbb said:No matter what it ends up being, Half Life 3 is going to be a huge disappointment to all the rabid fans that like to shit talk Gabe everytime he announces something he is doing that ISN'T HL3.
I don't remember him ever saying that it was coming, or even coming soon. Now that most of you have hyped this game (that doesn't even exist, yet, maybe) to incredible levels, there is no way that it is going to live up to what you think it should be. Same thing happens with Zelda superfans. They see ONE screen, and then hype the game up to heights that inevitably disappoint.
Half Life 2's story wasn't terrible. I think the reason it "fell flat" was because it was such a massive change in feel and environment from HL1 without explanation. It was jarring and sudden (which is, to be honest, bad story telling in general).babinro said:I'd like it to have a good story.
Half-Life 2 had some great voice acting and a couple decent characters but the story completely fell flat. I wasn't invested in it at all but rather the music and environments and action pushed me through the game. Although to be honest the pacing is terrible IMO. You tend to stick around in an area or section long after it starts to wear thin.
If HL3 can offer an engaging story and tweak it's pacing it would be worthy follow up in the franchise. Nostalgia goggles make this game an immediate failure though as people state. That doesn't mean it's not worth creating. It just means die hard HL fans will endlessly nerd rage while people new to the series might become new HL fans.
I wonder if this approach to dealing with the public is a product of the company's structure. Whilst I'm all for the amazing creative environment that has been created, unless someone actively decides to take one for the team and be the one to announce that the most hyped game in this decade is not currently being developed, then it's not going to happen. The s**t can't roll downhill if there's no hill.thiosk said:What boggles my mind is that valve has said nothing. People talk about the hype train, a la duke nukem, that came through the station with announcements and the openings of preorders many times through its development hell.
Valve has said literally nothing, aside from "no comment," for years.
Nothing.
The HL3 hype has been entirely created by the community.
That's not entirely true.thiosk said:What boggles my mind is that valve has said nothing. People talk about the hype train, a la duke nukem, that came through the station with announcements and the openings of preorders many times through its development hell.
Valve has said literally nothing, aside from "no comment," for years.
Nothing.
The HL3 hype has been entirely created by the community.