I guess that it will come in something like Orange Box 2, including all of the HLs, TF2 and both Portals.
You have Portal 2 coming out before Episode 3?
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By the time Episode 3 comes out, no one will care any more, and anything it could've offered the gaming world will have been done 2x over.
Let's look at the facts shall we?
Portal: Awesome.
Half Life 2: The most average game ever to disgrace the markets.
More Mortal = More Awesome.
More Half Life 2 = More overrated averageness that kills my hope for humanity through it's inexplicable popularity.
Besides; Valve's contribution to Portal was throwing money at the people who were already making it and then putting their name on it. I'm sure the same applies for Portal 2.
Portal: Awesome.
Half Life 2: The most average game ever to disgrace the markets.
More Mortal = More Awesome.
More Half Life 2 = More overrated averageness that kills my hope for humanity through it's inexplicable popularity.
Besides; Valve's contribution to Portal was throwing money at the people who were already making it and then putting their name on it. I'm sure the same applies for Portal 2.
Wow... hope they dont run out of ideas for puzzles, or maybe they will make the levels way longer.lacktheknack said:
It's hardly a suprise that Portal 2 is scheduled to come out before Episode 3. Portal & Episode 2 came out at the same time and while neither game was slammed Portal was more popular, received better reviews and more accolades.
Given that, which sequel should they focus on first. At this stage I think it's pretty clear they're going to merge the Half Life and Portal stories so I'm sure Portal 2 will move along the Half-Life main plot in some way.
Given that, which sequel should they focus on first. At this stage I think it's pretty clear they're going to merge the Half Life and Portal stories so I'm sure Portal 2 will move along the Half-Life main plot in some way.
And my mind is officially blown for the day. GJ.ohgodalex said:
OT: It isn't that I like cake jokes. It is that Valve more than likely has every bit of an idea on where to go after E2 as any of us do.
Gabe Newell - "They take a helicopter to the arctic and.............fuck it, more zombies and cake."
Stupid Valve... The longer they leave HL2:Ep3 the more they're going to have to do to keep up with the industry and make sure it doesn't suck...
... I mean like get it out of the road before people start expecting Kinect and 3D to be in it!
... I mean like get it out of the road before people start expecting Kinect and 3D to be in it!
In my opinion, I would say that the Source Engine is already very aged, compared to ones such as CryEngine2, which is now 3 years old, or even moreso the upcoming CryEngine3/3.5 (Crysis 2, scheduled for March 2011).NewYork_Comedian said:
I'd even go as far as saying Valve was fortunate that Crysis with it's CE2 didn't get a deeper penetration into the gamer communities, most likely due part to it's initially very steep jump in hardware requirements. My previous PC, which could run HL2 at max with very decent framerates, didn't even manage Crysis on the lowest possible settings.
Today when hardware performance has increased since 2007, and with CryEngine3 featuring console support, and further techonolgical improvements (such as being capable of hundreds of dynamic light sources simultaneously), I would say that it is likely that a massive rework of Source is the cause of such delay, 'cause not upgrading their engine would be, in my opinion, a very strategically unwise choise.
Disclaimer: I give the example of CE2/3 merely of an engine that in my view is superior to Source in almost every field that is of relevance to an Arcade FPS, and know also that while I try to be as objective as I can be, my opinion is slightly biased, as CryEngine is frekkin' awesome.