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Rumor: No New Half-Life in 2010
by Chris Faylor, Jan 19, 2010 11:10am PST
While Half-Life developer Valve has remained rather quiet as to when series star Gordon Freeman will continue his crowbar-wielding antics, a rumor currently making the rounds claims that it won't be this year.
"Loose Talk has learned that there won't be any game from the franchise in 2010, and what will finally come out is still unknown," reads the self-proclaimed "rumors and scuttlebutt" column in the February 2010 issue of Game Informer. "Will it be Half-Life 2: Episode Three? Or will it be a full-on Half-Life 3?"
The last Half-Life entry, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, arrived in October 2007. Since then, Valve has described Episode Three--the final entry in the Half-Life 2: Episode trilogy--as "a more ambitious project" and teased "the next time you play as Gordon will be longer than the distance between Half-Life 2 to Episode One, and Episode One to Episode Two," later telling Shacknews "Freeman's not done...stay tuned for more."
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Don't get me wrong -Halflife 2 even with all its problems was and still is an amazing game,ESPECIALLY if you use the fanmade CINEMATIC MOD that revampes all the textures and models to full blown hd ones and also adds new areas to many levels.Yet the source engine is starting to show its age as it does not support a real time terrain and plantation generator....
Why?
Because at this point - almost two and a half years since the last episode was released - the fact that Valve won't even confirm that episode 3 is being actively developed almost certainly means one of two things:
1. Valve don't even know themselves what form the next installment will take
2. Valve have decided to kill Episode 3 entirely and roll whatever story elements it contained into Half Life 3
But they don't want to confirm either of those things because they know (ESPECIALLY after their PR fiasco with L4D2) that telling their fans either of the above will piss them the hell off. So they're stonewalling us instead.
Yeah, it sure ain't the end of the world. But after, as i said, almost two and a half years, it sure as hell is aggravating.
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*cues dramatic music*
*The camera pans over as Duke lights a cigarette*
"Hey, four eyes. Looks like you need some help."
*takes huge gold-plated desert eagle out of his belt loop*
"Lets go kick some ass."
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Eurogamer: Is there a point at which Left 4 Dead and Half-Life 2-style design ideas will start to converge? Is there an opportunity for procedural single-player games that still have really dramatic scripted sequences?
Lombardi: "The AI director - I don't want to say it fell out of Half-Life 2, but it was definitely a jumping-off point of stuff we did in Half-Life 2, particularly Episode 2. There are a couple of key battles where the number of Combine, and where they come at you from, uses something like that. It's much cruder than what we accomplished with Left 4 Dead, but there was some of that there. I think you can definitely extend that."
"...you're mixing replayable sandboxes with these climax moments which aren't going to have that - at least for the foreseeable future. I don't know to what extent that's enjoyed by the consumer. I don't know how many times people would be willing to play the single-player part of the experience."
"I haven't spoken to people who have said, "I wanted to play Half-Life 2 ten times." Instead, they want to find out who the G-Man is."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/left-4-dead-2-interview?page=2
Using the AI Director to extend replayability, bringing that technology back to the core franchise to keep players engaged longer, is a huge area of opportunity.
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I wouldn't be surprised if they revealed another Orange Box type bundle pack in the coming months.
Hmm...Episode 3, Counter Strike 2 + "Secret Project" !?
Sigh. One can only dream.
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I hope they at least have something new this year.
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Leave the new engine for HL3 only. ;)
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Which isn't such a good sign in and of itself...
But a 2011 release saddens me :(
But I can wait. I know it's going to be EPIC!!
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I hope the filler story that explains whats going on.
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You heard it here first folks!
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Orange Box was a HUGE value, imho. Valve shot themselves in the foot for releasing that much value in one package - especially compared to the EP1 release. So now, they have to top it with "The Black Box" (anyone remember that name?). This will more than likely include the non-Minh Le associated and not talked about for a LONG time Counter-Strike 2. Think of the bomb they dropped when they showed off TF2...completely out of the blue. EP3 + CS2 + Portal 2 perhaps. There could be something else really special in the works.
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Just a little pressure on Valve......
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I still love you Valve.
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