GT To Reveal Half Life 2: Episode 3 Information Thursday?

PogMoThoin · 14-08-2009 7:21pm

WTF, that was pointless

Move along folks, nothing to see here

Maximilian · 14-08-2009 10:47pm

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

I expect Portal 2 and Episode 3 will be released in tandem.

Careful. I might quote you and next thing you know we have a proper rumour.

You're a moderator on Steam forums, no?

Sierra Oscar · 14-08-2009 10:48pm

Maximilian wrote: »

Careful. I might quote you and next thing you know we have a proper rumour.

You're a moderator on Steam forums, no?

Haha . . . yes . . . but err, thats my personal opinion.

Maximilian · 14-08-2009 10:49pm

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

Haha . . . yes . . . but err, thats my personal opinion.

brb - setting up twitter acount.

oceanclub · 14-08-2009 10:50pm

Overheal wrote: »

The First rule of games is, You Don't Wait Eagerly For A Valve Game.

The Second rule of games is, You Don't Wait Eagerly For A Valve Game.

Third Rule: You Don't Wait Eagerly For A Mod of a Valve Game:

http://www.blackmesasource.com/

P

Tails · 15-08-2009 1:22am

What ever happened to the black mesa mod? I have been looking forard to that one for nearly 3 years at this stage now methinks.

Sierra Oscar · 15-08-2009 1:25am

Tails wrote: »

What ever happened to the black mesa mod? I have been looking forard to that one for nearly 3 years at this stage now methinks.

Its still in development, apparently they hoped to have it out by Christmas . . .

Overheal · 15-08-2009 3:39am

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

Its still in development, apparently they hoped to have it out by Christmas . . .

Christmas according to valve is when Hell freezes over, btw.

Jazzy · 15-08-2009 7:05am

c*cktease

pixelburp · 15-08-2009 12:30pm

Overheal wrote: »

Christmas according to valve is when Hell freezes over, btw.

But Black Mesa Source isn't being made by Valve, it's an independant mod. There was a trailer early in the year (and the game looks pretty sweet), but I'm willing to wait on the basis that the makers of it have jobs and lives of their own

Rezident · 29-08-2009 10:25am

Kiith wrote: »

I'm ok with waiting for both of them to release their games. At least they dont realease buggy messes, like so many developers these days. They take their time, iron out most/all problems, and release quality games.

Totally agree, just got GTA IV - what a joke of a game, nice textures but it doesn't work properly. Stalker Clear Sky was also a disaster. It's hard waiting for Valve games but at least you know they always work properly.

hinduhamster · 01-09-2009 8:13pm

It was fairly dissapointing to get a line or two of dialogue such as "we're not talking about episode 3" and "yeah we're working on it" after the steam news mentioning ep 3....I guess talking about it was a literal meaning.

Maybe next year with it being the 6th anniversary of hl2 we might get something.........?

Until then....roll on black mesa.

Overheal · 01-09-2009 9:13pm

hinduhamster wrote: »

It was fairly dissapointing to get a line or two of dialogue such as "we're not talking about episode 3" and "yeah we're working on it" after the steam news mentioning ep 3....I guess talking about it was a literal meaning.

Maybe next year with it being the 6th anniversary of hl2 we might get something.........?

Until then....roll on black mesa.

wtf is so special about the 6th annum?

15th series anni - thats where its at.

hinduhamster · 01-09-2009 10:42pm

Overheal wrote: »

wtf is so special about the 6th annum?

15th series anni - thats where its at.

Actually, yeah.....what the hell was I thinking. That's far too soon!

Well that's my time in fantasy land ruined, sigh;)

Soby · 02-09-2009 11:11am

I just keep watching escape from city 17..Satifies my needs for a short while

Myrddin · 02-09-2009 3:05pm

I just hope they release it before....god forbid....we actually dont care what happens to Gordon. I mean how many years ago was it we took that train ride through Black Mesa, 11 god damned years ago! Dont get me wrong, for me, The Half Life games are the definitive fps games, and an enthralling gaming experience...but Id like to close the chapter on what we know so far, and move on from there....

Its eleven years on, and all we have in a nutshell is, Gordon got a job, had an accident, shot his way out of his job, took another train ride into city 17, got recognised, shot his way out of the city, then some other lad got killed. NEXT CHAPTER PLEASE - before we dont care!

mayordenis · 02-09-2009 9:11pm

EnterNow wrote: »

Its eleven years on, and all we have in a nutshell is, Gordon got a job, had an accident, shot his way out of his job, took another train ride into city 17, got recognised, shot his way out of the city, then some other lad got killed. NEXT CHAPTER PLEASE - before we dont care!

that synopsis is just a little on the short side.

Venom · 03-09-2009 12:04am

pixelburp wrote: »

But Black Mesa Source isn't being made by Valve, it's an independant mod. There was a trailer early in the year (and the game looks pretty sweet), but I'm willing to wait on the basis that the makers of it have jobs and lives of their own

I agree that games should be released when there done and not because its a certain time of the year and rushed out but in all fairness its not like Valve are making a whole game here its just an episode.

Myrddin · 03-09-2009 11:05am

mayordenis wrote: »

that synopsis is just a little on the short side.

Hence the nutshell comment. If you'd like a full synopsis, wikipedia may facilitate you. Im simply implying, that after eleven years, we should have had a lot more in terms of Half Life, than in fact we actually do.

banquo · 07-09-2009 5:28am

If Gabe had gotten up on a platform, said ''Half-life, Episode 3'', and immediately stepped down and left the building, I think I'd still cream myself.

Maximilian · 07-09-2009 10:42am

banquo wrote: »

If Gabe had gotten up on a platform, said ''Half-life, Episode 3'', and immediately stepped down and left the building, I think I'd still cream myself.

That's pretty much what he did. Now wipe your keyboard down.

hinduhamster · 10-09-2009 2:50pm

Overheal wrote: »

?

The latest news I have was Valve is learning Sign Language for some key character animations in the game. Other than that, I need links.

For those of you who want to see some of what Gabe said,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np5KTAm7kac

thebman · 10-09-2009 4:50pm

lol I'm glad I didn't click any links and give them hits for that "information" about EP3.

I think Valve are doing an overall on the source engine for it TBH. Otherwise we'd know more information by now and they'd be a bit further along.

Of course maybe they still have money left over from selling EP2 and are still out on the town getting hookers and coke. It is Valve after all.

Most likely the HL2 dev team are all pissed off about the idler halo update the TF2 guys released and are trying to get their hats back :P

Kiith · 10-09-2009 4:54pm

I think its stupid for them to do any major overhaul on the engine for the last part of a trilogy tbh. We dont want crazy new visuals. Upgrade certain aspects of it (Ep1 had better lighting and faces, Ep2 had better physics and outdoor environments), get it released, then work on your new engine for Half Life 3.

thebman · 10-09-2009 5:04pm

Kiith wrote: »

I think its stupid for them to do any major overhaul on the engine for the last part of a trilogy tbh. We dont want crazy new visuals. Upgrade certain aspects of it (Ep1 had better lighting and faces, Ep2 had better physics and outdoor environments), get it released, then work on your new engine for Half Life 3.

It needs an overhaul if they are going to sell the game to anyone but the fans of the series so far TBH.

Its ok but when you see the latest games out, it isn't up to scratch with them and would undersell if released IMO.

Sierra Oscar · 10-09-2009 5:26pm

thebman wrote: »

It needs an overhaul if they are going to sell the game to anyone but the fans of the series so far TBH.

It really does not though, does it? I mean Left 4 Dead sold very well and it still uses the same base (yet the graphics are far better).

The Source engine has changed dramatically sing HL2's release.

thebman · 10-09-2009 8:30pm

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

It really does not though, does it? I mean Left 4 Dead sold very well and it still uses the same base (yet the graphics are far better).

The Source engine has changed dramatically sing HL2's release.

Yeah but L4D is based in dark settings that cover a lot and it isn't supposed to be a showcase game.

HL is always seen as a showcase game. It is also closer to being a generic shooter than L4D which was pretty original and an online game in which standards are lower. People forgive older looking graphics in online games because they are having fun with each other.

I'd buy it without an overhaul but the people that buy KZ2 or Gears of War will probably not buy it without an overhaul IMO (obviously the fans of HL series that bought those games but they won't win any many new gamers from doing it IMO).

Kiith · 10-09-2009 8:41pm

I just think upgrading it significantly for the final part of a trilogy of episodes makes no sense. Its not supposed to be about the graphics. Its about the story/gameplay etc, and i think it will lose a lot of its feel if they go and make it look way better then the previous chapters.

I dont think they will upgrade it tbh, at least not in any huge way. I'm sure Valve would like us to be able to play through them all, without having to upgrade your pc for the final chapter. As for the graphics, Source is still a pretty damn fantastic engine. Maybe not up to the latest Crytek/Unreal engine, but still pretty damn good.

tman · 10-09-2009 8:43pm

thebman wrote: »

It needs an overhaul if they are going to sell the game to anyone but the fans of the series so far TBH.

Its ok but when you see the latest games out, it isn't up to scratch with them and would undersell if released IMO.

Who else is going to buy the third part of an episodic trilogy that doesn't already have the first two though?
Can't see it attracting many new fans unless they bundle it with Portal 2 or whatever...

I reckon the source engine should cope just fine anyway. As has already been said, look at L4D/L4D2 for an example of what it can pull off

thebman · 10-09-2009 8:52pm

Well I'll buy it no matter what.

I think they'll lose many of the 360 users who bought the orange box if they release it the same as the games in that box.

Orange Box only really sold well on 360 because of the value factor IMO. I could see many people just ignoring EP3 that might buy it with an overhaul.

I agree with pretty much everything you guys say but Valve have to worry about everyone else. Many people buy games such as Prince of Persia 2 without having the original. People do that. I mean I have Killzone 2 but I don't have Killzone.

GT To Reveal Half Life 2: Episode 3 Information Thursday?

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