Half-Life: Alyx (formerly: Half Life 3 is coming??)

super_furry

Can't really see Valve ever making another single-player, massive campaign game ever again at this stage. They make too much money selling hats and skins for their free-to-play multiplayer stuff.

The Specialist

I think at this stage (if it ever does get made) it will never live up to the hype or expectation. There's been a fair gap between EP2 and now, and I'm not sure HL3 would bring anything new that we haven't seen already in the years since. It will always be a mystery as to why Valve just vaporised one of the most loved gaming franchises, but it's too late now to bring it back.

Kiith

Why do people assume Valve aren't able to come up with new ideas of a potential HL3? They've done it time and time again, and there's nothing to say that they wouldn't be able to innovate again. I'm not saying i think it will happen, as they've moved on from just making games, but if they do it, i trust that they would do a damn good job on it.

Dyr

Kiith wrote: »

Why do people assume Valve aren't able to come up with new ideas of a potential HL3? They've done it time and time again, and there's nothing to say that they wouldn't be able to innovate again. I'm not saying i think it will happen, as they've moved on from just making games, but if they do it, i trust that they would do a damn good job on it.

tbh Valve don't seem to be to pushed about story driven games anymore, When they bother with games now they're generally about taking other peoples initial idea and polishing the game play and mechanics to perfection

Generic Dreadhead

Kiith wrote: »

Why do people assume Valve aren't able to come up with new ideas of a potential HL3?

Because they haven't released a new IP in 9 Years

All they do now is refine existing franchises (CS:GO) and/or try and milk every pennt they can via cosmetic microtransactions.

super_furry

Kiith wrote: »

Why do people assume Valve aren't able to come up with new ideas of a potential HL3? They've done it time and time again, and there's nothing to say that they wouldn't be able to innovate again. I'm not saying i think it will happen, as they've moved on from just making games, but if they do it, i trust that they would do a damn good job on it.

Because they don't make games anymore, they just tinker with their cash-cows and add more hats.

Dyr

super_furry wrote: »

Because they don't make games anymore, they just tinker with their cash-cows and add more hats.

Hat Life 3 confirmed

Kiith

And i don't expect them to announce anything HL related, but i still think that if they were to do it, they'd probably do a damn good job.

They don't release **** games (at least they didn't, when they made them).

CiDeRmAn

Well,
We kinda got something Half Life related with this, apparently set after Portal 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo-9lBiUlCc

Dyr

Kiith wrote: »

And i don't expect them to announce anything HL related, but i still think that if they were to do it, they'd probably do a damn good job.

They don't release **** games (at least they didn't, when they made them).

they just release games that don't interest me in the slightest anymore

py2006

So the Q&A is 11pm tonight? Is it streamed?

Kiith

Kiith wrote: »

And i don't expect them to announce anything HL related, but i still think that if they were to do it, they'd probably do a damn good job.

They don't release **** games (at least they didn't, when they made them).

CiDeRmAn

Half Life 3.... Nintendo Switch exclusive!

Sabre0001

py2006 wrote: »

So the Q&A is 11pm tonight? Is it streamed?

Going to be a text Q&A. He'll start a thread on the The_Gaben subreddit. Users there are already pleading with each other to play nice and by certain rules.

super_furry

That subreddit is a ****-show already. Everybody there seems to pretending that they're posting on a Donald Trump forum.

CiDeRmAn

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Half Life 3.... Nintendo Switch exclusive!

I will stop complaining about how let down I am by the switch reveal if this happens :P

super_furry

super_furry wrote: »

That subreddit is a ****-show already. Everybody there seems to pretending that they're posting on a Donald Trump forum.

think i was reading yesterday that its a spoof subreddit in the spirit of TheDonald. Why he chose that one i dont know, unless its a joke

thearc

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Half Life 3....   Nintendo Switch exclusive!

Legend of Half Life 3

dreamers75

Absolutely

super_furry wrote: »

That subreddit is a ****-show already. Everybody there seems to pretending that they're posting on a Donald Trump forum.

Better :pac:

1st question "Does HL3 exist??"
Gaben " yes,its out in about an hour, links to youtube trailer, drops mic, puts on wizards hat"

Internet

dreamers75

Absolutely

im not saying it!!!!!!!!!

Dyr

reddit is an absolutely awful formqt for things like this. It's like having the world and his brother dialled in on a conference call

Benzino

dreamers75 wrote: »

im not saying it!!!!!!!!!

As mentioned, the reddit format is awful, but I think the above is a bit misleading.

That question was asked, then a follow up by somebody saying wasn't there a movie with JJ Abrams set in the universe. Gabe replied saying yeah, still coming (referring to the movie).

He did say they were working on single player games and joked about never mentioning the number 3 But nothing else really on that front. He also mentioned L4D is in a good space for creating shared narratives.

So some positives at least.

SeantheMan

This is the most resurrected thread in the history of Boards games forum surely

Benzino

Benzino wrote: »

As mentioned, the reddit format is awful, but I think the above is a bit misleading.

That question was asked, then a follow up by somebody saying wasn't there a movie with JJ Abrams set in the universe. Gabe replied saying yeah, still coming (referring to the movie).

He did say they were working on single player games and joked about never mentioning the number 3 But nothing else really on that front. He also mentioned L4D is in a good space for creating shared narratives.

So some positives at least.

"New IP.....Yep"
Let me have this glimmer of hope

Dave_The_Sheep

He didn't really answer a whole lot, did he?

(I mean, if I was a billionaire, I wouldn't have even logged onto Reddit, but that's neither here nor there)

Generic Dreadhead

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

He didn't really answer a whole lot, did he?

No

Kind of seemed like a really sad troll

Then again, I don't subscribe to this "Praise Gabe/Valve" BS

Stone Deaf 4evr

M!Ck^ wrote: »

"New IP.....Yep"
Let me have this glimmer of hope

probably be a VR portal type thing.

Kiith

He gave more info than i expected, but i wasn't expecting much in the first place. An AMA from Gabe is never going to be where they announce big news, so what we got is about all we expected. Very good to hear that they at least acknowledge the fact that Steam support is utter ****, and it's also promising to hear that they do plan something with the Half Life universe, whatever that might be.

Dyr

Generic Dreadhead wrote: »

No

Kind of seemed like a really sad troll

Then again, I don't subscribe to this "Praise Gabe/Valve" BS

Gaben has led us into the promised land of VR and for that all is forgiven

On the games side though it seems the amount of money they make seems to encourage a lot of navel gazing about concepts

pixelburp

Sounds like a lot of sound bites & would believe improvements to Steam Support when I see it. On the subject of Steam, was it asked and/or answered about Steam's devolution into a bit of a home for Shovelware & Early Access scams? The stat about 40% of the Steam library being released in 2016 is pretty damning IMO