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

Zero-Cool · 02-12-2011 11:08am #1

As seen worn by a Valve employee! So we should get it by what, 2015?

5uspect · 02-12-2011 11:12am

Didn't crew on terminator wear "not on T2" tshirts? Looks like a crappy iron on fake TBH.

Myrddin · 02-12-2011 11:13am

I don't see the point of this thread, Half Life 3 has been coming longer than Ron Jeremy at this stage.

mewso · 02-12-2011 11:42am

Episodic gaming. It's the way of the future.

Sabre0001 · 02-12-2011 11:47am

mewso wrote: »

Episodic gaming. It's the way of the future.

Shorter development times I hear.

LostCorkGuy · 02-12-2011 11:55am

Sabre0001 wrote: »

Shorter development times I hear.

good 'un

Doctor_Socks · 02-12-2011 12:07pm

Don't toy with my emotions like that OP!! It's never coming

Retr0gamer · 02-12-2011 12:07pm

Can't wait for SIN episode 2 :P

Zero-Cool · 02-12-2011 12:12pm

Doctor_Socks wrote: »

Don't toy with my emotions like that OP!! It's never coming

Course it is! It's been confirmed that Gordon will be voiced by Nolan North and you will be able to enter into a 3rd person cover mode when pressed up against an object.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 02-12-2011 12:55pm

I heard it will have multiplayer too

when will developers stop ruining games with unwanted and unneccesary multiplayer options

Seifer · 02-12-2011 1:02pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

I heard it will have multiplayer too

when will developers stop ruining games with unwanted and unneccesary multiplayer options

When they stop tacking on pointless, check all the boxes, single player campaigns to multiplayer games

Kernel · 02-12-2011 5:49pm

The crowbar will be available as DLC upon release.

Zero-Cool · 02-12-2011 5:49pm

Kernel wrote: »

The crowbar will be available as DLC upon release.

BRILLIANT!!

Duggy747 · 02-12-2011 6:31pm

I heard the PC version will just be a console port and is poorly optimised.

Campaign will be between 2 - 3 hours long

chiloutus · 03-12-2011 2:25pm

Gordon's glasses will come as pre-order bonus, those who don't pre-order will have to play through the game with everything blurry and low res :pac:

Temptamperu · 03-12-2011 2:34pm

Absolutely

chiloutus wrote: »

Gordon's glasses will come as pre-order bonus, those who don't pre-order will have to play through the game with everything blurry and low res :pac:

Isnt that just the console version :pac:

ShadowHearth · 03-12-2011 2:57pm

Don't forget hats!!!

chiloutus · 03-12-2011 3:59pm

Temptamperu wrote: »

Isnt that just the console version :pac:

Oh I should've seen that coming :P

Big Knox · 03-12-2011 7:01pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

I heard it will have multiplayer too

when will developers stop ruining games with unwanted and unneccesary multiplayer options

HL1 and HL2 both had multiplayer at release, why would this be an issue?

Antar Bolaeisk · 03-12-2011 7:23pm

sheehy83 wrote: »

Half Life 3 is coming??

Yeah, and so is Christmas

Seifer · 03-12-2011 7:30pm

Antar Bolaeisk wrote: »

Yeah, and so is Christmas

I think that would make more since if it wasn't less than a month to Christmas...

LighterGuy · 03-12-2011 8:08pm

We all know Half Life 3 is coming. Valve won't be missing that money train :P

But its a joke at this point. Half Life 2 came out in October 2004. Sure the last game, episode 2, came out in October 2007.

4 years and no new game? .. not even Episode 3?

03-12-2011 8:31pm

Gandalph · 03-12-2011 10:02pm

Its gordon freeman!

Zillah · 03-12-2011 11:22pm

I only recently replayed Half Life 2 and then did the episodes which I had not bothered with before. I've been terribly excited for HL3 ever since. Dammit Valve.

LH Pathe · 04-12-2011 12:15am

A third instalment how many lives has this freeman got, was under the illusion all them year ago he had just half a life remainz..

>

RolandIRL · 04-12-2011 12:20am

*see thread title*

*gets hopes up*

*reads thread*

*is disappointed*

Skerries · 04-12-2011 12:20am

He's been busy on Facebook

Oafley Jones · 04-12-2011 7:18pm

It's weird that it's been over seven years since HL2 and even weirder how long since EP2. As much as I enjoyed those games, I'm now at the stage where I'm totally indifferent to Gordon Freeman's story. Sorry Valve, but I've moved on.

Myrddin · 04-12-2011 10:24pm

Oafley Jones wrote: »

It's weird that it's been over seven years since HL2 and even weirder how long since EP2. As much as I enjoyed those games, I'm now at the stage where I'm totally indifferent to Gordon Freeman's story. Sorry Valve, but I've moved on.

I'm in danger of feeling the same. There's simply no excuse for how long its taken at this point.

ShadowHearth · 04-12-2011 10:37pm

I think valve out itself in very very ****y position here.

They took sooo long, that game engine is really outdated at this stage. Making new engine for old game will feel out of place.

They really shot themselfs in a foot.

I am really tempted to try out cinematic mode for hl2. My pc should be good enough for it now.

Retr0gamer · 04-12-2011 10:38pm

EnterNow wrote: »

I'm in danger of feeling the same. There's simply no excuse for how long its taken at this point.

I felt the same after the 7 year wait for Half-Life 2. Valved then proved I was wrong. I'll happily be proved wrong again. Take your time Valve. I know when we do see it it will be as ground breaking as HL2 was.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 04-12-2011 10:42pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

I am really tempted to try out cinematic mode for hl2. My pc should be good enough for it now.

you'd think so, but it won't be

ShadowHearth · 04-12-2011 10:47pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

you'd think so, but it won't be

Well it should run it atleast on mediocre cinematic mode. Will need to look in to it.

CiDeRmAn · 05-12-2011 10:18am

Didn't the ever expanding Gabe not say that the Half Life ep games were, essentially, HL3?
Pretty sure he did...
So that makes the next game HL4!
But Americans are, in the main, as dumb as a bag of rocks so Half Life 3 it is!

I have a feeling though, that the presence of such strong links between Portal 2 and Half Life 2: Ep 2 means we'll see it sooner rather than later and perhaps, just perhaps, Gordon can get his hands on a Portal Gun....
And some exploding lemons...

And maybe fight the army of Mantis Men...

Myrddin · 05-12-2011 10:24am

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Didn't the ever expanding Gabe not say that the Half Life ep games were, essentially, HL3?

He may have, total cop out though given they're called Half Life 2: Ep 1 etc

Magill · 05-12-2011 11:42am

ShadowHearth wrote: »

I think valve out itself in very very ****y position here.

They took sooo long, that game engine is really outdated at this stage. Making new engine for old game will feel out of place.

They really shot themselfs in a foot.

I am really tempted to try out cinematic mode for hl2. My pc should be good enough for it now.

what do ya mean ? Can't imagine them making another episode tbh. It'll be a full on HL3 next i reckon, and with that they'll need a new engine. Not a chance they'll release it before the next generation consoles are released tho.

It'll be worth the wait :P

al28283 · 05-12-2011 11:51am

Merchandising before the game is even announced is unheard of. More likely an in-joke between Valve employees

ShadowHearth · 05-12-2011 1:58pm

Magill wrote: »

what do ya mean ? Can't imagine them making another episode tbh. It'll be a full on HL3 next i reckon, and with that they'll need a new engine. Not a chance they'll release it before the next generation consoles are released tho.

It'll be worth the wait :P

I mean call of duty MW syndrome.

they needed to wrap **** up with MW3 and they had to use old engine to do it, as it was trilogy, but they did not took in account that that engine by the time third game had to come out, was totally outdated.

HL is in same position with episodic releases. episode 3 should be still using same engine to wrap up HL2.

At this stage i am prety sure they will just skip it and do HL3 witn new sexy engine.

Zero-Cool · 08-12-2011 11:38am

Some of the achievements were leaked HAHAHAHAHAHAH

readyletsgo · 08-12-2011 12:44pm

I dont get it, is this happening or not?

RolandIRL · 08-12-2011 12:49pm

I call bull on those achievements. Those percentages just feel wrong (eg 51.1% on one of them). How many people would have to play the game just to get it like that?

al28283 · 08-12-2011 1:20pm

readyletsgo wrote: »

I dont get it, is this happening or not?

:rolleyes: no, printing t-shirts and publishing the game, never mind achievements, to steam would be done very close to release date, yet the game hasn't been announced yet.

Genghiz Cohen · 08-12-2011 2:01pm

al28283 wrote: »

:rolleyes: no, printing t-shirts and publishing the game, never mind achievements, to steam would be done very close to release date, yet the game hasn't been announced yet.

But this game only needs to be announced for 5 mins before going on sale.

Just long enough for me to grab my wallet and car keys and head into town...

al28283 · 08-12-2011 2:03pm

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

But this game only needs to be announced for 5 mins before going on sale.

Just long enough for me to grab my wallet and car keys and head into town...

No, it doesn't

Genghiz Cohen · 08-12-2011 2:52pm

al28283 wrote: »

No, it doesn't

Are you saying it would take more than 5 mins to decide if you wanted to buy HL3?

al28283 · 08-12-2011 2:56pm

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

Are you saying it would take more than 5 mins to decide if you wanted to buy HL3?

No, i'm saying that any company who completes a game, prints t-shirts and has the game available on Steam without even announcing they are making it, no publicity and build up is unbelievably moronic.

Genghiz Cohen · 08-12-2011 3:08pm

al28283 wrote: »

No, i'm saying that any company who completes a game, prints t-shirts and has the game available on Steam without even announcing they are making it, no publicity and build up is unbelievably moronic.

What do you mean no publicity or build up?
People have been looking forward to HL3 since they opened the box of HL2!
This game needs no build up.

Literally, if I were to be told that Gamestop would have copy's for sale at 2:15, I'd be getting my coat right now.

marco_polo · 08-12-2011 3:24pm

al28283 wrote: »

No, i'm saying that any company who completes a game, prints t-shirts and has the game available on Steam without even announcing they are making it, no publicity and build up is unbelievably moronic.

I am pretty sure it would still almost certainly end up one of the top selling games of all time anyway.

al28283 · 08-12-2011 3:29pm

GTA 5 is also sure to be one of the top selling games of all time, and they already have a teaser trailer out, no mention of a release date yet, but they've already started publicising the game and will keep it up until release. Do you really think they wouldn't publicise the game if its that close to being finished? Do you think any publisher would be ok with investing millions in a game and not trying to market it?

Retr0gamer · 08-12-2011 3:33pm

Valve did say they weren't making the same mistakes they did with Half-Life 2 where they showed it to the public too early and it ended up getting delayed by a lot.

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