Is Valve starting to tease their next game?

Maplassie said:
Same thing with Half Life - Black Mesa Source. We waited almost 10 years, once it was eventually released it was in the news for what, 2 weeks and then just quietly died.
Click to expand...

Funny you should mention Black Mesa, I downloaded it a mere 2 days ago. Thought I'd play it over the weekend, and with this "news" I'm looking so forward to it.
 
This makes me want to take a dump on Valve's front door. Unless they release HL3 then I'll suddenly love them again.
 
I honestly think half life 3 will be a huge disappointment to many if it ever comes out. Either they change the gameplay which will upset many people or they keep it much the same, which I think many will find boring. As much as I enjoyed 1 and 2, I think they are a little dated now.
 
Gir said:
I honestly think half life 3 will be a huge disappointment to many if it ever comes out. Either they change the gameplay which will upset many people or they keep it much the same, which I think many will find boring. As much as I enjoyed 1 and 2, I think they are a little dated now.
Click to expand...
There were 6 years between HL1 and HL2. It's now 6 years between Ep2 and today. If they waited such a long time, I would expect to see a similar jump in quality that was there from HL1 to 2. FPS genre has gotten pretty stale these days. There's a lot of room for someone to push the limits again. Plus they've got Adam Foster now ;)
 
jasong said:
There were 6 years between HL1 and HL2. It's now 6 years between Ep2 and today. If they waited such a long time, I would expect to see a similar jump in quality that was there from HL1 to 2. FPS genre has gotten pretty stale these days. There's a lot of room for someone to push the limits again. Plus they've got Adam Foster now ;)
Click to expand...

Well I guess my point, and I'm most likely alone on this, but I enjoyed HL2 but it wasn't ground breaking. Couple new weapons and better graphics. Will that be enough for HL3?
 
Gir said:
Well I guess my point, and I'm most likely alone on this, but I enjoyed HL2 but it wasn't ground breaking. Couple new weapons and better graphics. Will that be enough for HL3?
Click to expand...

I wouldn't say the gameplay of HL2 was groundbreaking except the gravity gun, that was a blast. The AI was though. There are still very few gaming characters that can match up to Alyx Vance. But the HL games were just really fun and well made. The animations (going down the mineshaft and seeing the spiders crawling around below you, or the semi-organic warships for instance), the variety in level types, the scale of the world, the dialogue... many of those things are still lacking in modern FPS games.
 
Gir said:
Well I guess my point, and I'm most likely alone on this, but I enjoyed HL2 but it wasn't ground breaking. Couple new weapons and better graphics. Will that be enough for HL3?
Click to expand...

I actually wanted to come and post something similar.

HL made a marked impact on the way FPS games told their story, by changing the way exposition happened and keeping the player in control at all times. HL's level design made you look in the places Valve wanted you to look, without ever taking control from you. It was a truly massive leap forward in many regards. Exposition via gameplay was HL's lasting effect on me. HL2, on the other hand, didn't have any such technical improvement. It definitely built on HL, doing everything right that HL did, and improved the GFX and AI, but not to a point where I was ever awestruck. It was a good shooter, but in the long run I actually believe that COD4:MW had a larger impact on the genre and it's progression.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top