Comic for Monday 11/25 (Early High Res)
Valve put out a doc for Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary this weekend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCjNT9qGjh4 , and actually showed footage and concept art from Episode 3. So naturally my feeds started buzzing with "Episode 3" news.
Almost 20 years on, I'm pretty over Half-Life at this point, though it would still be pretty seismic if this thing ever DID drop. But hearing "we couldn't find any cool new mechanical tricks and didn't feel like making a game just for the story" is such a wild take after ending Ep 2 on a cliffhanger.
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They really said they didn't feel like making it for the story? Basically confirming it'll never be made? Yuck.
I guess Gabe never understood what made Half-Life popular. It wasn’t the technical gimmicks. HL2 would have been fine without the Gravity Gun. HL Alyx would have sold a lot more if it hadn’t been VR-only. It’s the storytelling, stupid.
I love Alyx. Would buy HL3 immediately!
Finishing the story is the *perfect* reason to have made Episode 3. Dammit Gabe!
As a teenager I got the game of the year edition of HL1 and CS for christmas. Been a fanboy since
Same, my dude. I played HL2 and its episodes when I was in my training phase of the Navy. Great way to de-stress following my studies.