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honestly I don't blame him nor do I blame Valve if they never release it.
At this point if a Half Life 3 did exist it would literally have to be the most perfect game in all of gaming to ever exist. It reminds me of the whole Duke Nukem Forever thing from like 10+ years ago.
I just want a god damn conclusion to the fucking cliffhanger they ended Episode 2 on. I don't care if it's just more HL2 or slides back to HL1 or is the shittiest game ever; I just want resolution. ๐ฌ
Didn't half-life alex expand on it? Haven't played it myself.
Not really no. It's a separate story with separate characters in a different part of the world. They reference a couple things, but it doesn't give any hints or conclusions to the main series.
It retcons the end of episode 2 and then ends on it's own cliffhanger. Its weird to do that and then have no plans for a third.
At this point I would be happy if they patched Ep2 to fix the cliffhanger and gaslight everyone that its always been that ending lol
I wouldn't be so sure. I felt the exact same way about Shenmue, and the third game ended up being worse than if they just left it alone.
Well epistle 3 was released that can at least give you an idea about what the arc was going to be. Ofc it might not have ended up as the final draft. I found it kinda depressing tbh.
If they ever want to develop another Half Life, they should release some cheeky 5 minute game as HL3 that ends with an imminent release date reveal for HL4 to sidestep the expectations.
Yeah, there's simply no way they could meet expectations anymore and I think they know it.
Except Gearbox is an objectively shit company that put out an objectively shit game.
It wasn't a matter of not meeting expectations. It was a matter of being unfunny assholes who didn't care about the work to begin with.
I would personally be OK with engine updates (with a focus on getting that timeless look like in HL 1/2) and a continuation of the story.
Unless they decide to go with a hybrid genre model, it will be difficult to make a game as innovative as HL1/HL2.