PREPARE FOR UNFORSEEN CONSEQUENCES

>Fights a whole dimension
>Immobilized by maggots

do you think Half Life's gonna be at this year's E3?
Surely they should have something to show by now, right?

Half Life 2 was so long ago I don't even remember what happens.

I remember the blue gravity gun. And a forest. And that's it.

honestly should've just told us what they had planned to happened by now, since they don't actually mean to develop it.

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>>376346525

you shoot balls into a tower and it kills the boss and also there's that bit when you use a car to shoot balls at big robot things.

>>376346784

>you use a car to shoot balls at big robot things.

No, you use the Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator to shoot the Magnusson Device.

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>>376347779
Chances are that HL3's story was probably already loosely put together. If you aren't a completely incompetent writer you know what is going to happen in a sequel.

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>>376346461

gaben is deep-sixing HL3 because he knows exactly how shit HL3 would be

Consequences will never be the same

>>376347779
Jokes on you. I gave up on caring years ago.

Why am I lying to myself fuck

>>376345342
More like prepare for unresolved game franchises

>>376348608
How even cares or remembers this shit at this point? Only some jaded autists or le funny normies.

>>376345342
How... HOW could G-man predict this?

And shit... I always wondered, WHY did Gordon Freeman follow his orders and destroyed City 17's Citadel?

And why Combine and Dr.Breen feared him so much?

>[pain]
>[pain]
>[pain]

3 times!

Half Life 3 confirmed to cause us pain forever by never coming out.

>>376346525
>Forgetting Ravenholm
you disgust me.

>>376349889
>How... HOW could G-man predict this?
That's part of the mystery that is yet to unfold.

>WHY did Gordon Freeman follow his orders and destroyed City 17's Citadel?
Because it meant the liberation of the people enslaved by the Combine.

>And why Combine and Dr.Breen feared him so much?
Play Half-Life 1.

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>>376347779

Unpopular opinion: HL2 is shit. It has very few enemies, which are the same across all levels. Its main draw is its engine first and story second instead of gameplay, which THE defining sign of a shit game. It has levels which are just long rides where nothing even happens. The characters are obnoxious, the story is horrible, and the gameplay is meh, even for an FPS.

>all of the relevant content creators have left valve
>we're left with the people working on VR and the cynical assholes

>>376349889
>WHY did Gordon Freeman follow his orders and destroyed City 17's Citadel

Why did you?

>>376347779
After the mess that was Half Life 2, I wouldn't mind some fresh writing talent to be honest.

>>376353043
>trying this hard to fit in

>>376353318
>not liking the writing in HL2 means you're trying to fit in

nigga what

>>376348101

>Chances are that HL3's story was probably already loosely put together. If you aren't a completely incompetent writer you know what is going to happen in a sequel.

You have it in reverse actually.

Writing a concept is the easiest part of the job. Making sure it adheres to all the lore, that you can write something engaging yet to the point, that can it be properly conveyed technically in-game and adjusting your story as the game evolves and environments materialize...That's the fucking real job.

Writing is a lot like your baby, you wouldn't leave it half finished. The fact is these games are long dead and this is the best evidence you could possibly ask for.

IT IS A GOOD DAY TO DO WHAT AS TO BE DONE BY ME AND HELP MY BROTHER TO DEFEAT THE ENEMYS!

>>376353318
>trying this hard to fit in by telling someone else they're trying that hard to fit in
Tryhard.

>>376345342
>PREPARE FOR UNFORSEEN CONSEQUENCES

More like never seen

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>>376354901
>trying this hard to fit in by telling someone else they're trying that hard to fit in for telling someone else they're trying that hard to fit in

Can anyone give me a quick reminder on how episode 2 ended? I just remember them saying they needed to investigate a ship or something

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>2007
>16 y/o dork me finally buys Orange Box from a nearly-dead GameStop after playing everything offline for TPB reasons
>Finally learn the whole HL2 story, become obsessed with pre-hat TF2, actually laugh at Portal and TF2 references

Mon visage quand

>>376355354
black guy dies

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>Valve updates so stagnant, or just about cs go or dota that even Valvetime stopped even caring about making videos

at least they are still digging some good stuff over the year

>>376346461
HL will never see the light of day if Valve is smart.

It's like Duke Nukem where all these years of exceptions will never be met no matter how hard they try.

>>376355354
The woman switched sides again (don't remember to which side) and is investigating a boat in the arctic with the Aperture Science logo on it? That's all I remember.

>>376355354
>>376359934
the ship Borealis, though it is modeled after from an ice breaker tug boat, owned by aperture science and believed to have the portal technology inside one of its holds. stuck and the arctic.

correct me if im wrong, i mostly learn this from valvetime

>>376355110
>futaba anon not knowing that the new writers might be nu-males

>>376351770
Both HL and HL2 aren't that great, they mostly got praise for being damn good for the time.

HL was amazing when it came out, with non-stop action and great AI. These days we know it's just one corridor after another and the AI can be beaten silly just by rushing at it. HL2 wowed people with the physics system and gravity gun, but these days it just feels generic as fuck.

As FPS games, both had major level design flaws that really dragged the game down. On A Rail in HL1 still makes some gamers want to vomit with rage to this day. And while somewhat fun the first time, who wants to play through the boat segment of HL2 again? Then there's Waste Disposal in HL1. Having to drive that buggy all across the world in HL2. Xen. The Citadel.

In retrospect, both games were 50% annoying bullshit sections and 50% enjoyable FPS action. Huh.

>>376361376
What's a great FPS, in your mind?

>>376361376
Yeah and in Super Mario you run to the right and win. And in Demon's Souls you run and don't die and win. And in Persona 5 you just press some buttons and win. Not at all impressive.

You can't reduce a game to it's bare bones and say "yeah it's bad in hindsight it doesn't deserve any praise anymore" you fucking idiot.

>>376353710
>Writing is a lot like your baby, you wouldn't leave it half finished.
That explains why Tim Buckley is such a bad writer.

>>376361621
I like both games, calm your tits.

>>376361554
Not much really. A few different enemies, a selection of weapons, and above all else, GOOD level design. That's one of the things about HL1 that makes me so sad. They can have great areas like Office Complex, or Forget About Freeman, but it also has crap like On A Rail, or Xen.

>>376361376
>Both HL and HL2 aren't that great, they mostly got praise for being damn good for the time.
This is correct.

I didn't play the episodes but the series did deserve an ep3 as some kind of conclusion though.

>>376361621
>You can't reduce a game to it's bare bones and say "yeah it's bad in hindsight it doesn't deserve any praise anymore"
He didn't. And even if he did, we can do it with other media such as movies and tv shows. Why should video games be exempt from critical retrospect?

>>376362094
I mean, what game would you consider to be a great FPS?

>>376362210
Oh, sorry. Misread. Unreal Tournament 1999 GOTY was pretty damn good. STALKER SoC and CoP are both pretty damn good. I'd bother naming some more, but I'm getting off work and gotta run to catch my bus.

Half life was always a glorified tech demo, HL3 will come out when valve has new tech.

>>376361621
Nigga, please. Half-life in its bare bones is game that hasunskippable in-game cutscenes involving barely interactive walking sequences and some levels that drag on for way too long. People don't like them in modern games and people didn't like them in older games. Half-life is no exception.

A new orange box with Portal 3, Team Fortress 3, Left 4 Dead 3 and Half life 3 will come someday
it has to

>>376354721
JOHN FREEMAN OVER HERE

>>376354721
>>376362940

wepon

>>376347779
Not only that the guy who was the sound designer for HL2 left, and also the guy who was responsible for the art direction of HL2 left Valve long ago.

It's time the people who are still waiting for this realize they don't care anymore about making big games, and want more cash shop multiplayer games.

>>376345342
I never realized how much their mind-stealing tentacles look like penises.

>>376346461
No.

>>376356486
Fuck yeah. Was 16 too when it came out. I didn't even really know what I was buying at the time, just a "bunch of valve games" after just playing CS 1.6 and CSS shortly before.

Had a blast with all of it. One of my best purchases to date still.

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>>376345342

Dude fucking spoiler that shit, some people are still playing through the series dick.

>>376363921
only in that still picture, in the game they looked kinda flaccid and prehensile, more like an elephant trunk than a penis

>>376346461
yeah of course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=632kyLysP6c

They're waiting for VR to not be shit and/or affordable so half life 3 can be their big vr game. You're dumb if you think they have any intention of putting it out as a traditional fps after ten fucking years of nothing.

>>376359425
Thanks!

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What do you think happened to Gordon OP?

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>>376364295
>getting mad about spoilers for a 15 year old game

>>376352926
because linear game is linear

>>376364659
Pretty sure he was being sarcastic but it doesn't matter how old it is if it's new to me

>>376355110
POUNDED IN THE BUT BY MY BOOK 'POUNDED IN MY BUT BY MY BOOK'

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>>376346461

>no one mentioning that fucking gnome

>>376345342
This was such a fucking plot device moment now that I think of it
So what, the ayylmao fat slugs can just hover around and telepathically incapacitate anyone with their brains alone??
Why haven't they showed up sooner to take care of things personally?

>>376361376
>Both HL and HL2 aren't that great, they mostly got praise for being damn good for the time.
What did he mean by this?

>>376365760
Cuz they're lazy fat babies who can't beat a robot. The real mystery is what purpose does killing eli off serve for the story? I guess we'll never know.

>>376366149
They were quite explicitly eating his brain, because obviously that's how all space brain slugs gain their information

>>376364598
When the bean dropped him Gordon broke his neck from the fall.
There has been no episode 3 because Gordon died. That was one of the unforseen consequences

>>376345342
So inter-dimensional space slugs decided to invade earth by mindcontrolling its populace all so they can eat brains? what do these guys have to do with the first game

>>376365886
It means they relied on tech gimmicks rather than mechanics that would stand the test of time.

After all this time I honestly don't want Half Life 3 to ever come out. No matter what game they give us it wouldn't be enough to make up for the wait. I want them to make a comic series, or a 45-ish minute SFM movie, or even Gabe posting a series of tweets detailing the plot of HL3.
After almost a decade of waiting I don't want a game anymore I just want a fucking ending.

>>376366437
Maybe but what did they hope to gain from that?

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>>376361770

>>376366695
They're harvesting Earth's water

>>376363857
How do you fuck up this bad? It's not like they needed to do anything new? Aren't they developing some source 2 as well? Jesus Valve is the single company that has just destroyed itself simply by falling on it's ass and growing so fat.

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>>376361770
I jejed.

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>tfw Valve will never be fun again
I can't defend them anymore nor any company for that matter, they all strive for mediocrity and quick profits at this point.

When does the Age of Mediocrity end guys?

>>376367183
you do a movie by that jew hack and I will uninstall steam and never use it again.

>>376356486
Yea I actually really liked Ep 1. I always liked co-op sections with AI when I was younger. And Alex was cute.

I also was a huge fan of CS:S zombie and surf maps. That shit was L4D before L4D.

Is there anything worth checking out on steam these days?
I've barely played anything on my laptop over the past 8 months besides Civ 5, L4D2 and Killing Floor 1.

>>376368612
After a crash.
The only thing we can depend on are individuals that can just take our money and run.

>>376346461
They wouldn't bother with E3, they'd make their own event. Remember, Gabe Newell has a higher net worth than the current president of the united states.

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>>376346751

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>>376359819
Well, you can still make a good game.
DNF was just ass, complete and utter ass, even if expectations were for it to be ass it still would have failed to live up to expectations.

HL3 will never live up to the hype at this point but it could still be a good or even great game. It's also never gonna come out.

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>>376368970
I highly doubt we're going to have a vidya crash anytime soon unfortunately, there's just too many casuals invested in the industry now.

>>376345342
Well, we never got to fucking see it, so I guess that was true.

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>>376345342
Wuts goin on in this thread?

orange box 2 when?

>>376347779
half life story took a nosedive straight away

not to mention chosen one plotline, jesus christ

not to mention finishing the fucking game (and as it turned out, the series) on a cliffhanger

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>>376345342
NEVER

EVER

EVER

NEVER

>>376371947
We'll get HL3 before we get anything resembling a new album from Tool

>>376345342
Fucking Valve

Useless pieces of fucking shit. Sell more stupid microtransaction bullshit that MOBA idiots instead of actually continuing the series that your original fans actually loved you for.

>>376371947
Any news about Despera?

Honestly they should just give us some short text detailing what the plot would be for HL3 at this point, it's been hyped so hard it is physically impossible to remotely meet expectations, and at worst pulls a Duke Nukem.

>>376370254
Im honestly surprised that nobody posted "THAT" yet

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>>376347779
This is pretty much going to be the second coming of Duke Nukem Forever.

Was that game really that bad btw or just different?

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>>376364473
>this was 5 years ago

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>Portal 2, the last singleplayer game Valve made, was more than five years ago

They're right next to Konami in terms of companies destroying their own reputation

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Guys, I have good news! This year is the year!

>>376362163
>Why should video games be exempt from critical retrospect?

Anon, you may have a career in game journalism. Don't waste your talent here.

>>376346525

At this point I remember the saga of John Freeman better than the Half Life games proper.

>>376362773
Are they cutscenes if they're interactive?

>>376345342

*lubes up butt*

okay

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>>376346751
IT'S PAYNE!

>>376346461
The day Laidlaw left Valve is the day I lost faith.

>>376367221
IIRC they want the portal tech from the Aurora

>>376366906
You mean the gravity gun? Is that it?

>>376366149
>The real mystery is what purpose does killing eli off serve for the story?
For cheap emotional impact and to set up a revenge plot for alyx and gordon

>>376373835
Half-Life: Full-Life Consequences has a much better story than HL2 anyway.

>>376369119
The crash was for those of us who actually gave a shit about video games. It went mainstream and the communities and the production turned to shit.

>>376348825
this

>>376372434
What do you honestly think anon?

No.

>>376374106
For you to think twice the final choice in HL3

Remember: PREPARE FOR UNFORSEEN CONSEQUENCES

>>376367221
>Eats brain of man who worked at top secret research facility working on portal technology, which seems to be of interest to the combine given their inability to do anything more than go between dimensions who then went on to lead a remarkably effective resistance to their regime
>but why what could they POSSIBLY hope to gain from that?
You're not terribly bright are you bud?

>>376347779
Holy shit this pisses me off
and makes me sad!

I mean,
Why is this text not all on one line?

After the cool shit that came after it, the gravity gun just doesn't seem that neat anymore. If they could find gravity gun 2.0 and make it something spectacular that showed off their engine I think they'd be okay, but nothing will come close to getting prop kills and bisecting zombies with sawblades in the mid 2000s. The portal gun is fun but it doesn't have that visceral feeling.

>>376373176
It was really average. Nothing outstanding about it.

>>376375242
>file.png
mobileposters man, they're scum what do you expect

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>>376364150
>>376368795
CS 1.6 bundled with Condition Zero was all I could afford/was allowed to buy until I was 15 or so, spent most of that time playing with bots or on this map:

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>>376345342
What they should do is make a brand new game that is marketed to look completely NOT like Half Life. It's a new IP for all intents and purposes. Game gets shipped out, people are playing it. Then like a few hours into it HARD LEFT TURN what's this? THIS GAME IS ACTUALLY HALF LIFE 3?!

>>376368795
Episode 1 was my least favorite by a notable margin and as much as people talk shit about how Valve won't make 3 because everyone's expectations are too high I would be very satisfied with a game that just matched Episode 1's quality.

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>knowing Valve plans for Half Life in 2017 while reading this thread

It feels good.

>>376375958
But the rest of us know they aren't planning on doing anything with it too. What's your point?

>>376376138
See
>>376375794

Last ama gayben said HL movie is in the works, i guess they could ship them simultaneously to get the most of the normie market

>>376359819
>>376348608
>>376364013
stupid ass retards. I bet you think they're just making source 2 for the hell of it?

>>376345342
The ending to this franchise was pretty weird. It just ends so abruptly.

>>376375958
>>376376138
>It's a controller.
>(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)

I still remember that thread ages ago. People were seriously desperate for new Valve content around that time, and they still are

>>376376453
I mean every source 2 game must be sold on steam first
It would fit with the trend of letting other people make money for them

>>376376453
No, they're making it for DOTA and maybe l4d3 and the fuckton of mods that that they can poach talent from like with Source and Gold Source.

>>376377035
what?
there was one just a few months ago

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This thread

>>376376962
>One final update.
>Everyone's first match during the new update now ends with a cutscene of Freeman slamming a table and then getting called by Alex.
>Preparations for transportation to the Borealis are complete.
>Suddenly menu screen into HALF LIFE 3 in big ass letters.
>Can freely turn and move in menu screen. Paths are labeled for certain tasks.
>Can 360 and go back to playing doto. Or start the game. Or go to the big EXIT door to quit the program and change your pants.

>>376375703
Is that the fucking garden of earthly delights?

>>376377035
you missed the new one

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>all the anons that died waiting for Half Life 3

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>gabe will die in your lifetime
>valve will die in your lifetime
>half life as a franchise that has any relevance to anything will die in your lifetime

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JJ next movie is HL in disguise...

Save this post.

>>376361770

Anon, I....

>>376377923
>Adam Sandler

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>>376377923
>perfect casting

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>>376378182
>>376377923
Why isn't Harold Dr. Breen?

>>376377923

Gordan and GMan would be good

Everyone else is meh
>Connery is 98 years old

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>>376378196
Nah, that's Eddie next movie Welcome to Ravenholm

>>376345342
half life 2 feels like utter trash compared to what they had planned before they scrapped it all due to the leak and hastily remade it

>>376377901
>video games will die in your lifetime

good feel desu

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>>376377923
>no having Rick Moranis as Isaac Kleiner

This is why I hate /v/

>>376346461
Both Marc Laidlaw and Erik Wolpaw left valve recently, safe to say no narrative drive game is being made.
Hell, even the Left 4 Dead 3 project seems to be dead as its been years since we heard anything about it.

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>>376346461
Making games is hard and Valve makes fucktons of money from Steam. Half Life is dead.

>>376353043
>After the mess that was Half Life 2, I wouldn't mind some fresh writing talent to be honest.
Honestly this.
A sequel to a horror game that has barely anything in common with the prequel which starts after a time skip and end on a cliffhanger, twice, resolving shit all and explain shit anything.
Erik Wolpaw was the only real competent writer at valve, and even he became a victim of its god awful production cycle and even he didnt menage to clean up the mess hl2 lore and plot was.

>>376378182
Those aren't actors

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>>376361770

>>376379354
Body actor is also a profession

>>376379581
would be legit if they decided to make it a cgi movie, but that's unlikely

>>376361770

I lost it when I read your post.

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>>376345342
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHxyZaZlaOs
JOHN FREEMAN, WHO IS GORDON FREEMAN'S BROTHER

>>376347779
Marc Laidlaw was the only one that mattered, really.

HL3 will never be released.

Gabe has said, among others, several times that there is no drive within the company to make HL3. They have tried, MANY times to do it and it burns out. SInce people can leave projects on a whim, they get bored of making it and the project disolves.

No interest, no good game, Gabe cans attempt.

>>376384120
If nobody has drive to make games, then what games are valve working on? Transitioning from new games to upkeeping their multiplayer games would make sense were it not for TF2 still having a skeleton crew.

>>376384341
DOTA 2, CSGO and 3 VR games which are supposedly going to be proper full length games instead of this 30 minute experiment shit. And yeah technically TF2 but obviously, 14 people doesn't account for much even in a small company (in terms of number of employees) like valve.

>>376384341
Aside from milking Dota and CSGO dry, they're working on three new games

All of which are VR