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Dumpshock Forums _ General Gaming _ Where the hell is Half-Life 2: Episode 3?

Posted by: Tanegar Dec 19 2011, 03:01 AM

Episode Two came out over four years ago (October, 2007). What the hell is the freaking hold-up? They already have the engine, they should have most of the art assets, so all that's left is scripting, level design, dialogue recording, and maybe some additional art. Four years is enough time to create a game from scratch, even with current-generation graphical standards. Valve themselves have released three games in that time: Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, and Portal 2. What, in a word, the fuck?

Posted by: Jhaiisiin Dec 19 2011, 03:53 AM

You're assuming there will be an Episode 3.

Posted by: Rastus Dec 19 2011, 11:27 AM

It's totally coming out, honest. See, it's just that the whole team is waiting for Gabe's approval on a variety of things.

Unfortuntely, http://cheezcomixed.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/koma-comic-strip-episode-is-a-lie.jpg...

Posted by: Fix-it Dec 20 2011, 02:53 AM

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time

Posted by: Adarael Dec 23 2011, 01:24 AM

I'm going to say something downright heretical...

Who cares?

Seriously, Half Life 2, Episode 3, is utterly irrelevant at this point in time. Anything they do that would be new, different, or even marginally interesting in terms of gameplay would require an entirely new engine. Half Life 2 was a good game, but talk about over-hyped. The game itself still plays like something that was intended for release in 2002 or 2003, at best.

There, I done got my grinch on.

Posted by: Tanegar Dec 23 2011, 02:06 AM

What you say is true, but frankly I don't really care. I want to see the end of the goddamn story! I want to know what happened aboard the Borealis! I want to know how they're going to tie HL2 and Portal together! Basically, I want them to finish what they started. Really, it's their own goddamn fault that their gameplay is dated.

Posted by: Shortstraw Dec 23 2011, 10:44 AM

I demand a portal gun in episode 3