Half-Life 2: Episode 3 never happened because Newell "couldn't figure out why doing Episode 3 was pushing anything forward."
  • BigTrout75@lemmy.worldEnglish
    221·
    14 hours ago

    Episode 1 and 2 had small improvements. Episode 3 was scheduled to have an ice gun. Seems inline to me.

    • Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      13 hours ago

      If it worked anything like the GLOO Cannon from Prey, I would have been satisfied even if it were the only major innovation in the episode.

  • mkwt@lemmy.worldEnglish
    505·
    16 hours ago

    Gabe is absolutely right on this. If it doesn’t completely recenter the first person shooter genre, it’s not really a half life game.

    • MisterMoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      35·
      15 hours ago

      Episodes 1 and 2 were fun but they in no way “recentered the first person shooter genre.”

      • magic_lobster_party@fedia.io
        30·
        13 hours ago

        They hoped the episodic delivery of games would be the future. Especially alongside a digital distribution platform like Steam. I suspect they realized episodes wasn’t the way after the release of Orange Box, so they moved on from that.

        • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          5 hours ago

          They didn’t try. They did one then it was years before episode 2.

          You have to actually make episodes before declaring it a failure.

          • magic_lobster_party@fedia.io
            1·
            3 hours ago

            I watched the full documentary now. It’s clear they were burned out of Half Life when they started with Episode 3. The idea to deliver a new episode every 12 months wasn’t creatively sustainable. So they put it on hold while they worked on L4D and other projects.

    • CaptDust@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      19·
      16 hours ago

      I wish they didn’t feel this pressure to push forward the industry with EP3. Full Half Life 3, maybe, but I would have preferred a closing chapter with the tech and features available.

  • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    636·
    10 hours ago

    The guy looks exactly like what a greedy billionare asshole you would expect to look like

        • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          210·
          6 hours ago

          I’m neither a tankie or a troll, just look at the guy he’s sitting in his mega yacht with tactical glasses and hair combed like a mafioso

          • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
            21·
            2 hours ago

            I rather look at your profile and all the shit you’re spewing, which is way worse than anything Gaben has done for society.

            • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              21·
              2 hours ago

              That’s really a bold claim. The guy owns a billion dollar fleet of mega yachts polluting the planet. Please highlight me on things i’m saying that are supposed to be worst than that.