Gaming Titanfall 2 proves Half Life 3 is possible

The way some people act about it - And I like it, by the way - it's like I've personally stabbed them with a knife forged from broken Firefly DVD's or something. It's just a TV show.

Much like HL3 isn't going to be a game.

 

Hear, hear.

 

Something that I took away from the article is a similarity between HL and Titanfall 2.

Both developers worked really hard on the games and kept at it until they got it right.

So many games these days are obvious attempts to put the bare minimum of work into something they can charge $60 for, preferably before anyone ever gets to play it. The almost exclusive focus on multiplayer so they don't have to develop as many levels, the unfinished, buggy, and just plain broken releases, selling a third of a game so you can sell the rest as DLC, etc. It's time consuming and expensive to make good games, and innovation includes risks. Sadly, quality and innovation are no longer seen as good investments in the gaming industry, and that, more than anything, is why we will never see another Half Life game.

 

I believe the technical term is 'Minimum Viable Product'.

 

Frankly, I'm surprised that people still talk about Half Life 3. The discussion is boring. I imagine Mr Newell is of the opinion that people should stop banging on about it.

 

Is talking about our hopes and dreams without value?

 

There's freegames.com if you're poor or hate evil AAA companies.

Sorry if i tread on those dreams, busy commuting while playing Zelda on Switch...can't watch the pavement too....

 

This has likely already been said, but at this point it would be silly to create HL3. It could never live up to the years of speculation and hype.

It could be the best game ever made and I can guarantee it would see a huge negative reception simply because of people's personal expectations of what they think it should be.

It is in Valve's best interest not to make this game.

Or not.