Anyone else thought about this?

Valve haven't been very open about the subject of Episode 3 and its incredible delay. I've always hoped that Half-life 3 would be announced and that would be the project being worked on currently; I refuse to accept all this time has been spent on a single episode. Does anyone else believe Valve could pull a surprise here?

Don't forget that there was nearly thirteen months between episodes one and two.
And they've been pretty open about the fact that episode three is going to be the final episodic update.

If they're going to announce HL3, it'll be after we get a date for ep. 3.

Don't forget that there was nearly thirteen months between episodes one and two.
And they've been pretty open about the fact that episode three is going to be the final episodic update.

If they're going to announce HL3, it'll be after we get a date for ep. 3.

Fragazine

They're going to announce that Half Life 2 Episode 3 is taking them too long, so to shorten development time they're splitting it into 3 episodes which they can release yearly due to the shorter development time involved in episodic content.kieranb2000

If the concept art is any indication, Episode 3 is going to be vastly different to anything we've seen before in Half-Life 2. I guess that's why it's taking so long...but yeah, I'm fairly sure that we're going to end up with an epic, lengthy finale to the HL2 story arc.

I think it will be released in 2011...

Valve haven't been very open about the subject of Episode 3 and its incredible delay. I've always hoped that Half-life 3 would be announced and that would be the project being worked on currently; I refuse to accept all this time has been spent on a single episode. Does anyone else believe Valve could pull a surprise here?

Leon2793

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Valve haven't been very open about the subject of Episode 3 and its incredible delay. I've always hoped that Half-life 3 would be announced and that would be the project being worked on currently; I refuse to accept all this time has been spent on a single episode. Does anyone else believe Valve could pull a surprise here?

UltimateGamer95

It won't be HL3.

But it may be a full length game called HL2: episode 3.

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Valve haven't been very open about the subject of Episode 3 and its incredible delay. I've always hoped that Half-life 3 would be announced and that would be the project being worked on currently; I refuse to accept all this time has been spent on a single episode. Does anyone else believe Valve could pull a surprise here?

R4gn4r0k

There is a very good chance that they are working on a new engine, and writing the script for HL3.

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Valve haven't been very open about the subject of Episode 3 and its incredible delay. I've always hoped that Half-life 3 would be announced and that would be the project being worked on currently; I refuse to accept all this time has been spent on a single episode. Does anyone else believe Valve could pull a surprise here?

UltimateGamer95

This alone makes it worth the wait. They're implementing sign language for an unidentified deaf Resistance soldier that Alyx had a crush on. He is coming back, and there is a good chance that we are going to see an awkward love triangle with the deaf guy, Alyx, and Gordon.

heres what, make episode 3 and then ditch the source engine and gravity gun and make a new engine and focus on more massive physics.dakan45

[QUOTE="dakan45"]heres what, make episode 3 and then ditch the source engine and gravity gun and make a new engine and focus on more massive physics.R4gn4r0k

That Strider battle was amazing.

[QUOTE="dakan45"]heres what, make episode 3 and then ditch the source engine and gravity gun and make a new engine and focus on more massive physics.R4gn4r0k

whatever just make a new engine with better graphics, a little higher requirements wouldnt hurt.

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[QUOTE="dakan45"]heres what, make episode 3 and then ditch the source engine and gravity gun and make a new engine and focus on more massive physics.dakan45

whatever just make a new engine with better graphics, a little higher requirements wouldnt hurt.

The requirements wouldn't even have to be too much higher. We all know how well implemented and optimized the Valve engines are, and it's not like we're asking for graphics better than Crysis. Just give the texture quality a big upgrade and then do slight upgrades of everything else and they'd be fine.

They're probably improving the source engine, not making a new one from scratch. Remember when HL 2 Episode 2 came out, it was running on the Source Engine 2007, so they might be working on an updated source engine that would probably run their future games well too.

They're probably improving the source engine, not making a new one from scratch. Remember when HL 2 Episode 2 came out, it was running on the Source Engine 2007, so they might be working on an updated source engine that would probably run their future games well too.

mhofever

So, we'll have the GoldSrc engine, Source engine, Source 2007 engine, and Source *insert year here*, engine. Wow.

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They're probably improving the source engine, not making a new one from scratch. Remember when HL 2 Episode 2 came out, it was running on the Source Engine 2007, so they might be working on an updated source engine that would probably run their future games well too.

Phoenix534

So, we'll have the GoldSrc engine, Source engine, Source 2007 engine, and Source *insert year here*, engine. Wow.

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[QUOTE="mhofever"]

They're probably improving the source engine, not making a new one from scratch. Remember when HL 2 Episode 2 came out, it was running on the Source Engine 2007, so they might be working on an updated source engine that would probably run their future games well too.

dakan45

So, we'll have the GoldSrc engine, Source engine, Source 2007 engine, and Source *insert year here*, engine. Wow.

Agreed. But, we'll have to wait until Half-Life 3 for that.

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[QUOTE="mhofever"]

They're probably improving the source engine, not making a new one from scratch. Remember when HL 2 Episode 2 came out, it was running on the Source Engine 2007, so they might be working on an updated source engine that would probably run their future games well too.

dakan45

So, we'll have the GoldSrc engine, Source engine, Source 2007 engine, and Source *insert year here*, engine. Wow.

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So, we'll have the GoldSrc engine, Source engine, Source 2007 engine, and Source *insert year here*, engine. Wow.

johnny27

I didn't realize that better graphics made a game more fun.justheretodl124

Duh where have you been? Also companies can't upgrade existing engines like Valve and Blizzard to make the visuals better. They have to make an entire new engine that cost a lot more money than their old engine did and stop profiting off their old engine.

I didn't realize that better graphics made a game more fun.justheretodl124

curse valve and their zombie nonsense¬!!!!

we want ep. 3

They might have dropped episode 3 to focus more resources on Left4dead and Half-life 3.Jd1680a

Or they have teams assigned to particular projects and unreleased projects are still being worked on/polished.

I wish they would just finish it, the wait isn't what gets me angry but more the fact that you make something in such a way that it ends with a cliffhanger and then twiddle your thumbs making the last part? At this rate they could have put out Half-Life 3 (just all 3 episodes as one large game)...

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So, we'll have the GoldSrc engine, Source engine, Source 2007 engine, and Source *insert year here*, engine. Wow.

johnny27

Well, a source engine upgrade for the next episode may be inevitable but HL3'll most probably be built from down under ( If we ever see the light of it anytime soon ). The source engine is doing pretty well even today and as Doug Lombardi said in an interview, "gameplay is king, performance is second and graphics are somewhat after that."

Just as long as Valve focuses on more in-depth gameplay, I'm satisfied enough as it is. Some gamers have just become graphics whore's in a time like this and forgot the wonders of gameplay.

Well i was surprised too but all i hope is a big surprise as long as it doesnt ruin the half-life saga its fine for me but even i havent played any of the episodes because im just waiting a real episode pack, (just in case that episode 3 is final) and well maybe theres a dawn for a half-life 3.

Valve should be working very hard on something just to not give so much information, valve has been an excellent company so we cant wait the worst neither we just have to wait and wait.

Well, I distinctly remember Valve stating that "going episodic" would allow for sooner release times...:roll: