Could it be true? We’ve all been waiting so long I’m very skeptical anytime I see articles like this but this actually looks good?
I’ll believe HL:3 is real when it is for sale, purchased by me, and played in it’s entirety. And even then it might just be a particularly vivid delusion.
HL:3 is gaming’s dark matter. Until all other possibilities are definitively ruled out, it’s not HL:3.
If they’re doing HL, I expect a Half-Life: <something other than 3>
I would love it if they just called it Half Life 4
With Gaben we can’t rule out this possibility
Half Life: π
(Almost like 3… but even more)
…or to really mess with people, Half Life: e
Since Euler’s number is a smidge under 3 (~2.72).
Half Life 2: Episode 2: Episode 1
Considering every Half Life showcased Valve’s new tech in the Freeman narrative, one could argue Alyx was our Half Life 3. It had everything: the signature storyline, new gameplay, new tech. What more are we expecting from Half Life 3?
IIRC valve outright said it wasn’t HL3
Yeah they did. But at this point Half Life 3 has a mythical status they will never be able to measure up to.
I don’t know why would it have this mythical status. Don’t get me wrong, I loved Half-Life 1 and loved its remake Black Mesa even more because of how they transformed Xen into something actually likable to a point Xen was almost favorite part for me. Half-Life 2, while it was great game by any metric. What do people expect from it to be “something more”? For me System Shock 2 and Deus Ex from years prior are significantly more advanced and more immersive games. I could almost say the same for Bioshock which was inspired by those two. It’s only that much they can do to the game to still be Half-Life while elevating it to something “more”. Like, if they keep it just a shooter like it was, many might complain it’s too basic and if they add too many complex things to it like inventory, skills and leveling, it might not be Half-Life anymore as us old folks know and remember it. So, what to do? I have no doubts it’ll be an interesting experience either way, but people need to ground their expectations because of the above reasons.
Valve can surprise or even shock me with something new, a ground breaking innovation, but I really have no expectations.
Half-Life: Alyx showed that Valve still knows how to make a great campaign shooter, and it’s not like we’re spoiled for choice in that genre right now. At this point, a solid Half-Life sequel that doesn’t push the envelope would still be amazing.
I mean, sure, but that was VR specific game. Which I found mod for regular play with mouse and keyboard, but there is no friggin way I’m paying 60€ for something I’ll have to mod and play in its unofficial form. So I skipped Alyx entirely. I don’t care about VR and never will.
You’d lose a lot of the effect in mouse and keyboard anyway. Each combat encounter has to be tuned very differently from non-VR. But the point is that they still have a very good understanding of how to make this kind of game.
But it was the third complete half-life game. I havent played it (no interest in owning vr kit) and even I take this view.
Sure but that’s like calling Vice City GTA4. It’s not named that by the people that make it
Okay so it’s maybe 45 to 50 per cent half-life 3.
You may be onto something. If we take away HL: Lost Coast, and both HL: Deathmatch versions, there are 9 titles.
With the rumoured title code named HL:X it makes me wonder how they’re going to announce it (granted these rumours are true).HL3 needs to advance the Half-Life story. Alyx advanced the story about 2 minutes from HL2 because it was a side-story.
Rumors I’ve seen are they are going all in on the physics. Like, every object in the game has material properties like flammability that will react differently in the environment. Some rumors about some procedural generation tech being involved as well, but not to what extent it’s being used
Sounds like Minecraft or more recent Zelda titles but for what’s worth there is still a lot of untapped potential there.
Personally, I’d like to see one of these games end without a cliffhanger. That last one was a doozy.
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Tyler McVicker
Still nope. That guy just spins rumors for YouTube views.
Speaking during a recent livestream, Tyler McVicker, who proved to be reliable regarding Valve leaks and rumors in the past
Dude was right about Half Life Alyx, but didn’t know the Steam Deck existed until Gaben teased it.
Wouldn’t put much faith into this guy
I’m confused. He was right about what he said but because he didn’t say anything about something very few people knew about it’s not credible? What??
He claimed a lot of things and Alyx was the only thing he got right.
He got deadlock pretty right as well, I believe.
Ah right. That’s different from what it sounded like then.
I remember watching him like 6 years ago and he was pretty certain hl3 was around the corner. With him, it’s always around the corner. Eventually he will be right, if it comes out ever.
Edit: Lmao it was actually 10 years ago, the video is private now but I posted it on my steam profile cause I was a hyped teen.
Half life 3 and left 4 dead 3 would be sick but I can only dream.
I won’t fall for it again, not again!
If this is true I’d expect it to be tied to a new piece of hardware launched at the same time, steam controller 2 or deckard to demonstrate some new synergy between gameplay and valve wanting to push groundbreaking tech for hl 3
