nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 years ago'My personal failure was being stumped': Gabe Newell says finishing Half-Life 2: Episode 3 just to conclude the story would've been 'copping out of [Valve's] obligation to gamers'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down11
arrow-up1146arrow-down1external-link'My personal failure was being stumped': Gabe Newell says finishing Half-Life 2: Episode 3 just to conclude the story would've been 'copping out of [Valve's] obligation to gamers'www.pcgamer.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50arrow-down7·2 years agoGabe is absolutely right on this. If it doesn’t completely recenter the first person shooter genre, it’s not really a half life game.
minus-squareMisterMoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down1·2 years agoEpisodes 1 and 2 were fun but they in no way “recentered the first person shooter genre.”
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoNeither did Op For or Blue Shift.
minus-squareCaptDust@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 years agoI 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.
minus-squareclutchtwopointzero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·2 years agodeleted by creator
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.
Episodes 1 and 2 were fun but they in no way “recentered the first person shooter genre.”
Neither did Op For or Blue Shift.
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.
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