'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'

nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works · 4 days 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'

mkwt@lemmy.world · 4 days 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.

clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world · 3 days ago

This is such an irrational bar to surpass

MisterMoo@lemmy.world · 4 days ago

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

Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 1 day ago

Neither did Op For or Blue Shift.

CaptDust@sh.itjust.works · 4 days 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.

BigTrout75@lemmy.world · 4 days ago

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

Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world · 4 days 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.

NutWrench@lemmy.ml · 4 days ago

STFU Gabe, It’s been 15 years.

index@sh.itjust.works · 4 days ago

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

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 4 days ago

Bold of you to say about the one billionaire lemmy doesn’t want to eat