nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year 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-square10fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down10cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.worldgames@lemmy.world
arrow-up1102arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.worldgames@lemmy.world
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down4·1 year 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-up31·1 year agoEpisodes 1 and 2 were fun but they in no way “recentered the first person shooter genre.”
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoNeither did Op For or Blue Shift.
minus-squareCaptDust@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year 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-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoThis is such an irrational bar to surpass
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.
This is such an irrational bar to surpass