nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 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'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down10cross-posted to: games@lemmy.worldgaming@lemmy.world
arrow-up1101arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: games@lemmy.worldgaming@lemmy.world
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down4·4 days 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-squareclutchtwopointzero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoThis is such an irrational bar to surpass
minus-squareMisterMoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·4 days agoEpisodes 1 and 2 were fun but they in no way “recentered the first person shooter genre.”
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoNeither did Op For or Blue Shift.
minus-squareCaptDust@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·4 days 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.
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.
This is such an irrational bar to surpass
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.