IGN Interview

[BrimStone04]

found a article on ign.com confirming that the episodes as of now are replacing HL3.....small article but pretty interesting, also talks about the HL movie ideas....

http://pc.ign.com/articles/711/711560p1.html

[enthused]

Yeah. I dont really know what to think about all this...

I think this is interesting as well as disheartening. While I enjoy the episodic approach, does this mean VALVe is hanging up the crowbar a little early?

Won't this allow them to progess the story quicker and thus finish the HalfLife saga a bit sooner?

[BrimStone04]

Who knows for sure. I think its still always going to be a possibility that there will be a HL3 (or a full length game of another name)......eventually, but after reading that interview, i feel it wont be for a long time. Valve likes episodic content, as do i, and they want to take advantage of it for now.

[DigiQ8]

"They all sucked!"
lol Gabe is awesome

[99.vikram]

While I enjoy the episodic approach, does this mean VALVe is hanging up the crowbar a little early?

Of course not!

But I expect they want to try something beyond Half-life, which is what's best for the company.

[0mar]

HL will always be the core IP of Valve's. I doubt they will ever hang up Gordon's crowbar.

[99.vikram]

HL will always be the core IP of Valve's. I doubt they will ever hang up Gordon's crowbar.

Valve has always been different in everything they do, so I believe eventually they will hang the crowbar - maybe after the episodes, maybe after HL 4.

[Asuka]

This is the Eurogamer interview....

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=107311

[BrimStone04]

all good things must come to an end, sometimes things that should of just ended try to continue, if that happens, we will have another matrix trilogy on our hands.

[Cunni]

I sent Gabe an email the other day, part of which was to say that I hope there is much more Half-Life after these 3 episodes (and 1 episode being developed outside Valve). His response was "....And, yes, we think we've got a lot left in the tank." So don't worry, it seems we'll be swinging that crowbar for a while.:)

[wildchild730]

Yay! *goes out and buys crowcar to pretend to be gordon*

[Zephos]

Yay! *goes out and buys crowcar to pretend to be gordon*

Incredible! Everyone, to the crowcar, with haste!

[el Chi]

I thought it was interesting what Gabe said about the G-Man, because there was hardly any of him in Ep1, so unless he features somewhat more prominently in Ep2 and 3, I can't really see that they focus on how he's losing control.

And it's good to hear they're being very careful about the possibility of a film. To be honest, I think they should steer well clear.
all good things must come to an end, sometimes things that should of just ended try to continue, if that happens, we will have another matrix trilogy on our hands.
The horror D:
You're right, it'd be nice to have it self-contained and shorter, rather than pointlessly sprawling and jumping the shark.

[wildchild730]

ep2

[Slickerik]

Hmm...depressing interview if you ask me, but realistic though. I understand their arguments. But I absolutely cannot see how Valve is planning to end such a complex saga as halflife in 3 episodes, each containing 3 hours of gameplay. Seems a bit rushed if you ask me. I do understand them not wanting to wait so long to bring new content to the masses but there is no way these episodes can replace halflife 3 (which was sort of an argument in the article).

I found their approach to the creation of halflife 2 much wiser. Instead of creating the expansions (opposing force, blue shift) themselves they let other companies create halflife content using their brilliant technology (and of course Valve get's a nice slice of the profits). This way you can keep your customers happy and it gives you the time to work on something else.

If someone thinks i'm terribly wrong, feel free to attack my arguments,

Slickerik

[Oppressor]

all good things must come to an end

It's sad, but so true

[Samon]

But leaving expansions to other company's left us with Opposing force and Blue shift...both medicore games. :p

[Ren.182]

Hmmm. Oh well. We all know the episodes will be awesome and you'll probably buy them all :P

I would like to see another full-blown Half-Life game though. Half-Life 4 maybe? (if the story lasts that long)

[kupocake]

1. Half-Life Episodes may function as a direct Half-Life sequel, but they are not called Half-Life 3. This alone suggests that they hold some value in such a name and that they could be thinking ahead.
2. In the interview, there is no denial that a "Half-Life 3" may eventually be in the works.
3. Whilst all good things must come to an end, all good things should come to a Good end. Half-Life hasn't even begun to end right now, leaving Valve 2 episodes probably around 6-8 hours length combined to wrap the entire continuity up. Valve are very clear about the purpose of the episodes: to learn more about the G-Man. They never say that they're going to wrap up every loose end, and I cannot see how doing so would be in the scope of just two episodes.

[Oppressor]

I'm happy as long as they don't do more games than needed, just to please fans who never wants the serie to end. And I can admit that it'll be sad when it ends, but what da hell :P

[mortiz]

I don't understand, how can it possibly be Half-Life 2: Episode <whatever> from now on, surely if it was only going to be Episodes they should drop the '2'. Keeping the 2 there would indicate a sequel.

[kupocake]

I don't understand, how can it possibly be Half-Life 2: Episode <whatever> from now on, surely if it was only going to be Episodes they should drop the '2'. Keeping the 2 there would indicate a sequel.
It's a stupid naming system isn't it? Gabe Newell has remarked that they should have simply gone with "Half-Life 3 Episode 1/2/3". That begs the question, why on earth didn't they? Seems that they're not ready yet to create a game that really is "Half-Life 3"...

[AHA-Lambda]

It means that if this HL3 I don't have to upgrade my computer anymore so that I can just run the episodes instead of something that would likely to be very demanding.

[JackKerouac]

I'd be really dissapointed if these episodes are the end of Freeman's story. I do not see how valve can wrap up the whole story thats been building in so many previous games in just two six hour episodes, it would be a major let down. I'm loving these episodes but i want a grand ending with a full blown Half-Life (insert number) game

[Cunni]

I sent Gabe an email the other day, part of which was to say that I hope there is much more Half-Life after these 3 episodes (and 1 episode being developed outside Valve). His response was "....And, yes, we think we've got a lot left in the tank." So don't worry, it seems we'll be swinging that crowbar for a while.:)


Quoting myself for those of you still posting about these 3 episodes being the end.

[Butterblaster]

I'm not sure why people interpret this as meaning the series is ending once the three episodes are done.

I think the point in the article is that Valve considers the three episodes to be one cohesive story, separate (in a way) from HL2.

On the other hand, I still consider it an expansion, considering how the weapons, enemies, and majority of texture/model content have barely changed.

[mortiz]

I'd be really dissapointed if these episodes are the end of Freeman's story. I do not see how valve can wrap up the whole story thats been building in so many previous games in just two six hour episodes, it would be a major let down. I'm loving these episodes but i want a grand ending with a full blown Half-Life (insert number) game

The three episodes that are planned will not be the end of Freeman's story, just the end of the current story arc. I'm in no doubt what-so-ever though that when VALVe do decide to give up Half-Life (no reason for them to for quite a while yet like) that they'll go out with a bang.

[Cunni]

The three episodes that are planned will not be the end of Freeman's story, just the end of the current story arc. I'm in no doubt what-so-ever though that when VALVe do decide to give up Half-Life (no reason for them to for quite a while yet like) that they'll go out with a bang.

Gordon and Alyx banging??





Sorry......had to say it.:cheese: