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Re:Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow (Windows Gamin... by uniq7 on Thursday December 04, 2025 @06:05AM (#46146219)
I prefer not to have HL3 rather than a half-baked one, or a very short episode.

They have only one chance of publishing HL3, and I hope put in it the same love and care they put in 1 and 2.

I'd be very disappointed if they just released it just for the sake of releasing it.

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Re:Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow (Windows Gamin... by ManlyBread on Thursday December 04, 2025 @06:19AM (#46146301)
They could publish Episode 3 and then publish Half-Life 3 afterwards. I never understood why people keep insisting they can release only one game. It's not like they don't have average or mediocre titles in the series anyway (Blue Shift and Episode 1 are examples of this).
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Re:Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow (Windows Gamin... by paulryanrogers on Thursday December 04, 2025 @02:45PM (#46151953)
They claim they will only release when the game has something innovative to offer.

But then why release Alyx as VR instead of HL3? What innovation did HL2 episodes 1 and 3 offer? Why are Valve releasing virtual card games today?

Half Life as a franchise is great. Gabe was right to start nearly from scratch on HL1 back in the day. But now, they've got everything they want so the hunger is gone.

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