Half-Life 3 sorta announced

[Bokishi]

Actually it’s called Half-Life Alyx, a VR game

https://mobile.twitter.com/valvesoftware/status/1196566870360387584

[Keyrock]

Behold, my God-tier GIMP skillz:

[injurai]

My hope is that people not having VR is the issue, and Valve is waiting for wider adoption before releasing Half-Life 3.

Half-Life: Alyx is hopefully a huge "*ahem* get ready" wake-up call for the real thing.

Plus I have a feeling the GPUs need to be made specfically for a VR world, because there current line-up is reminding me of the awkward 8800 GT days which was a killer upgrade but seemed to take forever for a truly "next-gen" card to come out.

[HoonDing]

I played Half-life 2 until the first room with flying blenders.

[marelooke]

Looks like Valve trying to push VR by dangling a HL3 carrot in front of frothing fans to me.

Honestly once this much time has passed and with most of the people that made the originals gone I feel they should just be left alone. Putting stuff in the same setting is fine (like this game), but making a HL3 at this point, yeah, probably not a good idea. Unlike BG3, which most of the people going ape about haven't played the predecessors of, I doubt HL3  being rather unlike HL2 would go over too well.

Edited November 20, 2019 by marelooke

[Wormerine]

I did like HF:2 Ep.2. Not so much others. 

[daven]

Is there even any point bringing it out now? I can online imagine them bringing it out if Epic start making a dent in their business, not because they actually have a good idea for it.

[MedicineDan]

I've enjoyed all the Half-Life games.  I'll have to look into this.

[ComradeYellow]

My problem with half life is that gameplay becomes boring after a while.  They're really good at foreplay and feeding you into the plot and it's atmosphere (which are great, don't get me wrong) but after a few hours....eh.

Edited November 20, 2019 by ComradeMaster

[LadyCrimson]

I think I bought/tried HL2 just to see what the fuss was about. All I remember is writing my name on a cement wall with bullet decals. At least, I think that was the HL game... not really interested myself but I understand the frustration of wanting a new game in a series and waiting forrrrrever wondering if you're going to even get one.

[Sarex]

What's this obsession with HL3. I get that it has become a meme, but still.

[MedicineDan]

What's the obsession for any fan of a franchise waiting for the next game and, as read above, waiting a long time.  I've wanted to see a new Half-Life game since I finished the episodic games that came out some time ago.  I didn't realize that there were memes or a craze about it, but I don't follow games as much any more.  I imagine we'd hear the shouts of joy throughout many quarters if Baldur's Gate 3 were announced.  Assuming it hasn't been already, of course.  I haven't been following games very much for years.

[Agiel]

On 11/19/2019 at 12:44 PM, Keyrock said:

Behold, my God-tier GIMP skillz:

Modders ported the Half-Life Uplink demo and the Decay co-op mode from the PS2 version of Half-Life 1 to the Steam version, so it'd be interesting to see if an enterprising team ported the content of Half-Life: Alyx to a non-VR format.

[Lexx]

This thing is made with VR in mind... If they port it, it probably won't be good. It's not the same as porting a console game to pc.

[daven]

9 hours ago, MedicineDan said:

What's the obsession for any fan of a franchise waiting for the next game and, as read above, waiting a long time.  I've wanted to see a new Half-Life game since I finished the episodic games that came out some time ago.  I didn't realize that there were memes or a craze about it, but I don't follow games as much any more.  I imagine we'd hear the shouts of joy throughout many quarters if Baldur's Gate 3 were announced.  Assuming it hasn't been already, of course.  I haven't been following games very much for years.

Ermm.. BG3 has been announced. 

And I probably won't bother. For me the entire series was wrapped up in Throne of Bhaal. This seems really cynical calling it Baldur's Gate 3 when there's no need for any continuation. 

They just can't leave well enough alone!

[UrbaNebula]

I played the original a year after its release and became obsessed. With the modding scene, I still play it regularly today. I'm even still working on a Half-Life mod! I grabbed the sequel on the day it released and forced my way through it at 15 FPS on a rig that was NOT equipped to deal with it.

As a long time Half-Life fan, I'm pretty bummed that this is a VR exclusive. Even if I had the cash for a VR setup, I simply do not have the space. I'm going to have to watch somebody else play through it. Should this spell the start of a VR exclusive continuation of the series then I guess it's no longer a series for me.

[kirottu]

 

[MedicineDan]

So Freeman is gone and now we're playing Alyx, huh?  Interesting.  Hopefully it doesn't have too many of the irritating side things that end up in shooters these days.  I can just see having to put on a headcrab suit and play a frogger mini-game through a tunnel of barnacles or something stupid.  The dune buggy and boat from 2 weren't so bad, although I found them both irritating at time, but at least the devs put in enough thought to make them mostly interesting and we got plenty of breaks to disembark and mow down street trash with our weapons.

I think my favorite level of all the Half-Life games is probably Ravenholm.  I hope they manage to approximate that feeling again.

[Lexx]

Looks pretty good to me. Doubt my PC will be able to run it well.

[Zoraptor]

Going to laugh at all the [alternative launcher] haters on the general internets who will cream themselves over a new Steam exclusive, complete with cross subsidisation to/ from other Valve products but who hate EGS/ Battlenet/ whoever for doing the same thing.

[Keyrock]

I'm not against VR, despite meme-ing it up earlier in the thread (I couldn't resist, it was too easy) and, unlike 3D and countless other gimmicks, I don't think VR is just a fad or a flash in the pan. That said, I don't think the technology is quite there yet, which is the primary reason I have held off on jumping in and continue to do so. Give it another 3 or 4 years and I'll consider it then.

For what it is (I'm assuming essentially an on-rails shooter), Half-Life Alyx looks pretty good, from that trailer. I just want to see a conclusion to the story, in one form or another.

[Gfted1]

Alyx takes place between HL1 and HL2.

[Oner]

Too bad it looked like a prequel?

Anyway, I might watch a let's play I won't bother with Half-Life games even if I had a VR console or they made a proper sequel.

[MedicineDan]

Is this going to be a VR exclusive title?  I'm not sold on purchasing VR gear at this point.  I don't want to spend the money, but I would.  I expecially have my doubts since I tend to talk to other people (not playing) or listen to the news or some such while I game.

As far as the steam thing, I don't understand people despising platforms.  It's a free world.  If you don't like Steam or Battlenet, you don't have to use them, right? If something great is an exclusive title for that platform, that's the breaks.  Not using a platform on principle seems, and I don't mean to insult people in this thread who have expressed these views, but it seems silly.

EDIT:  thanks, gifted guy!  That really provides perspective.

Edited November 21, 2019 by MedicineDan

[Wormerine]

Wow, it's weird to see Half Life game in HD.