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Gabe Newell Understands Half-Life Fans, Not Promising Any Sequels
jones_supa writes Half-Life 3 is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated games in history. While Valve transitioned from the revolutionary series that brought the company most of its original success, to online games like Team Fortress, Dota and Left 4 Dead, people still desperately want to believe that there is more coming for Half-Life.
In a recent podcast interview he had with Geoff Keighley, Valve CEO Gabe Newell opens up the current situation a bit more: "I'm a fan of TV shows, I'm a fan of writers, I'm a fan of movies, I'm a fan of games and I certainly understand why people are like, you know, hey I remember this awesome experience and I'm starting to get worried that I'm never going to have it again. I am a fan of Terry Pratchett and he has Alzheimer's, it's like, Oh my god, I may never get another great Discworld novel. [...] We aren't going to go all retro because there are too many interesting things that have been learned. The only reason we would go back and do a 'super classic' kind of product is if a whole bunch of people internally at Valve said they wanted to do it, and had a reasonable explanation for why it was."
In a recent podcast interview he had with Geoff Keighley, Valve CEO Gabe Newell opens up the current situation a bit more: "I'm a fan of TV shows, I'm a fan of writers, I'm a fan of movies, I'm a fan of games and I certainly understand why people are like, you know, hey I remember this awesome experience and I'm starting to get worried that I'm never going to have it again. I am a fan of Terry Pratchett and he has Alzheimer's, it's like, Oh my god, I may never get another great Discworld novel. [...] We aren't going to go all retro because there are too many interesting things that have been learned. The only reason we would go back and do a 'super classic' kind of product is if a whole bunch of people internally at Valve said they wanted to do it, and had a reasonable explanation for why it was."
Can't respect someone as overweight as he is. If you don't respect your body enough to take care of it, I can't be bothered either.
DNF changed hands, was abandoned, resurrected, revamped, rewritten, etc. with the details in public before it ever got close to a release.
This. I can give you a list of DNF promises that were broken as long as my arm just off the top of my head. Also, Duke3D didn't end on a cliffhanger.
Half-life is not the same, the only thing we've ever been told is that the story isn't finished - the only broken "promise" is the "episodic gaming" idea - short games, regular releases - which others have done successfully. They should just finish the goddamn story already. It's really not that hard.
That they don't do this makes me think they have something planned.
...and this is where our opinions part ways. Steam is their cash-cow now, so they don't actually need to do HL3, and they just don't give a shit about the fanboys who got them where they are. Valve have learned that in the corporate world giving a shit is a disadvantage - their plan is to crap on you over and over again until people get fed up with it and abandon steam. They'll only release HL3 when they need to. Basically this is as close as you're ever going to get to Gabe actually admitting "We just don't give a shit anymore".