Was there ever an official reason given for why Episode 3 was never made? And why Half Life 3 is taking so long?
All will be revealed this year.
>>730775446Yes, they pretty much explained why in the documentary.
>>730775446Yeah, watch the HL2 20th Anniversary documentary and read the Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx.>And why Half Life 3 is taking so long?The current iteration of it, HLX, started development right after Alyx released, and it's still being actively developed because one, it's Half-Life 3, two, modern AAA games take a while to develop, and three, it's an ambitious title and its development has and is significantly expanding and reworking Source 2 and its featureset.
It was in one of the anniversary vids. From what I remember, they worked on other projects like TF2, Portal and L4D after getting fatigued on Half-Life, and there wasn't anything cool they thought they could do with Episode 3, so it just evaporated after a while. Now it just makes more sense to do Half-Life 3 instead of Episode 3, but Valve Time.
>>730776045I thought it was last year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwry1-kCMSAskip to 1:00
>>730775446>Was there ever an official reason given for why Episode 3 was never made? And why Half Life 3 is taking so long?Microsoft.MS threatened to shut down their environment with Windows 8 as to be more like Apple.That made Valve redirect efforts towards breaking away from Windows which in turn made gaming in linux not only possible but better than using Windows.It also made the Steam Deck and Steam Machines possible.Valve then looked into hardware and kickstarted Occulus and VR, sadly Valve also contributed to the decline of VR but that is unrelated.Steam was making enough money through the store and MTX by mid 2010s that SP as a model looked ridiculously unprofitable so that took a backseat with Valve employees quietly leaving because they were effectively doing nothing. Now Valve uses HL and Portal as means to push other projects so HL3 will come out now because it is important to push Valve as the next contender in the console space.Gen X/10 will be essentially Valve and Nintendo.
>>730776045>>730776570>>730776590>>730777237>>730780741bluepill>>730780545truthpill
Tomorrow.
>>730776590>The current iteration of it, HLX, started development right after Alyx released, and it's still being actively developedAssuming they're not changing directions halfway through like TF2 or Deadlock were, this particular version of HL3 is probably the longest iteration of game development in Valve's history to date.
It will be made once AI becomes usable. Everyone will have a difference experience so it'll be impossible to talk about, or make a sequel.
>>730781665 So basically like a psychological test disguised as a game? Gabe’s final trick-have the G-Man personally tailor your HL3 experience in real-time based on your neurodata. Can't wait for the part where Alyx glitches out because I thought about pizza too hard.
>>730780915>actual truth, that's "bluepilled">my favorite normie e-celeb's meme video? now that's based and redpilledI hate you people so much.
>>730780403SPRING RELEASELET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOhopefully
>>730775446They didn't know where to go from there
>>730775446>And why Half Life 3 is taking so long?Source 2 being unfinished was the true cause all along.
Why do faggots online personally get upset over decisions Valve has made in the past? The TF2 community especially is really bad about this.
>>730780915Kill yourself.
Come on Gordon, we’ve got work to do
>>730789978The sudden whiplash of when they made games only to stop all of a sudden and never say anything about it for years would make people go crazy. The cliffhanger blueballing didn't help either. Valve turned HLfags essentially into a disgruntled, obsessed ex.
