Thread 719904406

So where is it then?

>>719904406 (OP)
Two more weeks

>>719904406 (OP)
I just want the damn raising the bar rerelease already

>just finished episode 2 for the first time today

wow, what a depressing cliffhanger, no wonder people were desperate for a sequel lmao.
episode 2 was great though, SO much better than episode 1

>>719905814
Fr no cap on skibidi?

>>719906023
yeah

Why do you keep falling for it?

>>719906564
Hope is the last thing we lose...

keep waiting

Was he just trolling?

small indie dev, prease understand

Half-Life 2 + its episodes are now older than Half-Life 1 + its expansions were when Half-Life 2 was released

>>719905814
Haha, yeah. I’m glad you get it.
Go read Epistle 3!

Umm... It's on my hard drive, don't know where to release it though

>>719906998
People who were born when episode 2 released are adults in a month.

>>719905814
>wow, what a depressing cliffhanger, no wonder people were desperate for a sequel lmao.
If you’re not gonna play Alyx, go spoil the plot for yourself and let us know what you think of it.

>>719905814
Releasing that, and then refusing to poop out one more DLC-sized game to close out the trilogy, really was an immensely obnoxious move. I think they did it on purpose because the fans kept whining about the story and most of Valve didn't really care about storytelling (despite at least one of them being good at world-building).
A lot of people say they didn't know where to go next with the story, but how can you be so bad at writing that you write yourself into a corner two-thirds of your way through a trilogy which was supposed to be released in rapid succession? They should have had it planned out, and probably did -- or at least could have bullshitted a story together if they had the will to develop the game itself.

>>719907442
Stop hurting me

>>719907809
But they did release the third game, it was Portal

Did she like Gordon?

>>719904406 (OP)
>On September 19, the Half-Life 2 source code was obtained by a German hacker, Axel Gembe, who had infiltrated Valve's internal network months earlier. According to Gembe, he shared it with another person, who leaked the code online in early October.[11] Fans soon compiled a playable version of Half-Life 2, revealing how unfinished it was. The leaks damaged morale at Valve and slowed development.[6] Fans also provided Valve with the details of people involved in the leaks.[7] In March 2004, Gembe contacted Newell, saying he was a fan and had not acted maliciously. Newell worked with the FBI to invite Gembe to a fake job interview, planning to have him arrested in the United States; however, police arrested him in Germany.[11] In November 2006, Gembe was sentenced to two years' probation.[11] Valve implemented new policies to protect against leaks, such as requiring journalists to attend their office to play it before release.[7]
Why is he such a kike?

>>719906793
no
trust the plan
2025 is the year

>>719904406 (OP)
In your dreams anon. It’s never happening. Don’t make the same mistake millennials did 15 years ago.

>>719907809
>A lot of people say they didn't know where to go next with the story
That's not how Valve develops their games. They do gameplay first, then write the story around it. HL2Ep3 didn't happen because a lot of the team was burned out on HL and couldn't come up with exciting enough new gameplay to do on the base HL2 foundations. They didn't get far enough into HL2Ep3 development to even set up a level track, so they never even got far enough to seriously think about the story.

Why do people still expect a sequel when the original team behind the game is probably long gone

>>719904406 (OP)
2033 of course

>>719908307
very much indeed

>>719910802
>HEY GORDON CAN YOU PLEASE EJACULATE INTO MY DAUGHTER?
what did he mean by this?

>>719904406 (OP)
I gave up a long time ago.
Anything I have to say about HL3 is just shitposting for its own sake.
I have zero faith it'll ever come out.

>>719904406 (OP)
Hah, you fell for it, dumbass.

>>719910765
Well he did get his answer a decade later.

People have been desperately anticipating this game's announcement since around 2005. People have been waiting for this sequel for 20 years, especially because the last game ended on a cliffhanger.

>>719910765
He's probably like 30 years old today and still waiting.

Lol.

i was young and spritely when episode 2 dropped
now ill barely have the energy to move the mouse

>>719907809
They gave up because they were stuck on trying to make an ice/material gun their new gravity gun gimmick and wanted to work on other projects after a decade of HL2. Steam making billions per year with a rare flat-structured company didn't exactly motivate any sense of urgency either.