Thread 725012720

This month

Half life prequel, learn about freeman's day to day life before he worked at Black Mesa

>>725012720 (OP)
Ross will finish Freeman's Mind 2 before HL3 comes out

>>725012846
drink coffee, write essays and work at an internship on daddy's money while daddy makes a few calls for you.
sounds exciting

>>725012720 (OP)
In a city
that never sleeps
One man
With nothing to lose

>>725012720 (OP)
Dec 10th.
Roughly.

>>725012720 (OP)
Nothing.

If it isn't announced in the next 2 months, it's Mikes fault. He fucking posted that cryptic new year video so it's all HIS fault if we don't get funny doctor HEV suit man game.

>>725012720 (OP)
>Steam Frame
>Steam Controller 2
>Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar Reprint
>Half-Life Alyx OST Vinyl
>Deadlock
Get in line bruv.

>>725014178
None of these things are as important. Plus Deadlock isn't even at a fully developed stage.

>>725014240
doesn't matter how important it is, it's what we're much more likely to be getting

>>725014327
The steam contollioli we know barely anything about. I don't think it's ready to be released. HLX is done and simply needs to be polished.

>>725012720 (OP)
*record scratch*
*freeze frame*
Yep, that's me. No, not the angry black guy yelling about somebody kidnapping his daughter. Yep, the quiet nerd with the crowbar. You're probably wondering how I got into that situation...

>>725012720 (OP)
I fully believe *this* current HL project will be the one to survive, however I don't think it'll be this year. That being said, it would make the most sense to ship this within the year as it's a healthy distance from GTA6, but again I think it's anywhere from 1-2 years away. Valve are not announcing or shipping anything until you could count the days on your fingers.

>>725014718
>I fully believe *this* current HL project will be the one to survive
It fucking better be it's been in active development since Alyx.

>>725014718
>it's a healthy distance from GTA6
GTA 6 is a console exclusive while HL3 will be PC exclusive, I don't think the userbase will clash. Though yeah, GTA 6 had a massive chance to outshine any other games when it comes to attention next year.

>>725014883
I think GTA6 is a black hole for anyone releasing anything within it's radius, you're right that HL3 will also be a decade+ long wait and be on PC exclusive so that gives a lot of leeway but I can imagine a lot more people would buy in for a console+GTA6 over HL3.

>half life with open area levels
>procedural generation
>element/material manipulation gun?
>zen gorilla
I don't know how to feel about this

>>725015063
The only thing I'm worried about here is the procedural generation stuff. Like I get it the game needs to be replayable with how games like Half-Life ain't exactly vogue in this day and age but the way they describe the randomization is too radical for the series I feel.

>>725015063
I loved Alyx, I'm loving Deadlock, there is fewer devs I have any faith in by the year but if Valve "we cancelled almost 4 different HL3 type projects" Software is finally releasing a HL3 I have complete faith.

That said I just realized how incredible The Final Hours of Half Life 3 could be for seeing all the other iterations of the project if they open up on that, or even showing the original time travel to Black Mesa ending for Alyx.

>>725015236
I assume it's like left 4 dead? I replayed HL2 again recently and it does sort of become boring when you know exactly where metrocops and zombies will spawn. Does the datamine suggest entire environments will change with each playthough?

>>725015250
>original time travel to Black Mesa ending for Alyx
I gotta give it to Valve. I have mixed feelings about reviving Eli, but at least they're not stupid enough to actually go for "time travel back to Black Mesa" and "G-Man is Gordon from the future" plot. HLA gave me a bit of assurance that both of those story ideas are as good as dead.

>>725015417
The Borealis plot was scrapped because a confined space like a container ship wouldn't be very fun to play in.
I'm sure the Borealis is in the game and you get to see it, but I have a feeling Gordon will go back to Xen since gravity effects are mentioned.

>>725015519
>The Borealis plot was scrapped because a confined space like a container ship wouldn't be very fun to play in.
They are absolutely 100% setting a level on that ship, I have no reason to believe this other than I assume some amount of stubbornness to have a container ship level in HL game because Valve has been iterating on a a container ship level since 2000.

>>725015417
I'm near certain that g-man=gordon thing was ever considered by valve.

>>725015657
>I'm near certain that g-man=gordon thing was ever considered by valve.
They are certainly aware of the fan theory and deliberately fucked around with that false sense of expectation in HLA.

*sigh* Somehow, Eli Vance has returned.

>Alyx has no recollection on her experiences with Gordon from HL2-episode 2 because of Gmans time-fuckery so now she conveniently doesn't have to be in love with Gordon
damn you gabe

>>725015365
The first version of HL3 was way more radical than L4D with the idea. The game's supposed to be formed of multiple procedurally generated maps with handcrafted areas sprinkled in for the pacing's sake. It didn't take because Source 2 wasn't finished yet at the time. The codes for the procedural stuff is still there this time though so I think we can expect this version of HL3 will retain some degree of randomization.

>>725015842
she had hots for Gordon since the opening scene of HL2

daddy probably shown her photos so naturally she was attracted to a young, charismatic male and probably shlicked to Gordon a lot. Who else would a young girl be attracted to? Male_07?

>HL2, Nov 16 2004
We're less than 2 weeks away from the 21st anniversary, Raising the Bar Redux is still slated for this year, and there's a lot of noise for something with HLX, I'm starting to believe bros.

>>725015992
Don't believe too much.
We all believed last year and we got fucked.

>>725015657
>They are absolutely 100% setting a level on that ship
I can picture that Borealis will act as a glorified level hub every time Gordon gets teleported to other places. It's the only way to make it work imo.

>>725016062
>subtly changes with each iteration
Eh, it can work.

>>725015842
I don't think the timeline shifted like that, and using Valve's own dev history they reworked Portal 2's entire premise when Glados didn't remwmbwe "the player" after playtester feedback. I'm sure however we meet Alyx again she'll remember HL2 and also HLA.

I won't mind "procedural generated environments" if they do it only for the vehicle sections of the game.
I want a motorbike this time. With a cannon.

>>725016052
wtf do you mean the documentary and release of episode 3 footage was the loudest "WE'RE MAKING HL3" they could have done without outright announcing.

Do you think it'll run on a 1050Ti?

>>725016124
I want a tame strider to ride and blast combines with the whoosh cannon

>>725016140
Because last time the datamines suggested it was "done" but then nothing happened. I will admit the Mike Shapiro tweet and the documentary "we're interested in more HL content" and all the fuck-ups Valve employees have made that say HL3 is real without saying HL3 is real points either to this year or next year.

>>725016242
what last time are you referring to?

>>725014718
>1-2 years away
That would give it a dev cycle of 6-8 years depending on when exactly the project started (could've been a decent bit before Alyx released). I just don't see it taking that long. They already have Source 2 pretty much finished since Alyx, and Source was what took most of the dev time with HL2. Aside from the engine, it's just a linear 15-20-ish hour fps campaign, and there's no reason it would take that long.

I want... to run over combine soldiers in a buggy, generated in different scenarios, everyday for the rest of my life.

>>725016242
>Because last time the datamines suggested it was "done" but then nothing happened.
valve done is very different from other studios, HLAlyx was done until playtesters said the story sucked. HL3 might have been finished a year ago and they have spent this entire time playtesting the fuck out of it.

>>725016270
the last game awards

How would you even make a trailer for something people have been waiting and joking about for 18 years.

>>725016315
replying to myself, we *know* valve commonly do Christmas playtests for friends and family, we know Neon Prime was last years game and that feedback resulted in the art style shift, makes sense to me HL3 could be this years Christmas playtest.

Gordon is perpetually 27 years old.

>>725016336
Yeah there really wasn't any good reason to think it was done since playtesting hadn't even really begun then. Looking at the datamine findings I think the game has largely been done for 8-10 months now. Most of the recent stuff seems to have been polishing and general documentation. Back in 2024 the big datamines only really started in summer of that year. Again I wouldn't be optimistic for anything at the game awards, I believe Valve announcing it independently is more likely and with Raising the Bar getting a reprint this year, as stated by Valve, I would think they would wait until an announcement to start selling it.

>>725016407
>leitmotif everyone knows
>big dick money shot showing some tech / level design we can't even comprehend yet
>brief gameplay section showing off shooting / art design / sound design
>Money shots of Combine races
>Breengrub tease maybe
>Borealis
Half Life 3
Out in a week

>>725016507
>Breengrub tease maybe
they ain't doing breengrub bro

rapid guts of gordon blowing shit up and shooting combine and xen creatures to shit with sick ass music thats all you need

>>725016142
Almost certainly will. HLA runs on a 1060 and has to render everything twice because of VR and still looks absolutely amazing. I don't see them pushing graphics that far compared to Alyx, but even if they do, they'll probably have a well performing low graphics setting if for no other reason than Steam Deck.

>>725016291
>Aside from the engine, it's just a linear 15-20-ish hour fps campaign, and there's no reason it would take that long.
They probably have piles of ideas to test before putting it proper into the game. The perks of delaying this thing since 2007 I suppose. I'd figure they have warchest of abandoned gameplay mechanics prototype to choose from.

i don't care just show me the fuckin Steam Frame specs or by Allah i will purchase a Bigscreen Beyond 2 instead

>>725012720 (OP)
fucking gay ass namefag

>>725016782
True, and that's largely why it's taken this long. A normal linear fps campaign could be done in 1-2 years. I just don't see it taking much longer, especially since the leaks point towards the game being finished and in the polishing phase.

I might tear up a bit if they let me play as mute PHD nerd with gun again

>>725012720 (OP)
nothing ever happens.

>>725016750
I played alyx on a gtx 960 and a 5400 rpm hdd lmao

>>725017101
half life is a genuine half life, each time something seems to happen, it halves itself and keeps being a nothingburger.

>>725016303
>Valve specifically hired Forza Horizon dev for the vehicle handling
Bit of an overkill but why not.

NEED Alyx to fall ontop of me and feel her weight and warmth even if shes covered in headcrab blood

>>725017504
wait is this a joke or are you telling the truth?

>>725017610
It's real

>>725017780
dude fuck yes, forza controls on my shitty beaten up muscle car fuck yeah

>>725012720 (OP)
>new half-life game announced
>VR only

>>725017859
They would never.

the worst part about half life 3 is I know my computer wouldn't run it well

>>725017859
I fucking wish. Alyx was amazing. Unfortunately, the leaks point to it being flatslop.

>>725018198
If your PC is comparable to a Steam Deck or better, you'll be able to run it. See >>725016750

>>725018280
alyx was amazing... as a vr game
as a half life game it was not very impressive

>>725017859
Alyx has a great no VR mod

>>725018280
HL2 VR is great, so an awesome VR mod for 3 is likely

>>725018280
I wish it would support both flat and VR, HL2VR proves you really don't need to majorly modify the experience for it to work in VR

>>725018280
>t. sunk cost vrcuck

>>725018439
True. I'm never playing HL2 in flatscreen again. Just a shame it won't be VR on launch.

please do not give me hope
nothing is worse than hope
tylers increasingly optimistic videos aren't helping

>>725018669
You VILL hope. You VILL not doom. You VILL be hyped when it's announced. And you VILL be happy when you finally get to play it.

>>725018609
>t. poornigger or fattoid

>>725017780
>the HLA team never moved to Citadel/Neon/Deadlock
>all the rehires back returning to Valve
>headhunting top of the line talent from Naughty Dog and Turn10
>Might already be finished and getting polished into a mirror shine
I’m getting too much hope

>>725012720 (OP)
>This month

>THIS SUMMER
"Shieeeet, Gordon Freeman. You ain't changed one iota. How ya doing that man?"
>DR. FREEMAN IS ABOUT TO LEARN
"Dr. Breen, again? I thought I've seen the last of him in City 14."
"...He's right behind me isn't he?"
>HOW IT IS TO LEAD
"CROWBAR! RELEASE!"
"Ooh, right in the combine's balls!"
>A HALF-LIFE

Worst predictions?
>Another VR title
>AI tools
>DEI

>>725019992
None of the data leaks suggest chat gpt esque AI, just procedural generation.
I've heard the game is more open than before, but I hope it doesn't become too un-linear. That would suck,

>>725019992
>Another VR title
Sadly, no.
>AI tools
Meaning? The AI games have had for 40+ years or the new AI?
>DEI
Probably no more than HL2

>>725018787
>muh poorfag muh fatso
Meta Quest 3 cost 500$ and there are ton of VR QoL for disabled people
Just admit that VR in it's current state is a meme and we're still decades away from the true virtual immersion experience

>>725015063
I'm pretty certain the procedural generation stuff was only a thing in the 2013 attempt at HL3. I don't think they're doing it again.

>>725019974
>Gordon talking
Yep, that's how you know this is real, hollywood always ruins everything it touches

If Gordon talks Valve is officially dead.

>>725020092
It's obviously not full dive yet, but it's still fun as is.

That is why I must now...
EXTRACT
from you
your
CROWbarrrr
mmm?
*inhale*
I can offer you
heh
some... repayment...

>>725012720 (OP)
https://arch.b4k.dev/v/search/tripcode/!!%2BgZW60%2B74In/
You people are trusting this guy?

>>725019081
>headhunting top of the line talent from Naughty Dog and Turn10
Valve did the same thing in 2013-2014 (Source 1 HL3). Back then they hired ex-Looking Glass devs and Far Cry 2/Splinter Cell director but that's it. Though this time it seems like they're hiring more extensively and more targeted given the specific skills of these devs.

>>725021325
Not that guy, but the leaks.

>>725021878
>leaks
I don't even think we can call them leaks anymore. They slip out during every steam update and source 2 game update. They even change the names of the files once people point them out in videos. They know.

>>725012720 (OP)
I'm more excited for a revolutionary VR headset that can transform all your steam games into a 3d experience. Please Valve, give us something crazy for VR. I need to experience genuinely scary horror games again.

>>725022178
L4D, even just standard L4D in VR would freak me out. I hate that zombies genuinely freak me out.

>>725012720 (OP)
>we will probably never get a Half-Life movie where G-Man is played by Christopher Walken
Walken is currently 82 years old the clock is ticking on him dying some day. HURRY UP GABE.

ricochet 2 coming to an 'eck near you

>>725023000
>half life movie
no stop

>>725023035
thank fuck I've been waiting since 2011

>>725023039
If we got a Half-Life movie it'd probably star some Hollywood fag that nobody likes such as Michael Cera as Gordon Freeman.

And instead of being silent he would make MCU style quips the entire movie.

Tyler says it won't be announced at the game awards.
So it probably will be announced at the game awards.

>>725023190
>Here's your Alyx bro. Everyone likes Zandaya right?

Also expect Morgan Freeman to play Eli Vance. Not a terrible casting decision but the danger with that is for the hack writers to make meta jokes about Morgan Freeman having a similar name to Gordon Freeman.

>>725023325
Gabe probably realizes he can never show up at one of the Game Awards / E3 style shows because the instant he walks on stage people will assume he's going to announce Half-Life 3.

>>725023462
>Gabe probably realizes he can never show up at one of the Game Awards / E3 style shows because the instant he walks on stage people will assume he's going to announce Half-Life 3.
Gabe won't show up. Did he show up for Alyx and CS2? No. They'll shadowdrop it randomly.

This is the HLX Miro board, a community compilation of information on HLX and related subjects. Covering datamined strings, employee hirings and interviews, and features found in CS2 and Deadlock. Spoilers for game content if you care for that. Scroll to get away from the memeshit.
https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVINqBTwM=/

Datamining new text strings from Source 2 game updates has been the primary avenue of finding out what Valve's been working on since 2016. It's how we found about Half-Life: Alyx (HLVR), Deadlock (Citadel), and CS:GO's Source 2 port actually being a thing. Once datamined manually, these strings are now automatically tracked by SteamDB through their GameTracking github repos. Here are the three big repos people currently hunt for HLX strings in with each update:
https://github.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-Dota2
https://github.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-CS2
https://github.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-Deadlock
This is where Tyler, Gabefollower and their ilk get the vast majority of their info from.
Gabefollower, at least, links to these as a source and has a pastebin account with lists of compiled strings from these updates covering HLX, Deadlock, and CS2. Note the dates.
https://pastebin.com/u/gabefollower

>haven't we done this song and dance before
Not to this extent. Prior strings about HL3/Episode 3 were almost always leftovers from dead past projects. Mentions in Alien Swarm's fgd files, shit left behind in the Aperture Robot Repair demo, things that were never referenced again. HLX is different. It mirrors the pattern we've seen with Alyx, CS2, and Deadlock, where strings about them kept showing up in updates for other Source 2 games until they were released. We've been consistently getting HLX strings for 5 years now. It's coming, it's real.

>>725023325
Whether it gets announced or not, Tyler doesn't know shit. The only time he actually had insider info he pissed it away to stream Half-Life: Alyx's beta. Nobody's giving him shit now.

>>725023542
Of course Tyler doesn't know shit. He's just there to tell me about data mines people already know so retards like me can know.

>>725023542
As an example of the pattern I've mentioned:
We first definitvely learned about HLVR in 2016 from strings contained in updates to Dota 2 and Destinations (now SteamVR Home). Updates to these two titles continued to give us HLVR-related strings all the way to November 2019 when HLVR was announced as Half-Life: Alyx.

There's unfortunately no existing compilation of datamined HLVR strings like there is for CS2, Citadel and HLX. The only real references to them that exist nowadays are old /v/ posts, Tyler's videos (yuck) and articles about said videos.
But I don't need an entire compilation. Here's an example of an HLVR fgd string leaked in 2016:
>@PointClass base(Targetname, Parentname) = point_player_speak : "Used to force the HLVR player to speak"
There's even a /v/ post referencing it from 2016: https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/354249435/#354270942

This string made it all the way to the final game's FGD as is:
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Hlvr.fgd

>>725015063
don't take everything that tyler retard says as fact

I still think the reveal will happen at TGA, fingers crossed either way though

>>725024059
I do not want to wait 4 hours for literally nothing again. Last year was gut-wrenching.

>>725020383
Good thing then that Epistle 3 was canned

Ravenholm RTX gave me some hope.

>>725024236
I don't think that was ever going to be in a Valve game. That was just Marcs fan fiction.

>>725024130
Mute the stream, check back every few minutes, go look at a reaction thread or something else to see if you need to check back sooner than that. It's my method of waiting out the cringe for the announcements I might actually care about.

>>725015968
>Who else would a young girl be attracted to
His brother John Freeman

>>725024407
that's male_07

>>725020092
i'm disabled (run linux) so metaquest doesn't even work on my machine

>>725023628
tyler every other day troons about about politics and muh racism at valve, i stopped caring what he says for years now

>>725024279
hl2rtx has no soul it, the team behind it has no idea about what art direction is

I just want the Source 2 SDK man...

reminder

will there be a hl3 deathmatch

>>725023462
>>725023528
Just have some guy dressed up as Gman walk on stage.

>>725025108
i wish

cut to the announcement trailer and its just a new SFM2 animation of gordon fucking ivy from deadlock

>>725024820
that's a given considering deadlock is still like a year away

>>725025312
Gordon isn't a freak

>>725024820
No one gives a shit about dead acked

>>725025668
Dude is that Skiidi Toilet I fucking LOVE Skibidi Toilet!

Portal 3 never.

>>725023542
>The only time he actually had insider info he pissed it away to stream Half-Life: Alyx's beta.
thank god I'm not the only one still giving him shit for that

>>725025870
no need for it

I already know there will be a skibidi toilet reference in the new HL game. Even if it is a dead headcrab in a toilet bowl.

>>725026115
Significant need for it. Me like portals.

So you guys know if I waste 4 hours of my life for nothing on Dec 11 it's not MY fault any more its YOUR fault and Mike Shapiro’s fault. Ok? Ok.

>>725026131
There is already a turret toilet in aperture desk job so I wouldn't be surprised at all

>>725026772
Desk Job predates Skibidi Toilet though

>>725025103
You can doom all you want. Doesn't change the fact that it's coming.

>>725019081
They are going to use those talents to make Artifact 2

so when the fuck is re-raising the bar coming out? I might get it.

>>725027157
It's supposed to contain concepts for the scrapped Episode Three. So, presumably, it'll come out if and when HL3 does.

>>725012924
stem doesnt work like this bro

>>725027230
well they said it will be re-printed this year
so they've only got until december
I think HL3 must be announced at the game awards, dude. Because if this is a big announcement with more than just the game being shown off, but also promotional material, you'll need an event for that.

>>725027387
This 100%. They're gonna dump info overload on us

>>725016407
They already passed that hurdle with Alyx's trailer but it would be SO FUCKING COOL if they did an ARG like they did leading up to Portal 2's release.
Imagine waking up one day and HL2 is updated with cryptic G-man shit sparkled in various levels like the radios were in portal 1.

>HL3 collectors edition with full-sized replica Gravity Gun
technically they did this back in 2013

>>725027387
>I think HL3 must be announced at the game awards
why do people think Valve would do this? Ever since artifact they don't do big announcements anymore they just say "hey it's ready, we'll show it in a week, and we'll release it in a month or so". Alyx was announced in a tweet, delayed from a game awards premiere to add in full locomotion, then shown off in Jan or Feb, and released a month later. CS2 was just suddenly out and shipped. Deadlock had outright anti-marketing still not even being announced. HL3 will get a tweet that slates a date for showing off and a different date for release, it's be announced before the game awards if at all.

>>725015958
That's basically what Remnant did, and it sorta worked out okay. Each "zone" you go to starts to feel shallow and repetitive, though, because all the puzzle pieces have to fit together in any order and without any visual seams. The idea works okay for roguelikes but for a story-driven campaign it falls short.

>>725027748
I used to think the radio images from portal radios is still so creepy and cool

>>725027813
I would unironically go full
>IS THAT A MOTHERFUCKING HALF LIFE X COLLECTOR'S EDITION? WITH A GRAVITY GUN REPLICA? FROM VALVE? I MUST CONSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
on day one, that is if they even plan to release one

>>725028824
I remember I wanted a portal gun replica but I couldn't because I was too late.

>>725028518
It was just genius cause SSTV IS a bunch of creepy loud sounds that result in a blurry creepy picture but it's also thematically relevant cause it was used in the moon landing missions.
Only fucking valve on their prime could've done this.

>>725027894
>why do people think Valve would do this?
Because it's HL3 and so people think Valve would do something special for it

Will loopy return.

>>725025108
I hope so.

this is probably worth its weight in solid gold now

>>725027387
>well they said it will be re-printed this year
People forgot but Valve promised a Portal 2 artbook once upon a time and they canceled it for some reason. There's always a chance that Valve changed their minds with these things.

>>725029710
don't kill the buzz please

>>725027387
> I think HL3 must be announced at the game awards
This place never changes lol

>>725027748
Yeah HL3 needs ARG. Might as well do little fanfare with this game I'd say.

>>725029892
I will fall into the same pit every year until valve does a thing.

>>725026131
It'll be a severed head inside the toilet I'd reckon.

Please do not have a section in the dark where you have a flashlight with limited juice. I HATED that part of Episode 1 it was the worst part of Half Life 2.

>>725030129
lmao pussy

>>725030129
Ironically the most memorable parts of HL games for me were On a Rail, Speedboat and Buggy sections. And these are mostly disliked by everyone else

>>725030129
Now imagine that in VR.

>>725030371
>>725030615
It wasn't scary it was annoying.

>>725030129
Holy filtered. You're the kind of person that thinks the tape flashlight in Doom 3 was a good thing.

I don't want Half-Life 3. I want Artifact.

Valve screwed over the Artifact fanbase by cancelling the Artifact 2.0 beta without even allowing users to invite friends like they said they would in January 2021 and does not deserve your financial support for these gross consumer-unfriendly practices.

you know I never even heard about artifact until this schizo stared spamming this shit in every valve adjacent thread and all I think now is they deserved whatever happened

>>725033668
stop pretending to be someone who doesn't exist on the internet

>>725030615
You can literally play Episode 1 and 2in VR

>>725012720 (OP)
Is the game awards announcement scenario still possible? People used to say they wanted to give Geoff Alyx announcement but they fucked up and weren't ready to show yet. How much credibility is to that? It's not like Gabe owes Geoff anything.
Geoff on the other hand is a dickeater and teases HL3 every year for it to turn out to be some shitty bait and switch for a faggot Sony game fuck that fag.

>>725034823
Yes but I wouldn't bet on it. I blame Valve themselves, not the Valve news dissectors, for making me thing this year is the year.
I agree with Tyler that a shadowdrop randomly out of the blue is likely. But this is Half Life we're talking about.

>>725034823
It's all really depends on whether Valve wants to do it or not.

I want Gabe to reveal HL3 by shoving a lambda logo into my fucking face violently. That will set the mood.

>>725029996
This is real btw.

I just really wanted to tell you all that in my opinion Tyler McNigger is a dumb bitch.

>>725035335
He's white.

>>725035335
Is there anybody here who genuinely doesn't know that?

>>725027748
We had 20 HL3 ARGs since portal 2
No one is falling for this shit again

>>725032862
Haven't played Doom 3 but if I had to play entire game like this with entire black screen and tiny spot illuminated by torch I'd lose my fucking mind and gouge my eyes out.
Has anyone played that shitty half life 2 mod called 1337 or something like that?
This mod had decent amount of work put into it and generally was well put together despite baffling design decisions but there was an exceptionally shitty haunted house segment where lights go out and everything was brown matte and not reflecting light well and you can't see shit even with flashlight it was so bad that even after years it's one of the half life mods I remember very well just for how bad that shit was.

>>725037409
What are you talking about?

>>725038320
I think he's talking about all the fake ARGs and the few Steam ones during sales.

>penultimate level
>"hey gordon i found this weird gun... it shoots blue and orange circles"

great can't wait for normies to spam "half life 3 before GTA6" on every corner of the internet and it will get 5 million updoots every single time

>>725012720 (OP)
ONE MAN

>>725038845
there will be a very obvious portal tie in, I think thats all but confirmed

Bring him back.

>>725015842
but doesn't it mean that most of hl2 didn't happen

When it gets announced, will he cum?

>>725041375
He's going to act like he singlehandedly predicted HLX like he did with HLVR, as if all those leaked strings weren't publicly available knowledge.

>>725040878
I'm surprised he hasn't done ANY work outside of valve. He's very talented with sampling. My man should be at raves.

>>725040878
insane that he actually worked on the level design too. we only found this out recently.

>>725042291
Well, the nerds who bothered to read Raising the Bar and The Final Hours of Half-Life already knew that, but yeah, the documentary made it more common knowledge.

>>725024059
Much like Rockstar, Valve doesn't need to use corporate events for announcements. They'll just slap that shit on Steam's front page for months and host their own event.

Is he in

>>725043089
no thanks

Fun fact: the design of this Combine camera seen in EP3 concept art was reused for the Combine Fabricator in Alyx.

>>725043786
>>725043849
do you still think most of HLX takes place in the North Pole?

>>725034823
I think that for...probably like 10 years or more, Geoff has REALLY wanted to have the G-Man announce something. In the old NoClip documentary for the 20th anniversary of Half-Life, Geoff said that he once asked Valve if they had the G-Man model around because he wanted to have it for a cute little introduction moment for TGA or something, but Valve said they didn't really know where the model was or who was working on it (Funnily enough, it has since turned out that Geoff was lying through his teeth and already working on The Final Hours of Half Life Alyx at the time)
My point is that I think Geoff would do anything to finally get that chance to have the G-Man at TGA announcing Half-Life 3.

>>725043927
The beginning should at least, I doubt they're going to drop the Borealis plot entirely.

>>725043927
Doubtful. The only reason the Arctic was chosen as a setting was because the Episodes were originally designed to use all the ideas and settings planned for Half-Life 2 but cut for time (Ep1 was cut city 17 and citadel levels, Ep2 was cut Outland levels, Ep3 was supposed to be the cut Arctic levels). As soon as HL2Ep3 was cancelled in favor of a HL3/HLX they immediately lose any particular reason to feature an Arctic environment.

the "time and space" and dimensional data mines (which I'm sceptical of its full purpose but still) like the idea of Gordon teleporting to other places because of the Borealis/G-Man is what fangames have been showing for years now.

Local 27 year old doctor develops power over physics, the elements and gravity. Genocides alien race. Kills interdimensional businessmen. Proclaims himself God.

Can't wait to see what horrors beyond comprehension Valve have got for us

>>725044636
HD stalker skin
look deep into their decrepit flesh

look at this guy

>>725045310
Actually, look at that girl. What the fuck? Did the artist ever see the actual model? Or did Valve just describe Alyx and he made his own interpretation?

>>725045418
it came to him in a dream

>>725045418
Supposedly Dhabi would paint over the 3D model when making the promo art, so yes, he saw the model.

>>725045418
That was a paintover of Alyx's actual model and was done by her character designer, Dhabih Eng.

I hope they perfect the Gordon Alyx model so somebody can make a sick third person beside-the-shoulder mod.

>>725045418
She looks great, that's how I remember Alyx looking, not the weird SFM abomination that gets posted here after the VR game came out

the WORLD demands FREEMAN MAN

I think Alyx is cute.

>>725025108
probably with no alltalk and sprays disabled by default

>>725045865
>Be metrocop
>See this
What do

>>725012720 (OP)
Did Tyler McVicker make his yearly Half Life 3 video? Is that why everyone is talking about Half Life again?

>>725047190
>he doesn't know

>>725037409
that never happened

>>725047153
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SindqGenIhk

>>725047153
11-99 officer needs assistance
running low on verdicts
CP request all units code 3 to my 10-20
and open fire

>>725015063
>>half life with open area levels
Considering Doom TDA tried this out, I'd be surprised if HL didn't, I call it Bowsers Fury-ification

If the gman gets a backstory it's going to be ruined no matter what it is

>>725045310
Wallpaper rotation ensured I did for a good chunk of senior year

>>725047153
Arrest to preserve family cohesion.

>>725012720 (OP)
Is there a place like sports betts where I can bet on HL3 not being announced this month? Im prepared to make a lot of money.

>>725012720 (OP)
>Game Awards 2025
>entire theater blackout as Geoff Keighley is mid sentence
>blackout lasts for 15 seconds before a white door appears
>Gman walks out
>”It’s been a long, long time”
>”Wake up Gordon, finish your job”
>Valve intro theme plays and a HL3 logo appears
>February 2026 release
holy kino

Will they bring him back?

>>725049632
not as long as he remains in randy's greasy fingers

>>725049632
They nearly did for that apparently shitty spin off title set in Ravenholm.
>Father Grigori injects himself with headcrab blood for some reason
>Neck swells and becomes a giga zombie
pretty shit

YOU FUCKED UP MY HL3

the announcement could be a fucking lambda for 5 seconds and a date thats all I need gabe please

>>725049632
Considering Gearbox acts like divas over Duke - a character they didn't even create - there's no way Adrian's coming back without a fight. And yes, Randy would cockblock Valve the same way he does 3DR/Apogee because they're both ants in his retard mind

>>725049632
It's all up to Randy

>Valve preparing to make the first Half Life consooomer collectables in 10+ years
https://youtu.be/FuWqJXQGFlA?si=UNfiCJNwKurdnr4A

>>725050316
Do they even have a place to sell their merch anymore?

>>725050458
No, Valve store is dead. They have third party companies make their shit now like NECA or Good Smile occasionally.

>>725048705
2005?

Did Portal 2 really fuck Valve up that much? Was it that much of a big company-wide project?

>>725050717
It was the focus on Dota and Counter-Strike and the wilderness afterwards that fucked up Valve.

I have not...
come this far...
to doom now...

>>725050717
Portal 2 didn’t fuck anything up, it was just the last hurrah of the single player game designers at Valve. Around that time Gabe was heavily pushing games as a service and multiplayer, so various projects that were more single player focused failed to get any momentum after Portal 2.

>>725051853
Is that going to change now? Or will Gabe assume single player experiences should be confined to VR? I guess HLX will settle that for good, eh? Portal 2 was a massive success.

>>725049467
I dont like Alyx g-man. Too detailed looking and expressive in his speech. Feels like a 50s salesman instead of we don't know what the fuck he is

>>725051987
Gabe has been hands off from day to day operations at Valve for years now. He was more hands on back in 2011 because that era was still a scary time for Valve, business-wise. Steam was growing but still not the juggernaut it is now, and they had to be afraid of the rise of mobile gaming eating the gaming market as a whole and of Microsoft shooting them in the back by preventing Steam from working on Windows 8. All the multiplayer and games as a service stuff was a push to get more revenue streams going and having back up plans.

>>725052378
He should look more ill and thin and deathly pale. HL2 G-Man looks almost zombie-like it's why he's so creepy.

THIS TIME FOR SURE!!!!!

>>725052378
>>725052462
He's way creepier in VR, especially with the way his eyes perfectly stare into your soul no matter where he is

>>725052559
I will say this every year until I'm dead.

>>725052462
The HL2 intro with the mass spectrometer sound in the background hits so fucking hard.

>>725052559
I've been saying this since 2007

>>725052590
I bought Alyx when it on sale last year and still haven't played it. I'll have to dust off the old Vive.

>>725052630
I like how his eyes are slightly crossed. He looks like a corpse.
I don't know if the neutral emotive pauses in the intro were intentional but it makes it look like he's a dead body that emotes robotically.

>>725052559
The man who chants this is a fool every time except for the one that matters

>>725052810
I got the nonvr mod for it and finished it that way

>>725029996
Damn that sucks. I'm sure it'll be worth the weight, though.

>>725012720 (OP)
You need to get help, OP

I replayed a little HL2 yesterday for the first time since the anniversary and I was amazed by how natural Barney acted around me in that interrogation room. Go to the screen and actually turn and look at Barney when Dr Kleiner is speaking. Its surreal.

>>725052876
the right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the wooooooorld

>>725052857
Yeah like, he's doing his best to appear like a human. Like me when I'm forced to converse with other people.

wake up mister freeman
wake up and smell the asses

You know that no matter how good or bad the game actually is, /v/ will hate HL3 just for existing past 2008.

>>725054713
HL3 would not have become the Holy Grail it is if valve just wrapped everything up in a shorter episode back in 2008 or something.
It could have been mediocre at best and nobody would have minded. Now people are expecting it to be the best game ever bigger than anything Valve has done previously.

>>725045865
she's very likable. i'm happy they threw out the generic cyberpunk action chick they had originally. even her placeholder VA made her sound like that.

>>725053058
i posted this in the other hl thread but only recently did i notice that the manhack guy in route kanal actually points to his supply stash with his eyes and it blew my mind

>>725056516
I've never been more happy to waste time watching the dialogue, without any actions happening in game, than with Alyx in Episode 1.

ideally how would handle a smooth transition between hl2 and ep1? it always bothered me that it broke the no cutscenes rule.
>end hl2 with "this is where i get off"
>load screen
>next map starts with the gman part of the episode 1 intro

>>725054840
people expected nothing more than just a conclusion with slight improvements to the source engine in 2008, that's it

>>725049632
if you believe the gman is a meta character and laidlaw wrote his dialogue in opfor, it's pretty telling
>my employers are not quite so trusting, and rather than continually subject you to the irresistible human temptation of telling all, we have decided to...convey you somewhere you can do no possible harm, and where no harm can come to you. I'm sure you can imagine there are worse alternatives.

>>725059593
Adrian is in fucking heaven and Gordon has to freeze his ass off.

>>725054840
>>725057425
The irony is that HL2Ep3 failed because they psyched themselves out thinking they needed to blow HL2Ep2 out of the water but abandoning it only raised the bar even higher because now HL3 needs to blow out HL2+HL2Ep1+HL2Ep2+the craziest most impressive HL2Ep3 that anyone can imagine unconstrained by the reality of an actual HL2Ep3

>>725012720 (OP)
Run. Think. Shoot. Liv3.

I would like Alyx to cuddle with me ok? ok.

>we could've gotten a glimpse of the seven hour war from the borealis
i kinda liked epistle 3

: )

>>725025103
I've been burned too many times to hope that it's going to happen, yet I still believe.

>>725044263
I dunno, I mean HLA "retcon" didn't exactly erase Borealis as an important story device. I think the next game will still feature the Arctic.

I WANT TO BELIEVE

>>725045784
HL3 couldn't come soon enough just to have a newer model of Alyx.

>>725029996
calm down gabe deep breathes and count to 3!

What do you, personally, want out of HL3? Do you even know what you want?

>>725066653
I want HL3 to ACTIVATE YOUR WINDOWS

>>725066701
HOLY FUCK MY COMPUTER IS TRANSFORMING

>>725049741
Arkane had their chance to set their HL game anywhere else and they chose Ravenholm instead. What a waste. Ravenholm was a neat one-off level, why even revisit it? Not to mention them being weird with the zombies without headcrabs for some reason.

>>725066653
There's this specific kind of feeling I got on certain points of half-life. I got it when I was jumping on the vents in HL1, I got it stopping the car to check a house in HL2. I got it watching the view over a rail bridge in Alyx. And I got it irl when I drove back from a gathering a couple years ago.
Someone more clever than me could put it to words better but I hope you understand what i'm talking about. Being alone, without dialogue or music. No other game replicates that feeling. I hope HL3 has more of that.

>>725067583
Sonedoay, soo

>>725066732
now if only you could transform into a well adjusted human being instead of an ugly shit (scat) enjoying nigger

>>725066653
another cliffhanger and 50 more years until half life 4

>>725057425
>it always bothered me that it broke the no cutscenes rule.
I think it's Valve thinking they fucked up with the way HL2 ending went that they go for that nuclear option retcon. HL2's ending conveyed that Gordon's job is done and G-Man would send him to another assignment when it's clear that the story is not over yet, not with the way the events were going.

>>725066653
Yes, give me AI that can surpass the HECU Marines in terms of how fun they were to fight.
Let weapons besides the gravity gun have personality!
WHERES THE THROWABLE BUGS?!?!?!

>>725069976
>WHERES THE THROWABLE BUGS?!?!?!
They remodelled Snarks in Source 2, maybe they'll add them as weapons in the next game.

>>725015992
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. It's a mantra for a reason

>>725066653
I want Valve to push physics again. Tired of how static most AAA games are nowadays.

>>725060547
It's weird how Valve thought that Episode 3 needed to be a revolutionary product or something. Back then they stated that the Episodes are simply an incremental evolution for the HL2 saga and Episode One and Two didn't have that kind of 'big product' pressure when they were made. This whole thing feels like a cope from Gabe or something.

>>725015958
If you actually follow the HL3 data mining and leaks you'd know the procedural generation is going to be a bit like the Director in L4D! It will change enemy positions and ammo/health drops etc...

>>725012720 (OP)
MR GAY MAN HHHAACKK HACK HACK HACK WEEVE BEEN GASP EXPECTING YOUUU CHOKE

>>725016576
With a big dirty Black Mesa logo with a big dirty 3.

>>725018343
I don't see Steam Deck running it well. Plus i imagine a Deck2 is coming in a year.

>>725066653
Proper water/liquid physics. Something like the game Hydrophobia but much more polished.

>>725014883
>HL3 will be PC exclusive
there's literally no reason to believe this

>>725015063
Left 4 dead director plus slight level modifications would be good. The L4D director needed to be used much much more.

>>725076663
valve hasn't done a console release since portal 2, which was published on consoles by EA

>>725078489
>valve hasn't done a console release since portal 2
valve hasn't done a conventional game release since portal 2

>>725079141
they could have easily released Half Life Alyx on PS4 or PS5 if they wanted to

>>725079761
PSVR2 had a chance of having Half-Life Alyx port but they never got into it for some reason.

>>725066653
>What do you, personally, want out of HL3?
More technical innovation that translates into game mechanics. HLA was really fun to pick up stuff and looking for resins in, and the stealth sections worked really well (to the point that I'd want Valve to make a Thief VR game instead of whoever is making it). Now I want to see what current Valve can do for a non-VR game with modern hardware in terms of cool mechanics. The obvious choice is fluid simulations because everyone wants it but no games really do it well yet.

i overdosed on copium and all i got was this stupid fish

>>725074661
Well, to be fair, different developers had different reasons for not wanting to do Ep3, as somewhat shown in the documentary. Gabe and a few others like Dave Riller were all about "we need a big revolution to justify an Episode Three," while you have other developers like David Speyer and Jay Stelly who gave up on Ep3 because they thought "oh we took too long and missed it, it's too late for an Ep3 now so we need a full blown HL3." There were also other developers who were just plain burnt out on Half-Life and wanted to do other stuff, like Robin Walker focusing more on Team Fortress 2. (John Guthrie wasn't in the documentary but it's somewhat well known that he went off to do become a big contributor to Portal 2 instead of working on Half-Life 2 Episode Three)

>>725023542
>All that AI stuff for NPCs
Hope they'll nail the NPC combat this time. HL2 AI didn't work so good with the Combine, even though they programmed the soldiers to be more tactical.

>>725012720 (OP)
But not this decade.

>>725048320
Half-Life had to get with the times eventually. Hell, Half-Life Alyx already introduced the series on gun mods and resource collection (Resin) which is the modern trope for FPS.

>>725042206
I looked it up and he started his own game company. They released Vanishing Realms which is a VR RPG that seems like it did well.

>>725023542
These strings are also different compared to the past ones from the Source games. With an engine that's still being worked on like Source 2, everything in it that gets added is new and not from a dead project, a project that might get killed in the future but one that is in active development. These features get merged into the engine for later so other games can use them which is why they can appear in things like CS2, Alyx, or Deadlock. I'm currently more interested in the 'TF' project that was found more recently and seems to be following CS2's pattern of heavily focusing on importing new objects from Source 1 into Source 2, and with the project name we can all assume what that means.
>Mentions in Alien Swarm's fgd files
A bit of autism from me but Portal 2's day one release files reference Alien Swarm Infestation which was the cancelled sequel that was in the works prior to the actual Alien Swarm coming out. Alien Swarm was originally an Unreal Tournament mod that was then planned to have a sequel on Source, that being Infestation, and eventually the development team ghosted their website and fanbase. It was only when people pointed out that they were working on a remake of Alien Swarm for Valve that they came out to announce it properly. Alien Swarm for Valve came out and promptly bombed so Infestation, the long awaited sequel, was cancelled.

>>725085958
i keep forgetting that Alien Swarm is technically a Valve game

>>725086043
Sucks they never did more with it since it was solid.

>>725023542
>Deadlock (Citadel)
I thought Citadel was the code-name for a cancelled VR project?

>>725086150
Citadel became Neon Prime which became Deadlock basically

>>725086150
>cancelled VR project
Wasn't it Borealis? Valve had so many canceled projects at this point it's hard to keep track of.

>>725076305
I could see it. They could have a very low graphics setting for it. Alyx isn't that intensive either and has to render everything twice. Plus, I don't see SD2 coming out just yet. Probably a couple more years.

>>725086425
Borealis was the cancelled experience where you'd do a bunch of little things on the Borealis like fishing and stuff.

>>725086735
On one hand I get why the project didn't have any traction. Imagine after years of wait all people get to see of Borealis is some VR experience demo or some shit. But I get why Laidlaw tried; the dude was desperate to get anything done for the series at that point.

>>725086842
must've sucked ass to write dota/hat description stuff

>>725086842
>>725086896
Allegedly one of his treatments for Half-Life 3 was a 'movie game' in the way that it had very little room for game design since he basically wrote a strict short story more than a game story. This caused issues with the game designers at Valve and lead to an argument where he left. I didn't believe this at the time but this got backed up later on with some stuff and Borealis and also Marc said in the HL2 documentary that he left because he felt like he was stifling people. It sounds like it was probably true and he realized in retrospect he was in the wrong.

>HURR DURR LET'S RUIN THE SINGE EMOTIONAL SCENE IN OUR ENTIRE FRANCHISE AND COMPLETELY NEUTER IT WITH YET ANOTHER COMPLETELY MEANINGLESS CLIFFHANGER!
If you think the story is gonna be anything good after this shit, you're retarded. They can't help themselves, HL3 will have plebbit writing all over.

>>725087105
what really sucks is the eli voice acting, good god there's no subtlety at all. compare this to that scene where he's angry at the g-man in ep2.

>>725087159
>what really sucks is the eli voice acting, good god there's no subtlety at all.
Precisely because the writing is so dogshit. Erik Woplaw and whoever the other fuck were can't write for shit, the only games they made were Portal 2 (ruined the delicate atmosphere and tone of Portal 1) and Half-Life Alyx.

>>725086842
That actually sounds really good and in line with the half life tech demo that was a light house or something. Just temper expectations by saying "this is a tech demo"

>>725087246
This is why I hope they bring back Marc Laidlaw one last time.

>>725087732
They won't. They already brought back Erik and the other guy to write this new game. It's literally over, Anon.

i realized that no one but laidlaw is able to write the g-man. just look at any mod that tries to incorporate him or even hl alyx.

>>725088218
I agree with you but unfortunately 99% of gamers are too retarded to understand what you mean.
As long as you keep the casting the same, GAYmers will lap up any horrid writing you foist upon them.

>>725087732
>>725088129
>>725088218
I think Marc is able to write really solid story structure with a lot of interesting sci-fi concepts, but he doesn't do a great job writing believable characters. They feel like they're archetypes from a B Movie whereas in the Episodes they're fleshed out more.

>>725088308
Half-Life 2 wasn't a character focused story or game, so Laidlaw had to stick to caricatures to get the characters points across. And even then he managed to write a few interesting ones like Dr. Breen or Judas Mossman before he got the chance to do a proper character-driven story.
Laidlaw can certainly write good stuff if you just give him the room.

>>725088308
i wonder how much of that is remnants of HL1's earliest, cartoony art style. you definitely see it in how the scientists act.

>>725088308
The Episodes managed to balance out the G-Man's mystery and the character writing really well imo. However Half-Life Alyx leaned too much on the character's side. That's why I'm really hoping for Marc to come back, to balance out the writing between the cosmic struggle side of the series and the characters.

when did you realize he's the one who hired gordon from the g-man?
>You found Gordon?! I don't believe it...

>>725090446
Kleiner also said something sus.
>"Good grief! Gordon Freeman! I expected more warning"

The earlier version is even more blatant with the implication.
https://youtu.be/Hb1fYjbNPbs?si=6SDzXt9meIb8Mp77&t=60

>>725090774
the kleiner line is a bit ambiguous. he could very well mean that he expected gordon himself to warn them.

>>725090446
Imagine making a deal with the g-man that results in the combine conquering earth and still going back to make another deal with him.

>>725057425
The worst cutscene was EP2 gman freezes time also known as heart to heart.
It's literally a cutscene gman has full control of camera retards who talk about no cutscenes in Half Life never bring this one up. I can forgive HL2 intro and ending cutscene but that shit is in the middle of the game.

>>725091614
the heart-to-heart works because it's more like some surreal vision he's giving you. he even looks at you the whole time. the episode 1 intro is just an outright cutscene.

>>725012720 (OP)
>2 more weeks!

>>725091569
You're thinking of two different deals (in anon's hypothetical). Whoever hired him to plunge the Earth into war with the combine isn't necessarily who hired him to pull Gordon back out of cold storage. But I think it ultimately is, and Eli is unrelated to either.

>>725087105
It went to shit during EP1 intro with vortiniggers acting as deus ex machina

>>725088467
>Breen
I think it's one of Laidlaw's best written characters because they're a very analytical character which is his strong suit in Half-Life 2.

I'm worried that Half Life 3 will have a lot of the fun chipped away from it.
1 got to have all kinds of wacky weapons and aliens. 2 was so sterilized in comparison with basically the same arsenal as 1 without the fun stuff with the only real addition being the gimmick gun. Cut most the aliens too with hardly any to take their place.
Alyx was supposed to have cool stuff like the tau cannon or snarks but those got cut. They really gotta stop sanding away all the edges of these games.

They literally have a setting where Earth has been overrun with wild alien creatures and a hostile massive empire and yet it manages to be so incredibly boring in what you encounter.

>>725088218
Given how extensive they've said the rewrites were on alyx and how many notes laidlaw kept emailing the team, it's basically a given that he probably touched on the g-man writing too.
The problem with g-man in HLA is that we've never seen the g-man have a conversation before. Every interaction has been a monologue, so him actually replying to things said to him was always going to feel different.

>>725091939
They redeemed it though with Alyx sexo

>>725092082
Dario Casali mentioned in hindsight how HL2 sanded out a lot of fun when it comes to gunplay. I don't think he's alone with that opinion at Valve. Now that FPS audience is more demanding, HL2 arsenal aged poorly as time goes by; Valve had no room to fuck up on the arsenal this time.

>>725092725
It's a shame they did not include more cut stuff in episodes
Like two minor enemies and zero new guns in 4 years, absolute embarassement content wise

>>725018439
>HL2 VR is great
I tried it and got nauseous from the large open spaces and locomotion. I got used to it fairly quick in HLA, but the Water Hazard section on HL2 VR made me quit it. It wasn't designed for VR and it feels like it.

>>725092851
Episode 3 was supposed to be a major addition to the formula with new weapons and new enemy types but alas it didn't happen.
>Ice gun
>Sonar gun
>Gluon gun
>Whatever pic related gun (weaponizer)

>>725093481
good thing it didnt happen.
sounds like the didnt have any idea and were just going to rehash formulas.
>gravity gun
>portal gun
>ohh i know, ice gun !

>>725047153
turn off the suppression field and unzip

>>725012720 (OP)
hl3 never ever

WAKE UP GORDON
She's gone, Gordon!
She's gone!
Now you can't fuck my daughter!

>2025
>still no hours-long youtube essay on how supression field could work

>>725093341
My only gripe with the vehicle sections was the buggy steering being a bit fucky and pulling to the right when accelerating unless I made a conscious effort to pull it left but I think it was a controller issue

>>725094043
No one wants to give the WEF any ideas

>>725041375
the fag will claim he always knew that THIS time is the real moment, and will cry when nobody gives him credit or attention.

>>725012846
Job Simulator -esque tech demo for the Steam Frame situated in Black Mesa right before the Resoance Cascade

This fucker found a way to stop me from masturbating, and he's supposed to be the bad guy?

>>725094043
The suppression field is already in action.

>>725094401
>Thermal & EMW Specific effects
tinfoil nonsense. the paper discusses the likely causes being EDCs, lifestyle and health factors (obesity skyrocketed since the 1970's, and that impacts testosterone production and sperm count) and stress.

What did they mean by this?

>>725091614
I give it a pass because it's so kino, best G-Man appearance in the series

>>725094578
Benefactor hands typed this.

doctor freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeman

will G-Man still fuck with us or are we totally against him now

>>725023039
The JJ Abrams movie still hasn't been officially canceled, it's going to happen.

>>725094612
I agree, I would still go back and rewatch it from time to time years ago, just to get the kino shivers. I'm so fucking glad they kept Mike Shapiro as his actor in HLA - he knocked it out of the park in the ending.

>>725094698
>JJ Abrams
no no no no no no

>We didn’t make HL3 because we thought that the prototype wasn’t innovative enough and making it just to finish the trilogy kinda goes against our idea of bringing innovation to the gaming industry
Then they should have stopped at 2. EP1 and EP2 brought nothing to innovate the series besides few gimmicks that can be only used near the end of the game.

Gabe is a fat hack fuck

>>725094683
I wouldn't worry about it

>>725094792
>Nice delivery, Missster Freeman.

>>725094043
that reminds me does anyone know any other Half Life obsessive yt channels
I like
MarphitimusBlackimus
Lymphoid
Quadrazid
Pinplash
Radiation Hazard
Purple Colonel
CDMR RileySV

>>725094787
It was ironically the episodes that made Valve want to make HL3 that actually felt like a leap from HL2. Then there was that spinoff fiasco that failed. Then there was Portal 2 obviously that took up almost the entire studio. Then there was Dota and CS:GO which made banooonooo money so Valve could focus on experimental projects like Valve VR and Alyx. And here we are.
I'm glad Gabe was honest about it during the anniversary video. Gabe is like a caretaker for the company now who just shows up when the company is in a bad way. I trust him more than most.

>>725024059
I hope it doesn't, because I don't want Geoff to have the glory. However, he did do the Final Hours, so it's not impossible.

>>725095028
I bet URIAH gets tons of bitches

>>725095028
Last year Geoff cracked up like he was about to sob for an announcement that didn't really matter. If HL3 is announced this year. Either Gabe shows up, or, Geoff needs to SOB uncontrollably before he announces this game.
Or he can announce "a new valve title" but the game isn't revealed until the trailer plays

>>725066653
Make people think that it starts with a flashback to Black Mesa starting with Gordon waking up on the Resonance Cascade day to go to work. Make it much longer and realistic with deep dialogue trees. Then when you eventually trigger the cascade fade to black and roll credits.

Make people think it will be about borealis and black mesa and deep dialogue but BANG its actually sick fucking gun play and adrenaline rush vehicle sections.

>>725095108
>last year Geoff cracked up like he was about to sob for an announcement that didn't really matter
that shit was infuriating. fuck TGA. it's 90% ads and 10% slop trailers. announcing HL3 there would be a disappointment.

>>725095239
it would make the night worth it, so no
4 hours of slop for half life is acceptable

I hope Valve does a big reveal conference and then it's Artifact 2.

That's right boys, Alien Swarm 2 coming out 2026.

>>725093935
Why still doom? I genuinely don't understand the thought process. It's painfully obvious from the leaks that HL3 is currently in development, has been in development far longer than any previous iteration, and is getting close to release.

never doom
always hope

>>725095480
>alien swarm 2 but it's a roguelite vampire survival clone

>>725095538
Because people have been doing this dance for 18 years now, until we see the trailer or it being advertised on the front page of Steam it doesn't exist

>>725095623
Last HL3 was cancelled in like 2011 or even earlier. This HL3 has been in development since 2020 I think.
I'm not saying you should be certain its real, I'm just saying you should feel the same way people felt in like 2009 about HL3.

What are you fags talking about? What did I miss? What leaks????

>>725095719
The datamines... they always come out but nothing ever happens... but then theres more datamines, and its all real but nothing ever happens...

>>725054713
>You know that no matter how good or bad the game actually is, /v/ will hate HL3 just for existing past 2008.
Lol, no, not in 2025 timeline where only ue5 garbage exist.

>>725096152
A properly optimized game should be enough for some people in this day and age.

I fear Valve will go down the graphics or bust route where lots of people expect the next HL game to be essentially a tech demo for a completely finished Source 2.

>>725095678
That, and previous versions never made it more than a few months at most before being canceled. The fact that Valve actually managed to release Alyx and has been able to consistently work on HL3 practically guarantees that this iteration will make it through. There's also the fact that we can tell the game is close to release from the leaks.

>>725096456
They already achieved photorealism with HLA, I dunno how they can top that. HL is a linear game too; it doesn't need fancy raytracing and any other graphics bells and whistles.

>>725096713
Arent they adding descriptions to certain concepts in the code? That usually implies it's finished.

>>725096745
Didn't they made some dynamic weather shenanigans?

>>725012720 (OP)
Gman looks like a nortubel character

>>725096908
weather, gravity and elemental control (different materials will react to other materials based on their properties)
Gordon will have God-like powers apparently.

>>725096908
Among other things. They've been experimenting with winds since HLA based on the commentary with hurricane-force winds of some kind.

>>725095719
There's been consistent strings in Source 2 game updates referring to a project called HLX, the HEV suit, Xen gorillas, among other things since Alyx released. Also, some (I think) playtesters have even mentioned HL3 by name.

GUYS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vS3idZI6TM

>>725085958
>I'm currently more interested in the 'TF' project that was found more recently and seems to be following CS2's pattern of heavily focusing on importing new objects from Source 1 into Source 2, and with the project name we can all assume what that means.
I didn't know that. TF2's 20th anniversary is in 2 years, but with how little Valve seems to care for the game, I seriously doubt a CS2-sized makeover would ever happen to the game. They'd let it rot in perpetuity without any updates whatsoever if they could still make money off of it that way.

>>725087105
Eh, I agree. HL2 is supposed to be that gritty dystopia, but no one important is allowed to die or suffer. Eli gets captured multiple times, Alyx gets captured multiple times, it's honestly quite comical. Episode 2 ending was that one part where they let Combine have a small win, and they retconned that too.

Yeah, yeah, I know Combine wiped out like 95% of humanity in the 7 hour war, but that's all off-screen and no one important from Black Mesa seemingly got killed in spite of USA being basically obliterated.

>>725096967
KILL YOURSELF

>>725097025
WGAT THE FUCJ ITS RESL HOLY SHIT

>>725097008
One of the guys who worked on Firewatch, I forget which one, accidentally admitted in an interview Valve is "working on games that focus on gravity perimeters and effects" which of course no Valve game currently has.

>>725096908
There's a time of day script in the scripts folder for HLA but I think that's also in SteamVR Home and more meant to be used there
>>725096765
Maybe
Adding actual descriptions to FGD entries can be done any time and doesn't really mean much because they have their own internal documentation that is probably more detailed than anything you can seen on the VDC wiki or in Hammer tooltips.

If HLX as a continuous project is the be believed, this game has been in development for half a decade.

I have a brain injury.
My brain is injured.
Ow.

>>725097510
>we didn't get to feed him freshly squeezed headcrab
Sadge

>>725097510
he's literally me

can december 11 come any sooner I want to be disappointed so I don't have to have any anticipation for the rest of the year

standard insertion procedures

>>725015519
>The Borealis plot was scrapped because a confined space like a container ship wouldn't be very fun to play in.

Yeah, back in 2002, for Episode 3 though it was obviously supposed to be just a staging ground for all sorts of interdimensional madness with you traveling to Xen and wherever while fighting advisors

>>725097336
Maybe more considering early codes were known all the way from 2019. I guess some devs moved on after HLA was feature complete and proceeded to work on this right away.

>>725023542
Most of the features listed, while impressive, are still very raw under-the-hood stuff. I wonder how Valve implements these systems in-game. Hopefully Valve also hides some other gameplay gimmicks that aren't listed in these datamined strings.

>>725100986
>Hopefully Valve also hides some other gameplay gimmicks that aren't listed in these datamined strings
This is the thing that confuses me the most about these leaks. Like they're definitely keeping the core gameplay stuff under wraps right? They have to know we know about these things?

>>725087105
They had to change it because that one retard leaked the ending

>>725102047
Was it an ending? I think that was just the writers personal fanfiction. Valve changed the story so it doesn't have to be focused on the Borealis and the headcanon of most HL fans already.

>>725101916
>They have to know we know about these things?
They certainly do. They changed one or two lines related to HEV suit at some point, which was immediately assumed to be a botched attempt at hiding things. Though after that they just gave up trying to obfuscate the dataminers and new HLX strings kept coming in. Despite all these leaks though I think they still have a few more features hidden.

>>725100986
the datamined strings all come from feature changes/implementations in Source 2. I assume how they implement the features into the project itself will be anyone's guess - they're doing a lot of work that we can't see to make them work in this specific game.

>>725087246
Erik Wolpaw wrote for the Episodes and for Portal 1, so that delicate and atmosphere and tone you praise was precisely due to Wolpaw.

>>725087246
The blame should be directed mostly at Jay Pinkerton really.

>>725104448
Not only that, but for games in particular, the writer's job is more to try to figure out how to put together and contextualize what everyone else has built in a coherent way, often at a pretty late stage. Marc Laidlaw himself has always tried to stress that he never gave top-down orders on what the story would be and tell the engineers and level designers to build it. He would bounce ideas around with the engineers and designers int he early stages to inspire them, they would build the gameplay and levels into a rough track, and then he would come back and try to figure out a story that would fit the track. For Half-Life 1 in particular, the entire level track had already been built before Marc Laidlaw had even been hired.

If Portal 2 is more zany and cartoony, it's because a lot of the gameplay and world building had already become more zany with the addition of the gels and the world becoming more dynamic by having the panels actually move around rather than be static geometry as in Portal 1. Wolpaw and Pinkerton wrote for that kind of world that had already been built, they didn't tell the level designers to build that kind of world.

>>725060547
In current time you don't need to do anything crazy.
Just do regular high quality game without deislop like in 2010 and these days it would blow niggers used to shitty gay games out of the water. Just don't use unreal engine so the game doesn't need GPU from 10 years into the future to run smooth. Add some destructible interactions which unrealslop can't do because of gay retard nanite and shit ass lumen. Add sexy bitches that games can't have because of HR karens and roasties. Instant billion copies and everyone loves it.
>>725066653
Digital Molecular Matter type materials. Electric conduction, springiness, corrosive liquids. Liquid physics. You can cut shit with lasers. Fun platforming segments. More fun science weapons like in Half Life 1 and every weapon is fun. You can cut holes in the walls or enemies in half with gluon gun. AR2 is like E;0 AR2. Shotgun is shotgun. MP5 is removed from the game.

>>725105384
Huh, maybe waiting actually did pay off then. They raised the bar so high with HL2Ep2, so they let the rest of the game industry lower the bar back down for them.

>>725105557
The UE5 fiasco with all the bonkers performance even in high-end PCs atm should help HL3 to be the savior for PC gaming. Assuming Valve still cares about optimization that is.

>>725105709
>assuming Valve still cares about optimization that is
if HLA is anything to go by, they absolutely do. Part of the polish process now that the game is on it's last legs of development is doing optimization passes.

>>725024279
just goes to show how much of a retard you are. it was probably the worst RTX Remix project in existence.

I'm aware of the "leaked engine strings", but why are people convinced HLnot3 is almost done? Is it just based on how long it's been in development, or is there a more specific leak? Titmogging unrel.

>>725106020
Tyler said something about how Valve is editing a trailer for it as we speak.

>>725106360
i think i'd sooner trust a nigerian prince than tyler mcnigger

>>725106360
Does Tyler have an anonymous source, or is he a "my dad works for Nintendo" kind of guy? From the skimming the thread, general consensus seems to be the latter, so I don't understand why anyone would believe him.
>>725106441
Acknowledged.

>>725106470
>"my dad works for Nintendo"
This one, but people still took his words anyway.

Let me read a email I recently received.
Dear Doctor Breen, why has the "Gaben" seen fit to suppress our Half Life recycle? Sincerely, a concerned unemployed gamer.
Thank you for writing, concerned.

>>725106020
>>725106470
MADE FOR TITFUCKING

>>725106802
Why can't Gay Ben count to three, oh majestic overlord?

bro we're already halfway through november, give up

>>725106936
NEVER GIVE UP

>>725104331
>Erik Wolpaw wrote for the Episodes
He worked in conjunction with Laidlaw, which helped balance it out.

They're waiting for you, Gordon.
In the Geoff chamberrr

>>725106936
AKIRAMENAI !!!

>>725106936
keep going, Dr. Freeman

>>725095719
Just like this anon said >>725097008
There has been a lot of HLX mentions in those update, not only gameplay related stuff like
> the conductivity of certain materials when they are cold or heated up
But also strings of code that refer to optimizations, which means that they are somewhat really far in development, so an announcement might be imminent. This time the game is real, there are too many people slipping up in interviews, too many strings of code, too many things coming together for it not to be real. It's just a matter of
> time dr. freeman

>>725106902
who is this goddess

Geoff... Keighley?
Miss Vance... you wouldn't need... all that... to imprison Geoff Keighley...

>>725107308
Gaiden Newell, Gabe's daughter

i keep getting excited then i remember they retconned eli vance like some shitty comic book

I want a source 2 model of Gordon to run up on stage and beat the shit out of Geoff with a crowbar and then announce HL3.

>>725107486
They didn't retconned anything. That's not what a retcon is

>>725106020
datamined strings specifically related to late-stage development, like LOD passes, occlusion optimization iirc, unionization and simplification of strings to make them more efficient.

>>725107540
he died then they changed it for reasons, its retcon enough for me to not like it

>>725107574
Most of these changes are to base.fgd aren't they? These are mostly gonna be generalized engine stuff rather than HLX specific stuff, which you aren't gonna see until the game gets an SDK (unless they leave it in the files when they ship)

I wonder if it'll have Deathmatch mode like the previous two games.

>>725107596
Yeah, that's fine, you dont have to like it. But is not a retcon because it's stablished that Eli died before. In fact, Eli needed to die in order for the deal between Gman and Alyx to happen.
A retcon is a change done suddenly and without explanation to change the already written lore with the hopes that the audience just follows along.

>>725107753
If I was in valve, I would scrap deathmatch and insert a working coop mode instead.

>>725107759
VR and being "forced" to make Alyx is the reason they retconned it, i guess it could make sense after HL3 but not a fan of that type of shit. He died and it was impactful and now its maybe some multiverse shit? bleh

>>725107676
>These are mostly gonna be generalized engine stuff rather than HLX specific stuff
I'm pretty sure the vehicle mechanics and physics strings were optimized and simplified to use less calculations as well. This as far as we know is an HLX only feature.

>>725107492
sounds kino

>>725107928
It would be in an HLX specific fgd then wouldn't it?

>>725066653
See Gordon enjoy that beer with Barney and exhale in relaxation

>>725108126
That will be how the game ends.

>>725012720 (OP)
Half-Life 3 will be open-world

>>725108334
Your asshole will be open-world

>>725108334
Open area, apparently. But still linear.

>>725108270
Holy fuck, did the game really looked this bad at times?

>>725108121
not necessarily, base classes for physics/animations are contained in the Source 2 base.cfg. Things like tire friction coefficients and vehicle dynamics would end up there.

>>725023542
>Foundry is classified as a specific place different from Xen and Offworld
What's that about? Maybe it's Gordon teleported into Aperture or something?

This seems like a good place for this, since nobody will believe it's real

Part # 1/3

Metal Gear Solid 6: Vigilant Ghosts
>Set in Year 2031
>Game starts off as a sneaking mission with a masked operative that we presume to be Raiden in a sneaking cyborg body
>Goes by Code-name Lightning, and is guided by Otacon and Sunny
>Mission is strictly a non-combat observer mission on a suspect military org operating in South Africa
>The military org is revealed to be a rogue group known as LAZARUS
>LAZARUS has plans to form new nation led by warrior kings
>Sneaking mission goes hot and escalates into several nuclear weapons being detonated, sparking a hot war in the region
>Lightning is critically injured in this mission and it is unclear if he is alive or dead
>Fast forward to 2033
>LAZARUS has overtaken a large island in the Mediterranean and has been instigating more countries into the global war sparked in 2031
>LAZARUS is revealed to be planning a large operation according to covert sources
>Player assumes role of an American soldier masked protagonist in a sneaking suit being airdropped by stealth aircraft
>Player assumes we are playing Lightning again, but like MGS2 it is revealed to be a new character, blonde hair, named Dark Wolf
>Dark Wolf looks and sounds like Raiden, but is clearly different
>Dark Wolf proceeds to infiltrate LAZARUS and terminate various Cyborgs
>Big plot twist in game will consist of LAZARUS resurrecting old war heroes as advanced AI clones in cyborg bodies (hence the Vigilant Ghost title)

Part # 2/3

>Solid Snake is resurrected as a cyborg clone and becomes primary antagonist
>Snake engages Dark Wolf, presuming Wolf to be Raiden and begins taunting him
>It's revealed that Wolf is actually Jack's son John, and that Raiden was killed in the initial LAZARUS incident 2 years earlier
>Snake and Wolf battle, with Wolf almost being killed, until a cyborg ninja (accompanied by an older model quadruped unmanned gear) affiliated with Maverick intervenes causing Snake to retreat
>Wolf and the ninja speak, with Wolf remarking how the ninja reminds him of his father Raiden
>The ninja reveals himself as codename Kaji, and removes his mask to show a grown-up George, with the unmanned gear being a copy of Blade Wolf known as Shadow Dog
>Wolf, angered since his father spent more time with George training him, tells George to stay out of his way
>Wolf proceeds to battle several cyborg AI clones in the facility, trying to gather additional information as to what LAZARUS is planning
>It's revealed LAZARUS is planning to take out key leaders utilizing a series of cutting edge cyborg AI clones being developed on a facility on their island
>It's further revealed that these AI clones are actual physical embodiments of the Patriots, with the cyborg bodies containing biological materials designed to look like various world leaders and making them indistinguishable from normal people
>Wolf must set aside his differences with Kaji and the two must work together, along with Shadow Dog, to terminate LAZARUS and end the Patriot Biocyborg clones before they can be deployed
>Final battle involves Snake, Wolf, and Kaji fighting, with Kaji being mortally wounded

>>725108334
>You will have G-Areas for G-Man
>You will have V-Areas for Vance
>There's multiple dimensions so nothing matters
>Half-Life is now in the control of green haired zoomoids with no taste

>>725108334
At most it'll be like Metro Exodus with the vehicle segment and all that. I am curious about how Valve tackles open world with the way they autistically playtest things.

>>725108430
Yeah, base class definitions, hence the base.fgd, which is generalized engine stuff, game specific entities tend to go into their own separate fgd

part # 3/3

>Kaji tells Wolf that he was always jealous of him, saying Raiden always talked about John and how he never wanted John to have to live the same life of war
>Kaji gives Wolf Sam's blade and perishes as Snake integrates himself into a large metal gear
>Wolf battles against Snake in Metal Gear Resolution, ultimately killing snake and destroying the metal gear with Sam's sword
>Wolf has one final battle with a series of the Patriot biocyborgs coming online, before defeating them all
>Wolf sets the self-destruct on the LAZARUS facility and escapes
>Wolf is approached by Maverick at the end, Raiden and Kaji having been redeemed in his eyes, and agrees to join Maverick to continue his father's legacy
>The global war still rages, setting up the stage for a sequel
>Final scene of game shows Wolf drawing Sam's sword and deciding to inherit it as his main weapon
>queue credits

directed by the very man himself
unique new feature will be GameGlass integration for codec calls using tablets/phone without pausing game for conversations

>>725108550
it will be borderlands

>>725108449
>inb4 Prospero concepts are revived

>>725107486
>>725107596
A retcon is when the writers just pretend something never happened. This has an actual in-universe reason, it's addressed in universe by the characters, and the story will progress differently now that Eli was saved than if he never died in the first place.

No we know for a fact the levels are still linear. and follow a set path. You will just be able to reach the end in multiple ways.

>>725108651
thats even worse dont you see? having multi timelines makes it so no timeline matters

It won't be open world, how will they do developer commentary with it? Where would they plant the nodes?

>>725108640
>Alyx is being recruited by G-Man to be the Librarian
It all comes full circle.

>>725085958
TF got mentioned like twice, and considering schedules, I strongly doubt it's a fully fledged game. It's more than likely some kind of minigame like Aperture Hand Lab that'll release with the Deckard.

>>725108640
>>725108857
the fuck is this

Give us an official coop mode for Half Life to replace deathmatch. HL2 coop mods are buggy and clearly unoptimised.

>>725108594
>gimmick is pointless shit that actively gets in the way by making you pause the game or stand there doing nothing so you can focus on the codec call
>directed by kojimbo
You're really bad at this anon, even kojima wouldn't do that retarded shit

>>725106360
Tyler has largely been copying shit from Gabefollower for HLX stuff, anything that isn't also something Gabefollower has said I would 100% disregard

>>725109032
isnt there enough gay online shooters for your stupid ass? Valve has two

>>725108925
The earliest game concept from Valve before Half-Life. It's what seeded the idea for Combine and Steam.

>>725106360
>>725109074
Tyler did not say that. He said the datamines seem to indicate the game was at a stage of development where they might be simply making the trailer. We don't know if they are.

>>725109097
>coop is an online shooter

>>725108701
I don't think there's gonna be multiple timelines. Or at least the story will only focus on one even if there's also technically others.

nobody cares about timelines I just want to blow the headcrab off a zombie with my magnum

>>725109063
>sony puts over 200 million into concord
no, I think they would be stupid enough to do this

>>725087246
The reason Alyx's writing is like that is because it was rushed to shit after the previous story bombed in company playtests, so the writer for that story was fired and Wolpaw and the like were rushed in to create a new story in less than a year. The more jokey tone is also an overreaction to the tone of the prior story which was dull and miserable.