Thread 725621789

>he still cares about half life post epistle 3 and gets unironically hyped for a possible sequel 2 decades later
Couldn't be me lmao

>>725621789 (OP)
Epistle 3 fucking sucked and Laidlaw wasn't as good of a writer as people jerk him off to be

>>725621789 (OP)
Alyx retconned the ending.
What now Laidbitch?

Yet you posted G-Man from Alyx and not from the OG. Curious.

Taking Epistle 3 as gospel is peak retard
No one cares about the story, we are waiting for a video game, not a movie.
So it that sense it doesn't matter how long it took or if people were not aware of Half Life before now.

>>725621835
Since you are a buffon let me explain.
Epistle 3 is episode 3's script with names changed for legal reasons. He only released it because he knew modern valve was done for and would not ever be able to release anything resembling episode 3 or half life 3.

>>725621978
>Epistle 3 is episode 3's script with names changed for legal reasons
everyone knows that you tard, it fucking sucks and there was no guarantee that would have been the original story

>>725622078
He wrote basically all half-life you know of well except third party ones like freeman, opposing force etc.
It's as canon as you are going to get. And it's been 8 years since epistle 3, anon.
>>725621965
>story doesn't matter in a story game
Now we are just coping

>>725621978
Laidhack himself admitted that scripts get reworked all the time as the development unfolds and later even admitted that he regrets posting his fanfic.

>>725621978
>Epistle 3 is episode 3's script with names changed for legal reasons
Yeah, and it sucked. It's good that that version didn't get made because it was trash.

>>725622523
To avoid the wrath of valve lawyers anon.
THINK!

>>725621789 (OP)
I first played Half-Life 2 in 2013, and then my computer broke for a while, so I didn't pick it up again to actually beat it until a few years ago.
This series is basically new to me.

>>725621835
>Epistle 3 fucking sucked
This
>>725621978
>Explaining shit to someone who's read it.

No spoilers cuz I can't be bothered
>Muh portal boralis connection!
>Explore the ship
>Scooby doo time jumpy metaverse loopy shit at end
>"escape" enough to pilot the teleporting fucking hellscape abomination ship
>Alyx: FUCK DA COMBINE!
>Commits to pointless suicide attack
>Gman: Uhhh, Akshhuualllyy.... I'mmmm heeeeeeeerrrre for Al-icks
>Teleports out w/ her
>"oh shit I'm still part of the suicide squad"
>*SCREAMS SILENTLY*
>Executive Producer Vortigaunts teleport Gorgon
>"Oh sweet, manmade horrors beyond our comprehension" purposefully run amok, did fuckall as an all out final attack on the final boss's homeworld.
>Okay I woke up ona beach
>It's been years
>I dunno if we've won or lost
>W/e I guess, so I'mma send you this letter
>t. George Foreman
>THE FUCKING END

>>725622214
>He wrote basically all half-life you know of well except third party ones like freeman, opposing force etc.
Isn't he also that asshole who later got mad at fans for asking about Gman and stating

>Stop asking me about shit I made up in 15 minutes 20+ years ago
Literally admitting that the character is nothing but a mysterious placeholder....

>>725624328
If half life has always been so shit why are you still here, anon. What makes you think hl3 (which will never happen) will be any different?

>>725624489
>If half life has always been so shit
nobody said half life as a whole was shit, just epistle 3

>>725625432
And yet you are still hyped for hl3. What do you even expect? Another breath taking twist like a literal retcon in hl alyx?

>>725622214
How is Half Life a story game?
If the story mattered at all they would have released a game to finish it 15 years ago and not bothered about tech innovation but you're a lore sperg who can't be convinced otherwise

>>725625581
>Valve doesn't give a shit about half life series and only use it as a means to achieve their agenda
You are so close

>>725625576
hl alyx wasn't a retcon you midwit, it was a sequel to episode 2

>>725621789 (OP)
It's fun to get excited for some dumb event even if it doesn't happen. And since I'm not that invested in HL storyline, especially after Alyx, I don't really care if it's good or bad.

>>725625737
>hl alyx wasn't a retcon
holy mother of cope

>>725625775
how is it cope
the events of hl2e2 literally, FUNAMDENTALLY have to have occured for the ending of hlAlyx to happen
you not understanding how it works doesn't make it a retcon

>>725625840
>*poof* nu-uh didn't happen, doesn't count
Yeah, sure. Not retcon.

>>725625724
Yeah, what's wrong with that? Go play the latest Sony movie game slop little bro.
>>725625775
Do you have a fetish for gman holding wine glasses or something? Is he gonna fill it with cum and feed it to you?

>>725625840
It's an in story retcon.
You're right tho but it is a reshuffling of what happened with the major thing that the characters in the story are aware of it.

>>725626061
gman is the best thing to come out of hl alyx

>>725625915
>didn't happen,
but it did
you're retarded