Half Life thread - Discussions about Valve's FPS magnum opus(es) and any related content (spin offs, expansions and etc)

HL 3...is it still happening?

  • No and anyone that still thinks that it will is delusional

    Votes: 240 47.7%
  • Yes, they just need a few more years to perfect it so it can another game changer in the industry

    Votes: 134 26.6%
  • Shouldnt it be called "Two Lives and a half" instead?

    Votes: 82 16.3%
  • Half life is overrated, you neckbeard homos

    Votes: 47 9.3%

  • Total voters
    503
I don't know if I buy that heavily into all the SBI stuff when it comes to Valve, not to say that they are above it. Having played Alyx and Deadlock they don't play into that crap at all really. At the end of the day I think Valve just want to make games.
You have to understand that SBI's "suggestions" are less that and more like blackmail. If you don't hire them, they will get the word out that you're a hateful bigot who has no place in this industry, and for most studios it's too much of a hassle. Better to give in to the protection racket and shit up your game on their behalf, of course some studios ruin their games more than others. Looks like Valve took the minimal approach for Alyx, but it still did so at all and that's worrying.
 
You have to understand that SBI's "suggestions" are less that and more like blackmail. If you don't hire them, they will get the word out that you're a hateful bigot who has no place in this industry, and for most studios it's too much of a hassle. Better to give in to the protection racket and shit up your game on their behalf, of course some studios ruin their games more than others. Looks like Valve took the minimal approach for Alyx, but it still did so at all and that's worrying.
Oh no I completely agree, and as recent events have showed even slight movement away from what they want on Valve's part is unacceptable to them. I'm hoping the pendulum swing is real this time and we don't have to worry about this whole stupidity soon. Right?
 
Considering how they booted the original VA for Alyx in her titular game for someone who only got the role for being the same race as the character(a common occurrence in the industry now), I wouldn't doubt it. Valve takes "advice" from SBI and friends just like every other dev studio, plus the culture around the office definitely changed from the late 2000s.
I just said it, she wasn't black enough to be the VA. Probably one of SBI's suggestions to Valve they blindly took. Very disrespectful, if you ask me, doesn't paint a pretty picture for HL3 if it ever comes out.
Here's what makes this more confusing:
In the Episode 2 commentary, Alyx's VA mentions that she too is mixed race.
 
Here's what makes this more confusing:
In the Episode 2 commentary, Alyx's VA mentions that she too is mixed race.
Not black enough
What do you mean that Alyx is mixed race? Doesn't matter, we niggers everywhere. How else are we going to make a diverse product?
 
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Didn't her voice actor die? Am I retarded?
A bunch of actors in the series have died since the first game but not the actresses who played Alyx. They fired the first voice actress of Alyx and replaced her with a new actress before the VR game was finished. The official reason was that the newer actress sounded "younger". But the first actress had already recorded a bunch of dialog for the VR game and some of her lines accidentally made it into the trailers. Valve's explanations for this never made any sense.
 
A bunch of actors in the series have died since the first game but not the actresses who played Alyx. They fired the first voice actress of Alyx and replaced her with a new actress before the VR game was finished. The official reason was that the newer actress sounded "younger". But the first actress had already recorded a bunch of dialog for the VR game and some of her lines accidentally made it into the trailers. Valve's explanations for this never made any sense.
The easier explaination is that they had a contractual dispute and so Volvo just cut their losses and let her go. It doesnt seem to be an acrimonious parting, at least.
 
Anyone know of any fun or cool pistol replacement mods for half life 2? I've been using this one that has you dual world pistols but it doesn't increase the ammo count so you are getting a longer reload animation with no advantage. I'll also take any cool weapon replacement mods in general just to spice it up
 
No. I've waited too long, I just want them to finish the damn story. HL3 couldn't come out and I wouldn't care as long they give me some form of closure that isn't Laidlaw's deranged fanfic.
I don't know... like with so many studios anymore, I am not convinced the current team at Valve are even capable of making a product even half as good as their prior iteration.

Is the talent there?
 
I don't know... like with so many studios anymore, I am not convinced the current team at Valve are even capable of making a product even half as good as their prior iteration.

Is the talent there?
My hope is that the new talent (like the Risk of Rain guys) will provide new tech/gameplay ideas while the old guard will treat Half Life 3 as their last game before completely retiring.
 
Hey guys, I need help again.

Just started playing Half-Life 2. This is my first playthru.

I'm using an 8BitDo SN30 Pro2 controller (my current living space makes keyboard and mouse uncomfortable at the moment) and... for some reason every five minutes or so, my view will randomly just be whipped around to be looking somewhere else, sometimes without me even pressing anything.

I googled and found no solution (I found one but the person was having that issue with the mouse, not with a gamepad, and the solution he found didn't work for me).

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.
 
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It has been too long. I don't want them to finish Half-Life. Just make something new.

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Half Life 3 already exists :)
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Its a long shot but maybe someone remembers it.

There was a youtube series of some guy playing through heavily modded, or augmented, half life 2. It started normal but he started adding more and more stuff to the campaign. Last episode that I remember was right under citadel wall, with him being cornered, and pulling the strider main gun to defend. I also remember a weird combine fixation with NOT killing the birds.

Anyone?
 
Half Life 3 already exists :)
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Oh no I completely agree, and as recent events have showed even slight movement away from what they want on Valve's part is unacceptable to them. I'm hoping the pendulum swing is real this time and we don't have to worry about this whole stupidity soon. Right?

The overtoon window is finally showing signs of turning with the cheeto man's return to the throne. Besides, zoomers, for all their faults, are apparently not buying into woke shit as much as millenials and Gen xers.

So it may still take a while but people are finally starting to realize that more people hate liberal nonsense than they seem.
 
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