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

[Hepativore]

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I would actually like to see what a Combine Elite Overwatch looks like now, particularly what is underneath their cycloptic helmets and how they differ from regular combine Overwatch.

 

[ZMOT]

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what are browser games...?

 

[JesusChristDenton]

I would actually like to see what a Combine Elite Overwatch looks like now, particularly what is underneath their cycloptic helmets and how they differ from regular combine Overwatch.

Spoiler: If this is any indication, then they aren't pretty.

 

[Hepativore]

Spoiler: If this is any indication, then they aren't pretty.

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Sigh. There is so much lore behind this franchise that needs to be explored, but Valve is probably going to not do anything for Half-Life for years if ever as it has already been four years since Half-Life Alyx and they have been completely silent on the future of the series.

One interesting avenue would be something like an expansion of an existing Half-Life game that takes place shorty after the events of Half-Life 2 where you play as a Combine Overwatch soldier that has been cut off from his own unit and is basically trying to save his own ass as the Combine have largely withdrawn from the area you are in and have basically left the stragglers to die.

 

[Varretnon847]

Out of curiosity, how do you guys feel about the Portal series sharing the same universe as the Half-Life series?

In my own opinion, I felt that it worked with Portal 1, even ignoring how the game shares a lot in terms of code and assets with HL2, something about Portal 1's atmosphere and storytelling clicks well with HL2's for me. I can't really say the same for Portal 2 on the other hand. It just feels like a completely different style and form of storytelling that even with all the references it makes with Half-Life, I have a hard time imagining it as sharing the same universe with it.

 

[BirdUp]

In my own opinion, I felt that it worked with Portal 1, even ignoring how the game shares a lot in terms of code and assets with HL2, something about Portal 1's atmosphere and storytelling clicks well with HL2's for me.

there wasn't really any story in portal 1, just that aperture was a rival of black mesa that had been working on portal technology when its supercomputer went rogue
it's empty and eerie enough to fit with HL2's bleak tone

 

[Super Hans v2]

Out of curiosity, how do you guys feel about the Portal series sharing the same universe as the Half-Life series?

In my own opinion, I felt that it worked with Portal 1, even ignoring how the game shares a lot in terms of code and assets with HL2, something about Portal 1's atmosphere and storytelling clicks well with HL2's for me. I can't really say the same for Portal 2 on the other hand. It just feels like a completely different style and form of storytelling that even with all the references it makes with Half-Life, I have a hard time imagining it as sharing the same universe with it.

I guess it adds a bit to the lore, but for the actual story connections it may as well be a separate universe. Portal 2 takes place tens of thousands of years after 1, which is roughly concurrent to the original Half Life.

But I guess since Alyx introduced time travel in the most fucking retarded way possible, anything can happen now. What's stopping G-Man from capturing a T-Rex and bringing it back to 1995 to eat Breen to stop any of the series from ever happening, other than that he doesn't want to?

 

[thhrang]

Tyler McNigger posted a video positing that the next Half-Life game is in development, presumably Half-Life 3 (it's not VR). I know Tyler McNigger is a retard but I really want to believe, and the information seems good.

This was found due to A.) datamines in a bunch of Valve projects, and B.) a voice actor screwing up and listing it on their resume. Screenshots of some datamines are put on screen and it shows that the team who worked on Half-Life Alyx has been working on this new game, HLX, for four years, and that you play as a character who wears an HEV suit.

Because it's been in development for over four years, also because according to datamines, systems architecture has been slowing down yet features architecture has been speeding up, it seems as if things are happening very quickly, and are actually nearing a completion date sooner rather than later.

He refuses to name the voice actor who fucked up and put it on their resume - I would be curious to know who, if anyone here can find it.

 

[Coolio55]

Tyler McNigger posted a video positing that the next Half-Life game is in development, presumably Half-Life 3 (it's not VR). I know Tyler McNigger is a retard but I really want to believe, and the information seems good.

Does this mean we're finally getting the first person sex scene we've been deservedly awaiting?

 

[thhrang]

Does this mean we're finally getting the first person sex scene we've been deservedly awaiting?

 

[Eagle Bro]

Sigh. There is so much lore behind this franchise that needs to be explored, but Valve is probably going to not do anything for Half-Life for years if ever as it has already been four years since Half-Life Alyx and they have been completely silent on the future of the series.

One interesting avenue would be something like an expansion of an existing Half-Life game that takes place shorty after the events of Half-Life 2 where you play as a Combine Overwatch soldier that has been cut off from his own unit and is basically trying to save his own ass as the Combine have largely withdrawn from the area you are in and have basically left the stragglers to die.

I mean a post-half life 2 game pushing the steam deck to its limits would be a pretty good tech demo. Since that's all the franchise has been relegated to and the fans clearly want a combine game.

 

[Super Hans v2]

He refuses to name the voice actor who fucked up and put it on their resume - I would be curious to know who, if anyone here can find it.

Some nobody named Natasha Chandel.

https://www.eurogamer.net/half-life-3-may-have-been-announced-by-a-voice-actor-who-probably-has-never-heard-of-steam

 

[glow]

So, the idea is that it's half-life 3 of course, but I think they'd only do that if they had some unbelievable next-level tech to demo at the same time, so either they've developed something crazy in secret over all this time or it's perhaps a Half-Life Zero set before the events of the first game. Whatever it is, I'm there for it.

Would anyone like to join me in some further wild unfounded speculation?

 

[Super Hans v2]

I guess my question, and those waiting for it to be that time is - what would be so revolutionary that the game 'earned' the title of Half Life 3? Things that made previous games stand apart like seamless gameplay - definitely not cutscene integration, realistic physics and lighting, and everything else is old news. Every technical hurdle is solved, provided you have the resources to make it and the user the power to run it.

I would hope that some people at Valve got over it and just 'settled' on making something great.

 

[The handsome tard]

Another day, another HL 3 leak that will totally lead to something.

Havent we been through this before? MULTIPLE times?

But I guess since Alyx introduced time travel in the most fucking retarded way possible, anything can happen now. What's stopping G-Man from capturing a T-Rex and bringing it back to 1995 to eat Breen to stop any of the series from ever happening, other than that he doesn't want to?

"something something interests something something employers something something endlesssssss potential"

He refuses to name the voice actor who fucked up and put it on their resume - I would be curious to know who, if anyone here can find it.

Its naturally Gordon Freeman's VA. You stupid or somethin'?

I guess my question, and those waiting for it to be that time is - what would be so revolutionary that the game 'earned' the title of Half Life 3? Things that made previous games stand apart like seamless gameplay - definitely not cutscene integration, realistic physics and lighting, and everything else is old news. Every technical hurdle is solved, provided you have the resources to make it and the user the power to run it.

I would hope that some people at Valve got over it and just 'settled' on making something great.

The Gaming industry really seems to have peaked in terms of tech, the key to stand out at this point should be on game design and we know Valve is plenty capable of delivering that.
Valve doesnt seem to get we dont want another game that pushes the limit of what games can do, that ship has sailed. We simply want to experience their game design once again by getting new entries on their staple series. No one would complain if HL3, L4D3, Portal 3, TF3 (boy, there are a lot of 3s) dont push the envelope but are just more of the same (which is good in this case).

Out of curiosity, how do you guys feel about the Portal series sharing the same universe as the Half-Life series?

In my own opinion, I felt that it worked with Portal 1, even ignoring how the game shares a lot in terms of code and assets with HL2, something about Portal 1's atmosphere and storytelling clicks well with HL2's for me. I can't really say the same for Portal 2 on the other hand. It just feels like a completely different style and form of storytelling that even with all the references it makes with Half-Life, I have a hard time imagining it as sharing the same universe with it.

Honestly, the connections to half life in Portal 1 were almost easter egg like, meaning it wasnt necessary for you to recognize it is set in the Half Life universe. But like most said, its mostly thanks to Portal 1 barely having a story.

 

[Coolio55]

While a new Half-Life might be interesting, it will never be anything more than a fangame.
All the people instrumental to Half-Life - the writers, artists, musicians, designers - are long gone.

 

[TheHarbinger]

While a new Half-Life might be interesting, it will never be anything more than a fangame.
All the people instrumental to Half-Life - the writers, artists, musicians, designers - are long gone.

The majority of people who play Half Life games now probably never played the original or Opposing Force and Blue Shift. They want stuff with the Half Life 2 characters, enemies, and world. And more stuff like Portal 2 and other spinoffs or VR games. So any game that is called Half Life 3 will be catered exclusively to them and the original fans (and even creators of the actual franchise) will be nothing more than afterthoughts.

 

[Super Hans v2]

The majority of people who play Half Life games now probably never played the original or Opposing Force and Blue Shift. They want stuff with the Half Life 2 characters, enemies, and world. And more stuff like Portal 2 and other spinoffs or VR games. So any game that is called Half Life 3 will be catered exclusively to them and the original fans (and even creators of the actual franchise) will be nothing more than afterthoughts.

Discounting Alyx because it being VR only means it couldn't have sold well, the last real Half Life came out damn near 20 years ago. I'm fully expecting if a new one actually comes out, it'd be a soft reboot.

 

[PunkinMan]

forgot to add this interesting mod

 

[Coolio55]

The majority of people who play Half Life games now probably never played the original or Opposing Force and Blue Shift. They want stuff with the Half Life 2 characters, enemies, and world. And more stuff like Portal 2 and other spinoffs or VR games. So any game that is called Half Life 3 will be catered exclusively to them and the original fans (and even creators of the actual franchise) will be nothing more than afterthoughts.

Say what you will about all the soft reboots but this one is much bigger.
How do you court Erik Wolpaw and Jay Pinkerton writing fans without them? How do you cater to Kelly Bailey sound fans without Kelly Bailey? These are just 2 examples out of many.
You've got a pile of unused designs made by competent ex-artists but that's it. ...and you *still* gotta make new models and textures for modern graphics standards.