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

[StacticShock]

People haven't even admitted the Eli retcon was abysmal dogshit half a decade later. Everyone's still stuck on how stunning+brave it is while also saying that it doesn't matter because EP2 was a long time ago.

people just see the eli retcon because of youtube videos since they can't afford a steamVR.
or even use their fucking phones for VR but that's just normalfag laziness.

 

[ZucchiniEnjoyer]

people just see the eli retcon because of youtube videos since they can't afford a steamVR.
or even use their fucking phones for VR but that's just normalfag laziness.

Yeah I agree, I doubt that we would be getting any continuation of EP2 were it not for the retcon. Killing Eli off in the first place was pretty stupid and just put the story in tough spot. I also think the retcon, being handled through the G-Man, giving Alyx a "choice" was handled pretty well.

 

[StacticShock]

I doubt that we would be getting any continuation of EP2 were it not for the retcon.

everything hinted at a run for mossman for the critical info she found, klein also had knowledge of part of the plans eli had and there is magnusson being tangentially related to it as the grub power would get his nogging jogging for a counter.
that was fucking perfect but valve had to suck that alyx cock due to durrr passing the torch bullshit.

 

[Super Hans v2]

Yeah I agree, I doubt that we would be getting any continuation of EP2 were it not for the retcon. Killing Eli off in the first place was pretty stupid and just put the story in tough spot. I also think the retcon, being handled through the G-Man, giving Alyx a "choice" was handled pretty well.

I don't see how the retcon could have been handled worse. Introducing full time travel instead of just stasis and forward jumps to the series fucks everything. GMan has an instant win button for every circumstance and just chooses not to press it?

 

[gaysexenjoyer]

GMan has an instant win button for every circumstance and just chooses not to press it?

Something something employers grabbing him by the balls.

 

[StacticShock]

Something something employers grabbing him by the balls.

so when we'll be introduced to F-Man then? stuff kinds of hints to gman being a extradimensional entity with a pocket of reailty outside the linear time where they can shelve POI's and if they are going by the rules that they work in non sequential time then you can expect some weird retarded shit like HL1/2 but alyx or blue shift as gordan instead of barney being a possible excuse, even such in a way that they might be time jannies and shit since there will be the inevitable time janny going rouge story.

 

[Bear Powers]

I've seen a lot of older tv shows, and you get used to some reaaallly tired tropes if watch enough of them for a long enough time. Amnesia, cheesy pychic storylines, etc. I usually think "oh no not one of these episodes" if one comes on. I had that same feeling but magnified 1000x times over at the end of HLA, actually blurting out "oh for FUCK'S SAKE". Time travel is the absolute fucking nadir of modern sci fi tropes. These days, and it's blindingly clear in HLA's case, it only exists to try to undo earlier writing. It's absolute fucking garbage and has no place in HL.

Also Robert Culp and Robert Guillaume are dead, the way their characters left the games gave Valve an absolutely perfect out in that respect. Don't talk to me about sound-alikes, HLA's Vance is not HL2 Vance. He barely acts, moves or sounds like what we were familiar with from the earlier games, and now we probably have to live with skinwalker Vance for another game.

 

[gaysexenjoyer]

I was hoping they'd have gotten all the lines they needed from the actors who've since passed away years ago.

 

[Star Classic]

I thought it was cool.

 

[thhrang]

So, Gabe Newell recently acquired a yacht company named Oceanco. You can read about this in the A&N thread:

Business Thread 'Oceanco acquired by video game developer Gabe Newell'

Friday at 5:52 PM

1 August 2025 • by Dea Jusufi

Dutch yard Oceanco – one of the world's leading builders of custom superyachts – has been sold to American video game developer and businessman Gabe Newell.

Over the past 15 years, under the stewardship of the Barwani family, Oceanco has delivered some of history's most iconic yachts, including Kaos, Bravo Eugenia and H3 (which won awards for her transformational rebuild), as well as the world's largest and second-largest sailing yachts, Koru and...

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Gabe is famous for responding to as many emails as possible. Someone emailed him a joke about the Borealis, and he actually responded.

 

[Michael Wade]

I hope it's on ps5

 

[Star Classic]

I hope it's on ps5

For once I think we'll have a (Valve) HL title that isn't on consoles outside of Alyx

I just don't really see this being a Xbox or PS title for once since Valve has largely abandoned doing that kind of stuff nowadays, but I could be wrong

 

[Michael Wade]

For once I think we'll have a (Valve) HL title that isn't on consoles outside of Alyx

I just don't really see this being a Xbox or PS title for once since Valve has largely abandoned doing that kind of stuff nowadays, but I could be wrong

I don't want to wait 4 years for them to port it

 

[Soggy Floppa]

Based on all the simulation related strings in the leaks, console release isn't happening, all that is on the CPU and the PS5 has a garbage CPU

 

[Nameless One]

WE don't know if this will be a retcon until HL3 happens, which is the issue. The second Advisor that gets chased off by Dog is absent in the scene. They have the ability to just have that cap him instead if they want to undo it.

But what's the point? It's clear they were attempting episode 3 but cancelled it and probably rushed the ending for episode 2 with an emergency plot twist for them to use later. I think Eli should stay dead since the original voice actor died.

Speaking of; hint hint?

Not sure if he means staying away from HL3 or staying away from the plotline.

 

[Slav Power]

Not sure if he means staying away from HL3 or staying away from the plotline.

I think staying away from manufacturing technology that can travel through time and space is what he meant. As cool as it could be, that'd be a tad bit too much dedication to advertising, especially if it ended up in the Overworld.

 

[30+GameOvers]

Half Life 2 came to Xbox before the Orange Box re-release for Xbox 360 and PS3. Half Life 3 might come to next gen consoles if there is enough demand.

 

[thhrang]

Speaking of; hint hint?

Not sure if he means staying away from HL3 or staying away from the plotline.

The guy who received this email reply from him and posted it to Reddit is adamant that he doesn't think it means anything for HLX, and that it's just Gabe joking around about not wanting to make a time travelling ship in real life.

 

[Nameless One]

Half Life 2 came to Xbox before the Orange Box re-release for Xbox 360 and PS3. Half Life 3 might come to next gen consoles if there is enough demand.

No.


HL2 on PS3 is a fucking nightmare port, the 360 version is bugged as Hell if I recall and Valve got burned by Microsoft's bullshit. Never again, for better or worse.

 

[thhrang]

Valve should forego making any console port of HLX.

Except for the Switch 2. HLX needs to be on the Switch 2.