The Republic of Heaven

Is there a H-L3 happening? If not ... not much left to live for.

EXCEPT SUAREZ

Source Engine's getting old and creaky. Eventually it'll collapse under the weight of its patches and upgrades.

You could, I suppose, port the HLx maps to a more modern platform, but on the other hand the look of Source is arguably the look of HL. Perhaps Valve are agonising about this right now.

perhaps it's taking so long because they're working on Source 2. Or 'Rivulet'. TO be followed by 'Stream', then 'Brook', then 'Tributary', then 'River', then 'Estuary', then 'Sea', then, in 2078 and full 4D VR, 'Ocean'.

also, hope they're making the shooting better

the worst shooting ever is in Far Cry 2. made it completely unplayable. close behind: Bioshock games

close behind: Bioshock games

Was so bad I played virtually the whole game just using the wrench.


Bad Company 2 may have the best shooting of any game I've played.

I figure that Half-Life 3 will be their showpiece for the Source 2 engine but at the moment they are far more worried about establishing more franchises to sustain the company long term.

DOTA 2 is, I hope, their adventure into an exploding e sports scene. They are offering a million dollar prize pool tournament to launch the game which is unprecedented. Free to play Team Fortress 2 sustained by an e-shop which doesn't affect gameplay is an interesting experiment. A newly announced Counter-Strike which is rumoured to be console focused is their attempt to tap into the casual Call of Duty era of gaming.

It seems to be a very intelligent strategy that may well pay off. This is on top ofr Steam which has a stranglehold on the PC industry.

Personally I just want Half-life ~*iguana*~ 3. I love Half-life. Some people hate the gunplay but I love everything about those game. The end of Episode 2 made me sad and I need revenge.

UPDATE:

Would more Valve protesters get us Episode 3 news?
Posted: 19-08-11 In: HL2: Episode 3 By: Evo | (18) comments | Add your comments

You all remember those crazy fans who picketed outside of Valve HQ? Well according to PC Gamer they were eventually allowed in to play a bunch of DOTA 2.

PC Gamer then posed Gabe a few questions about Episode 3.

Newell was tight lipped when we asked him about Episode 3. “No, we don’t have anything,” he said. “If the the protesters couldn’t get it out of us…”

Then how many protesters would it take to get some Episode 3 news?

“I don’t know,” Newell replied, “but if they’d like to come out we could find out.”