Thread: Half-Life 3 Thread: Release Date 3/3/33 on Dreamcast 3
Asmonius
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You stole my post dammit...
I never stopped believing.
And now...it's finally happening. Quick boys, grab your blunt objects and mob up cuz it's nearly queer bashing time for all the non-believers who scoffed at us.
I never stopped believing.
And now...it's finally happening. Quick boys, grab your blunt objects and mob up cuz it's nearly queer bashing time for all the non-believers who scoffed at us.
Dacon
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YOU WONT FUCKING FOOL ME AGAIN
HOW MANY TIMES MUST I TEACH YOU THIS LESSON OLD MAN
You stole my post dammit...
I never stopped believing.
And now...it's finally happening. Quick boys, grab your blunt objects and mob up cuz it's nearly queer bashing time for all the non-believers who scoffed at us.
HOW MANY TIMES MUST I TEACH YOU THIS LESSON OLD MAN
Valve as a developer = dead to me. You run with that worldview, and you'll never be disappointed.
Epic Nemesis
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Yea I'll believe this for the 27th time. Right round the corner guys. Trust.
I still subscribe to the theory that Gaben would not allow a HL3 release until there was some crazy next gen shit to blow our nips off because the idea of the game and its expectations were so overhyped, he is/was scurred it would never meet reality, and it would sully Valve's rep. Or people would molotov his house in anger. One of those.
And that's Gabe's fault for letting Valve sit on a sequel for so long that it reached a fever pitch with fans. Every year that they didn't release it, the hype just kept building to the point of expectations not being able to be met. Dude should've just punted out a game 3 to 5 years later onto whatever next gen hardware was running at the time and people would've been happy. Now you've got people like me that don't GAF anymore.
Edit: And to add, they never released Portal 3 and TF3. So, it isn't just HL3 that rustles my jimmies. Valve's entire aversion to the number 3 pisses me off.
Oh I'm aware of all of this. I've already posted a video around her of Gaben building it up over the years, teasing us....then refusing to talk about it, then saying it ain't coming stop asking me. Piece of shit.
I didn't realize you gave a shit about Team Fortress. Did you even play TF2 or TFC? I believe I also said elsewhere around here they need to release another orange box with portal 3, tf3, left for dead 3, and half life 3. I would pay $500 for that.
Optimus
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I really want to believe this is happening, but the complete lack of any official confirmation makes it impossible for me to accept. This is going to be another one of those Alyx Vance deals, and it'll require some unorthodox controller or peripheral. Hell, it might even be Half-life: Alyx repackaged to not be VR but requires a controller you're probably never going to use again. OR MAYBE the controller will bridge the gap in some meaningful way and you'll find yourself playing m+k games on your couch from now on....
Yeah dude. I played a lot of TF2 in my FPS days. I mean, I don't care about it anymore since I don't do FPS multi anymore.
If someone could figure out a way to actually bridge this gap, I'd go back to PC gaming and stick with it 100% of the time. And I mean making PC gaming as easy as firing up a console. Man, that's what Valve should do. Come up with a way to make PC gaming in your living room not suck so hard.
Goatmilk
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The problem with HL is that it was once at the forefront of video game tech. It was pushing boundaries in the mainstream PC gaming space, and now the medium has moved so far forward - it's not going to be able to do anything that is truly novel and innovative.
So it'll just be a good FPS and that's that. Not really worth the hype, they waited way too long.
So it'll just be a good FPS and that's that. Not really worth the hype, they waited way too long.
Optimus
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Maybe it depends on when you last played on Steam, but I've had no issues with installing and playing PC games on my Ally. It's been as clean and easy as installing and playing on PS5.
Asmonius
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And probably debating whether Counter-Strike 1.5 or 1.6 was better.
Both accurate statements.
You can use Steam Big Picture mode and basically use it as a console using a controller on your TV. Works very well, you can make your PC boot into Steam PB mode for example. Only thing, yes you need to do the initial set up of your PC but after that it's smooth sailing just hook it up to your TV.
It's a slick and very good UI. It's the same as the Steam Deck.
You can use Steam Big Picture mode and basically use it as a console using a controller on your TV. Works very well, you can make your PC boot into Steam PB mode for example. Only thing, yes you need to do the initial set up of your PC but after that it's smooth sailing just hook it up to your TV.
It's a slick and very good UI. It's the same as the Steam Deck.
Do you not need steam deck for this? Or are you talking about hardwiring the PC to the TV
rofif
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I just hope it's not vr slop.
Alyx was great for vr... but it's barely a game. shootouts are very watered down, so everyone can win them. Puzzles are easy. movement is easy.
Its very watered down game
Alyx was great for vr... but it's barely a game. shootouts are very watered down, so everyone can win them. Puzzles are easy. movement is easy.
Its very watered down game
What houses are you people living in where your PC is right next to your effing TV....
Sean Mirrsen
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Personally, I have a dedicated gaming room with a desktop PC, a couch and a large 4k OLED. One HDMI into the monitor, one into the TV.
But I was talking about people wanting to use their PC as a console.
Honestly, I'm just pissed that they never rounded out the Episodic Trilogy as was the original intention.
For all the positives of HL2, that ending sucked complete ass, so the announcement of the episodes buoyed me, but then everything went from 'every 6 months' to 'When it is ready' and when The Orange Box came out, all the talk was really about Portal (which was pretty breakout tbf) and not so much Episode 2, and then...fucking nothing. Complete Radio silence.
Not to put too fine a point on it, they sold the whole concept of episodic on 'smaller experiences faster turnaround' and lets not forget Gabes advice to modmakers and developers 'Ship and ship often'. Abject failure to walk the talk.
The cynical part of me feels that Episodic was really just a way to convince other Developers/Publishers to use Steam as a digital platform and once it served its purpose then following through and concluding the Trilogy esp given it the Source Engine was definitely showing its limitations compared to the likes of Unreal etc became less of a priority.
All any of us hardcore HL fans wanted was a conclusion to the HL2 storyline. If at the end the G-Man whisked us off for further adventures, that would be great, but leaving the story unfinished for 2 decades is honestly complete BS.
Steam I think is amazing, but Valve as a developer can suck donkey cock. I have zero faith in them to stay the course on anything. I think their whole 'flat hierarchy' system is complete BS and their inability to ship things is disturbing.
Valve as a development Studio should have been rolled out as its own thing separate from Steam honestly.
Epic Nemesis
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I honestly wouldn't know why I'd need a second one. Would be distancing during gaming.
Yep, I'm hip to big picture mode and that solves part of the equation. I'd really like the full console experience. I can't sit hunched over at a desk PC gaming anymore. That shit isn't comfortable in the least. I want to go over to my couch, hit the "logo" button on a pad, have my PC fire up, and get to gaming with minimal screwing around. I know that's too much to ask since there's a lot of tinkering that you need to do for PC which is something else I don't really want to do anymore. But that's the gap that I was referring to. A box that gives the console experience while being as modular and powerful as a PC would be the dream. Getting the best of both worlds right there.
The other problem is it isn't just Steam. I've got Retropie and Retroarch which I'd put on the same box so everything is on there. I found a post around here where someone mentioned Playnite and that seems like a sweet solution for the UI problem.
Yeah the whole "stringing folks along for years" thing left a sour taste in my mouth. You can't leave fans hanging off a cliff like that.
And agreed with the flat hierarchy system. Sounds great on paper but as far as development goes, terrible idea. You need structure and you need people to lead/drive the project forward. I think there are some articles around on the web that mention this system being a major reason why they don't release anything anymore. Either way, they've got so much "fuck you" money with Steam, there's zero motivation to ever get into developing games again which now makes me wonder what the hell all the Valve employees are actually doing. I can't imagine it takes 350 employees to put out periodic updates to Steam.
DonDonDonPata
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I wonder if this will be Steam Deck compatible, and if not, I wonder if HL3 launch will coincide with SD2 hardware launch.
Sean Mirrsen
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I imagine that Valve is so fed up with the meme that they could just skip Steam Deck 2 and go straight to 3. With Half-Life 3 as a pack-in.
DonDonDonPata
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It would have to be bundled with Goat Simulator 3 to make sure the meme lands.
They should go crazy. Steam Deck 3, launching with Half-Life 4. People would lose their minds.
Adding a little context to what we know about Deck 2: It's at least a couple years away, if not more, there's no compelling SoC from the provider to warrant a new release. It's also why none of those other handhelds are worth it over the Deck, they're too expensive, snd their performance advantage gets undermined by the much worse battery time. Valve would need an APU that promises both improved performance and low power consumption.
It's been noted that Valve is passively contributing and working on translating x86 programs to work on ARM systems, which could indicate a potential ARM-based Deck 2, this would make most sense as a generational leap in performance and especially battery life. (See also: Winlator)
So, all of that lore to say: presumably the Deck is to release late 2027/early 2028, although I believe HL3 should be more than ready for release by then (it's at least in playtesting now if not outright fully playable like this new rumour says), I can see Valve waiting to release it on the same day as Deck 2, possibly even making it a free pack-in to sell Deck 2 like crazy. Though for that to happen they need to fix up their logistics and be able to sell to more than like 4 countries at launch.