water_wendi
Water is not wet!
He developed the story while working for Valve? im sure the highly paid legal team Valve has wont be deterred by changing the names slightly.
Marc Laidlaw reveals Half-Life 2 Episode 3's story synopsis
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He developed the story while working for Valve? im sure the highly paid legal team Valve has wont be deterred by changing the names slightly.
petethepanda
Member
Memories of another future.
This is just reopening the wound, lol.
This is just reopening the wound, lol.
Ban Puncher
Member
Whompa02
Member
It takes a whole 5 minutes...
Did you not read the original post he made? It's definitely transformative language. He's fine. Also I'm sure he knows the rules of the contract/nda/copyright...
https://github.com/Jackathan/MarcLaidlaw-Epistle3/blob/master/Epistle3_Original.md
The end of half life 3 happened in my life time
What a day to remember
Welp
Yeah, this is very bittersweet
OrbitalBeard
Member
Nah, it's not uncalled for.
Valve has been dead to me for years. The way they completely abandoned this IP is sad, but what's even sadder is the fact that they never had the decency to level with their fans and let them know officially that the franchise was over.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Not sure about "never" but the intended version of Episode 3 or Half-Life 3 is dead, else Marc would have not posted the story. Perhaps someone purchases the license at some point (I think MachineGames has the talent to do the series justice) but for now, the HL3 memes are dead and it's all but confirmed nobody is working on the game.
never forget
Fitting that that kickstarter video was also a massive disappointment that never left the prototype stage.
There is no proof that this was the actual plot Valve was going with or that it was even considered. This may be (and probably is) just some fan fiction as Mark himself said so.
Not saying that HL3 is alive, but let's just be realistic and not act like Mark stole the final version of the game and is giving it to us now.
Not saying that HL3 is alive, but let's just be realistic and not act like Mark stole the final version of the game and is giving it to us now.
Snacks the sober sea lion
Member
So I assume that one piece of concept art we got like 8 years ago was Gordon meeting the Breen-Slug?
Head.spawn
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ElectricBlanketFire
Member
The wheels have come off the desk.
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
As others pointed out, it seems there's a bit of a meta-narrative going on in his writing, with the Borealis itself being a reference to the state of development of the game:
This could be referring to how other franchises usurped priority over Half-Life.
Sounds like he didn't depart the company on the best of terms.
Him releasing the plot of Episode 3, what was once their most anticipated product, and what might've been a catastrophic blow had it happened to any other studio, is now completely irrelevant to the money-making monolith the Valve has become now.
It would be great PR nightmare for Valve.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah it all fits n perfectly with EP2
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Valve can do pretty much anything and it wont affect their numbers because gamers and their libraries are tied to their service.
That has only become more and more believable in a bad way seeing how disorganized Valve is.
I know Valve doesn't care what people think of them but suing someone for giving fans closure would be like Earth's core level of a new low.
Sounds like people are reading way too much into the plot considering he wrote the first and final paragraphs to address the Valve situation specifically.
DeathoftheEndless
Crashing this plane... with no survivors!
Maybe the crybabies will stop shitposting in Valve threads....lol who am I kidding?
DodgyGeezerFella
Member
They should have turned this into a comic book, just to turn the knife some more.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
never forget
It takes time to count the never ending wads of Steam money.
Peroroncino
Member
I hope people will stop bitching about HL3, it can't get any more clear that it's never gonna happen.
Hah. I've played Half Life 2 and it's episodes so many times, but that never occurred to me and it's been 10 years...
So good.
Valve treats the fans that made them what they are like shit and Valve gets shit on in return. Seems fair.
Ban Puncher
Member
You can use Gary's Mod to make your own.
I'm looking forward to the day the videogame industry is regulated like the gambling industry. It's out of control.
Man, all this sounds really awesome and yet we exist on a boat that will never reach those fables shores when Half-Life Episode 3 will land and instead live in a state of purgatory, waiting to see if GabeN will ever open that door again.
Seems like this is instead the chamber being sealed.
Seems like this is instead the chamber being sealed.
DeathoftheEndless
Crashing this plane... with no survivors!
Sorry, I forgot gamers were entitled to sequels.
Whether or not that would have been the actual plot, that's now my head cannon for how the series ended. That was a nice read and would have made for a fantastic game. Wonder if there's anyone out there seriously considering turning that into a game, a gender swapped fan finale.
Where does my post mention or imply entitlement to anything? Oh right, nowhere.
To be honest, I realized years ago that Valve would never have to make another full-fledged game as long as they get a cut of everything sold on Steam, so I'm not nearly as upset as others are. But I know if I were writing an article like that, there would be a whole lot of parallels between the game's plot and the story of the game's development.
Various Artists
Banned
Well, some of the assets already exist actually so it would make sense. Remember that original leak waaaaay back in the day? It included the ships assets.
If I'm reading this correctly, this sounds like a Dead Space 3 epilogue ending.
That is to say, a major fucking
of sorts.
Which would've been cool. I'm honestly okay just moving on now, this is good closure whether it was the official direction of a proposed 3rd episode and fits with the tone and setup that had come from the series up to that point.
Let's bury this shit now because we're not seeing Half-Life 3.
That is to say, a major fucking
________downer________
Which would've been cool. I'm honestly okay just moving on now, this is good closure whether it was the official direction of a proposed 3rd episode and fits with the tone and setup that had come from the series up to that point.
Let's bury this shit now because we're not seeing Half-Life 3.
DeathoftheEndless
Crashing this plane... with no survivors!
Saying that Valve is "treating fans like shit" by not making a sequel is entitlement.
Vital Tundra
Member
To bad we will never get the actual ending to the series. Having episode 3s plot is great, though.
Barrel Cannon
Member
LOL, this is amazing haha