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[Kupfer]

An announcement alone would be wild, the shadow drop would destroy the Internet

Not only the internet, but the whole world would come to a standstill the day after. Millions of people would call in sick.

 

[Buggy Loop]

TBF one could argue that we got 1h of gameplay 7 years ago and nothing released since. I'm sure you realize that SQ42 and it's trailers are acting like marketing tools to bring more people into the universe.
And while I wouldn't call SC a scam, it definitively take way too much time. Not to mention the numerous... questionable decisions they made recently.

But this isn't a SC thread.

Would make more sense then to not branch out your workforce to the single player game if its just a tool to send peoples to the MMO while you could just make the MMO more solid and have more peoples playing it. The vast vast money coming in the past decade is the MMO. Single player is not a driver at all.

Bad management, false/unrealistic promises, feature creep, took too long, etc, I'll never argue that. But if it wasn't for GTA6 fucking ping pong'ing around 2026 calendar, I would have made an avatar bet that SQ42 would have released around the 2026 conference. Now GTA 6 is looming right around that period of time and they don't want to be near that nuke.

Anyway, I won't discuss this further, you of all peoples I think have seen all my posts on the subject Let's not derail the potential HL3 megabomb.

 

[Buggy Loop]

HL3 shadow drop would be fucking wild lol, Its not happening tho.

Why I think a shadowdrop is unlikely is because they'll want to sell hardware beforehand

What if HL3 is announced and its exclusive to "Valve", be it Freemont console, VR headset, or SteamOS/Steam store where only upcoming consoles supporting PC/Steam would be able to play it? No ports to console?

I would if I was Valve. But that needs to ship a ton of hardware in preparation for the nuke.

 

[Mengy]

If I had to guess, HL3 is really to push their new engine, which will be an entire Roblox/Fortnite ecosystem that will allow small teams to easily make much more advanced games than is capable in either of those engines.

I'd say that's a pretty good guess, I could see that very well happening.

 

[Urban]

 

[digital_ghost]

 

[Audiophile]

Plot twist:

They're just making the Half Life 3 Trailer. Not Half Life 3.

 

[xrnzaaas]

 

[kittoo]

Did we expect HL3 this week too? I thought the big announcement is supposed to be next week?

 

[MDSLKTR]

Man, if they ever needed a pack-in with all that new hardware, it would be this. Believe.

 

[Moses85]

 

[MiguelItUp]

Did we expect HL3 this week too? I thought the big announcement is supposed to be next week?

Not that I saw, this week was something, but next week was originally rumored to be HL3 related.

 

[nush]

My uncle works for Vale feeling.

 

[xVodevil]

Did we expect HL3 this week too? I thought the big announcement is supposed to be next week?

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[Seomel]

Man, if 4chan strikes again. I think it was random post couple weeks ago how its being revealed on 18th Nov

 

[GrayChild]

 

[Grildon Tundy]

 

[hououinkyouma00]

"Technically"

 

[Kupfer]

Plot twist:

They're just making the Half Life 3 Trailer. Not Half Life 3.

They show first Half Life - 3 Trailers

 

[lastmessiah]

Why are we assuming it is HL3 though? It could be Portal 3 or L4D3 or something else for all we know.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

https://www.reddit.com/r/HalfLife/s/ukxLRqjPud

Apparently this was spotted on their page 10 months ago and may have been Steam gift cards…

 

[Midn1ght]

I was banned for saying this two years ago… but the prophecy remains: Valve will announce Half-Life 3 on December 5th.
I ran the math through three calculators and one brain cell, still checks out.

If you look at the different launch date history for Valve, what do we have?

Valve = August 24, 1996
Half Life = November 19, 1998
Steam = September 12, 2003
Half life 2 = November 16, 2004
Episode One = June 1, 2006
Episode Two = October 10, 2007
Alyx = March 23, 2020

24+96+19+98+12+03+16+04+01+06+10+07+23+20 = 339 (BOOM!)

Not convinced yet? Hold on to your socks.

The Year 339 saw the birth of Shi Shi, future emperor of China.
Shi Shi was Shi Hu's youngest son, by his 3rd empress, Liu. (WOW!)

Do you know how many days Shi Shi reign lasted? 33 (BOOM!)

Think I'm crazy? Hold on to your underwear.

What's the 339th day of the year? December 5th, that's right.

December 5th, 1804 : Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd President of the United States is re-elected US President. (BOOM!)
December 5th, 1912: The Triple Alliance among Italy, Austria, and Germany is renewed for six years. (DAMN!)
December 5th, 1932: Albert Einstein is granted an American visa. Did you know Einstein had THREE kids? (WHAT?)

I could go on.

You saw it here first. Valve will announce Half Life 3 on December 5th.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Why are we assuming it is HL3 though? It could be Portal 3 or L4D3 or something else for all we know.

https://www.reddit.com/r/HalfLife/s/ukxLRqjPud

Apparently this was spotted on their page 10 months ago and may have been Steam gift cards…

Fair points, but have you considered

 

[Robot Carnival]

I'm gonna play the devil's advocate here and say maybe give it a week more?

Half Life: Nov 19th, 1988
Half Life 2: Nov 16th, 2004

maybe they're going to wait until the 16th or 19th to announce it?

 

[Gabe ♥]

Anyone seen this on the steam hardware teaser?

MINUTE 1.54

 

[nush]

If my calculations are correct we're gonna see some serious shit in 20 minutes.

 

[Gabe ♥]

If my calculations are correct we're gonna see some serious shit in 20 minutes.

Why 20 minutes?

 

[Moses85]

Anyone seen this on the steam hardware teaser?

MINUTE 1.54

 

[Hudo]

Plot twist:

They're just making the Half Life 3 Trailer. Not Half Life 3.

This strategy works well for Bethesda

 

[INNocence]

maybe... maybe

 

[mckmas8808]

Ain't no way. The game is going to be huge. I can see a version akin to RE7 (for PS4) for VR to release within the time-frame with their new headset.

That would be INCREDIBLE!!!!

 

[Killer8]

Make it a launch pack-in for the Steam Machine.

 

[Ishma3L]

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/first-half-life-3-screen-shots.479298/

 

[Unknown Soldier]

 

[proandrad]

I was banned for saying this two years ago… but the prophecy remains: Valve will announce Half-Life 3 on December 5th.
I ran the math through three calculators and one brain cell, still checks out.

If you look at the different launch date history for Valve, what do we have?

Valve = August 24, 1996
Half Life = November 19, 1998
Steam = September 12, 2003
Half life 2 = November 16, 2004
Episode One = June 1, 2006
Episode Two = October 10, 2007
Alyx = March 23, 2020

24+96+19+98+12+03+16+04+01+06+10+07+23+20 = 339 (BOOM!)

Not convinced yet? Hold on to your socks.

The Year 339 saw the birth of Shi Shi, future emperor of China.
Shi Shi was Shi Hu's youngest son, by his 3rd empress, Liu. (WOW!)

Do you know how many days Shi Shi reign lasted? 33 (BOOM!)

Think I'm crazy? Hold on to your underwear.

What's the 339th day of the year? December 5th, that's right.

December 5th, 1804 : Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd President of the United States is re-elected US President. (BOOM!)
December 5th, 1912: The Triple Alliance among Italy, Austria, and Germany is renewed for six years. (DAMN!)
December 5th, 1932: Albert Einstein is granted an American visa. Did you know Einstein had THREE kids? (WHAT?)

I could go on.

You saw it here first. Valve will announce Half Life 3 on December 5th.

Well, I'm convinced. Half-Life 3 for real this time.

 

[Hudo]

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/first-half-life-3-screen-shots.479298/

This is as legendary as the "Square Enix just shot themselves in the foot"-rant when FF13 was announced for Xbox 360.

 

[Gonzito]

I was banned for saying this two years ago… but the prophecy remains: Valve will announce Half-Life 3 on December 5th.
I ran the math through three calculators and one brain cell, still checks out.

If you look at the different launch date history for Valve, what do we have?

Valve = August 24, 1996
Half Life = November 19, 1998
Steam = September 12, 2003
Half life 2 = November 16, 2004
Episode One = June 1, 2006
Episode Two = October 10, 2007
Alyx = March 23, 2020

24+96+19+98+12+03+16+04+01+06+10+07+23+20 = 339 (BOOM!)

Not convinced yet? Hold on to your socks.

The Year 339 saw the birth of Shi Shi, future emperor of China.
Shi Shi was Shi Hu's youngest son, by his 3rd empress, Liu. (WOW!)

Do you know how many days Shi Shi reign lasted? 33 (BOOM!)

Think I'm crazy? Hold on to your underwear.

What's the 339th day of the year? December 5th, that's right.

December 5th, 1804 : Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd President of the United States is re-elected US President. (BOOM!)
December 5th, 1912: The Triple Alliance among Italy, Austria, and Germany is renewed for six years. (DAMN!)
December 5th, 1932: Albert Einstein is granted an American visa. Did you know Einstein had THREE kids? (WHAT?)

I could go on.

You saw it here first. Valve will announce Half Life 3 on December 5th.

 

[Kupfer]

They show first Half Life - 3 Trailers

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/first-half-life-3-screen-shots.479298/

Bruh, even on the same page

 

[grvg]

It is impossible for hl3 to do what hl2 and source did for vidya back in the day, but if they make a really good game and manage to tell the story well, most half life fans will be satisfied.

We will never get that hl2 e3 demo moment again, and that is fine.

 

[Moses85]

With HL3

 

[IDKFA]

It is impossible for hl3 to do what hl2 and source did for vidya back in the day, but if they make a really good game and manage to tell the story well, most half life fans will be satisfied.

We will never get that hl2 e3 demo moment again, and that is fine.

Not at all.

It's impossible for me to pull myself upstairs by using just my balls.

It's not impossible for HL3 to be as revolutionary as HL3.

 

[Moses85]

Not at all.

It's impossible for me to pull myself upstairs by using just my balls.

It's not impossible for HL3 to be as revolutionary as HL2.

Fixed it for you

 

[GrayChild]

And another one.

 

[ozz ex machina]

It is impossible for hl3 to do what hl2 and source did for vidya back in the day, but if they make a really good game and manage to tell the story well, most half life fans will be satisfied.

We will never get that hl2 e3 demo moment again, and that is fine.

It's only impossible because it's never been done before so you can't comprehend it.

It certainly IS possible for some level of innovation to come to HL3. By the way. The innovation HL1 brought (first person narrative, immersive, continuous journey) - was bigger than source and HL2.

I believe the leaks suggest some pretty huge innovations around NPC AI and how the game plays. So it certainly could be a huge new step. Fuck me the industry needs some innovation in the single player space.

 

[IDKFA]

Fixed it for you

Thanks, brother. I don't even have to edit it either with your correction below my post.

 

[TVexperto]

And another one.

Bullshit. Also that smirk...

 

[Moridianae]

But I just don't see this being like "take away from GTA6" as the original leaker claimed, if it is Half Life 3.

I mean, yeah--long time, much revered franchise, but is it really that big 20 some odd years later? I don't realistically see anything taking thunder away from GTA6.

 

[IDKFA]

But I just don't see this being like "take away from GTA6" as the original leaker claimed, if it is Half Life 3.

I mean, yeah--long time, much revered franchise, but is it really that big 20 some odd years later? I don't realistically see anything taking thunder away from GTA6.

HL2 was massive because how revolutionary it was for the time. The graphics and physics were pretty mind blowing in 2004.

If HL3 follows this trend and is as revolutionary as HL2 then it will be massive.

 

[Nephryte]

Bullshit. Also that smirk...

Julien chieze is well known in the French and international video games industry. Been a journalist for decades , idk if he's jerking with us …