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If we put on our lambda shaped tin-foil hats and consider what remarkably evolved from game to game...

Half life - Novel storytelling & delivery
Half life 2 - Physics & Destruction
HL2 Episodes - intertwining other notable Valve game worlds
HL: Alyx - adapting the signature resource scrounging exploration loop into VR

What is a new half life game's design gimmick supposed be? Like really...If its not VR what does a new HL hang its hat on to impress again? VR crowbar combat, Story closure or answers to g-man just aint it.

 

[Wonko_C]

If we put on our lambda shaped tin-foil hats and consider what remarkably evolved from game to game...

Half life - Novel storytelling & delivery
Half life 2 - Physics & Destruction
HL2 Episodes - intertwining other notable Valve game worlds
HL: Alyx - adapting the signature resource scrounging exploration loop into VR

What is a new half life game's design gimmick supposed be? Like really...If its not VR what does a new HL hang its hat on to impress again? VR crowbar combat, Story closure or answers to g-man just aint it.

Data mining claims the big new thing is going to be AI-driven character interactions, and incredibly detailed simulations like temperature affecting materials, liquid spill, wind affecting objects etc.

 

[lestar]

If we put on our lambda shaped tin-foil hats and consider what remarkably evolved from game to game...

Half life - Novel storytelling & delivery
Half life 2 - Physics & Destruction
HL2 Episodes - intertwining other notable Valve game worlds
HL: Alyx - adapting the signature resource scrounging exploration loop into VR

What is a new half life game's design gimmick supposed be? Like really...If its not VR what does a new HL hang its hat on to impress again? VR crowbar combat, Story closure or answers to g-man just aint it.

AI

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

Froze.

 

[Hudo]

What is a new half life game's design gimmick supposed be?

If I was a designer, I would use neural networks for "AI" of NPCs and for generating some parts of a level or so. No FPS has made any strides in better enemy and NPC behavior since Fear (and they just used Markov-Chains), and that came out in 2007.

 

[Moses85]

If I was a designer, I would use neural networks for "AI" of NPCs and for generating some parts of a level or so. No FPS has made any strides in better enemy and NPC behavior since Fear (and they just used Markov-Chains), and that came out in 2007.

Rumors out there said HL3 will have this included

 

[Lootlord]

Just give me liquid sims...

 

[Gabe ♥]

Imagine HL 2, EP1 y 2 remastered and at the end "HL3 TRAILER".

 

[DirtInUrEye]

If I was a designer, I would use neural networks for "AI" of NPCs and for generating some parts of a level or so. No FPS has made any strides in better enemy and NPC behavior since Fear (and they just used Markov-Chains), and that came out in 2007.

Yeah I think AI enemy behaviours and the world's emergent simulations are to be this game's big gimmick.

 

[Moses85]

It's been 21 years. I really don't care about Half-Life anymore.

 

[Stafford]

It's been 21 years. I really don't care about Half-Life anymore.

 

[Gubaldo]

It's been 21 years. I really don't care about Half-Life anymore.

J/K

 

[Burger King]

If we put on our lambda shaped tin-foil hats and consider what remarkably evolved from game to game...

Half life - Novel storytelling & delivery
Half life 2 - Physics & Destruction
HL2 Episodes - intertwining other notable Valve game worlds
HL: Alyx - adapting the signature resource scrounging exploration loop into VR

What is a new half life game's design gimmick supposed be? Like really...If its not VR what does a new HL hang its hat on to impress again? VR crowbar combat, Story closure or answers to g-man just aint it.

Valve's discovery of the number 3.

The consequences will be enormous:
- Portal 3
- Dota 3
- Counter-Strike 3
- Left 4 Dead 3

 

[CrimsonTide]

Valve's discovery of the number 3.

The consequences will be enormous:
- Portal 3
- Dota 3
- Counter-Strike 3
- Left 4 Dead 3

Really is kind of wild how they genuinely avoid 3 in all ways

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

Race X from Opposing Force and the Black Ops both needs to return and show the boring ass Combine how real badass villains do things. Hopefully some other new exotic, brutal, and cool alien races too instead of the boring combine enemies from Half Life 2.

 

[Robot Carnival]

If we put on our lambda shaped tin-foil hats and consider what remarkably evolved from game to game...

Half life - Novel storytelling & delivery
Half life 2 - Physics & Destruction
HL2 Episodes - intertwining other notable Valve game worlds
HL: Alyx - adapting the signature resource scrounging exploration loop into VR

What is a new half life game's design gimmick supposed be? Like really...If its not VR what does a new HL hang its hat on to impress again? VR crowbar combat, Story closure or answers to g-man just aint it.

Valve CEO Gabe Newell’s Neuralink competitor is expecting its first brain chip this year

Unlike his other products, it’s not powered by Steam.

www.theverge.com

Spoiler

kidding of course.

 

[H . R . 2]

Thread 'Tom Henderson: Valve's next announcement won't be at TGA, big exclusive steam machine launch title'

Nov 14, 2025

• cormack12
• Replies: 137
• Forum: Gaming Discussion

• 
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this gives me hope
Henderson has always been spot-on

what if it is Portal 3, or L4D ...
I'll be in so much trouble

 

[Wonko_C]

Imagine HL 2, EP1 y 2 remastered and at the end "HL3 TRAILER".

PC games don't need remasters. Just use a higher resolution.

 

[Hudo]

Seeing that Steam Machine is just an Arch Linux PC, with "exclusive", they probably mean it's coming out only on PC?

 

[IDKFA]

Seeing that Steam Machine is just an Arch Linux PC, with "exclusive", they probably mean it's coming out only on PC?

It might come out on consoles later down the line.

Valve have a history of releasing their games on consoles.

Likely PC only, but I wouldn't be shocked at a console launch a year or so later.

 

[Critical Hit]

Seeing that Steam Machine is just an Arch Linux PC, with "exclusive", they probably mean it's coming out only on PC?

The Steam Machine's OS is Steam OS, which is Linux. According to Steam hardware stats, 3% of PC users play on Linux.

 

[Hudo]

The Steam Machine's OS is Steam OS, which is Linux. According to Steam hardware stats, 3% of PC users play on Linux.

Exactly.

 

[Gubaldo]

Speaking about Steam oS
Just now saw this in reddit
Good if true.
could use steam os for gaming

 

[GrayChild]

Do you have access to something we don't have, Geoff?

 

[Poppinfresh]

J/K

Go Fuck Yourself

J/K

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Go Fuck Yourself

J/K

 

[Poppinfresh]

Perfect!

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[Grildon Tundy]

#teamreal

 

[Inuteu]

If its really true, why not anounce with the hardware???

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Maybe they didn't want to steal their own steam by announcing it all at once?

It's weird they still haven't given prices. Maybe they're trial ballooning the reception of the hardware to inform their pricing decision, and also the change in demand once they do announce a killer app? That way they can gather intel before setting a price they think the market will accept. I really don't know.

 

[El Hee-Ho]

Man, don't do this to me.

 

[amigastar]

Man, if that game would Shadow Drop that would be an earthquake in the gaming community, one of the biggest releases of all time.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Man, don't do this to me.

I saw & posted this a few pages back. Someone told me then and on the Twitter comments that it's the Deadlock test server/been there for ages.

Regardless, there's so much smoke that something is coming this week, that I'd be surprised if there's absolutely no fire.

 

[El Hee-Ho]

Man, if that game would Shadow Drop that would be an earthquake in the gaming community, one of the biggest releases of all time.

Imagine how many people would suddenly call in sick to work. Could be the end of civilization as we know it.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Am I gonna be alone tomorrow with a massive dose of hopium or others are joining me?

 

[Grildon Tundy]

 

[Ishma3L]

People actually believe this?

 

[El Hee-Ho]

People actually believe this?

 

[balls of snow]

Hl3 is real but wont be reveal today. Book it.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Hl3 is real but wont be reveal today. Book it.

Right, because it's getting revealed tomorrow.

 

[Dr Bass]

Why do people think it's tomorrow?

 

[Wonko_C]

If its really true, why not anounce with the hardware???

Valve didn't announce Half-Life Alyx alongside the Valve Index either. If there is any chance it's being announced this year, it's gonna be at The Game Awards. When Alyx was announced Valve said they were going to show more at that year's TGA, but they changed plans.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Why do people think it's tomorrow?

If its not tomorrow then you just reset the clock and wait for tomorrow

 

[proandrad]

People actually believe this?

 

[marjo]

I believe it will be A tomorrow. But which one is harder to predict.

 

[Perrott]

If its really true, why not anounce with the hardware???

Why blow you load all at once instead of letting each individual piece of news really sink in by having several marketing beats over any given period of time?

Probably the same reason why Sony didn't save all the big announcements it made last year (Physint + DS2 trailer, Astro Bot, Ghost of Yotei and Intergalactic) for an event that was also centered in part around PS5 Pro last year.

 

[pqueue]

If its not tomorrow then you just reset the clock and wait for tomorrow

yep. every day is some day's tomorrow.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

For real though, some of the "tomorrow" hype comes from this:

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Data mining claims the big new thing is going to be AI-driven character interactions, and incredibly detailed simulations like temperature affecting materials, liquid spill, wind affecting objects etc.

Basically what we have been wanting devs to focus on, rather than pour so much into raster… with DLSS to boot, ffs.