Freeman
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I would be fine with something like that, I wonder how much VR was on their mind while coming up with their engine and if that translate to anything significant for VR.
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Valve Officially announces Source 2. (+ Steam Link + Steam Lighthouse)
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I would be fine with something like that, I wonder how much VR was on their mind while coming up with their engine and if that translate to anything significant for VR.
IcyRhythms
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Good thing I don't live in the past.
Hopefully they'll show some new game on Source 2 at E3. To be honest, while I will look forward to whatever HL3 brings, I'm at the point where it's on the backburner in my head. Also, what I failed to think about is how VR focused it might be, which isn't a bad thing, but I hope it doesn't detract for those of us who will be playing it conventionally.
I was actually thinking about it earlier, I would love if someone simply remade HL2 in a modern engine (not Cinematic Mod style). I know remasters get a lot of hate, but if HL3 isn't coming soon, or ever, I would enjoy it.
I was actually thinking about it earlier, I would love if someone simply remade HL2 in a modern engine (not Cinematic Mod style). I know remasters get a lot of hate, but if HL3 isn't coming soon, or ever, I would enjoy it.
But mentality wise, you do. "Half-Life 3 isn't going to happen" is so 2012.
jediyoshi
Member
Is 'honest' a code word for making shit up?
2013 - Dota 2
2012 - CSGO
2011 - Portal 2
2010 - Alien Swarm
2009 - L4D2
2008 - L4D
2007 - HL2: EP2, Portal
ETC
Let's be honest, they're not making 'games' you want to play, so they're dead to you.
Robot Pants
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HL3 around the corner
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NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
Why can't I find the Steam Link on store? Removed?
ChawlieTheFair
pip pip cheerio you slags!
So there is no further info on Source 2? Damn.
Based on how they announced it, it's big thing sounds like it's VR integration, maybe not a graphics horse with something as crazy as source's physics were last time around.
Based on how they announced it, it's big thing sounds like it's VR integration, maybe not a graphics horse with something as crazy as source's physics were last time around.
Dota 2 is pretty much an update of an olde game.
CSGO was made with another dev.
Portal 2, ok, fair.
Alien swarm was pretty much a free tech demo.
l4d was by the turtle dudes who left the company.
HL2 and portal, yep, good.
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So can I ditch my plans of building an HTPC, and just buy SteamLink...? Consider me doubtful, DAT latency. Will keep by fingers crossed, but I imagine this fuckers gonna need to be hardwired.
Unbound By Death
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Too many years have passed to feel excited about this anymore.
*shakes cane in the sky*
*shakes cane in the sky*
RealityPales
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Peculiar that no games were announced alongside this...
0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55
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Yeah, Source 1 was a physics showcase... S2's highlights appear to be ease of user content creation (ca'ching for valve) and VR (which is cool)..... But honestly, I hoped for a revolution in physical simulation and graphics. Where is the Valve of yesteryear, aka make some awesome damn games already! (Instead of diving into a deeper vault of gold coins - Scrooge Mc'duck)
GDC is not really a consumer show. These are devices and an engine people will develop for so it's relevant to them.
Expect a dedicated Valve event or E3 presence later this year.
I think the deal here when debating this kind of topic goes like this:
Did I get all the arguments here or am I still missing some?
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^ yep
SolidSnakeUS
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Fuck yes. One step closer to HL3 
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.DrForester
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TouchMyBox
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SteveWinwood
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nailed it
How do you figure?
Zeyphersan
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No but for real, why is the Steam Link.... link not working?
FlutterPuffs
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...that's like saying Battlefield 4 is pretty much an update of Battlefield 2.
ScatheZombie
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There is a certain unrelenting optimism required to think you'll get a single Source 2 title before 2016, let alone the entirety of Valve's stable of IPs updated to the new engine - or Half-Life 3, a game which is pretty much never getting made because of Valve's company structure until there are serious shifts within the company.
But the most fascinating thing is Valve's ability to make themselves obsolete. I was actually quite looking forward to the possibility of a Steam Machine. Until they announced Steam Link. I will always have a work PC in my office. And it needs to be powerful enough to run development tools, which means it's powerful enough to play pretty much every game. That will always be in my house. However, I really don't want to lug my rig into my home theater to play my PC games. I've been contemplating building a HTPC for probably about 3 years now. But if I can just stream my work PC into my theater room, there's no reason to spend $1000+ on a capable second PC. So, thanks Valve, for making a product that completely disinterested me in your other product.
But the most fascinating thing is Valve's ability to make themselves obsolete. I was actually quite looking forward to the possibility of a Steam Machine. Until they announced Steam Link. I will always have a work PC in my office. And it needs to be powerful enough to run development tools, which means it's powerful enough to play pretty much every game. That will always be in my house. However, I really don't want to lug my rig into my home theater to play my PC games. I've been contemplating building a HTPC for probably about 3 years now. But if I can just stream my work PC into my theater room, there's no reason to spend $1000+ on a capable second PC. So, thanks Valve, for making a product that completely disinterested me in your other product.
Not really. Dota and Dota 2 are what BF3 is to BF4.
texhnolyze
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Angelus Errare
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Soooooo Valve announces an engine but doesn't show off anything.
How NOT to announce a new engine.
How NOT to announce a new engine.
Valve removed it for the time. Didn't seem to give any reason at the time.
I can't tell if you're joking or not.
It makes me sad.
Zeyphersan
Banned
It's definitely the Valve way to do it, though
If we're lucky they'll talk about it during their vulkan session, but chances are it'll just be benchmarks comparing opengl dota 2 with vulkan.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Why would Valve care? They're not a hardware company. They want you buying games on Steam. If the pathway to make you do that is your desktop, awesome. If the pathway to make you do that is an HTPC box, awesome. If the pathway to make you do that is a little dongle or a streaming box running over your network, awesome. Which OS you use isn't important to them. Which controller you use isn't important to them. Isn't this the story of Valve the last few years? Their corporate motto is "Just pay us our cut, we don't care about the rest".
XANDER CAGE
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I don't necessarily disagree, but isn't this also where Unreal is heading these days?
If you believe that, that's crazy. Going back to DOTA 1 feels insanely shitty compared to 2.
Not even a bit. What did they do in dota? Port over characters and moves and stats in a away that would avoid blizz coptright.
Its like calling home world remake a new game.
It takes a lot more to come up with chess, then it does to port chess to a new engine, with some additions.
I mean, they don't even have to make maps. Cause maps scare dota gamers.
Bf4 had new maps for one thing. New weapons, new mechanics, new vehicles...etc... Not that bf4 is that big of a leap, but its clearly more then putting dota into source and monetising it.
Valve has never been big on making stuff, they take over stuff other people have been making. It's just sad cause their best output, half life series, has been their own creation, but the cash cow of dota has taken over. Its just business. Half life 3 won't get 10 million more people on steam.
You dont know anything about Dota do you?
So why are you posting about it as if you do?
SteveWinwood
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huh
huh
jesus christ you people
just go download the dota workshop tools from last august
bam source 2 on your computer
Not really the same thing and you know it.
BlastProcessing
Member
Tell you what, when I run by the Valve booth tomorrow, I will run your unassailable truths by them and see how it goes.
Its my most played steam game.
alexandros
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Cool stuff. So Valve mentioned that Steam Machines will start at a console pricepoint but offer higher performance. Do people still think that they are not intended to compete with game consoles?