"BorkBorkBjork" (tbirdlemons)
01/05/2016 at 11:20 • Filed to: None
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"BorkBorkBjork" (tbirdlemons)
01/05/2016 at 11:20 • Filed to: None | 2
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All it did was make me remember how disappointing it is that we are never getting a new Half Life game. Sad face.
TheHondaBro
> BorkBorkBjork
01/05/2016 at 11:24 |
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Try playing Half-Life 2: Episode 2.
TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
> BorkBorkBjork
01/05/2016 at 11:30 |
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> BorkBorkBjork
01/05/2016 at 11:38 |
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We bought my son a Steam gift card for Christmas. Portal 2 was one of his selections.
Makes a father proud. :)
gin-san - shitpost specialist
> BorkBorkBjork
01/05/2016 at 11:48 |
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I haven’t played the second one, I probably should have bought it during the Steam sale. In any case, the first one was so much fun. The portal effect is really cool and I remember thinking how cool it was to have a FPS puzzle game, especially when you have to factor momentum into your portal use.
wiffleballtony
> BorkBorkBjork
01/05/2016 at 12:15 |
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A lot of people like to decry a lot of the big producers like EA and Ubisoft and sing the praises of Valve. I like Valve, I really do. What I don’t like is that since they aren’t beholden to stock holders they make whatever they want when they want. Personally, I feel what they want doesn’t line up with what consumers want. If Half Life was owned by EA we would be on Half Life 8 by now, for better or worse.
Bryan doesn't drive a 1M
> wiffleballtony
01/05/2016 at 13:09 |
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For worse
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wiffleballtony
> Bryan doesn't drive a 1M
01/05/2016 at 13:25 |
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Maybe. I guess it comes down to whether you’d rather have a lot of game to play but have it watered down and ruined versus never getting anything at all.
tromoly
> BorkBorkBjork
01/05/2016 at 13:36 |
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You should look up Portal Stories: Mel, it’s pretty great.
If you have Portal 1 you should also grab Portal Pro, it’s a really great mod that I’m almost done with, it’s all about logically solving puzzles rather than trick-shot portalling.
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BorkBorkBjork
> TheHondaBro
01/05/2016 at 14:43 |
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I have played it before, but I’m not going back down that road.
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BorkBorkBjork
> wiffleballtony
01/05/2016 at 14:47 |
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Supposedly they ARE working on HL3, but only have around 10 or so people on it at any given time. I think they just cannot reconcile a good ending, and they are making money hand over fist on other (multiplayer) projects so there is no business sense in making another Half Life installment that might end up like Mass Effect 3 did.
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wiffleballtony
> BorkBorkBjork
01/05/2016 at 15:07 |
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Ive heard that as well, my opinion is that any ending is better than no ending. I need closutr. My deepest hope is that it’s a launch title for a new source engine.
swaptastic
> wiffleballtony
01/05/2016 at 16:48 |
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I agree with this 100%. I am not looking for a life changing ending.... just an ending. I keep going back and forth over whether they will finish it. I really feel if they can’t produce the game themselves, they should pay a trusted outside group to make/finish the game. I really feel Valve owes it to us to finish the story.
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wiffleballtony
> swaptastic
01/05/2016 at 17:40 |
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I honestly don’t think Valve knows where to go with the series. I also think because they’ve waited so long they know it’ll be hard to please the die hards. Since Valve employees work on what they want, I doubt many want to tackle that task.
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swaptastic
> wiffleballtony
01/06/2016 at 16:12 |
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All true but they still owe us an ending. If I was put in charge I would have episode 3 developed as a short game to end the story found in episode 2. I would also release it for free with no conditions. Then they can storyboard HL3 as a next gen engine super game that will stay in development for a century.
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wiffleballtony
> swaptastic
01/06/2016 at 16:17 |
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Maybe they’re working on a sweet Portal/Half Life tie in, since they are technically the same timeline/world.
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swaptastic
> wiffleballtony
01/06/2016 at 17:00 |
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That would be great.