xdaseinx

Maybe they'll make the engine actually multi threaded this time...

VulcanDragon

Lots of speculation here. Just because the current story arc is supposed to end at Episode 3 does not mean that there won't be an Episode 4 that begins a new story arc. Assuming that these comments indicate that HL3 is coming is very premature.

Not quite. Portal's predecessor was called Narbacular Drop, and was indeed a student project. After some Valve employees at a job fair at the university (or something like that) saw Narbacular Drop, they invited the students to demo it to Gabe. He subsequently hired the entire team, who then went on to create Portal based on the gameplay concepts they created for Narbacular Drop.

Just clarifying that Portal was not the university project. The two are definitely related, but they are different games.

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bdattilo

Well, maybe I will know who the G-man is by the time I am 40. 20 years is a long time to wait though......

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Hellisforheroes

yeah. thats the long explanation But since nobody really knows about Narbacular Drop its basically the project that portal came out of. Its just important that people know it wasnt in valves plans before they made HL2, and the portal gun and its gameplay wont be included in EP3. Because its easy to think so.

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FrankenPC

So...uhh...this begs the question:

What is Half-Life's half life?

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Haha you made a science funny.

Mootsfox

Well, it's growing, not decaying... so negative years?

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I've always been a big fan of the Half Life series, and Half Life 2 is one of my favorite single player games of all time, not to mention Garry's Mod, Counter Strike, Day of Defeat, and all that good stuff.

Hell yeah i'm psyched for Half Life 3. Imagine the hype and extremely high expectations that will arise in the development of this game, and Valve is the type of company that can deliver the hype, and a little more.

Just have a few hopes for this game:

- If they are gonna have a new engine, it's gotta be as good or even better than the Source engine.
- You won't need a ridiculous Tri-SLI setup with over $2000 in graphics cards to run it at a decent FPS... *cough* CRYSIS *cough*
- It still has the Half Life "feel", which is unmatched
- Garry makes a Garry's Mod for it

I am finished.

PeePs

LOL. I just found that point kind of funny. The only reason they would ever develop a new engine is because the Source one is no longer good enough, hence the new engine would have to be better.

itslogz

I just beat it the other day, and yes it is sad


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