Half Life 2 Episode 3 Discussion - Games

[QUOTE=Clementine;33865770] Terrible idea for marketing, sales numbers would be impacted greatly.[/QUOTE] The players would be the ones marketing the game really. It's the sort of thing Valve would do. It is risky though.

[QUOTE=Tulio;33865060]Mossman, obviously edit: [img]http://attackofthefanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/half-life-31.jpg[/img] finally found this awesome fake[/QUOTE] It's not a fake, it's just a drawing that very slightly looks sort of like Half-Life 2.

[QUOTE=nightlord;33865954]The players would be the ones marketing the game really. It's the sort of thing Valve would do. It is risky though.[/QUOTE] They'd be more likely to release an Orange Box esque package with a secret game inside, and the secret game would only be revealed if enough people accomplished a certain goal.

[QUOTE=Clementine;33866251]They'd be more likely to release an Orange Box esque package with a secret game inside, and the secret game would only be revealed if enough people accomplished a certain goal.[/QUOTE] Why would they do that? There would be no point.

The hype train has a good milage! Can't wait to hear something genuine from Valve.

People, we have to wait, look, Half-Life 2 is the best game ever. Now, they have to do the same with Episode 3. Everything has to be perfect. I know a lot of people have said this but it's true. If it was me I'd do the same thing. Valve has decided not to say anything about Ep3 because they want it to be the ultimate game. Me, myself, wouldn't mind a hint or two but still I'm confident and optimistic that it will get released and blow our [b][i][u]FUCKING[/u][/i][/b] minds away.

[quote]Valve has decided not to say anything about Ep3 because they want it to be the ultimate game.[/quote] How would saying something about EP3 make it less of an awesome game? Valve should release [i]some[/i] info. Even just acknowledging they're working on it or giving some global release date would be good enough. That would get the whole internet hyped up like mad.

Holy tits, 450 new posts! can someone summarize what's been happening?

[QUOTE=masterburner;33866665]How would saying something about EP3 make it less of an awesome game? Valve should release [i]some[/i] info. Even just acknowledging they're working on it or giving some global release date would be good enough. That would get the whole internet hyped up like mad.[/QUOTE] Maybe, but probably they haven't decided what info to release and how to release it yet and I'm saying I'm okay with that.

[QUOTE=cheeseballxm;33866678]Holy tits, 450 new posts! can someone summarize what's been happening?[/QUOTE] Absolutely nothing noteworthy happened. A lot of hype over nothing. No new information released.

Hey guys, we need some kind of speculation or chatter while we wait for something to happen. Ideas?

So has Valve EVER even said anything about HL2 Episode 3? Or are we just waiting for nothing?

This is why the hype train is unreliable, it always leads to no where. You guys all bought the wrong tickets, better luck in the future. no idea why I typed that, Ep3 better be at E3 or have some form of announcement this year

$10 that the next Half-Life game will have two-player co-op where you play as Combine.

[img]http://img.gameru.net/img/b8c50.jpg[/img]

[I]Our plan[/I] Oh boy, here we go.

[QUOTE=StarWarsMan;33867244][I]Our plan[/I] Oh boy, here we go.[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb461/BNtNS/thisisgonnabegood.gif[/IMG] [highlight](User was banned for this post ("image macro" - postal))[/highlight]

And in the end, this is all we have. [img]http://www.halflife2.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/advisor.jpg[/img] [img]http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/4332/hl2ep3artrm3.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=booster;33867533]And in the end, this is all we have. [img]http://www.halflife2.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/advisor.jpg[/img] [img]http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/4332/hl2ep3artrm3.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] But aren't they enticing?

oh i remember when those pics were released. i was like yay ep3 info is started to release :smith:

This whole thing reminds me of the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Los_Angeles]Battle of Los Angeles[/url] [editline]24th December 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=StarWarsMan;33867244][I]Our plan[/I] Oh boy, here we go.[/QUOTE] Even if Gabe came out and put a video on Valve's youtube channel of him saying "Episode Three is not in development, we haven't even thought of the plot yet, none of these hints are official or true. Also Half-Life 3 isn't in development either; no Half-Life games are being worked on at Valve, there is no ARG" and put up webcams of every room in Valve's offices and live streams of every computer monitor to prove no Half-Life game was being worked on, and signed a legal document saying HL was not being worked on, and had inspectors in to verify that they weren't working on a Half-Life game, and shut down Valve, and killed himself, you would all just go THIS IS PART OF THE ARG!!!!!

Laidlaw appears to ignore the question! [img]http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1913/laidlaw.png[/img]

why did you ask him a question that's already been answered

[QUOTE=Meatpuppet;33868525]why did you ask him a question that's already been answered[/QUOTE] That's not my email and where did the Lambdas on the store get anwsered?

[QUOTE=tostopagaben;33868405]Laidlaw appears to ignore the question! [img]http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1913/laidlaw.png[/img][/QUOTE] Or maybe he is saying that the answers are awaiting for us in Dota 2 OMG!!!

[QUOTE=nightlord;33866313]Why would they do that? There would be no point.[/QUOTE] Notice how I said "more likely"

[QUOTE=DaFreshLemon;33868556]Or maybe he is saying that the answers are awaiting for us in Dota 2 OMG!!![/QUOTE] And then Dota 2 was Episode 3

[QUOTE=Bokito;33869150]And then Dota 2 was Episode 3[/QUOTE] And it was [i]glorious[/i].

[IMG]http://u.filepak.com/wwBI_woah.png[/IMG] May not be legit, but it looks like it could be.

I just talked with Leveraged, and he said that the informant is the same guy who told him this, which I don't think was mentioned before. [url]www.konzortium.com/2011/counter-strike-2-is-officially-play-testing[/url] That was before CS:GO was announced, if nobody remembers.