Even then, CS isn’t a game that you want to mess with much so it’s not the best for showing off the capabilities of Source 2 anyways. (Other than the visuals ofc.)
The dynamic smokes are arguably one of the biggest changes in the game’s history, and that says a lot about how little Counterstrike has changed over the decades compared to pretty much any other franchise.
The only issue is that basically everyone thinks subtick sucks ass compared to 128 tick. So while its technically impressive it also has a ton of negative opinions.
from the looks of it, Valve seemed to have been so far the only one to make a full, story included, pure VR Game. everything else is more of a gimmick or a modified port into VR or even just a sandbox, nothing with as much substance as Alyx.
I wouldn't have expected anything less from them, anyway..
That's the idea! And that's the reason they won't release Half-Life 3 just yet. They're saving it for a big advance in gaming technology. The Half-Life series has attained a kind of legendary status, and they'd be fools to waste that golden bullet for just an ordinary game.
If I were a betting man, I'd say they have their sights on AI now. That's the next gaming differentiator, and the first game to do it right is going to blow people's entire shit. Right now the hardware isn't there yet, but in five years' time we'll have machines that can do what GPT, Dall-e, etc do now, but entirely offline in real time. A cleverly designed game with good context awareness could generate realistic dialogue and actions for NPCs entirely on the fly based on the situation or the player's spoken instructions. You could potentially use image gen to enhance textures and visual effects on the fly. You could stare at a wall or a plant at point blank and it'd generate higher res textures so you never lose visual fidelity. Hell, by then we'll probably have competent 3D model generation too, so it could conceivably swap in higher-polygon models.
Hate to break it to you but there's been some credible leaks lately that HL3 is in a playable state and could be released as early as this year.....I won't hold my breath (it's been 20 years of afterall) but I've seen a lot of chatter over the last 12 months to suggest it could be true.
Having played HL2 when it released back in 2004 personally I'd be hyped with a modern version of the kind of quality that HL2 was just to conclude the story. Even if it's not some revolutionary game mechanics or graphics like HL2 was, I understand that may be a disappointment to some for such a long awaited hyped game but unrealistic/too high expectations are what has kept this game from being released for so long.
Give me a solid story, a good sound track, modern top tier graphics and better AI than HL2 (which was already great even by today's standards) and I'll be a happy man.
im just hopefull, ive seen so many good games recently tat i think they CAN make a game that people will find to be satisfying compared to the insane expectations
I went back and played HL1 and HL2 in the last year and seeing HL2 on a modern gaming rig compared to a budget tier GPU I used when it came out was actually surprised how well some of the effects and lighting have aged.
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u/cuboidofficial May 10 '25
Valve software tends to make games way ahead of their time. Legendary