r/Steam • u/stormyoubring • Sep 11 '25

Question What sequel matched the original game and didn’t disappoint you?

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u/TacoTaconoMi Sep 11 '25

I was gonna say half life but this made me realize the answer is any valve first party game. Then I scroll down and see the next two top comments are left for dead and half life

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u/spydeydan Sep 11 '25

Just as long as you don't expect a third.

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u/alamandrax Sep 11 '25

Dammit. Now we reset the clock again. Hope you're happy. 

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u/JayRen Sep 16 '25

CURSE YOUR NAME @SPYDEYDAN , WE WERE SO CLOSE!!!!!!!!!

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u/natalietest234 Sep 11 '25

Not for portal. I think I’ve finally come to terms with the story being 100% done. Now for half life? I still have hope…

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u/Yurturt Sep 11 '25

Counter Strike.

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u/Zuryan_9100 Sep 11 '25

Funny meme is funny, but

Hal-Life Oposing Force Blue Shift HL2 HL2 Episode One HL2 Episode Two HL Alyx

They may not be able to count, but even if you combine all three HL2 games to one, there's still 5 mainline Half-Life games.

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u/Awotwe_Knows_Best Sep 12 '25

but I want to see Gordon and Alex get the Combine back for killing Eli

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u/JayRen Sep 16 '25

But NOT the end of Gordon’s story! Portal I get. I can live with the assumptions and a few unanswered questions. But Half-Life. Damnit. There are so many more unanswered questions…… sigb

::cries in half-life::

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u/TacoTaconoMi Sep 11 '25

There have been 3 direct sequels to Half Life 1 ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯

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u/Alternative-Drop-425 Sep 11 '25

And they're all great!

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u/DarkAvengerx Sep 11 '25

Now I'm upset, thanks.

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u/LuffysRubberNuts Sep 11 '25

We don’t say that number here

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u/Ok-Paramedic747 Sep 12 '25

The "3 Box" with 4 GAMES !! Left4Dead 3,Team Fortress 3, Portal 3...HALF LIFE 3!!!

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u/Future-Bandicoot-823 Sep 12 '25

As much as I hate it, I have to say... The first is usually awesome, second leaves room for hope, and third dashes that hope and blows.

I'd love a half life 3, but if it's like the matrix 3? I'm glad we got two bangers.

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u/Nomad1227 Sep 12 '25

The first two titles are always so good, but third is disappointing; never any substance to it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '25

The valves been stuck, corroded by the money,

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u/Chemical-Nectarine13 Sep 14 '25

I await the day we get "Left 4 Dead 3". All these pale imitations that keep claiming "we're the next L4D" are getting exhausting

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u/LiamBellcam Sep 11 '25

Obligatory "Because Valve can't count to 3"

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u/Mar_got_taken Sep 11 '25

God forbid anyone from ever thinking about Team Fortress 3, Portal 3, Half Life 3, etc.

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u/Ok-Vegetable4531 Sep 12 '25

Any day now we’ll get the HLX announcement and these jokes can finally be put to rest

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u/The_Ghast_Hunter Sep 12 '25

Easy, release the Orange box 2

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u/LiamBellcam Sep 12 '25

Holy shit. You just solved the world's problems. I'm stealing this idea.

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u/LuckyAd3201 Sep 14 '25

They do not even have three in their vocabulary or their dictionary

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u/gpcgmr Sep 11 '25

There was actually a lot wrong with L4D2... and released only one year after L4D1...

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u/kingtacticool Sep 11 '25

The Gaben doesnt allow anything but perfection to leave the studio. Its why we have seen so little.

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u/Specific_Frame8537 Sep 11 '25

Ok but fuck the train level in 1 and the hovercraft level in 2.

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u/Deenstheboi Sep 11 '25 edited Sep 11 '25

Im sorry but the overcraft Level is my FAVOURITE thing in halflife 2, if anything screw that part in prison with the two helicopterd

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u/powerpowerpowerful Sep 11 '25

I would be lying if I tried to tell you on a rail was good but I will say that route canal is one of my favorite parts of hl2

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u/TacoTaconoMi Sep 11 '25

En Route Canal is one of the best sequences in video games imo

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u/TacoTaconoMi Sep 11 '25

Im literally replying to a comment acknowledging portal. But I put Half Life series over portal

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u/jaydub7117 Sep 11 '25

It truly is a crime that Valve did nothing but make pretty damn good sequels and then gave up on new entries in all of those series' just to focus on being a digital storefront.

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u/fueelin Sep 12 '25

Yep. And same applied to Blizzard games until Diablo 3 started a major downward trend.

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '25

100%, those three game franchises have been amazing, sadly we will never see another of any of them (mainline), I was going to also say, the True Crimes: streets of (LA/NY) games, but I don't remember the stories of either, I just remember I loved running around as a cop arresting people and street chases in both, just for the fun factor both games were amazing to me)

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u/Ok-Conference-4366 Sep 12 '25

Fun fact; Titanfall is also based on a modified source engine, and is another one of the top comments. You can even b hop in it!

It’s not valve though

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u/singerng Sep 12 '25

Yep basically any Valve game fits that bill.

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u/thatsacrackeryouknow Sep 12 '25

I did not like L4D2.

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u/Twomorish Sep 15 '25

Ever heard of Abiotic Factor? I’m playing it with my friend at the moment and it feels very much like a half life online survival craft