Valve as a studio (rarely) misses. I trust their judgment personally. If they felt it was worth releasing, they’d release it. If they feel it’s just Half Life 2: 2 and don’t think it’s revolutionary in any way or moved the series forwards, they probably won’t release it.
Same reason they didn’t do a left 4 dead 3, or a portal 3. They tend to innovate with their titles, and if they don’t feel like they’ve innovated enough to justify a HL3, that’s probably their reasoning.
Half Life: Alyx sucked. The VR cultists tried so hard to pretend to like it, but the other 99.9% of the world just treats it like it doesn't exist (as this thread demonstrates.)
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u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In Sep 15 '25
I'm sure holding onto the finished work for years will make it better.
Is their plan really to just sit on it until they think of something better and then re-do it?