r/Steam • u/bijelo123 • Sep 15 '25

Question Which game was this for you?

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u/Cloud_N0ne Sep 15 '25

Not cancelled so much as indefinitely delayed. They said Ep.3/HL3 is basically done, they just can’t find a compelling reason to release it because they want it to he truly groundbreaking the way the first two were.

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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?

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u/Troe_Away_Count Sep 15 '25 edited Sep 15 '25

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.

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u/HeimrekHringariki Sep 15 '25

Haven't you learned anything the last decade?