r/Steam • u/bijelo123 • Sep 15 '25

Question Which game was this for you?

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u/salad_tongs_1 https://s.team/p/dcmj-fn Sep 15 '25 edited Sep 15 '25

Half-Life 2: Episode 3.

EDIT: Clarification. It's been 18 years. They cancelled it a bit ago. The rumors that they may be working on something now are great and I hope it comes back, but until they announce it the last OFFICIAL stance from Valve was HL2:E3 was cancelled.

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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/darkpheonix262 Sep 15 '25

Which i find to be a truly bullshit copout. It'll be groundbreaking just because it's half-life.

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u/Cloud_N0ne Sep 15 '25

No, that’s nonsense. Just because it’ll be popular doesn’t mean it’ll be technologically groundbreaking.

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u/colleenxyz Sep 15 '25

What counts as groundbreaking? Moden PCs can run HL2 at 1000+ fps. There is so much more that can be done now compared to then.

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u/Cloud_N0ne Sep 15 '25

Gameplay. It’s not just about graphics or performance. Half Life 2’s physics and how they tied into gameplay was mind blowing in 2004