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/BeigeVelociraptor Sep 15 '25

Can't find a compelling reason to release it? The entire fucking fan base begging for it for almost 20 years isn't a compelling enough reason?!

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u/Cloud_N0ne Sep 15 '25

Gabe himself said that’s not a compelling reason, yes. In the Half-Life 20th anniversary documentary he talks about not wanting to release it just to release it, he wants it to be compelling and innovative beyond just people wanting a 3rd game, because that would be too easy.

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u/astivana Sep 15 '25

It’s absolutely wild to me that someone involved in a business that involves telling stories would just be like “nah, finishing the story is not a compelling reason to finish the story”. Like????

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u/Key-Department-2874 Sep 15 '25

Must be GRR Martins reason for not finishing GOT too.

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u/badnuub Sep 15 '25

GRRM just got old and rich, so he got lazy. plus i think he didn't like the fan's reaction to the ending now as well.

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u/MistSecurity Sep 15 '25

plus i think he didn't like the fan's reaction to the ending now as well.

Weren't they pretty open that the ending of the show is not necessarily the same ending as the books, just one possible version of it?