Gabe Newell: “To hell, let’s talk about Half-Life 3”

In general, Sabzh. A message appeared on the Dorkly website from the Newell, written in response to all angry comments, when Half-Life 3 has not been announced over the past week. The original is in English, but I, to the best of my strength, sketched a more or less accurate translation. Here he is:

Last week, Valve announced three new products designed to improve game experience for all users Steam, Namely, make a PC-gaming available on large TV screens in your living rooms.

We, Valve employees, are trying to add something new to the world of computer games, the development of which is inhibited by outdated ideas and methods. Many people know that we are capable of challenging the old foundations of the gaming industry, that our company always prefers to choose more complex options, and not follow the beaten path, like Activison comes now with the series Call of Duty. You love Valve for not the fact that we are not like other publishers and developers.

And, of course, a lot of people began to whine, that we did not announce the sequel to one fps.

It seems that all the conversations in the last week were only about this. “Hey, remember your series, which shattered the idea of ​​the first -person shooters, and was recognized as a unique, innovative approach to the genre? Stick a couple of sequels ”

Yes, I understand that you are interested in continuing the https://dragoniacasino.co.uk plot, and we suddenly cut off the story. We already had such cliffs, and probably there will be more. Cliffs in the history of a dumb murder car that fights a bunch of aliens and participates in the intermary war. I understand why you are interested in is a very high-quality narrative that it is necessary to compare with “kill the mockingbird”, except for the fact that the local Scout does not know how to talk and waves a head and naul with a crowbar.

But these games were remembered by you obviously not inventive gameplay or mechanics that can set the direction of the whole generation, is it not true? Otherwise, you would expect more innovations in the industry from Valve, and not another sequel. You would be interested in whether we can once again expand the framework of ordinary gaming. You would guess if we can add something new, and thought more than “interesting, in the representatives of which new race Gordon Freeman will throw a trash from the gravitational gun this time”.

Because – attention – So stupid On our part, try to improve the ecosystem of gaming in general, especially when we can make one shooter.

The fact that we are on great risks, expanding the PC as a game platform, which, in turn, should motivate all game developers to make available and interesting new games – a waste of time. Why give other developers the opportunity to create something as non-standard as there was Half-Life at one time when we can cut down a lot of money with Half-Life 3?

For all this, we can conclude that you, “hardcore players”, prefer developers who, being moved by greed alone, stamp the sequels to famous shooters, instead of trying something new. Isn’t that you love?

It sounds, as if you want us to release more sequels, which will be much less original and interesting than new games. It sounds as if you are satisfied with what is, and you do not want a new game experience.

It sounds like you want us to be more like EA or Activision

Want Half-Life 3? Will. We will release a new Half-Life annually. Exclusive for Origin. With mandatory link to Facebook.* With a bunch of DLC. With damn microtransactions.

Then you will find yourself in a nightmare in reality. You just go nuts.

You will live Half-Life”

It is still unknown whether Gabe Newell himself is really the author of this text, however, it seems to me personally that there should be an explanation from Gabe, why HL3 still has not come out.

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