nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 hours ago'My personal failure was being stumped': Gabe Newell says finishing Half-Life 2: Episode 3 just to conclude the story would've been 'copping out of [Valve's] obligation to gamers'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down11cross-posted to: games@lemmy.worldgaming@lemmy.world
arrow-up196arrow-down1external-link'My personal failure was being stumped': Gabe Newell says finishing Half-Life 2: Episode 3 just to conclude the story would've been 'copping out of [Valve's] obligation to gamers'www.pcgamer.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square16fedilinkcross-posted to: games@lemmy.worldgaming@lemmy.world
minus-squareMisterMoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·9 hours agoEpisodes 1 and 2 were fun but they in no way “recentered the first person shooter genre.”
minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up18·7 hours agoThey hoped the episodic delivery of games would be the future. Especially alongside a digital distribution platform like Steam. I suspect they realized episodes wasn’t the way after the release of Orange Box, so they moved on from that.
Episodes 1 and 2 were fun but they in no way “recentered the first person shooter genre.”
They hoped the episodic delivery of games would be the future. Especially alongside a digital distribution platform like Steam. I suspect they realized episodes wasn’t the way after the release of Orange Box, so they moved on from that.