Is the suppression field the most horrifying thing in the whole Half Life series?
>>318285726
explain how
>>318285726
>can cum inside without having to worry about pregnancy
Nah
no it's that chink girl
>>318285726
The suppression field is small beans compared to what else the Combine are doing on earth. Memory alteration/removal, bio-engineering, ect.
These games introduced everything negative design tenet that eventually killed FPS outright.
-linear map design
-lack of verticality
-zero secrets
-braindead puzzles
-braindead protagonist
-scripted oh-so-smart 'interactive' sequences where you follow a character telling you stuff
god i hate half life games so fucking much.
> forgetting about the noises mawmen make
>>318287979
yeah geez it's so bad
that's why it was a huge success and why evryone copied it, right?
>>318287220
I don't think i need to explain why denying people the ability to mate is a scary thing
It's like a very slow and cruel genocide
>>318287507
It also suppresses sexual urges
>>318288219
It was a simpler time.
>>318288267
What's cruel about it?
You'd rather be gassed?
Honestly, the fear of Nova Prospekt and being turned into a stalker seems far, FAR worse then the suppression field.
>>318288219
Yeah mate, COD is a huge success because it's good
>>318287979
>do i fit in yet m8s
The headcrabs are pretty horrifying.
>attach themselves to your head
>control your actions
>you're still fully aware of everything
>>318287979
You're actually retarded if you think HL2 is linear the same way CoD is.
I'm not even joking, you're legit retarded
>>318288480
It literally is good.
Why else do so many people enjoy it?
>>318288379
Well, getting gassed is a hell of a lot faster.
>>318288669
May as well just go and kill yourself right now because you're going to die eventually anyways.
>>318287979
That's how this stuff happens.
Hell, go play all the resident evil games, and realize that reason that resident evil is shit nowadays is because of Resident evil 4, a GREAT game.
Those things aren't inherently bad on their own, but they're bad when they're repeated over and over ad nauseum to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
>>318288379
>You'd rather be gassed?
Yes
At least that would be quicker than the whole species slowly dying thing
>>318288527
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXuR41eisnM
>>318287979
Neo/v/
>>318288480
Well, CoD is really well made. It also is just made for a specific market that happens to be very large.
You can't tell me that CoD doesn't control like butter, it has since CoD2.
>>318287979
>Spot the 10 year old trying to fit in.
If you ACTUALLY think that tunnel shooters with no puzzles or secrets and a 2d protagonist were popularized by HL2, then you need to go to bed, otherwise you'll be tired for school in the morning.
>>318288669
>>318288813
Let's disregard the fact that sterilization is painless, right?
>>318285726
no, this is
>>318285726
>those screams in the background of city 17
>>318289213
>>318288480
The first few were absolutely groundbreaking and revolutionary. Obviously you weren't old enough to be playing games when MW or COD1 came out, but they were amazingly fresh and fun compared to the stagnant garbage that was FPS games the time.
These days the Devs have fired everyone remotely talented and are just churning out copy paste trash and living off the brand, but the first few games were amazing.
>>318287979
>bad games copy hl2 so hl2 is bad
wew lad
>>318289181
Knowing that you're the last generation and you're watching the end of your species is emotionally painful.
>>318289610
and knowing that your entire species is being killed isn't?
>>318289610
na, not really that big of a deal.
>>318289446
>Obviously you weren't old enough to be playing games when MW or COD1 came out
Nice argument as to why they are 10 times more popular these days, when they're complete shit. Retard.
>>318289305
what screams
>>318289610
Pain E + Pain P is objectively worse than just Pain E.
>>318289772
you're either retarded or incredibly apathetic, both of which are sad
>>318289779
>Nice argument as to why they are 10 times more popular these days, when they're complete shit. Retard.
Call of duty has seen year over year falls in sales, lel. Can't you get anything right?
>>318289846
better hope they keep up that suppression field so I don't pass on my genes eh?
>>318288267
Eli makes that Sex joke at the lab though
>>318287979
Bait, but:
>-linear map design
Debatable. The games aren't open world, so you are supposed to get from point A to point B. However, many of the segments in 2 were very wide open. They weren't just forcing you down a hallway.
>-lack of verticality
Complete bullshit. There are plenty of examples of vertical segments in both 1 and 2.
>-zero secrets
Also complete bullshit. There were plenty of hidden ammo drops/powerups littered throughout all the games.
>-braindead puzzles
Compared to what exactly? The second game was all about showing off their physics engine in the puzzles, and most of the puzzles were fun to do. None of them were on the level of Bioshock Infinite or Undertale in terms of how fucking braindead stupid they were.
>-braindead protagonist
The protagonist doesn't speak and doesn't have a personality because you're supposed to be the protagonist. The series was praised for doing this.
>-scripted oh-so-smart 'interactive' sequences where you follow a character telling you stuff
Another thing the series was praised for. Things like the entire intro sequence to the first game hadn't really been seen before at the time.
Try harder.
They had a suppression field that did the same thing in OWB
>>318289948
You're an idiot, the series has been breaking sales records ever since MW2, when it started becoming shit. Explain that you fucking mongoloid.
>>318285726
No. Mating is for normie scum.
>>318290170
>http://www.gamespot.com/articles/call-of-duty-retail-sales-continue-to-decline-anal/1100-6424200/
Next time try google before you make yourself look like a complete retard.
>>318285726
Thanks for reminding me that all hope is indeed dead. Even on other sites there zero whispers of anything going on at valve. The only thing that seems to be going on is a decay of valve.
>>318289802
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4WWqTzyqSM
the general ambience of city 17 is creepy
>>318289318
>filename
kek
>>318290158
Which one is the chick?
How does a force field stop people from mating?
>>318290374
Far right. She grew that beard with SCIENCE!
>>318290405
It killed your sex drive and made ovulation impossible.
>>318290374
my waifu on the far left keep you're hands to youself
>>318290374
It can only be the far left.
Half Life 3 fucking WHEN VALVE
>>318290302
They've been declining since MW3, that doesn't mean they weren't still more successful than all the CODs before MW2, aka the good ones. You are the complete retard here.
So...
Is Half-Life franchise completely abandoned?
Postponed? Postponed until Gabe feels like continuing the franchise?
Being worked on right this minute?
To be perfectly honest I think it has been abandoned and they have absolutely zero interest left in it.
>>318290906
Its been over 2 years since the last word. Since a flicker of light shone one last time in the darkness.
It is time to let go...
>>318290676
>Nice argument as to why they are 10 times more popular these days
>10 times more popular
>these days
>10 times more popular
>>these days
Lel, you are one colossal faggot m8e. Stop acting like a woman and accept that you were totally wrong.
>>318290906
I'd say it's been abandoned because they don't want to risk a Duke Nukem Forever incident. Better to just shelve the project forever and pretend it's dead than release something that can't hope to live up to the fanboys unrealistic expectations.
>>318288267
>It also suppresses sexual urges
Sounds like Germany.
>>318290906
They're still working on it, that much they have confirmed. They simply just don't talk about it because the project has gone through multiple scrap/restart cycles and don't have anything concrete yet.
Only when the game is in a "ready" state, and is in the final stages of production, will it be revealed to the world. But when this will happen is anyone's guess.
>>318291080
They are still more popular than the old CODs, how is that so hard to understand, you thick sack of shit.
>>318291276
stop it anon, its dead. They had one more shot at last years e3, their last chance to show something off and they did nothing.
Gabe is rich, so are many of his developers. They have long stopped working on it, they will cozely retire in their large mansions, make families and quietly live out the rest of their lives while taking vacations.
Its over.
>>318291360
You're still going with the damage control? Jesus, that is one hurt butt.
>>318288379
I think the cruelty is more due to the fact that it's frightening that the whole of mankind suddenly just stopped being interested in the one constant that we've had throughout history. Like, it essentially neuters everyone all at once AND makes them incapable of finding anyone attractive. It strips away all of it, hand holding, kissing, and it does it to everyone.
>>318291517
Your retarded argument that COD is successful "because it was good before MW2" despite selling much more during and after MW2, was completely BTFO. You should kill yourself now.
>>318291143
na, that's a bullshit cop out to blame the fan's unrealistic expectations. valve is the ones who decided they had to add amazing revolutionary things in each new game and set themselves up to follow nukem's path. fans were fine with the episodes and mostly just want valve to finish the damn story. valve showed they already had an intriguing story with interesting characters and villains. at this rate, no one will give a shit by the time it comes out because it will be a whole new generation.
>>318291454
You're being a retard, Valve themselves have stated multiple times in interviews that they aren't going to reveal anything until they have a concrete idea of what the game is and are in the final stages of production.
They do this to avoid making everyone go crazy every time there's a revolution and the project is scrapped and development restarts for the X'th time.
Each E3 isn't their "last chance" to do or show something. Why should they cobble together an E3 gameplay demo that depicts something that will be scrapped and abandoned 5 months later?
Just stop waiting for it and focus on the now/near-future games coming out instead.
>>318291360
They aren't?
The problem isn't sales, its drop offs in playerbase. MW3 dropped to basically nothing, while MW1 still has a living community.
Black Ops 2 has more players than Ghosts and advanced warfare, and Black Ops 3 has had absolutely no presence
>>318291989
Apparently one their biggest hurdles is how to incorporate motion-capture into a game where characters will follow, look at and gesture towards a player who is free to move.
>>318291989
Consider when episode 2 was released
There has been absolutely no concrete progress since then.
The game is either dead or in an abomination of ideas that will only see the light of day in the same way Van Buren did: as design documents
>>318290906
Didn't the concept artist responsible for all the designs leave the company bc if so there's no point in continuing really.
>>318287979
Quake
Quake 2
Dooms
Unreal
Hexen
Blood
Contained everything but interactive sequences, which were often done to explain a new game mechanic to you.
God I fucking hate children.
>>318292003
Your source? Not that it matters though because success is measured by sales, so your post is irrelevant either way.
>>318287815
>ec tetera
>>318290906
The Half Life franchise is am emergency plan for when the company (Valve) will start losing money. Imagine when they launch Half Life 3, literally millons of copies will be sold. But also there's the problem of the hype, and it's a big issue, like what happened with DNF: the expectatives are descomunal, but if they fail a bit, the gamers will be merciless
>>318285726
I think it's probably the ocean/oxygen draining.
>>318291008
Valve has some unique shoes to fill.
They brought something new to the table with HL and HL2, but there's nothing they can compete with in today's industry with the skill they displayed in the last 2 episodes.
They can't beat Alien: Isolation's performance optimization.
They can't out-sandbox Bethesda.
They can't develop an engine to rival Unreal 4.
They can't model better than The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.
They can't out-write Obsidian.
Oculus beat them to VR while they were clowning around in their offices.
Think of Valve as Triple H. They're just not good enough to be the top guy, so they'll run the company and decide who gets featured, which is just as good to them.
>>318292430
eh, to me sales isn't the only measure of success. Multiplayer games are reliant on not having dead communities, so I consider being unable to actually sustain an active one a sign of failure, especially if previous entries in the series are still alive.
I don't know enough about how people measure success who actually do this for a living, but I think longevity of the playerbase to be a better indicator than how many people buy it.
Source was the steam player tracker that isn't there, I don't know what third party does it now but you can check it out.
>>318291989
No, its fucking dead. These cycles, stages of productions just air. They have nothing, they are making nothing, their creative minds are at a dead end and the only thing that is going forward is their money making machine.
They wont be making games again. The only thing that they will do is perhaps push a little bit further in their steambox horseshit and tinker with their gaeman leenux a bit.
Thats it. Beyond that they are dead. Forget about them already.
>>318290906
Valve makes enough money with steam. They don't have to worry about creating games anymore lol.
>>318290906
>We will never get to see the crab synths in action
>>318292783
>valve not making games anymore
nice joke
>>318290906
I hope Valve gets hacked again
>>318292775
Stop seeing them as people, they are only flash sales providers at this point. "Businessmen" with cheap suits knocking at your door. There is nothing human left in their souls. Just fucking abandon them already, will you really want to be one of those faggets who will live his whole life in denial until gaben dies that he actually will do something?
Fuck off dude, accept the fact that valve is dead already.
>>318292241
Your argument of "It's been a long time so obviously it won't happen" isn't very solid considering there have been plenty of game series with long gaps between games.
>Max Payne 2 - Max Payne 3: 9 years
>X-COM: Apocalypse - XCOM: Enemy Unknown: 15 years (Enforcer and First Alien Invasion don't count)
>Doom 2 - Doom 3: 11 years
>Quake II - Quake 4 (Quake III was just an MP game): 8 years
>Deus Ex Invisible War - Deus Ex Human Revolution: 8 years
There's no debating whether they're making the game or not, they still are working on the game. When it will be formally announced and released is up for debate.
>>318292926
>we will never get to dine on the brains of combine advisors
>>318292689
you know, I never noticed the ocean draining. I just figured it was low tide. fucking A, m8.
>>318290906
Volvo is doing something with source 2 or whatever so 3 will probably be a thing eventually
To be honest i hate the stupid meme surrounding it more
>>318293027
I'm not in denial, I'm telling you they know they're not good enough to compete with this gen so they'll sit back and collect money from ugly 2007 f2p's.
>>318293235
what. All those aren't even comparable
Max Payne 2 - Max Payne 3: Two completely separate companies developed them, Max Payne 3 was not in progress since Max Payne 2
Same goes for Quake 4, X-Com, Deus ex
Doom 3 was also not in production since doom 2, ID was busy making other shit and Doom 2 was the end to the series while Doom 3 was a reboot. There was also a demo, e3 presentations, screenshots, and press briefings on what the game was.
Episode 3 is nothing more than an idea derived from valve's aborted attempt at episodic content. There has been fuck all released in years for what was supposed to be released shortly and valve has said it has no plans on returning to single-player gaming.
>>318288267
>It also suppresses sexual urges
Well then you wouldn't miss it, not too bad really there are worse things, they could have castrated all the men and I forget the female equivalent.
>>318292775
>Alien: Isolation's performance optimization.
It's called making an entire game in dark corridors
>>318293235
there's a pretty big difference in that half life 2's story ended on a cliffhanger. and they kept promising the story would be wrapped up relatively soon. now it probably won't even be the same story but some schlock thrown together by a new team trying to imitate the old.
>>318293494
providing vidya for the emerging internet users in the third world (that are getting hand me downs from western nations, or just really cheap shitboxes).
I wonder how long they can ride this train since a lot of the third world is going mobile.
>>318293235
yeah, but most of those examples are cash in reboots by other companies. All of those except max payne were done by completely different companies or by companies that had been bought out and restructured or had changed so much since the last iteration of the game as to make it as if the game had been rebooted by another company.
Companies don't let their properties rest that long without making a sequel if they intend to ever do so.
>>318294082
>Companies don't let their properties rest that long without making a sequel if they intend to ever do so.
You mean public companies, private ones like Valve tend to take a lot longer pushing out products because they don't have to answer to investors.
>>318288527
YABBA
MY ICING
WHAAAAAAAAURRRRRRLLL
>>318293825
>going mobile
http://unit8008135.deviantart.com/
>>318290130
/thread
>>318294324
Why get a desktop computer if you can just buy a cellphone that you can take with you, that works everywhere and you can use for many things. Even cheap chink tablets can be bought by increasingly richer third worlders (the middle class of syria for instance went across the sea with 70k dollahs. The world isnt THAT poor anymore)
>>318287979
>rrreeeeee linear levels
When will the epic meme of linear=bad finally die?
>>318294392
why
>>318291802
Then everyone can live the /v/ experience.
>>318294392
oh
>>318294182
well, that is something to consider then.
>>318294392
>>318294392
I regret this.
I just want HL3 you niggers
>mfw people don't it to come out
So sad.
>>318290906
https://youtu.be/rDckRZrvxdA?t=15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50lSIaSR3zc
>>318287979
Confirmed for having never played a FPS before Half-Life.
Fuck off you utter, utter shitter.
>>318295297
>tfw panic attacks when millennials talk shit about Half Life
>>318292775
Lol this post
>>318295297
I just want to point out that this person is having a "panic attack" taking place over the course of two photographs where apparently she saw the first one, fixed her hair, and then took the second one, all while crying.
Because that makes sense.
>>318293010
The vast majority of game developers who used to work at Valve are gone now. Almost all of the current employees are there to work on Steam and hardware, not to develop games. Valve has already quietly made the transition from game developer to online retailer with the software development that goes along with that. That's it, that's what they are now.
They don't even have enough people experienced in game development to make something on the scale of Portal 2 or Left 4 Dead again.
>>318295959
>source: my dad works for valve
>>318296982
My dad does work for Valve you little fucking bitch.
I just realised why the Combine first developed their suppression fields.
>>318290130
It's a shame most puzzles were broken with steampipe update
