nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 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-square10fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down10cross-posted to: games@lemmy.worldpcgaming@lemmy.cagaming@lemmy.world
arrow-up159arrow-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 · 6 hours agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: games@lemmy.worldpcgaming@lemmy.cagaming@lemmy.world
minus-squareMisterMoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 hours agoEpisodes 1 and 2 were fun but they in no way “recentered the first person shooter genre.”
minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 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.