Valve explains why we never got episode 3 of Half-Life 2.
Half-Life: Alyx This is not only the first new work in the Hibernation series in a decade, but also represents the return of Valve that has been working for years to make its game all over the world.
But to this day, the question of why developers have never followed Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and completed the story has not been fully answered. According to level designer Dario Casali, Valve sees "half-life" games as a means to advance technological progress or solve complex problems.
Developers' ambitions quickly increased when Valve was initially satisfied with the scene mode. This resulted in the development cycle for episode 2 being two years, while the development cycle for episode 1 was approximately one year.
He told IGN: "We found ourselves moving forward, 'Okay, let's keep investing more and more in this game because we want to do our best, as much as possible." "Then we realized that these plots were Become more of a sequel. "
As a result, Valve rethinked its approach to game development, so the studio began looking for "what will be the next big impact." The search actually produced a prototype of Half the Life that the public had never seen before. All these cancelled items are not fun.
"Our judges and juries are always game tests." "It never comes from us. It always comes from people outside. They always tell us how we are doing. No matter what we do , We'll all be validated through the testing process, and we will adhere to this belief. "
At this stage, Valve is also working on Source 2.0 because it is not happy with the original limitations. After a bad experience developing both the engine (Source 1.0) and the game (half-life), Valve decided to focus on creating the engine. After finishing work on Source 2.0, Valve returned to half-life.
The result of this work is Half-Life: Alyx, which solves the studio's problems and enables Half-Life games to advance the development of game design. Virtual reality is mindless, too.
Read the Half-Life: Alyx review on the link and come back after reading the game to read our explanation of the ending.