This is exactly it. Most of their major titles utilize some new tech or groundbreaking feature and whatever they have planned for HL3 is just not ready yet.
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witx@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
I think HL3 will only happen to push some frontier in gaming, like they did with Alyx and VR. It’s the only safe move with that franchise and all the hype
Hubi@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Gabe has always said he’ll make HL3, “when the technology is there”.
No idea what it means, but it seems he at least has a vision for what the game should be.
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Alyx used PBR a technology already dated compared to Raytracing and it looks better than most games with Raytracing. We’re there, man.
Zahille7@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I mean at least Source 1 is still being used to develop games (or at least was before Source 2 code and all was released). Valve made a game engine so tough and versatile you can make it do anything you want.
GMod took that engine, and has done absolutely wild things with it. Hell, even just the modders for Half-Life have done crazy things with it, like make it into an isometric RTS game with Lambda Wars.