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One of the more well - known joke among video game sports fan is that Valve does n’t know how to consider to the act three . There will in all likelihood never be aHalf - Life 3 , and theHalf - Life 2episodes stop at two . But thanks to a new infotainment , we have a cause why we never gotHalf - Life 2 : Episode 3 .
In theHalf - Life 2 : 20th Anniversary Documentary , posted on YouTube last hebdomad , former and current Valve developers break down the history of the now classic triggerman . The philosophy behind the installment , which accompany the main game , was to “ do more with less . ” SoEpisode 1had Alyx follow you throughout the game as an active comrade , and thespian encountered the Hunters for the first time inEpisode 2 .
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engineering was still at the heart and soul of the episodes , andEpisode 3was look really ambitious in terms of lineament . Developers interviewed for the documentary say they had some concepts for the last part , like how it would beset in the Arcticwith a new ice artillery that would allow you create shapes like ice walls and ledges , and were around six months into development . But because of all the features , it would necessitate a few more years before it could unloosen .
ThenLeft 4 Deadbecame the priority . Valve droppedEpisode 3to work on it , but by the meter it was done , the developers felt up it was too late to go back . Valve engineer David Speyrer aver it was “ tragic and almost funny ” that it “ took long enough that then by the time we considering snuff it back toEpisode 3,the argument was made , like , “ Well , we missed it . It ’s too deep now . ”
There were also discussions that the team would need a new engine for the final episode , although Spreyer said that was “ so faulty ” in hindsight . Valve father Gabe Newell articulate that just go the level forward was n’t enough .
“ Yes , of row they get it on the tale ; they love many , many aspects of it . But sort of saying that your reason to do it is because people require to know what find next … we could ’ve shipped it , it would n’t have been that unvoiced . My personal nonstarter was being mix up . I could n’t figure out why doingEpisode 3was pushing anything forrard . ”
Plus , the relatively little growing team was concerned in other technology . Eventually this would go toHalf - Life : Alyx , the VR - exclusive spinoff .
There were other sport tidbits from the documentary on some fan - favorite element of the secret plan , and how it all came about . Here ’s a partial list .
