Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Gameplay Footage & Ice Gun Revealed

Never before seen gameplay footage from Valve's canceled Half-Life 2: Episode 3, featuring the ice gun, has been revealed.

[JunonZanon]

Anyone thinks we will eventually get ep. 3 or HL3?

[DefenderOfDoom2]

I wish they would remaster the Orange Box for current consoles. Load times for Half Life 2 and Episode 1 and 2 was 60 to 90 seconds on PS3.
But thanks for the documentary about Half Life 2.

[bababooiy]

Its all but been confirmed internally Valve been brainstorming ideas for HL3 even in recent years. But wether they will ever go into full production is anyones guess.
Personally i think Gabe isnt all that interested in making AAA games. And as of now Valve doesnt exactly have the manpower to craft a game of that scale to match modern standarts.

[prankster101]

How many people does it take (at an indie or AA level) to craft a game that's in the same mould as Half Life using today's technology?

I know that there have been some really impressive games that have been made by teams of 1-4 people, but what do you think would be a good number for a small development studio to aspire to when it comes to crafting their own Half Life game?

[Shiore2u]

With Half-Life: Alyx being a thing and how it ended a few years ago, and now this much effort put into celebrating the anniversary of Half-Life 2 there's more certainty than ever we'll be getting a Half-Life 3.

[ZycoFox]

Yeah most likely, even if it's not called HL3 that's surely what it will be.

[Profchaos]

I'm not hopeful the last game came out two decades ago now it's a tough call as iconic as the games are your really limited in appeal to wider demographics how many people are still actually interested and how much is meme culture and given how expensive games are these days they often try to appeal to everyone.

[Soy]

I'd guess eventually yes, along with a remaster/collection of the original games, like an Orange Box 2. If Chinese Democracy and Duke Nukem Forever can be released, so can HL3.

[LordoftheCritics]

Timestamp?

[staticall]

@LordoftheCritics
They start talking about what Episode 3 could've been at around 1:53:02

[Inverno]

Half Life 2 is currently free on steam for those who are unaware.

[Iceball2000]

And Ep. 1 and 2 are included in it as well

[DivineHand125]

Thanks for the heads up.

[Agent75]

I never understood why anyone rated this.

[ZycoFox]

You were either too young to play it when it came out or too young now.

HL2 alone was worth building a good PC for back in 2004, then you had HL2 Deathmatch and Garry's Mod soon after which gave a ton of multiplayer fun on top of it.

Nothing came close for years in comparison with HL2 in terms of environment interaction and physics either.

[Agent75]

I'm 49. 41 years gaming experience.

[lellkay]

Did you play this game around launch or are you saying this looking back as someone who wasn't there? it was a truly revolutionary game at the time.

[Agent75]

Somehow, I found both games to be boring. Same with turn based RPGs. And anything point 'n' click.

[Noskypeno]

Valves reason for not releasing hl3 or ep 3 is like asking your dad to make a hamburger because you're hungry and him saying " I can't make it until I have the finest spices and the finest cheeses and master the technique of making a perfect hamburger that pleases Gordon Ramsay, anything less is not worthy of being eaten" when all you wanted was just a decent edible cheeseburger and it didn't matter if it had basic Kraft cheese or being over cooked a little.