

The likelihood of Half-Life 3 is now questionable. In a teaser for Geoff Keighley's The Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx, his decades running series interviewing Valve, some developers discussed the pressure and expectations for a new Half-Life. The game will not be continuing on the story after the gigantic cliffhanger that Episode 2 left behind to let the mystery stew in people's minds for the past 13 years. The announcement of Half-Life: Alyxis a disappointment if taken at face value. These mechanics would dissipate throughout the industry, impacting player expectations for in-game physics for the rest of time. Half-Life 2 topped this in 2004, giving players new characters to latch on to and introducing complex, physics based gameplay. In 1998, it was a game that showed that shooters could be atmospheric, deliberately paced experiences. In an era of Doom and arena shooters, the first Half-Life placed a focus on narrative, on taking it slow to let players get a feel for the space they were inhabiting. RELATED: Half-Life: Alyx Pre-Orders Get a Black Friday Discount on Steamīoth Half-Lifeand its sequel were groundbreaking first person shooters. Now that there is a new Half-Life game coming out for the first time since 2007, what is the new fate of Half-Life 3? It was only in recent years, following a Half-Life 2 Episode 3 plot summary by Marc Laidlaw, that the fervor finally started to die down as fans released that the possibility of a third Half-Life game was a shot in the dark. Half-Life 3 was, for many years, the most anticipated gaming sequel of all time. This is not Half-Life 3, and many fans are disappointed by that fact alone. While most people don't know what to expect from Half-Life: Alyx, one thing is startlingly clear. This prequel to Half-Life 2 was rumored and then revealed in a trailer to be a VR exclusive game. Last week, Half-Life: Alyxwas unveiled as Valve's next major Half-Life release.
