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#WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN HALF LIFE 1 AND 2 MODS#
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In Half-Life 1 your goal is to survive and protect (for the most part) Black Mesa, then a significant intervention from GMan takes you to a different time/place. Further identifies separate parts of the Half-Life storyline.

Provide the programming community with another reliable open source engine to compete with things like id Tech and Cube/Cube 2 (IMO Source is better).

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Appease users by providing a new, complete game as well as easier access to hundreds of free mods.

#WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN HALF LIFE 1 AND 2 MODS#

While the average user would be happy now, Valve needs to also completely open source Source 20 (currently what mods are all based off of) and provide a simple patching tool to convert current mods to independent games (perhaps something similar to what Steam does now to save space).

Provide all people currently owning EP1 or EP2 a 25% off EP3 coupon (50% for both) now that Steam has better support of coupons, and release H元, removing EP1/EP2 from Steam.

Port EP1 and EP2 to the EP3 engine, compile these 3 into one game (H元).

Finish up all the new content of EP3 (don't release yet).

I know we don't usually think of Valve this way because they are pretty awesome and dedicated to their fans, but they are still a business after all.

#WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN HALF LIFE 1 AND 2 PC#

They may simply not wish to release an iterative supplement to an old franchise that will sell well only among a dedicated PC audience when focusing on other things can make them a lot more money. I know that sounds like a lot of people, but it's tiny compared to those who come to their new properties like the L4D series, but especially portal. It may well be that Valve has simply put the project on hold because of how much shooters have changed, a re-assessment of what such an old style shooter, with a limited audience restricted mostly to those already really onboard with the HL Franchise and waiting for more of it. Games usually do not take this long to come out because everything in development is going so well and whoever's in charge has such a clear and compelling vision for it. (Though Valve has promised it will be explained more completely in the sequel)ĮDIT: changed HL2EP3 to "the sequel," as it isn't clear at this point how exactly the sequel will be named The G-Man's interest in him means that he probably has some other significance as well, but what that is has yet to be explained. He's more of a symbol of human endurance against alien invaders to the rest than anything, though he's undeniably proficient with a wide variety of weapons. Gordon's importance isn't entirely clear yet. It doesn't hold any particular significance than that, and in fact there are many other citadels like the one at the center of City 17 across Earth. Cut ahead some unknown amount time (Generally agreed to be about 20 years) and Freeman returns.Ĭity 17 is the seat of the Combine's power on Earth. They proceeded to subjugate humanity and begin draining earth of resources, most notably its oceans, the results of which are plainly obvious in City 17 and the surrounding coast. They defeated all of earth's military forces in 7 hours (hence, the 7 Hour War). Basically, the resonance cascade of HL1 got the attention of the Combine, who invaded earth shortly after Freeman was put in stasis. Vance's office at Black Mesa East during HL2. There's a lot of good information about this that can be gleaned by examining Dr.