Not really, but at this point, I'm thinking it's probably going to be Half-Life 3, instead of just another add-on. 

I kinda wish they'd just come out with something. I mean Christ, what the hell else have they been working on except for Portal 2?

Fuck no.

" I kinda wish they'd just come out with something. I mean Christ, what the hell else have they been working on except for Portal 2? "

" I kinda wish they'd just come out with something. I mean Christ, what the hell else have they been working on except for Portal 2? "

" @PrivateIronTFU said:

" I kinda wish they'd just come out with something. I mean Christ, what the hell else have they been working on except for Portal 2? "

They made two Left 4 Dead games. Yeah, they created a new franchise, AND MADE A SEQUEL TO IT in the mean time.  "

Yeah, anytime I can't recall what happened in a game I once played, my level of interest erodes.  Plus, since there's no hint of a release I've got little enthusiasm for the project.  At this point I'd need a Half-Life 3, not Half-Life 2 episode 3 to get back on board.  

The longer Valve takes, the more different from HL2 it is going to be. the episodes were great, but they were more of the same.

The longer Valve has been working, the more pumped I am.

i really dont know

Episode 3 is the new Duke Nukem Forever. Ten years from now we will still be wondering when the fuck it is going to come out.

Yes. I am convinced they wrote themselves into a corner and can't think of a decent way to solve the cliffhanger with keeping Freeman silent. I certainly can't.

@PenguinDust: Then play Episode 2 again.

" @PrivateIronTFU said:

" I kinda wish they'd just come out with something. I mean Christ, what the hell else have they been working on except for Portal 2? "

Uh... Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, completely overhauling Team Fortress 2, DOTA 2, Source Engine and getting it and Steamworks to run on the PS3, and Steam? "

Half of that i care little or not about, the other half is game engine and distribution. I'll be honest, I know my take  is my own problem. Left for dead team fortress, all that are primarily multi player games, and successful ones. DOTA seems to me to be more a project with them rather than a full bore endeavor. I suspect Steam and such, which is not Game developing, has Valve at work. And there they have done well. Ironically, that worries me in the Single player campaign department.

 Well yes Portal, but hey...that was something that almost was a surprise hit, though they did a class job with the first. I never considered it a full game.

I agree with Moosey on his HL3 point, I'm starting to feel it should be that, and not Episode 3 after all this time..and gawd knows it will give them the excuse or such for more episodes they can string out for years. I have sympathy, I like the franchise..as I remember it.

Hell no. With all the work they've done on the Source engine I'm more hyped than ever for EP3. Valve has a commitment to quality - it'll be done when they think it's done, and not a moment sooner.

" @iAmJohn said:

@PenguinDust: Then play Episode 2 again.

Is it fair to expect your fan-base to replay a game so that they remember what happened in it while the new game is being worked on?  I don't know about you, but I don't have enough time to replay games in order to do that. "

Not in the slightest; the game is damn near mythological at this point, though.

I don't care anymore and I think they are going to make half life 3 instead with a new engine delaying everything until a new set of consoles. They should at least tell us that, but it might outrage alot of ppl.

I'm in Half-Life hibernation.  Once it's announced, I'll be happy as hell.  But until then I don't mind waiting.  Give Valve enough time and they'll blow us away guaranteed.

" @JasonR86 said:

" @iAmJohn said:

@PenguinDust: Then play Episode 2 again.

Is it fair to expect your fan-base to replay a game so that they remember what happened in it while the new game is being worked on?  I don't know about you, but I don't have enough time to replay games in order to do that. "

Talking about "fair" and "corporations making entertainment products for you to buy" is all pretty relative, for one.  By that logic, you could say that since there was a three year gap between Halo games, or a four year gap between Metal Gear Solids 3 and 4, that they fucked up; no one should ever take more than two years making a sequel, that's the law!  The simple fact is, if you care about the story, there's nothing stopping you from going back and replaying a game you loved to refresh your memory on what happened except your own bullshit logic of "I NEED TO PLAY ONLY NEW GAMES OR ELSE I'M WASTING MY TIME," as if you're not already wasting your time playing video games in the first place.

For two, you're also arguing as if there's no way Valve is going to put a recap into the game itself.

"

after i played half life 2 and it episodes, i spent some time looking for info on ep 3 and was pretty psyched, but at this point i could care less, it will be a fun game but i wont waste my time thinking about it

" @PrivateIronTFU: Games released in 2008 and 2009, not to mention everything they've done with Steam and TF2 since then, doesn't count as doing anything in the past couple of years?

@PenguinDust: Then play Episode 2 again.

"

I didn't like the Half Life games that much so I'm not excited about episode three...

Nope. I'm there day one, no matter how long it takes.

" @PrivateIronTFU: Okay, that's fair.  Knowing Valve, though, the confirmation that it's being worked on (and the hints about Episode 3 that are bound to be somewhere inside Portal 2) is probably all we'd get anyway. :P "

No opinion one way or the other. Half Life has a pretty middling story anyways IMO, and If I ever wanted to play a source engine shooter I'd go play Counter Strike.

" I'm in Half-Life hibernation.  Once it's announced, I'll be happy as hell.  But until then I don't mind waiting.  Give Valve enough time and they'll blow us away guaranteed. "

If anything my probably unrealistically high expectations keep going up.

Somewhat. Sure, it would be great for the game to have been released by now, but I don't mind waiting. Valve makes quality games, I'm sure it will be worth the wait.

The events in 1 were referenced and a few things were talked about to the extent that I could infer what had happened (ex; the seven day war) but what was discussed wasn't nearly good enough for me to understand. "

I don't really give a crap about Half Life anymore :<

Not really. Mostly because Portal 2 is the best thing to come out of that universe. And now Im kinda like "just do Portal 3, HL3 can wait"

" @JasonR86 said:

The events in 1 were referenced and a few things were talked about to the extent that I could infer what had happened (ex; the seven day war) but what was discussed wasn't nearly good enough for me to understand. "

The Seven Hour War happened between Half-Life and Half-Life 2. I played both and wasn't entirely clear about it. "