Good lord man. Does it bother anyone else that valve can put out 2 left 4 dead games in between episode 2 and 3.

I mean give us a screen shot or somethin. A simple yes thats still a game will do at this point right. just wondering if

anyone else notice/is bothered by it.

It really bothered me that there was a lacking of ep.3. Especially since the Half-life series is my all time favorite.

yes we need that part already goDDAMNITTTTTTT

Judging from the fans' reactions to Valve announcements at the moment I don't think they deserve anything. They'd only whinge how it isn't free.

Usually the longer a game takes to come out with Valve the better it is, much to the annoyance of fans.

Left 4 Dead is developed by a different team within valve, so it's not that L4D 2 is detracting from HL3:ep3's development time. And it doesn't surprise me that episode 3 wasn't at E3, Valve are notorious for taking their time over their games.

I want to see it come out alongside L4D2 in a kind of orange box moment of utter joy.

yah i was a little bummed out about that ..they better do some awesome shit with all this time

L4D2 bundled with Ep.3 mebbe?

I was a bit disappointed by that, yeah, especially since it seems way too soon to be bringing out a second L4D. I still haven't bought the first one, for crissakes. Hopefully the delay does mean we will get a superior product, but these days, not even Valve can be presumed innocent without proof. When we hear about Episode 3 though, I hope they'll have something about Portal 2 as well. Or, even better, a new IP.

I just hope the writers can get out of the corner they have written themselves into, especially since Gordon is eternally mute. Seriously, If they actually make Alyx fall in love with a mute guy who is constantly wearing a HEV suit, I will laugh my ass off. My suspension of disbelief only goes so far.

Yeah I haven't thought about that. Bummer :/

Yeah, I thought they would give us something, instead of Left 4 Dead 2, not that I'm complaining, just my prediction list included Episode 3, not L4D2

Episode 3 is now becoming the duke nukem forever of valve lol. It will never come out. They are just going to release concept art every year and thats it.

It bothers just about the whole Steam community.

DAMN IT! GIVE US MOAR HALF LIFE! D:

I'm just really hoping that ep3 is going to represent a huge leap forward in the technology or, even better, maybe ep3 will have evolved fully into Half Life 3.

These are really the only two acceptable excuses in my book.  Valve adopted the whole "episodic gameplay" scheme in order to more quickly produce half life games.  I know they're not sitting on their hands or anything, but it's just so frustrating.

I will say though, I can understand L4D2 coming out before ep3.  Left 4 Dead doesn't have the same depth of story nor the vast cast of bad guys that the half life series has.

I would bet an Episode 3 trailer comes with L4D2TCEHDR.  If not...you have wonder what they're doing.

Black Box - Portal 2 + Half Life2: Episode 3 + L4D2? A man can dream... :D

E3 is bullshit anyway.