oh you mean half-life 2 episode 3: forever? 

I hated Ravenholm so i'm probably gonna hate episode 3 if it's anything like it.

Nothing of the jump scare, high pitched sound variety. Makes me more angry than scared.

If its atmosphere wise with good shooting, I'm pumped. 
But if its IMAJUMPINYOURFACE then no

"Should" return. Meaning, if we ever get the fucking the out it will be scarier.

Some of the parts were a little freaky that I remember.  I think it was Episode 1 where you have to wait for the elevator to come down and it's pitch black and you can hear them.  And Ravenholm wasn't that scary when there are buzzsaws everywhere and you just rip right through everything with the Gravity Gun.    But nothing like Penumbra where you will literally piss yourself.  Even still the scary parts won't be the main focus of the game anyway. 

I don't really feel the series has strayed away from anything other than what it's done in terms of atmosphere or "scariness" (not that any part of HL has ever been scary), so as far as I'm concerned, it would be hard to go back to something it never had in the first place. It's always done a good job of mixing atmospheres and emotions. And though Ravenholm was arguably one of the best parts of HL2, I certainly wouldn't want a whole game that relied on the creepier atmosphere than that level carried. Ep. 1 and 2 both had parts like that, too, so I'm not sure where else there is to go from there.

I'm also not a fan of 'scary' games, but it's Half Life so I'll be playing it regardless.
 
But this might not mean jump scares. Quote from the article...
"When Edge asked what scares them the most, he had a particularly dark answer: "The death of their children. The fading of their own abilities."
 
So hopefully they are going for the psychological angle instead of just having headcrabs jumping out of closets.

 So hopefully they are going for the psychological angle instead of just having headcrabs jumping out of closets. "

" @SuperfluousMoniker said:

 So hopefully they are going for the psychological angle instead of just having headcrabs jumping out of closets. "

But what if that headcrab is Hedy Lamarr? "

Ravenholm was intense, but it was too long and having those damn crabs and those screaming maniacs constantly jumping out got old and tedious.

" dont you mean half life 2: episode 3: same outdated source engine we've been using for the last 2 generations? "

I would be scared if it didn't come out on PS3, Gabe I'm begging you please put it out or I will buy an XBOX

Hmm, methinks it could still be cool, just imagine cryostasis esque kind of scary on the Borealis.

When was Half-Life scary?

I've been waiting for episode three since, well, forever.
 
I mean, what the fuck, Valve? What's the big effing deal?
 
Just give us the damn game already.

I've lost what little interest I had in the series by now.

I'm not too excited or concerned either way about him making the next Half-Life installment scarier. 
 
At least we're hearing something about Half-Life.

I wish there were Half Life 3

Well, a lot of people do say that things are scarier when left to the imagination...

Return to scary? Half-Life 1 was atmospheric and chaotic while still refined but not scary. The only scary thing in Half-Life 2 was those goddamn black headcrabs and their hiss that sends shivers down my spine and causes me to spray everywhere (with bullets). Episodes were more story oriented and epic.
 
But sure! Just release it!!!

I wonder how scary he's talking. Ravenholm wasn't very scary except for those leaping zombies. 

Half-Life has never been scary.

I didn't find Ravenholm all that scary either so I'm not worried. It was more like a fun haunted house level.

I'd love me some scary Half Life. Ravenholm had a certain charm.
We don't go there anymore.

" When was Half-Life scary? "

Half- Life 3?

" in an interview with CVG, Gabe newell declares that half life will never return. "