Stephen Brooks
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This has been going around in my head for a while so I registered to see what you all think.
Everything official is saying the half-life 2 episodes will be a trilogy, ep.3 will be the final one, etc. But I keep being left with the feeling that Valve have created too many loose ends to really tie up in a single episode of the same size as the first two. Plus all the speculation about using the portal gun, which would introduce a heap of gameplay and it would seem a shame to only have the portal gun for say one chapter.
Also the release date is nonexistent and if anything appears to be being pushed back. Taking their time is great but I'm wondering if they've set the bar so high for this episode it's never going to "converge", if you see what I mean.
If the above were true then the most expedient solution would seem to be to split it into episodes 3 and 4, which could be released more regularly. I wonder if there's some contractual reason why the have to make exactly three episodes? (Mind you, there's a famous written "trilogy" about that actually contains 5 books...)
[edit] Also I doubt players would actively *complain* if it turned out there was going to be an extra episode, FWIW.
Everything official is saying the half-life 2 episodes will be a trilogy, ep.3 will be the final one, etc. But I keep being left with the feeling that Valve have created too many loose ends to really tie up in a single episode of the same size as the first two. Plus all the speculation about using the portal gun, which would introduce a heap of gameplay and it would seem a shame to only have the portal gun for say one chapter.
Also the release date is nonexistent and if anything appears to be being pushed back. Taking their time is great but I'm wondering if they've set the bar so high for this episode it's never going to "converge", if you see what I mean.
If the above were true then the most expedient solution would seem to be to split it into episodes 3 and 4, which could be released more regularly. I wonder if there's some contractual reason why the have to make exactly three episodes? (Mind you, there's a famous written "trilogy" about that actually contains 5 books...)
[edit] Also I doubt players would actively *complain* if it turned out there was going to be an extra episode, FWIW.