Episode 2 delayed?

Well I'm dissapointed but not surprised. Valve has yet to be correct on a release date and this time was no different. Just makes me wonder when valve is ever gonna stop giving us bullshit release dates and stop delaying their games every single time.

And then on the PC there will be a pack that's just Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2, and we're still working out the pricing for that but it'll probably be somewhere in between Episode One [pricing] and full price.
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Well at least we're starting to talk price here
 
Why am i not surprised hopefully they will stick to this one.
If the price is between ep1 and full then that sounds fair
 
Great. No, really. As much as I want to be playing Episode 2 this Christmas, I'm pleased Valve have pushed it back in that it means greater quality. Seeing those vids, I thought wow, they must be on track...wrong, but still, if the quality can only improve, who am I to argue?
 
Yeah, VALVe love perfecting their creations, and I don't have a problem with that.
 
Samon said:
Great. No, really. As much as I want to be playing Episode 2 this Christmas, I'm pleased Valve have pushed it back in that it means greater quality. Seeing those vids, I thought wow, they must be on track...wrong, but still, if the quality can only improve, who am I to argue?
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Agreed, plus they said they targeted end of the year. Just because its not start of next doesn't make much of a difference.
 
im happy that VALVE have not released it anytime soon, i dont want no rushed product. And i am soo hoping that EA (the publisher) is not pushing VALVE to quick release its games, like they did in the BF series.
 
:( :( no one believed me in my topic discussing this though!
 
Ha ha, knew this would happen. Valve should just shut up until they have a realistic release date instead of hyping us up and then disappoint us. Guess we'll have to wait another 8-10 months for this episode. Great. At least we have lots of new info to discuss...
 
ah crap was hoping for end of this year, but yup, delaying means better quality and more polishing, so a better overal product ;)
 
I'm rather happy about it as well, not only because the reasons stated above, but because, hopefully, Vista and DirectX 10 will be out. And I plan on building a new computer for it, and plan on having a dual core processor, which means I can experience Episode 2 in dual core :)
 
Btw, this episode looks mega-fantastic-omfg-awesome and that means it's going to be delayed to late 2007, since this is valve we're talking about. And by then everything is spoiled by videos like these. No more previews for me.
 
meh I dont believe it until valve makes it "Offical."


BTW If they where delaying it why would they show all these trailers & Spoilers this early on....
 
Samon said:
Great. No, really. As much as I want to be playing Episode 2 this Christmas, I'm pleased Valve have pushed it back in that it means greater quality. Seeing those vids, I thought wow, they must be on track...wrong, but still, if the quality can only improve, who am I to argue?
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I'm just hoping its release won't be too close to Supreme Commander. I'll be playing that alot of the time.
 
I do appreciate the Valve way is to iterate on the game, playtesting and playtesting until the game is unbelievably finely honed, and that it's totally unpredictable how long that process is going to take, but they really ought to just not even try and estimate how long it's going to take any more, and certainly not even try to give the public a release date.

I think the rule should be that a Valve release date is not believed until it's preloading on Steam.
 
Epsi said:
I do appreciate the Valve way is to iterate on the game, playtesting and playtesting until the game is unbelievably finely honed, and that it's totally unpredictable how long that process is going to take, but they really ought to just not even try and estimate how long it's going to take any more, and certainly not even try to give the public a release date.

I think the rule should be that a Valve release date is not believed until it's preloading on Steam.
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Seconded.
 
Samon said:
Great. No, really. As much as I want to be playing Episode 2 this Christmas, I'm pleased Valve have pushed it back in that it means greater quality. Seeing those vids, I thought wow, they must be on track...wrong, but still, if the quality can only improve, who am I to argue?
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You know what? I hate it when you're like this. All reasonable and patient and stuff.

Can't they please, please, pleeeeeeeeeeease not announce a damn date or indeed even a damn quarter before they are absolutely sure! Announce it one month before release or something. I *hate* getting my hopes up and getting them... well not crushed but kicked a little.
 
episodic gaming is pretty bloody pointless if you're only bringing out one a year. Why don't they just release them as expansion packs like normal people?
 
You know what....I firmly believe if it is indeed true that EP2 will be delayed, IT ain't that bad & becides We will all have Black Mesa: Source by Christmas time, I guarantee it.


We will all be playing BM:S come late November or some time in December. So we lose one X-mas present, but then we gain one
 
russ_uk said:
episodic gaming is pretty bloody pointless if you're only bringing out one a year. Why don't they just release them as expansion packs like normal people?
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Because they're not freaking expansion packs!

Expansion Packs: Optional add-ons to a video game.
Episodes: Continuations of the storyline.
 
D:
This means no new PC games for me this christmas except maybe for Company of Heroes.

Originally it was going to be EP2, Supreme Commander, Spore and STALKER but now nothing.

looks like all I have is the Wii to look forward to then.
 
It sounds to me like it's the damn consoles that are the reason:

Doug said:
We're working together with EA to extend the initial launch - we're working on the 360 version and the PC version, and we're collaborating with them and some of their studios on the PS3 version - to deliver everything at the same time.
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I've never had more disdain for consoles than at this point in time...
 
I don't know if I am a little late but....The real reason why Valve are delaying it is because They want to release them Combo packs of EP2 + TF2 + Portal all on the PC, PS3, & the Xbox 360....released all at the Same time.


I dont why they want to to aim on releasing it on all platforms all at the same time, after all the PC is their roots for their first game.
 
theotherguy said:
D:
This means no new PC games for me this christmas except maybe for Company of Heroes.

Originally it was going to be EP2, Supreme Commander, Spore and STALKER but now nothing.

looks like all I have is the Wii to look forward to then.
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Yes, if you like RTS, GET Company of Heroes, PC Gamer have quoted it 'the finest RTS we have ever played', got 94%, highest score for an RTS by PC Gamer. There is also Medevil 2: Total War, Just Cause, Battlefield: 2142 and FEAR: Extraction Point. There are MANY great games that will keep me occupied until the next Half-Life package :cool:

Oh and, I have posted this in another topic, but the lasest issue of PC Gamer says Episode 2 is still being set for a christmas release, although they could put it back again, but as far as they are concerned at the moment, its still being shipped in crimbo!
 
If you read the interview it says that the 360 version and the PC version are pretty much neck & neck in terms of how complete they are. What's going to take the most time in this game is the content, levels, models, textures, artwork, game code. All that stuff is the same on all platforms.

The porting between consoles is going to be mostly guys doing engine code. I really doubt that it's the console transfer that's hurting the release date. I think bottom line, the game just isn't going to be done to hit the original release date. It's just the Valve way to not let it out the door until they're completely happy with it.
 
AJ Rimmer said:
You know what? I hate it when you're like this. All reasonable and patient and stuff.
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Goddam VALVE And Their Goddam F***ing Release Dates. You Know What Stuff 'Em I'm Never Buying Another VALVE Product Again, no matter how awesome Epi2 is - that'll show them. :flame:.:angry:.:flame:.

Happy Now?;)

In actual fact I don't mind that we have to wait an extra 2-3 months, it just means that they will all be even better when they do come out!:cheers:

KaMaKaZi-BLiTz said:
...We will all have Black Mesa: Source by Christmas time, I guarantee it.
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Are you sure? I know they are coming along well but I didn't think they were anywhere near finishing yet. Last I heard they themselves couldn't guess when they would finish.
 
Looks like some of you still don't believe that EP2 is officially delayed. I asked Doug and he confirmed that they're aiming for the early Q1 release, probably first months of the year.

Let's face it - we all knew it's gonna be delayed :D
 
Operational said:
Goddam VALVE And Their Goddam F***ing Release Dates. You Know What Stuff 'Em I'm Never Buying Another VALVE Product Again, no matter how awesome Epi2 is - that'll show them. :flame:.:angry:.:flame:.

Happy Now?;)
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...a little.
 
KaMaKaZi-BLiTz said:
You know what....I firmly believe if it is indeed true that EP2 will be delayed, IT ain't that bad & becides We will all have Black Mesa: Source by Christmas time, I guarantee it.


We will all be playing BM:S come late November or some time in December. So we lose one X-mas present, but then we gain one
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Not everyone is OMGLOL about BM:S.

russ_uk said:
episodic gaming is pretty bloody pointless if you're only bringing out one a year. Why don't they just release them as expansion packs like normal people?
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:|
 
Just to re-iterate what I said in the news thread:

A True Canadian said:
Considering that Portal is just a puzzle game (an experimental test product if you will), and most of the mechanics appear to be completed, I hope that Valve will still release Portal by Christmas of 2006.

They could do a "Pre-Order Half-Life 2: Episode 2 on Steam and play Portal on Christmas Day" thing.

But this would only be possible if Portal is finished by then, and if Valve are confident that they can get the rest of Episode 2 out by February. However, this would also mean taking pre-orders roughly 3 months in advance to the forecasted February release date estimation. They would also probably have to make the pre-orders non-refundable to downloaders of Portal too, just so people don't cancel their Steam orders after they've finished the game. ;)

Still it would be nice if this were to happen so that we can have something before the end of the year.
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