Human, they haven't exactly released it have they?
I'll admit it, I was wrong. I fully expected Valve to simply rest on their laurels, or to turn whatever it was they had been working on into another Prey / DNF fiasco. Quite frankly, I'm still not convinced it won't be. Putting out some screenshots and press releases after five years still don't make a game.
However, I'll be pleasantly surprised if they actually DO release something this year, but then again, I also don't really believe that HL2 will be the new "best game ever". The bar is set extremely high in this current day, and with stuff such as Deus Ex2, STALKER and GTA3 et al (apparently) providing very unlinear / open ended gameplay, I just don't see the Kings of Linearity wowing the world. Half Life 2 (if it comes out) better have some VERY massive changes where gameplay is concerned.
Then again, pretty much every gaming magazine in existence, sad little retro geeks that they are, still calls the original Half Life the Best Game Ever... One wonders what they will be ranting about for the next ten years.
Et tu, PCGamer?
But once again, I'll admit I was wrong, Valve has apparently been working on SOMETHING. If that something is just some screenshots, an actual game or an actual GOOD game that will ever get released, remains to be seen.
Creston
This comment was edited on Apr 22, 22:09.