Half-Life 2 Q&A [Jun 08, 2003, 11:42 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
HomeLan Fed's Half-Life 2
Q&A is online, talking with Valve's Gabe Newell about what can de
revealed about plans for their shooter sequel. Along the way, they cover a good
deal of ground, confirm that they still expect to make their September 30
release date, and more. Here's a bit on the reasons behind setting the game in
the fictional European location of City 17:
Within the story, there are reasons why you are in City 17. Outside of what is happening in the story, two factors influenced our inclusion of City 17 - the first was that Viktor Antonov grew up in Romania and without really intending to he got a bunch of the artists excited about an art direction that drew heavily on eastern European source material, and the second was that thematically present day eastern Europe exists at a really interesting crossroad between the past and the future which resonates with what goes on in Half-Life 2.
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HomeLAN - If Half-Life does make its fall date that means it will be competing with id Software directly with Doom III, Epic with UT2004, and Remedy with Max Payne 2. How does Valve feel about this upcoming battle of the action game titans this fall?
Gabe Newell - I think it's great. I can't wait to buy all of these games and play them. It's not a zero sum game. If someone buys a good game, they want more good games to play. If they buy a bad game, then they are less likely to buy games in the future. We all benefit when gamers are excited and passionate about their hobby.
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that will be one hell of month when they all come out !!
HomeLAN - If Half-Life does make its fall date that means it will be competing with id Software directly with Doom III, Epic with UT2004, and Remedy with Max Payne 2. How does Valve feel about this upcoming battle of the action game titans this fall?
Gabe Newell - I think it's great. I can't wait to buy all of these games and play them. It's not a zero sum game. If someone buys a good game, they want more good games to play. If they buy a bad game, then they are less likely to buy games in the future. We all benefit when gamers are excited and passionate about their hobby.
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that will be one hell of month when they all come out !!
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