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This is just getting started and is already looking like a pile of ass. I knew this was going to be a disappointing year for games and my wallet is thankful for it, but it is kind of sad. I'm running out of older games I missed during college.

Feel free to share videos and tidbits and ranting; we can pile it all together.

My share: Remember how the WiiU is going to have that terrible screen on the controller gimmick? Microsoft was feeling left out, so we're getting a second screen for them too. Bad call, guys.

Apparently my old college buddy works for some gaming website and is out there covering it. I'll link whenever I realize it is that he's exactly doing (I'm just getting some second-hand comments from his status updates on FB)

New IP from Ubisoft called 'Watch Dogs'. I quite like the idea, the demo looked pretty fun. Heavy Rain-esque, but I'm not complaining.

I enjoyed the Tomb Raider demo, missed most of it though. I'm glad that they pushed back the release date since graphically...I'm not that impressed with it. This game looks so much more brutal than any other Tomb Raider I've seen, but am still excited for it!

Also, I'm actually quite pleased that there was no next gen announcement from Microsoft.

I kind of want multiplayer SimCity >.> (/ashamed)

It's the usual crap that E3 lets them shovel out. HEY HERE'S THE HYPE MACHINE GUYS LOOK IT'S USHER AND SCREENS IN YOUR LAP FOR ALL also here's 4 minutes of Halo 4 and a small preview of the South Park game, something you jerks actually wanted NOW BACK TO THE KINECT.

"And look how much fun our paid actors are having with it, too! YOU NEED THIS!"

The Last of Us and Resident Evil 6.

X-Com had me at one point, but it sounds like they're fucking it up, so meh. You don't start making a sequel when you haven't finished the first damn game.

EDIT: I should be more specific. Right now they seem to be trying to make it more like the other X-Com game fiction with new game mechanics. I liked the whole 1950s paranormal investigator route they were going before. So meh.

Watch Dogs looks like a lot of fun, depending on what all you end up being able to do with that hacking device. Halo 4 looks like Halo, but I enjoyed 3 so we'll see I suppose. South Park could be awesome, I'd like to see more of the gameplay and such.

I think you must be confused, Quotemander: they haven't released media related to the XCOM FPS for a while now (it was delayed for next year). Most of the media they are showing now is a new X-COM turned based strategy game closer to the original games. Is that what you are referring to?

Out of all those games, the only one I'm sure of getting is "The Last of Us".

Is the newest Last of Us trailer the truck ambush? Only thing I can seem to find outside the trailer from last year with them in that old house.

Overflight said:

I think you must be confused, Quotemander: they haven't released media related to the XCOM FPS for a while now (it was delayed for next year). Most of the media they are showing now is a new X-COM turned based strategy game closer to the original games. Is that what you are referring to?

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I must be confused then. Thanks.

I almost wonder if they abandoned the other one.

Watch Dogs :

Yeah, honestly I wouldn't be surprised if the XCOM FPS was cancelled, or at least had all references to XCOM removed.

Jay: HOLY SHIT.

Overflight said:

Yeah, honestly I wouldn't be surprised if the XCOM FPS was cancelled, or at least had all references to XCOM removed.

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I wouldn't mind that; I just think it'd be cool to be investigating all these suburbs and urban areas where weird, alien stuff has happened.

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Jay: HOLY SHIT.

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Fuck yea son.

An' where's my post feedback? I don't do this community service for free. Yo.

Wow, EA. Seriously?

"DLC is good?"

Been yelling at people to want to get Sleeping Dogs (True Crime Hong Kong done right) and The Last of Us (28 Days Legend) for awhile now.

Jay said:

Wow, EA. Seriously?

"DLC is good?"

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For them.

If someone where to say to me, "Frank, Ubisoft will be the company whose games you most look forward to." I would have called you not only a liar but a fucking moron too. I don't know if it's a testament to how shitty everyone else's E3 offerings were or to how much Ubi may have improved but Watch_Dogs looks like it may be the coolest fucking game ever made. That was an incredible showing.

EA's was awful. What a bunch of trash.

Quotemander Prime said:

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Makers of Heavy Rain?



Isn't that the Juno girl?

You're welcome.

Jay said:

Makers of Heavy Rain?

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Isn't that the Juno girl?

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Yup.

Jay said:

You're welcome.

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Yeeeeesh...

My God, I think Last of Us is number one for me right now. Will have to see what else has/will be shown, but damn.

This part made me laugh hard.

How in God's name did they expect that to go over well?

Did you like buying this game? Do you want to buy it some more? Guuuuuns!

What I am looking forward to the most so far this year? No question...


The results of the War for Cybertron crew sitting around and asking "How can we make it better"? Yes please.

What i want to know is if they announced the Wii U specs... 2GB of RAM min pls, pretty pls with cherries on top...

Seriously, RAM is dirt cheap right now and i don't mind the graphics being behind the curve because of consoles, just makes me able to use my original video card longer, but the lack of processing power leads to really annoying consolitis stuff...

All signs point to it being comparable to the 360 power wise. It may be higher or lower depending on different leaks from different developers.

Frank said:

All signs point to it being comparable to the 360 power wise. It may be higher or lower depending on different leaks from different developers.

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Unless they have a time machine they use to get very old hardware i doubt that...

At this point in time i don't think i could even buy a 300$ PC that's weaker then the 360 (assuming all relevant parts)...

Teh graphics not being all that much more of a jump is another thing, and i'm positive that Sony and MS's next gen won't have as much of a graphics jump as previous gens did either...

I want to see how The Last Of Us REALLY plays. But it looks pretty sweet.

Any news on Guild Wars 2?

Jay said:

Watch Dogs :

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Looks very nice. Ubisoft so not buying, though.

My ability to sympathize with people complaining about Ubisoft after the shit shoveled on us by EA/Biowhore/Microsoft the last year.


So, I shall dare say.... while I'll be playing this game and happily telling them where I live, who I am, how big my dick is... and it'll be big because that fucking game will make me happy in the pants.

MS's showing? Shit. EA? Shit.

Ubisoft? Awesome.


Wait... Ubisoft? What kind of bizzarro world is this?

Ubisoft was the only presentation that looked like it was meant to appeal to gamers rather than stockholders. And it contained the word "girlwood" so, you know, bonus points.

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What i want to know is if they announced the Wii U specs... 2GB of RAM min pls, pretty pls with cherries on top...

Seriously, RAM is dirt cheap right now and i don't mind the graphics being behind the curve because of consoles, just makes me able to use my original video card longer, but the lack of processing power leads to really annoying consolitis stuff...

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Nintendo conference today at 9am PST.

Dei said:

PST.

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That means nothing to me...

EDIT: But google says it's in half an hour...

Krisken said:

Any news on Guild Wars 2?

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Beta weekend this week ain't enough?

The ship combat scenes from AC3 in the Sony presser won my money. I hope they didn't show us the entirety of that kind of gameplay.

I seriously <3 Miyamoto. He always seems so excited about his games.

Welp, Nintendo was mostly gimmick shit.

Surprise Surprise

Jay said:

My ability to sympathize with people complaining about Ubisoft after the shit shoveled on us by EA/Biowhore/Microsoft the last year.

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So, I shall dare say.... while I'll be playing this game and happily telling them where I live, who I am, how big my dick is... and it'll be big because that fucking game will make me happy in the pants.

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Ubisoft has the most God awful DRM ever invented. People's issues with Ubisoft are entirely founded.

Ravenpoe said:

MS's showing? Shit. EA? Shit.

Ubisoft? Awesome.


Wait... Ubisoft? What kind of bizzarro world is this?

Ubisoft was the only presentation that looked like it was meant to appeal to gamers rather than stockholders. And it contained the word "girlwood" so, you know, bonus points.

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Aisha Tyler was ok, but that other guy she was saddled with might have been the worst presenter Ubisoft has found to date. How they keep continuing to outdo themselves with shitty presenters year after year is amazing.

The problem with Ubi is that they live in a strange bizarro land where everyone who hasn't bought their PC games must have pirated them, and therefore only stringent super-DRM can save the day.

That's why I only buy Ubi games I want on console. I have long since given up that Ubi will take the hint and knock that shit off.

Mostly because they are French.

Any other big event happening today? Nintendo left me wanting more.

The next game I'm really looking forward to is Fall of Cybertron. I loved the hell out of War for Cybertron.

Bowielee said:

The next game I'm really looking forward to is Fall of Cybertron. I loved the hell out of War for Cybertron.

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War of Cybertron is a pretty fun game I just finally picked up recently, but I am having issues playing it right now thanks to Steven Blum. Silly, I know, that a voice actor would make me not want to play a game, but I somehow found myself playing a few games in a row that have him as a main voice actor, the one right before WoC being WH: DoW2, in which he voiced Cyrus. After hearing him recently in the Avengers Cartoon as Beta Ray Bill, I think I became Steven Blum-ed out.

Right now the only game coming out of E3 that is exciting me is The Last of Us, just because I like the fact it seems to be more true to the survival horror genre then the last few years.

Jay said:

Welp, Nintendo was mostly gimmick shit.

Surprise Surprise

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"So Reggie, how did you like being the puppetmaster?"
"It's a lot like being in charge of Nintendo America."

I'm not really a nintendo fanboy or anything, but Reggie Feezemay's presentations are always amusing.

The way I see it, Nintendo throws some bones to the hardcore, FPS playing, graphics snobbing, gimmick free people, but really, Nintendo has survived as long as it has by sticking with what works for them. People who want Nintendo stuff want Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, they want Nintendo to do strange, gimmicky things, because that's part of what they do as well. (See: Nintendo DS, Wii). And what I like about Nintendo the most is something I've already said. The head of Nintendo comes on stage, is super excited about a game, and then they move on to the rest. THEY SHOW ENTHUSIASM! They aren't just random corporate drones going blah blah blah new game DLC blah blah blah.

(Disclaimer: I don't really play console games anymore, I generally buy them for my kids, which just makes me more biased towards Nintendo.)

ElJuski said:

I want to see how The Last Of Us REALLY plays. But it looks pretty sweet.

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This is my concern. That bit was amazing, but seemed so scripted. I'm curious what happens if your actions deviate from that, if there's still so much interaction and context-sensitive dialogue.

I wonder the same thing, as it's also what I'm curious about with Watch Dogs. Both looked amazing, with some sweet options to interact with your surroundings along with interesting context-sensitive events. However, how much of that will be in the final product compared to generic third-person fistfights/cover shooting is what I really want to know.

CynicismKills said:

LOOK IT'S USHER

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Sold!

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Sold!

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Quotemander Prime said:

This is my concern. That bit was amazing, but seemed so scripted. I'm curious what happens if your actions deviate from that, if there's still so much interaction and context-sensitive dialogue.

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When I see videos like that, I get a laugh imagining how clumsily I would pull off the same thing, mashing buttons all the way.

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I wonder the same thing, as it's also what I'm curious about with Watch Dogs. Both looked amazing, with some sweet options to interact with your surroundings along with interesting context-sensitive events. However, how much of that will be in the final product compared to generic third-person fistfights/cover shooting is what I really want to know.

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I could actually see the strings with Watch Dogs. He couldn't stayed in the art show, for example, or waited for DeMarco to pull up, or use other hacking stuff. It helped that more of the UI was shown to us with that one.

I hope that whatever the hell I end up doing with my life, I enjoy it even half as much as this guy here.

I'll buy Nintendo systems forever.

Damnit.

Watchdogs looks very cool, as does AC3. Last of Us looks brutally cool.

Do you know what I want to hear news about? Spelunky for XBLA.

I must be one of the few people out there that's not honestly that excited for The Last of Us. Does it look great? Abso-fucking-lutely.

But here's my beef: if you were to replace the main character with Nathan Drake and throw in some quips, it would be almost interchangeable with an Uncharted game. The close-quarters combat and duck/cover gunplay looks almost identical.

ThatNickGuy said:

I must be one of the few people out there that's not honestly that excited for The Last of Us. Does it look great? Abso-fucking-lutely.

But here's my beef: if you were to replace the main character with Nathan Drake and throw in some quips, it would be almost interchangeable with an Uncharted game. The close-quarters combat and duck/cover gunplay looks almost identical.

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I don't have a PS3 . It looked awesome though. I was impressed by what appeared to be unscripted assists by the daughter.

ThatNickGuy said:

I must be one of the few people out there that's not honestly that excited for The Last of Us. Does it look great? Abso-fucking-lutely.

But here's my beef: if you were to replace the main character with Nathan Drake and throw in some quips, it would be almost interchangeable with an Uncharted game. The close-quarters combat and duck/cover gunplay looks almost identical.

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Ignoring the setting?

And I think the lack of quips is part of the point--they want to take this one seriously.

I'm just talking about the core gameplay mechanics. The setting, I'll grant you. Looking past just the looks, it feels an awful lot like Uncharted.

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I don't have a PS3 . It looked awesome though. I was impressed by what appeared to be unscripted assists by the daughter.

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They're not related.

The gameplay being similar to one of the best selling franchises ever isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's the tone and story that interest me. Nathan Drake makes one-liners in between committing genocide, whereas killing in The Last of Us seems to actually have an impact on the characters. That's what I want to see them explore, and I look forward to seeing if Naughty Dog has the chops to pull it off.

The gameplay for The Last of Us felt like a movie. I'm excited about the game but we'll see once it comes out and I see some more gameplay vids by non-devs.

As much as I like Uncharted, cover and shoot mechanics need to be functional with every console game.... because learning to aim on a console is retarded compared to a mouse and keyboard. So, if I'm forced to derp to shoot my enemies, I fully expect them to derp in return... that won't work very well would it... have people derping around trying to aim and generally sucking a dick..... yes, cover and shoot mechanics are a must for any console shooting.

And you simply cannot ignore the setting.

I used to feel the same way about console controls for aiming, but i've gotten so used to it now that I'm just as accurate with a controller or a mouse.

I think my favorite console aiming was in the Metroid Prime games, the first two mainly. The lock on feels a little easy at first, but constantly snapping between targets as I mow them down gets pretty satisfying once you're used to it and as the enemies get tougher and faster it works really well.

Hey Bioware, thanks for not saying a damn thing about the ME3 ending DLC and instead focusing on shitty trans-dimensional platform shit for SWTOR. Did you guys not get the memo that Zen was the worst part of Half-Life? Have you yet to notice how you guys cannot do trippy shit to save your lives (see: The Fade from Dragon Age, the geth consciousness from ME3).

Dicks.

Quotemander Prime said:

The Fade from Dragon Age

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Dear Valve,

Fuck you for not announcing Half-Life 3.

ThatNickGuy said:

Dear Valve,

Fuck you for not announcing Half-Life 3.

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The delay is due to Gabe forging the game by hand. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/260688528/clang

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Dear Valve,

Fuck you for not announcing Half-Life 3.

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Another year, another E3, no Half-Life from Valve.



Also, for some reason Watch Dogs gave me a strong Assassin's Creed feel. Maybe it's because Ubisoft's sticking with what they know, or maybe it's a similar engine, but I kept expecting the player character to suddenly shank someone with his hidden blade.

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Another year, another E3, no Half-Life from Valve.



Also, for some reason Watch Dogs gave me a strong Assassin's Creed feel. Maybe it's because Ubisoft's sticking with what they know, or maybe it's a similar engine, but I kept expecting the player character to suddenly shank someone with his hidden blade.

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It's the slow, purposeful stride.

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It's the slow, purposeful stride.

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Could be it. Might also have something to do with the "hiding in crowds" feel.

And yeah, I agree with everyone boggling over Ubisoft having the best offerings. Did you know I boycotted Ubisoft not long ago? When they made AC2 have always-online DRM? Now I have every single Assassin's Creed game and I'm definitely planning on getting AC3.

DAMN YOU UBISOFT!!

I wonder if it's because the Ubisoft stuff was so good or because nearly everything else was ass.

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Dear Valve,

Fuck you for not announcing Half-Life 3.

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If I were Valve, and hadn't already canned the project I definitely would have after people's absurd reactions to Mass Effect 3.

Valve can't count to three.

Half-Life
Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2 Episode 1
Half-Life 2 Episode 2

Team Fortress
Team Fortress 2

Portal
Portal 2

Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2

Stop hoping for a Half-Life 3. It just isn't in the cards.

Maybe we can get Half-Life, Episode 2: Episode 1.

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If I were Valve, and hadn't already canned the project I definitely would have after people's absurd reactions to Mass Effect 3.

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Half-Life is exactly like Mass Effect and Valve is exactly like Bioware, got it.

Can't wait for Valve to get purchased by EA and go fuck all with everything they do in that case.

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I wonder if it's because the Ubisoft stuff was so good or because nearly everything else was ass.

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A little bit of column A, a little of column B.

LordRendar said:

A little bit of column A, a little of column B.

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Yeah, probably. I have a feeling this next year I'll be getting better acquainted with the many handheld titles I've acquired and haven't had the chance to play. And maybe actually finish another Bethesda game.

Silly noob, you don'tn "finish" Bethesda games. They finish you.

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Half-Life is exactly like Mass Effect and Valve is exactly like Bioware, got it.

Can't wait for Valve to get purchased by EA and go fuck all with everything they do in that case.

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Valve already works with EA.

I'm actually super excited for the WiiU! I don't love the name, but I think the console is really neat (hope to try it out at PAX) and love the look of the Pro Controller. Actually, REALLY excited for the pro controller so that you're not just stuck with using a Wii controller.

Last Of Us looks amazing! Holy crap, smart AI?? Don't own a PS3, but it might finally be time to pick one up soon. ...although we did just buy a new 360. Anyway, there's enough games that I'm interested in now for the PS3 that I'd like to have one, also bluray would be nice as I'm lacking that here too.

I'm also really interested in The Unfinished Swan. It really seems like my kind of game, and I'm kind of bummed that I watched so much of the gameplay, because I feel like I know too much about the game already! I would've loved to have discovered it all on my own.

Halo 4 has my interest since I've been playing through the series.

Paper Mario 3DS!! I LOVE Paper Mario. Super excited for this one!! And the other new Mario game too! <3

I think that's all I was excited about. Never played any of the Lara Croft games, but the new one looks good.

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I'm actually super excited for the WiiU! I don't love the name, but I think the console is really neat (hope to try it out at PAX) and love the look of the Pro Controller. Actually, REALLY excited for the pro controller so that you're not just stuck with using a Wii controller.

Last Of Us looks amazing! Holy crap, smart AI?? Don't own a PS3, but it might finally be time to pick one up soon. ...

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Word of advice, wait until the game is out and there's hand on accounts of the AI from players before buying anything... making an AI look smart in a trailer (or having a boss chop off a barbs head, i'm looking at you Diablo3) is way easier then actually doing it...

Very true... The game does hold my interest though, with or without the smart AI.

It's not Valve's fault they can't count to three. Computers operate in binary.

Necronic said:

It's not Valve's fault they can't count to three. Computers operate in binary.

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Half Life 0, Half Life 1, Half life.....2?

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If I were Valve, and hadn't already canned the project I definitely would have after people's absurd reactions to Mass Effect 3.

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Y'know, I do have to say...For some reason, Half-Life 2 is cosnidered to be the end-all be-all of games for a WHOLE LOT of people. Even ignoring whether or not this is true, there's the problem of expectations. Expectations for Diablo III were so high that the game, despite being very good, is viewed by many fans as "not what it should have been". I think Half-Life 3 is the same. I think it's quite literally impossible for Valve to actually live up to the expectations of fans at this point. Episode 3 would theoretically be more manageable - but there they'd have to pull some REALLY amazing shit out of their hat to keep people from saying "it might've been any other mod". I think they're right in not making a third installment. They can't win.

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Y'know, I do have to say...For some reason, Half-Life 2 is cosnidered to be the end-all be-all of games for a WHOLE LOT of people. Even ignoring whether or not this is true, there's the problem of expectations. Expectations for Diablo III were so high that the game, despite being very good, is viewed by many fans as "not what it should have been". I think Half-Life 3 is the same. I think it's quite literally impossible for Valve to actually live up to the expectations of fans at this point. Episode 3 would theoretically be more manageable - but there they'd have to pull some REALLY amazing shit out of their hat to keep people from saying "it might've been any other mod". I think they're right in not making a third installment. They can't win.

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"Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is…never try."

Adam said:

"Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is…never try."

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I'd guess Bioware would like to go back to pre-ME3-release reputation if they could. Businesswise, "gambling and losing" isn't a winning strategy. "Don't gamble, always take the sure path" isn't, either - but it's a much slower death. If the company collapses *after* you've left, you win. Therefor, in a business environment, at high levels, most people unfortunately prefer to drive slowly towards a cliff and let the next driver fall down into it, rather than try to soar over it at breakneck speeds...and risk falling into the chasm.

Life lessons for kids =/= the way most high-up business people conduct themselves.
Of course, I freely admit I'm one of those never-dares-to-make-a-move, worry-and-feelb-ad-about-roads-not-taken-afterwards people. 'm aware it's not a good trait.

Unfortunately, the model of successful business has been 'don't rock the boat' for so long that it's been legitimately described as a sound business strategy.

Also, Aisha mad: http://www.facebook.com/notes/aisha-tyler/dear-gamers/10151040991508993
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