Thanks for all the love on this video guys! To celebrate hitting 100 subscribers I've now uploaded a retrospective on Fallout 3 so make sure to check that out too! kzread.info/dash/bejne/a3WcsMegg6-dhNI.html

Imagine having so little to do at Valve that you approach controller demo in the same way you would approach your flagship tittle.

@BottomOfTheDumpsterFire

Жыл бұрын

I can't do anything but respect that. It shows that even with the dumbest thing, somebody at Valve genuinely cares about what they were working on. I just wish they released more, I even liked Artifact.

@StephenGillie

Жыл бұрын

Gaben should open source his package manager and go back to his first love.

@urbainleverrier1

Жыл бұрын

@@BottomOfTheDumpsterFire Artifact was actually awesome it just sucks that it wasn't quite the thing people were looking for a

@BottomOfTheDumpsterFire

Жыл бұрын

@@urbainleverrier1 It has very crucial fundamental flaws, but I agree, it was way better than people gave it credit for

@Appletank8

Жыл бұрын

They work on plenty of things, they just don't finish them most of the time.

It's like Valve is holding the best video game writers hostage in their basement, only allowing them to touch a laptop once every 4 years so they may get their annual scraps of toast crust

@ramblingjack

Жыл бұрын

True story.

@peacemaster8117

Жыл бұрын

And when they escape they drop bombs like Epistle 3.

@alex.g7317

Жыл бұрын

That’s the dream

@alex.g7317

Жыл бұрын

@@peacemaster8117 what?

@peacemaster8117

Жыл бұрын

@@alex.g7317 When Valve's long time writer Marc Laidlaw left the company, he released the unproduced plot of Half-life 2: Episode 3 in a blog post called "Epistle 3". It's both a bit of fun for the fans (telling us the plot we WOULD have gotten if they'd actually made the game) as well as Marc's meta-commentary on Valve's failure to keep making Half-Life games, and why he had to leave.

Someone said they're fine when Valve CHOOSES to make games rather than churn them out and I agree. Makes it feel like an event.

@digitalunity

Жыл бұрын

I do wish they'd choose to make games more often though

@chillingchill6823

Жыл бұрын

@@digitalunity let's not, gaming companies pump out dime-a-dozen games a year. Valve would be like them if they choose to regularly make games

@snek7892

Жыл бұрын

@@chillingchill6823 its been 3 years since a full game released i wish they just announced anything was in development bc right now it just seems like theyre doing nothing

@ExtortedSins

Жыл бұрын

@@chillingchill6823 I’d rather them say they’re making single player console and pc exclusive games again. Everything at valve these days is some gimmicky bullshit VR/Steam deck. When’s the last time a valve title came out besides alyx? I’ll wait. Valve is a shell of their former self and I’d rather them turn into a sellout than a obsolete company that used to make games.

@ValentineC137

Жыл бұрын

@@ExtortedSins “When is the last time a Valve title came out ignoring the latest Valve title”

I like how they mix the design of the portal 1 core and the portal 2 core. It looks great.

@AbsoluteRatBastard

Жыл бұрын

bro ikr

Had similar feelings playing Aperture Desk Job too. However, I don't feel jaded about it like I do some other companies. What I am saying is that I am happy Valve's games "died a hero" rather than "lived to become the villain" so to speak.

@Wertyhappy27

Жыл бұрын

And when Valve does make something, it is just the best work you could ever see, and makes it worth it.

@TheFloodFourm

Жыл бұрын

Yup, not good to expect people to do something they have no obligation to do

@Horgler

Жыл бұрын

Died a hero lol. They were the ones who pioneered the awful loot crate system in the first place. Everyone just gives them a pass because of the games they made.

@tengkualiff

Жыл бұрын

@@Horgler probably because the loot box system, in Dota & CSGO, was not tied to the gameplay of those games. Unlike nowadays, lootboxes are part of the grind instead of an option for people to customize their character. Both of the example i mentioned, did not have lootboxes when their game concepts were written and implemented.

@itayschool4544

5 ай бұрын

​@@tengkualiffyeah, loot boxes for cosmetics are perfectly fine

"The fact that Valve put more love and effort into a tech demo than a lot of other AAA companies put into entire games says a lot" - A wise KZread commenter

Piggybacking on Erik's remark, most of old guard Valve are already gone, and those who remained had concentrated power onto themselves as to create an invisible chain of command. Hopefully these people would realize they'd be, like Erik said, too old to make games, soon, and get together to make that "one last Half-Life game" before that time comes. In some ways it's already too late; some of the voice actors are already dead.

im so glad we finally got to see grady, he along with a few other cores were cut from portal 2. im so glad they decided to use him for this little game!

Wow, that Aperture Desk Job tech demo really took me back to the glory days of Valve. It's so amazing to see the level of detail and creativity that went into the demo, but it also made me realize just how much I miss the old Valve games and wish they would create more of them. Jack is very right, Valve's games were truly special and left a lasting impression on the industry. I hope they revisit game development in the future and bring us even more innovative and captivating experiences. Thanks for sharing this video, it's definitely got me feeling nostalgic!

@ramblingjack

Жыл бұрын

No problem! Thanks for sharing your thoughts 👍

i personally dont think we need a portal 3, as it concluded perfectly and there arent very many ways to add a story without making it a cheap plot-hole filled cash grab

@TheMetalmarkus

Жыл бұрын

We didn't 'need' portal 2 either.

@bsed9828

Жыл бұрын

So agree

@ramblingjack

Жыл бұрын

Would need to be a real good story if they tried to pull it off.

@mileshopkins2279

Жыл бұрын

I was mostly hoping that if Portal 3 came out it would take place a few years after 2 where we would play as Rattman and have him escape the facility or something like that or atleast a tie in with Half Life

@lenship2

Жыл бұрын

@@Fillinanimations the cave johnson robot could've easily been one of the alternate earths explored in the peti dlc, or it could've been a prototype glados variant similar to the one found in the advanced co op chambers it also could just not be canon (most probable solution)

It would be cool if, at the very least, we get a reference to Chell in the next half life game, since I’ve heard it’s actually in development and it might be about finding the lost Aperture science ship “The Borealis”.

@DreamwalkerFilms

Жыл бұрын

We all heard that 15 years ago lol

@proctoscopefilms

Жыл бұрын

@@DreamwalkerFilms I yearn to be this commenter. Probably still young and full of hope in Half Life 3. Lol.

@DreamwalkerFilms

Жыл бұрын

@@proctoscopefilms LOL. I remember being in high school and being so excited when we saw the leaked concept art. Wish I could bring that hopeful feeling back.

@JamesTDG

Жыл бұрын

That's the macguffin of hl3 no matter what and they have to do it or risk backlash. Would be cool to see a split ending where if players beat Alyx, they get a different ending where the borealis survives because Alyx convinces Dr Vance to keep the ship. Players that don't beat Alyx get the planned ending we would have gotten with epistle 3

@kalkstein2694

Жыл бұрын

@@proctoscopefilms It's different though, isn't it, with the release of HL:A? Even Alyx is something we never would have expected, so why is HL3 still impossible to you guys? The ending of Alyx is even more of a cliffhanger than that of Episode 2, with Eli literally saying "We've got work to do"

Thing is the old Valve never left. Half Life Alyx is the exact flavour of Half Life 2, with an equally good story, gameplay and level design. They’ve retained the same talent.

@ralexcraft990

Жыл бұрын

Same talent, same release times. We’re just used to every other company churning things out like candy

@CarlNiemi

Жыл бұрын

Except Alyx is a game that's only playable to a tiny fraction of the actual fanbase

@xXYannuschXx

Жыл бұрын

@@CarlNiemi Theres nothing stopping you buying a VR headset.

@hazeltree7738

Жыл бұрын

​@@xXYannuschXx Apart from, y'know, money

@xXYannuschXx

Жыл бұрын

@@hazeltree7738 If you can afford a modern gaming PC, capable of playing modern games, you can also afford a VR headset.

I feel like the tragedy of Valve's going to be as a lot of their existing talent moves on or retires, the brilliant minds who brought us their current lineup won't get hands on.

fun fact there is probably 5+ projects in the works on valve but they will all be canceled. I am not joking, before half life alyx there were already 5 half life projects being made, it was only when there was pressure from the higher ups to make a half life game and unite the teams that a game was actually made

The whole Cave Johnson A.I. was also the original premise for F-Stop, the sequel to Portal Valve were initally working on, before scrapping the idea and making Portal 2 instead.

When the light bulb was created, it took numerous attempts to get the final results. Valve is doing the same thing with gaming. Their work ethic allows them to explore to find something worth lighting up. Probably could have been said better, but I think I got my point across.

@ramblingjack

Жыл бұрын

Well said! 👌

@ASqdrnDA

Жыл бұрын

Though it takes them five years of development and more years doing other side projects while selling shower curtains for passive income.

@zer976

Жыл бұрын

@@ASqdrnDA Yeah, things take time for sure.

I think Chell’s story is done and there isn’t much to expand on with a sequel, especially with Portal 2’s co-op DLCs. But I reckon a prequel game with Cave Johnson still around would be really neat and a nice way to continue the series without spoiling Portal 2’s ending.

@insert-joke-name

Жыл бұрын

Well yes. Chell's story is over but not Aperture's. Especially given the fact that it takes place in the half-life universe.

This exact same feeling happened to me when the tech demo for the Index controllers came out and I played through it... We need more valve games.

Well, it's Valve. Through the history they always deliver us something new and technologically advances. They never want to dissapointed US (thats why HL source largely forgotten and Artifact was just miscalculation from their part, but still a deicent card game with interesting mechanic). Even if they rarely make games they still care about their fanbase. And i'm not about modmakers (but it's still impressive that they let sell mods as games, even if they are garbage like Hunt dow the Freeman). Gabe himself let Chalkateers (song "Count to 3") work with Glados herself - Ellen McLain (she is precious and you all should look behind the scenes of the song, i think even if she didnt restrict by her contract, she gladly play Glados again for free in projects like that song). So, for me it means more that Valve still appreciate US, even if sometimes they do questianble things.

It be cool if they made portal 3 a mix of half life 1 n 2 and portal 1 n 2 where you play both as chell and Gordon leading up to each event but this is a alternate timeline where things sorta have changed but when Gordon mistakenly enter apteture laboratory's things get wild

@ramblingjack

Жыл бұрын

That sounds dope.

@lloydmartel

Жыл бұрын

half life 3 and portal 3 one in the same?????

@AnimeFan4Life2022x

Жыл бұрын

@@lloydmartel yes

@JamesTDG

Жыл бұрын

Sadly portal 2 lore fucks shit up. It's at least 1000 years after portal 1 (calculated via natural takeover and structural decay requirements on this scale), best we can get is the long descendant of freeman working with chell.

@bshap495

Жыл бұрын

@@JamesTDG It was said in The Final Hours of Portal 2 that they wanted to distance the game from the HL storyline, which is why it's set so far in the future. So sorry to say, but I doubt Valve would make a crossover game like that. Especially since HL and Portal are very different games in terms of gameplay and writing style.

Portal 3 And half life 3 could literally be the same game Considering that take place in the same universe to the extent were the ending of half-life 2 Shows you going to a Aperture science ship They literally mentioned having some thing that they can use Which could honestly be the portal gun or some related technology

@zarrg5611

Жыл бұрын

I feel the problem is the divide in both gameplay and storytelling between the two franchises would result in such a hybrid not being as good as either. That's not to say that they can't be connected in some way, imagine if a personality core showed up in HL3.

@OLDmanBOB

Жыл бұрын

@@zarrg5611 or having guns in portal

@zarrg5611

Жыл бұрын

@@OLDmanBOB That wouldn't work though, Portal is a puzzle series and not an FPS, it would both destroy the theme and tone of the game and alienate some of it's audience.

@OLDmanBOB

Жыл бұрын

@@zarrg5611 thats what I was saying, I was giving another example why it wouldent work.

@yngtylrdrdn

Жыл бұрын

@@zarrg5611 learn to read

Wild how they dropped lore for cave Johnson in a short game, kinda hope it’s then hinting at a new game

@ramblingjack

Жыл бұрын

Fingers crossed!

@exterminator9676

Жыл бұрын

it’s a parallel universe aka non-canon :/

@ASqdrnDA

Жыл бұрын

It's a mysterious other universe Cave Johnson. Grady's turret toilet could imply that aperture turrets haven't been employed or used yet, scientists still active in the background, no large scale neurotoxin purge of the entire facility, no mention of Caroline, you get it. Cave himself BEING inside a computer is already a big sign that it isn't the universe we know, because he died before the technology was perfected hence Caroline being used for gladOs!

@nicenoob12345

Жыл бұрын

@@exterminator9676 for both you and Ranel Padilla, just because it might be a parallel universe doesn't mean it can't be a hint for a new game, you can shut the hell up.

@insert-joke-name

Жыл бұрын

@@ASqdrnDA Because it takes place before Portal. GLaDOS doesn't exist yet because Cave Johnsons brain-mapping was successful. At the end of the game Cave crashes down to the bottom of old aperture and is presumed dead. Company need a new super computer and create GLaDOS with Caroline's consciousness. Also the toilet turret clearly tells the origin story of the turret. Accidentally dumping bullets in a toilet and calling it an invention is the most aperture thing ever

Valve (still) really, really, really understands what makes a game great. When I played Alyx for the first time, I was flabbergasted at just how well made it was. It felt like the next big step in gaming, something I miss from other studios. Back in the early 2000s it felt like every game tried to improve the concept of gaming and over the years this turned into "better graphics".

How in the actual fuck does this guy only have 19 subs. Great video man!

@ramblingjack

Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate! Means a lot 🙌

Me playing desk job was a horrendously slow experience considering my hardware, but it actually impressed me. If a game designed as a tech demo for a specific device runs bad on my potato, it tells me that their hardware is powerful. Kinda funny, right?

Wait. THIS IS THE THIRD GAME IN A SERIES!

I want a full game with that type of storytelling :( I play portal and half life all the time and wish we could get a new game.. I did not play half life Alex, because I don’t have a VR Headset, but will sometime in the future. Until then I hope there’s more content from this universe Release. Oh I’m super glad about the Black Mesa Team!

I think Valve realized something special in developing the Portal games, in that none of the characters have mouths. All of the games have aged TREMENDOUSLY. I love half life, but human models definitely have evolved since then. I could play portal right next to desk job and the style still sticks out as unique and pretty long lasting. I think I want to go play through portal again

It would also be really difficult to find a concept that expands the story or gameplay in a unique way, since there's community projects that already did that (like Mel or Reloaded) There would be preasure to top that

@nicenoob12345

Жыл бұрын

While it might seem difficult, a bit ago some people working at Valve said they had a pretty good idea for the story of a possible Portal 3 and that all they need to do is get development started.

I wish valve went back to what they were. Well made vid btw

@ramblingjack

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 👍

The video is very well made, the sound is clear, yet u have only 48 subs... i though am watching a big youtuber, bro, u did splendid job, dont give up on the beginnings, keep goin !

@ramblingjack

Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate! Appreciate it 🤘

i mean i like that they keep the universe kind of alive with this. they also did the same with the vr demo but this just makes me hope for another portal game. portal games nowadays could look so incredible. i still love the graphics of portal 2 but with source 2 it would be incredible. valve please do something! i loved half life alyx and it gave me new hope that valve may come back to game developement more than they were in the previous decade. i know they still got it in them. edit: also i think the fact that the studio is split apart and everyone is working on something else is good and bad at the same time. its bad because they dont frequently push out games but its really good because they can find true passion and artistic freedom until they achieve something special. thats where valve is just superior to some other big companies in the industry. almost every valve game that releases is something special and pushed the genre its set in. so here is to hopefully a new portal game one day. the workshop of portal 2 gave me a lot of fun but its just been bland with no updates to game mechanics. so all i have now is to look forward to community made mods that change the mechanics. incase valve doesnt work on a new portal game, i think thats the closest we can ever get.

I agree with every bit of this. I played Desk Job for the first time and I loved it. I was so sad when it was over. It was an experience only Valve could provide and I was dying for more. Valve has the power to generate instant nostalgia, in my opinion. I miss the old days.

This game made me remind how much i love Portal's humour.

I wouldn't really call Cave an antagonist of this game. He's not a good person but he doesn't really actively try thwarting you.

@ramblingjack

Жыл бұрын

True that's why I say he's "somewhat"'of an antagonist in a way.

If Portal 3 were to be announce with 6 years of development still (2028 ish release), I would still be incredibly excited.... No news is not good news....

And the fact that Grady is voiced by Nate Bargatze is just icing on the cake

Maybe Valve just waiting to announce "the Organe box 2" with portal 3, HL3 and maybe a new TF. Would be crazy and is most likely just wishful thinking. But imagine....

Half LIfe: Alyx is worth mentioning, for sure. Best in class single player VR game, with that Valve storytelling and world-building.

The fact that they have Steam, the Infinite money machine, contributes to how differently they approach game development.

The reason why Valve doesn't make many games any more is because there hasn't really been any new developments. And Valve only wants to make sequels and new games if there's new technology. For example, they're not going to make portal 3 because it's just going to be the same as portal 2 with a different story.

The number 3: You took... Everything from me... Valve: Man, I don't even know who the hell you are..!

I understand that Valve is focusing more on hardware than software and because of that they have their hands full and can't work on a lot of software anymore even if they wanted to. However it's still sad to see that, because of this, games like Team Fortress 2 get left in the dust, a game loved by it's community, more specifically, a community that feels neglected and ignored by Valve. It doesn't help that Valve never seems to properly communicate with any game's community.

great video! keep it up dude, remember me when you get big!

@ramblingjack

Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate! Really appreciate it! 🤘

I played Desk Job with a Steam Controller and it was a fantastic experience

Good video. You should read "The Final Hours of Half-Life Alyx", in it Robin Walker talks about how their projects get lost in "the wilderness", and how Alyx was only really possible because he forced everyone to drop their other work and come together on a full length singleplayer game. So I think whether we see Valve games in the future will depend on people like Walker and whether they can wrangle enough staff to drag Half-Life 3 or Portal 3 out of the wilderness.

When Valve makes a game it's really something

I agree with the sentiment that so many people here have expressed before saying that them not churning out content and taking time with other projects is ultimately better for them in the long run. Even in their work ethic (seems more chilled if anything, which is its own detriment), you can obviously tell from their games that they care about the quality over it than the quantity. Seeming that nearly every game I can count from Valve thus far has been extremely well received by the general public and has even managed to wiggle itself into pop culture, I honestly don't mind that they don't do the same as before. Even if it takes a long, long while for Valve to get their shit together to make another game, original, spin-off, sequel or not, they still have the passion for their games, and oddly enough their worth ethic allows for that passion to flow between projects as well. I'd rather Valve be that one game company with long moments of inactivity only to release fantastic masterpieces every now and then, rather than them practically be like Nintendo where you can tell they just try and churn out stuff to have money going for them.

3:10 well there is one other game. 'The Talos Principle' now that game is a masterpiece for puzzle lovers and makes the portal games look easy when you get far in the game.

yeah dude me too. it was the first game i played when i got my controller, and it really makes me want the old valve back.

i definitely think that part of why they haven’t done Portal 3 is because, at it’s core, Portal is a series about GLaDOS and Chell, whose story came to a perfect end in Portal 2. but ffs man id be totally fine with a less story driven game in this universe. make it a prequel or something, or maybe in this (presumably) alternate version of Aperture we see in Desk Job. personally i would love to go through a whole game with Grady filling the companion role kinda like Wheatley did

That's the neat thing about getting cash left and right without doing much work. You don't have to do stuff you don't want to do.

"I'm a character in a pixar movie! muh immersions!"

While valve games are always incredible when they do eventually put them out, being a valve game fan lately feels a lot like poking a dead rat with a cattle prod. Sometimes it twitches, and it's rad because "ooh, the dead thing moved!!" But the rest of the time you just feel like you're only there out of morbid curiosity, wondering when you'll get tired of changing the batteries while people tell you that you really should stop

Bro y don't u have more subs?? This is really good

@ramblingjack

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Appreciate it 🙌

Imagine portal 3 being in vr, thatd be crazy

I want to see Grady and the Employee we play as in the next portal game. (which will never be made).

the end of half life alyx clearly says that there will be a third part of half life

Part of the magic of Valve games, and at the same time a big part of the problem with them, is that Valve tends to only release games they're proud of. That's not to say that they've never made a bad game, of course. But Valve doesn't churn out yearly releases or endless sequels long after the magic is gone. They don't release broken games early because they really need a game out for the holidays. Because of how Valve is structured, you know that they release something there were at least a FEW people working there that were really passionate about it. But in the end, Valve's standards are perhaps a bit too high. Of course no one wants blatant cash-grabs, but I'm sure quite a few of us would be more than happy to see some sequels to our favorite Valve games, even if they're a little derivative and don't add that much. If we got a Portal 3 that was little more than just a Portal 2 map pack, I'm sure tons of people would still love it.

The day they release a sequel for any of there games there will be world peace

valve was like if we dont nerf ourselves we would monopolize the entire market

Playing through this game was amazing but it had me thinking the whole time how does Valve have the time to put this much quality into a one off free game but we still don’t have Portal 3? They wouldn’t even have to add any crazy new mechanics, I just don’t understand it made sense why they were hesitant around a decade ago when hype for their sequels was at an all time high. But now nobody’s hyped, we’re just sad and disappointed that one of the greatest developers of all time stopped making games.

They can make so much money and make fans happy it is disappointing that they don't capitalize on that

They should make a portal and half life crossover game, cuz we literally see chill get tossed out of the lap and we see evidence of aperture in half life

Great video! You do seem to have a bit of a ringing noise at the end of the you audio. Should be an easy fix though.

@ramblingjack

Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate! Will look to improve the audio even more in the next one 👍

love the vid

@ramblingjack

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! ❤️

I played this demo expecting a simple tutorial on how to use my Deck and in 30 minutes I was sucked so deep into the story and experience of everything I was looking at it, more so than most AAA games could ever hope to achieve. I experienced moments of gasping, laughter, suspense... **FFS! This was just a 30 minute tech demo to show off how the controls of the deck work!** Valve can achieve all of that with a FUCKING TECH DEMO. And their games? The last narrative game we got from Valve was Portal 2 and the ending was so good I weep, tears of joy. Valve basically reached the point of being 'so good at making games they got bored of it' and decided to try something harder, literally, in the sense that they switched to hardware. It's kinda insane to think Valve is possibly the greatest game developer on the planet - and they don't make games.

@LeSimpLetv

Жыл бұрын

they are trying to become like nintendo, having their own hardware to push gameplay. Am sure they will start releasing games soon, the leaks are real. (citadel/neon prime)

A little spoonful of those ageless visuals and incredible writing... :(

how does valve accidently create such bangers

@WJINTL

Жыл бұрын

Because their dev teams do f all all day besides card games and tech demos.

@epicmanpog7846

Жыл бұрын

@@WJINTL the dev teams are more focused on hardware now, not a bad thing, recently they've made really good stuff, like the index and steam deck

Valve having there hands full with Steam should never be used as an excuse for the companies behaviour. Steam and Valve are essentially seperate companies with seperate employees.

Icing on the "Cake"

I suppose Valve's games are great because they only make games when they are inspired rather than making games because they need to be making games. I think the best idea is to have a mix of the two as it's still possible to make a great game because you have to, but making the dev cycle really stressful for devs makes the end result not fun.

Subbed. I liked this video keep it up please!

@ramblingjack

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'll try 😂

agreed!!! i used to stay up sooo late playing the left 4 dead and portal games

That should be a vr title, like job simulator or something.

One fear i ain't ever losing is that they might just disappoint us after so much hype.

I GUARANTEE this is a teaser for portal 3

Getting my deck tomorow. So excited. Should this be the first game I load up?

@ramblingjack

Жыл бұрын

It's free and only 30 minutes long so don't see why not! Enjoy 👍

@chilldude30

Жыл бұрын

@@ramblingjack I'm so excited! Ive not been so excited for a tech product to arrive since I was a teenager.

@PCJack

Жыл бұрын

@@chilldude30 it's worth the wait! Currently playing some Hades on it 👌

@chilldude30

Жыл бұрын

@@PCJack Ah, that sounds like a well suited game for the deck.

I could have sworn valve said they had to give up letting people work on whatever to try building a team to finish half life alyx

It's a shame this is the only Source 2 Portal game that exists

This tech demo is proof that Valve may have shelved Portal for a while, but they have never forgotten it.

Their hands aren’t full, they don’t need every dev to update a marketplace!

AJD still good with external gamepad tho

Can We Please Appreciate That This Video Is Perfectly 5 Minutes Long.

Ah, it's such a good thing that small indie studio Valve still makes games. (c) sarcastic review of the game.

for once having a random Xbox controller in my room was actually useful in my life

Tf2 on steam deck would be crazy

I think the chances of seeing Portal 3 or the title "Half Life Ep3" are zero and impossible sadly at this point. Portal 1/2 released a long time ago in terms of game dev/writing and I'd like to see that same story/vibe come back but in reality it would come back with others inspirations and visions. It would be a slightly morphed reflection of the older titles doing its best to makes its own name while not over reaching into the past. Alyx did this well by basically ditching the old timeline and Gordon. If we want more Portal I fear it will also come in an alternative form but not directly the same universe. The Half-life universe is alive and strong but the original soul of them is gone. I wouldn't even be that obverse to seeing a Half life 2 rewrite from Valve. I know that sounds insane to some but Alyx kind of did this with good praise and with a new baseline for what "half life" can be as a game we could get more.

"Valve doesn't make games anymore" Half-life: Alyx released just two years ago 😭 + Valve are seemingly cooking 'something', e.g. Neon Prime which hopefully won't be another card game 30 people play

Guys valve still makes games. They just don’t put them out as often. They made a couple of great vr games like half life Alyx.

honestly I dont think it did enough to show off the Decks controls. Yes it has you touch everything once, but looking at your footage in this video I can tell you did stick only aiming - no gyro or even track pad. The fact it can be played even with a xbox controller means it inherently isnt doing much to really highlight everything the Deck can do. There comes a point when backwards compatibility has a massive... not quite chilling but probably more accurate to say "non warming" effect on innovation. Would have loved to see a wave survival mode where there is a difficulty spike past level 10 and every time you die before said spike without using gyro Grady suggests giving gyro a go. Add an online leader board and watch as gyro players rise to the top while non gyro players struggle. Or, more extremely... once Grady says "gyro" every non gyro method of controlling the game camera gets turned off (even desktop mouse). Yes that would cause controversy... but controversy happened when Half Life 2's physics were so demanding it forced people who otherwise gamed without one to get a gpu. You are right; I miss the Valve that actually pushed the industry forward instead of carefully tip-toeing around (the Steam Controller is legit the best pc gaming peripheral in controller form and no one can change my mind on that).

what made you choose to play half life over the remake (black mesa)?

@ramblingjack

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Picked up all the Half Life games minus Black Mesa on a sale a while back and I wanted to experience the original in all its glory. I do own Black Mesa now though so I should try and play through that soon too!

@nogoodchad4473

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@@ramblingjack I skipped the OG experience and went with the new new. I will say a lot of the problems with the original are delt with very well, come back and let us know what you think of it!

portal 3 and half life 3 (maybe) should be one game, like gordon is tasked with a new mission in aperture or something

This looks cool, but I think playing it would make me sad, because I'd just want more.

The funniest thing about Valve is that they bought a studio and then put that studios game on hold, ostensibly to make Half-Life: Alyx, but even now its on hiatus. They literally saw a good, engaging, narratively driven single-player game and liked it enough to buy the entire studio... and then had those developers work on Dota and STEAM. It's like Valve actually hates first-person single-player games and goes out of their way to stop people from making them.

Steam doesn’t ship to AK. That’s why I got a vive instead of an index.

I attempted to play it on my pc using steam link to make my phone a controller and it was bad. The buttons were in weird places because it was on a 2d screen instead of a 3d controller and they often just stopped responding as I was attempting to play making me have to restart the app to continue. If you do play this on a pc definitely use a real controller and not steam link.

"old valve" it literally never changed

Portal 2 is perfect. We do not need a Portal 3. That said, Valve is the only company I would trust to do a good job.