But still, isn't Valve's lack of news on the whole Half-Life front starting to get pretty scary? Half-Life 2: Episode Two came out back in 2007, just over a year after Episode One. Sure, the Duke Nukem situation was a pretty uncommon event. Finally, in 2011, Duke's curse shall be broken and we'll get our hands on Duke Nukem Forever. And then a series of events caused delays that would keep old Duke out of the video game realm for fourteen years. Sure enough, the next game in the series, Duke Nukem Forever, was announced back in 1997. A sequel to this violent, stripper-laden shooter would be a guaranteed success. However, as often happens with banned media, this only made gamers want to play it more. Duke Nukem 3D was controversial back in 1996, earning it a ban in several countries. While it's not incredibly common, it isn't completely unheard of for a greatly anticipated game sequel to vanish for a decade or so. It's the best game we've ever done." All of the gameplay footage I've seen so far has pretty much validated this: Portal 2 looks like it will be incredible.īut where does that leave the Half-Life series? In fact, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell made this statement: "Portal 2's great. And so far, Valve has been incredibly confident in the product they are getting ready to release into the world.
Valve had to get to work on a sequel that would contain a longer storyline and more variety in the types of puzzles contained within.įast forward a few years. Those of us who fell in love with GLaDOS and her sadistic wit were hungry for more. Unfortunately, Portal only contained a few hours of gameplay. It included a little gem of a game called Portal, and suddenly Valve had an unexpected massive hit on their hands. And when Episode 2 ended in a cliffhanger, we all expected that the sequel would be on its way shortly.īut then the Orange Box changed everything. When Half-Life 2 Episodes 1 and 2 came out, they were considered the must-have expansions for all of us who love FPS games. Does Portal 2 mean that Valve has thrown in the towel on Half-Life 2? A few years back, Half-Life 2 was Valve's golden child. The original Portal pretty much blew my mind, and the upcoming sequel, with its full-length campaign and two-player co-op, looks like it might even top it.īut then I started having this horrible thought.
To be honest, I haven't been this excited about the impending release of a video game in a long time. Recently, I've been thinking about Portal 2 a lot.
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