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I haven't read much on this group about Valve's upcoming "Episode" for HL2
called "Aftermath". In this months Computer Gaming World there's a well done
article interviewing Gabe and some of the other guys at Valve about the new
way they plan to develop the story line for HL2, which is through short
"Episodes" that are released every 3 months or so. The plan is to release
the episodes much like a TV show, where the story advances a little at a
time. Then after say a year or so they plan on releasing HL3.
The other news is that Ritual is going to bring back "Sin" but their plan
is to release only small episodes from the start instead of releasing a new
boxed "Sin" game. I loved "Sin" back in the day. It was one of the buggiest
games to ever be release, but after all the patches it was a pretty solid
game. I really liked all the interactivity the game had. There was so many
things to check out and buttons to push, it really was something new and
exciting for it's time. The first episode is going to be prices at $15
according to the article.
The first thing that comes to my mind is that it sounds interesting on
paper, but if you never have a base game to start with, a game that is say,
at lest 15 hours of game play, I'd never be able to get a deal on the game.
HL2 can be found for under $25 now at retail. But if "Sin" is only
downloadable, and each part of the game cost's $15 it could really add up
over time. I'm not sure how well a game is going to do if it never ends.
But this will be a very interesting thing to keep an eye on because if it's
successful, it could start to change the way we look at gaming. If you can
get your hands on this months copy of CGW is really is an interesting
article. So what do you guys think about all this?
I haven't read much on this group about Valve's upcoming "Episode" for HL2
called "Aftermath". In this months Computer Gaming World there's a well done
article interviewing Gabe and some of the other guys at Valve about the new
way they plan to develop the story line for HL2, which is through short
"Episodes" that are released every 3 months or so. The plan is to release
the episodes much like a TV show, where the story advances a little at a
time. Then after say a year or so they plan on releasing HL3.
The other news is that Ritual is going to bring back "Sin" but their plan
is to release only small episodes from the start instead of releasing a new
boxed "Sin" game. I loved "Sin" back in the day. It was one of the buggiest
games to ever be release, but after all the patches it was a pretty solid
game. I really liked all the interactivity the game had. There was so many
things to check out and buttons to push, it really was something new and
exciting for it's time. The first episode is going to be prices at $15
according to the article.
The first thing that comes to my mind is that it sounds interesting on
paper, but if you never have a base game to start with, a game that is say,
at lest 15 hours of game play, I'd never be able to get a deal on the game.
HL2 can be found for under $25 now at retail. But if "Sin" is only
downloadable, and each part of the game cost's $15 it could really add up
over time. I'm not sure how well a game is going to do if it never ends.
But this will be a very interesting thing to keep an eye on because if it's
successful, it could start to change the way we look at gaming. If you can
get your hands on this months copy of CGW is really is an interesting
article. So what do you guys think about all this?