Half-Life 3's plot posted by writer Marc Laidlaw
Aug 25, 2017 13:02:10 GMT
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Post by Cervantes on Aug 25, 2017 13:02:10 GMT
Here it is, in all its glory:
Half-Life 3/Episode 3 plot
To anyone who doesn't know, Marc Laidlaw was the main writer of the Half-Life series, he left Valve more than a year ago. In the story posted on his website, he switched the genders of the characters around (hello, Dr. Gertrude Fremont), but, besides that, everything aligns perfectly with how Episode 2 ended.
I have to say, this looks... really good, actually. I would have loved to see the story develops like that. Sadly, this also means that HL3 is truly dead (otherwise, I don't think Valve would let him post this story online). The last paragraph is almost a commentary on Valve itself:
Sad stuff. Luckily, I'm sure some mod teams might be planning right now how to bring this abandoned version of HL3 to life, which might have been Laidlaw's intention, going by his "I expect you know better than I the appropriate course of action, and I leave you to it" sentence. Imagine if this becomes the next project from the Black Mesa developers? I would play it.
EDIT: I was going to post this in the PC thread, but as HL2 and its episodes were released on Microsoft and Sony consoles, I thought it was more appropriate to leave it here - also, this news is important enough to go in the main discussion.
Half-Life 3/Episode 3 plot
To anyone who doesn't know, Marc Laidlaw was the main writer of the Half-Life series, he left Valve more than a year ago. In the story posted on his website, he switched the genders of the characters around (hello, Dr. Gertrude Fremont), but, besides that, everything aligns perfectly with how Episode 2 ended.
I have to say, this looks... really good, actually. I would have loved to see the story develops like that. Sadly, this also means that HL3 is truly dead (otherwise, I don't think Valve would let him post this story online). The last paragraph is almost a commentary on Valve itself:
Enough time has passed that few remember me, or what I was saying when last I spoke, or what precisely we hoped to accomplish. At this point, the resistance will have failed or succeeded, no thanks to me. Old friends have been silenced, or fallen by the wayside. I no longer know or recognize most members of the research team, though I believe the spirit of rebellion still persists. I expect you know better than I the appropriate course of action, and I leave you to it. Except no further correspondence from me regarding these matters; this is my final epistle.
Sad stuff. Luckily, I'm sure some mod teams might be planning right now how to bring this abandoned version of HL3 to life, which might have been Laidlaw's intention, going by his "I expect you know better than I the appropriate course of action, and I leave you to it" sentence. Imagine if this becomes the next project from the Black Mesa developers? I would play it.
EDIT: I was going to post this in the PC thread, but as HL2 and its episodes were released on Microsoft and Sony consoles, I thought it was more appropriate to leave it here - also, this news is important enough to go in the main discussion.
