Valve 'Shutting Off' Solo Mode?

[PurpleGaga27 40]

http://www.gamereplays.org/portals.php?sho...;news_id=775539

 

I smell a future of "World of Half-Life", a MMOFPS game with unlimited MP experience that cannot be played on other consoles except on an iPC.

 

Developers at Valve are giving up to make anymore SP AI experiences for future Half-Life games? That's unacceptable. What will become of Half-Life 3?

[Malovolpe 3]

I highly doubt this...

[Luk3us 63]

Why does everyone assume there will be no SP any more? That is just silly. Its just that in future games will feature both SP and MP.

[Doctor Destiny 41]

A no SP Half Life would ruin Valve and they know it.

[Plok 327]

A no SP Half Life would ruin Valve and they know it.

Judging by their new policy, ruining themselves is probably their goal.

[Doctor Destiny 41]

They have a new policy? What is it? Making money?

[Inferno 22]

They have a new policy? What is it? Making money?

Indeed :')

[Malovolpe 3]

Every game company is out to make money.

[Doctor Destiny 41]

Every game company is out to make money.

The very definition of being a company. And still, for some reason, many people just object heavily to anyone who turns a profit.

[Luk3us 63]

Its because they all feel entitled to play video games because they see it as a 'necessity'. That and they're cheap bastards.

[Malevolence 6]

I doubt Valve will make such silly moves. Relax folks!

[Gben 20]

Not that I was doubting, but this should put the topic to rest.

 

http://kotaku.com/#!5799661/valve-turn...ayer-says-chief

 

Valve Turns to 'Singleplayer-Plus,' not 'No More Singleplayer,' Says Chief

 

Practically anything said institutionally by Valve, or especially by its co-founder, Gabe Newell, is parsed for any potential meaning to the unannounced, eternally awaited Half-Life 2: Episode 3. So when Newell, in an all-access feature charting the development of Portal 2, said the game was "probably" the last one with any isolated single-player experience, Half-Lifefans got really jumpy, given how story-driven that game is.

 

Newell sat down for an interview with a high school student who asked him to clarify those remarks. You can listen to the entire interview in that video above. It touches on many interesting subjects, but regarding single- vs. multiplayer, here is what Newell said, verbatim:

 

I think what we're trying to talk about is the fact is not that we're not thinking about single-player games-Portal 2 I think is a pretty good example of what we've learned over the years in terms of how to create those [single-player] experiences.

 

It's more that we think that we have to work harder in the future. That entertainment is inherently increased in value by having it be social, by letting you play with your friends, by recognizing that you're connected with other people.

 

Single-player is great, but we also have to recognize that you have friends and wanted to have that connected as well.

 

It's not about giving up on single-player at all. It's saying we actually think there are a bunch of features and capabilities that we need to add into our single-player games to recognize the socially connected gamer. Every gamer has instant messaging, every gamer has a Facebook account. If you pretend that that doesn't exist, you're ignoring the problems that you're taking on.

 

It's single-player plus, not 'no more single-player.'

 

Later on, Newell is asked about the possibility of a direct crossover between Portal and Half-Life, as both games are set in the same continuity. Newell did not directly confirm such a crossover will take place, but he did say that setting both games in the same universe has a purpose."

 

When you're thinking about games, you sort of want to think about how characters collide. In their current forms, Chell and Gordon are very similar characters. in terms of the phenomenology of their experiences. ... In terms of having these people coexist at same time and same place, that's ... part of the reason Portal and Half-Life are in the same universe."

 

I can't wait for the witty dialogue as gordan and Chell finally meet in some future ep.

[PurpleGaga27 40]

I can't wait for the witty dialogue as gordan and Chell finally meet in some future ep.

 

I have a feeling what Valve could be thinking. Since Portal and Half-Life can interrelate together, the story plot could be possible to merge. Forget about Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance as partners. It will be Gordon and Chell in Half-Life 3!

 

A chance that Gordon and Chell be together in how the Half-Life/Portal story go: likely if only Valve accepts it

 

Now that I think the story of the Portal series is over, I think there won't be a Portal 3.

 

Well that sums up the answer about the future of SP mode from Valve.

Edited May 9, 2011 by zocom7

[TeaCup 0]

yeah lol i play portal with my brother all the time