Valve, currently about to take the living room by storm with some kind of hybrid game controller, are also going to make Half Life 3 open world.
That’s the rumour coming out of Europe today, with JournalDuGamer reporting that they’ve not only got insider information on one of gaming’s most tightly guarded projects, but that they’re also going to share that info.
According to Google Translate, the next in the Half Life series will be open world, with lots of action but with “many RPG elements” including quests and detailed NPCs, with Skyrim as an apparent source of information.
Do we believe the rumours? More importantly, do you?
TSBonyman
What a nasty rumour … i hope.. :s
The Lone Steven
I’m not sure if i like the idea of an open world Half Life or dislike it. It would give Valve an excuse to include a lot of combine chase sequences but may be repitive. I suppose Freeman is the last and only hope for earth thus he has to travel accross a city(i’m assuming it will be a city as i can’t see them anything bigger due to hardware limits), helping the resistance to fight back. As for the RPG elements, it won’t feel right in Half Life because Half Life is a FPS that focuses on story in a non-linear fashion and Freeman is a man of no words who tends to take anything he finds. If the rumour is true, then i suspect Valve will do an excellent job of it as well as it being the end of the world when they finally do release it.