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Gabe Newell talking about the decision to cancel Episode 3, he thought only moving the story forward and no other gameplay/tech advancements would not be good for the players. Respect

Jeremiah Fieldhaven

@djlink On the one hand, if all you're playing the game for is visuals, gameplay tricks, and shooting people... sure.

If you're playing it for - or even passably interested in - the story?

I don't envy them, and I suppose I can respect that "it needs to improve on what's gone before or it's not worth doing", but at the same time I'm not sure I agree with that, or their decision.

Incremental improvements and a completed story, versus nothing?

But now it's far too late anyway...

@JeremiahFieldhaven @djlink it probably made sense as a decision 10 years ago but if it was happening today I don’t think it would. You simply don’t need new tech to get people interested in a game anymore