As far as I know, there isn’t a soul outside of Valve who’s privy to the reasoning behind the company’s apparent inability to complete a trilogy. Team Fortress, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal — they all stop just shy of that elusive third game.
The conspiracy theorists who keep the specter of Half-Life 3 alive after all these years must’ve simultaneously exploded like overheated sausage people when creative director Neil Druckman replenished their virtual coffers with this lighthearted jest of a tweet that will have folks wondering what the game might be like if it came from another developer.
Look, Valve, all I'm saying is you give us the Half Life license and we'll take care of the rest. 😉 https://t.co/XkrWjtfXyJ
— Neil Druckmann (@Neil_Druckmann) September 10, 2015
The image in Druckman’s tweet is of a one Merle Dandridge, Alyx Vance herself, wearing full motion capture gear like she’s been waiting this whole time to reprise her role.
I’m okay with this strange, alternate future Druckman has conjured for us, where at least one of the amazing series Valve hasn’t had the time to finish? And before you choose a side, just know that Gordon’s blank canvas of a personality will be the first to go. Valve will complete a trilogy on their own before the creators of Uncharted make a game with a silent lead.
Would you be open to this, or is even joking about it constitute blasphemy?
