Next Half-Life Won't Change Gordon Freeman
Valve has no plans to update Gordon Freeman.
Valve Software's Gabe Newell recently told EDGE Magazine (via CVG) that the company has no inclination to update the personality of Half-Life's protagonist Gordon Freeman to match other modern FPS game protagonists on the market. Newell said that he wants Freeman to remain as "an arm and a crowbar," and apparently isn't in any rush to provide Freeman with a voice.
"We're not philosophically opposed to this, but we don't have any good reasons to do it," he said, referring to Freeman's lack of a voice. "Right now making your companions more interesting and compelling seems a more fruitful avenue to explore."
Prior to that comment, Newell was asked if he wanted to give Freeman a greater sense of embodiment in future Half-Life games. "We haven't had a reason to change that," he answered. "Most of what I've seen to date has been gimmicky and is entertaining for just a minute or so."
Currently there's no indication of when Half-Life 2: Episode Three will finally see a release. As of January, it was believed that the latest edition won't be available in 2010 despite Valve's development schedule with the earlier installments. It may be that Valve is steering for a full-blown release of Half-Life 3 instead.
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I'm not surprised, also it would be weird him suddenly having a voice after all this time
Not a bad move at all as we can see some of the(small percentage) of shooters doesn't have main protagonist voice act.Half-Life series is certainly one of them.
Go Go Freeman
I love his voice in freemans mind on youtube... that's the only voice he'll have for me
Come on DX10/DX11 source engine!
i wish they'd consider changing the genre back to the survival horror of half-life 1.
sentient combine are boring. imo we need another invasion of fearsome aliens, instead of those weak antlions.
Surely to god they can update Source AND produce ep3 at the same time? It's taking the piss now
It should be more like DX14/15 Silver engine
But Freeman has no personality!
Like Newell himself once said, "Freeman is invisible"