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RUMOR: Nintendo approached Valve for exclusive Switch game, Half-Life Tactics (cancelled)
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Imagine if this is true : all the jokes about Half Life 3 being exclusive to Switch would have become kinda true.
The reactions on the internet would have been fun : new Half Life but it's a spin off, AND it's exclusive to Nintendo ? Lmao
Sounds fake, but still a funny story.
The reactions on the internet would have been fun : new Half Life but it's a spin off, AND it's exclusive to Nintendo ? Lmao
Sounds fake, but still a funny story.
TIL Artifact, In the Valley of the Gods, and the continually developed Dota 2 and CS:GO aren't games
I don't believe it either and if the deal was being considered I imagine they would force a PC version too. Which is likely why the talks stalled if they occurred at all.
Nope they're fronts to sell weapon skins and boosters packs to play against nobody :P
(I think the rumor is nonsense don't take my post seriously)
The servers for this forum would have been Thanos-snapped from reality within seconds lmao
Haha. The reaction would have been legendary, but there is zero chance that Valve would be interested in making a Switch exclusive.
Daily reminder that Lego Dimensions never came to PC despite having a Portal level pack and playable character.
Yeah. That is true I guess. Did Valve have anything to do with that? I honestly don't know.
No, but I'm saying it's not exactly unprecedented, even in recent years.
So they're not allowed to make new games unless Half Life 3 comes first? Sounds super entitled. I don't think that's comparable at all. I agree a spin off now would be weird, but there's nothing ignorant about them working on other titles. They don't owe anyone anything
I think fans would have actually taken it.
We saw worse from Valve in recent years, like hyping a Dota card game as a new big announcement, or putting Portal on Bridge Constructor.
an Half Life turn based strategy game actually sounds legit.
We saw worse from Valve in recent years, like hyping a Dota card game as a new big announcement, or putting Portal on Bridge Constructor.
an Half Life turn based strategy game actually sounds legit.
Neither of those things are worse:
Portal Bridge Constructor had nothing to do with Valve. It was an indie studio with a successful game who wanted to make a spin off featuring the Valve IP. Valve agreed to allow them to make it, and had no involvement with it themselves.
Artifact was a great game, on a platform Dota players actually fucking own.
Yeah but indeed the initial reaction from a Bridge Constructor Portal is "that's how you use this IP Valve?" regardless of their actual involvement in the development. Then of course the game is not bad for what it is.
A turn based Half Life actually sounds a lot more exciting than Artifact, for me at least. Artifact was the kind of announcement where if you are not into the Dota lore you don't care, and even if you are a Dota player you also might not care about card games, and it came out too late, card games were trending few years ago when Hearthstone was the big new thing, now it's hard to make an impact on that genre.
I'm still reeling over the devs who did the prototypes wanted the game to end somehow as a teaser tie in for Half Life 3 but the higher ups were like "no, we can't make a promise like that."
We already knew HL3 was dead but there shouldn't be any reason to cancel the universe because you aren't interested in making a bigger budget game. It's a shame that Nintendo was interested in moneyhatting Half Life from Valve. That's a bold smart move but I wonder how much more money they would need to give what fans really wanted.
To be fair, the franchise is so old that the PC gamers back then are firmly in their middle aged years and have to be holding jobs where they could buy any console that such a game would become exclusive to.
Personally I would've been down for a Half Life Real Time strategy game but it's not easy to implement even with the IR and touch controls in each mode.
Half Life makes way more sense if Nintendo is still in business of saving games that are clearly dead. It is crazy though with that goal in mind Nintendo would only put up enough cash for a top down experience instead of a first person one. It's smart in certain ways but really infuriating in others.
This sounds like pure bullshit. I don't even know why were indulging it other than for the lulz
What are you talking about? Nintendo partners with third parties for quite a few exclusive games on their platforms. I'm sure they approched a number of companies for those exclusives.
I kinda would not be surprised if there was some truth to this. Intrigued by the concept, would of been quite fun.
No clue. We got that Portal/Bridge Constructor spin-off ported to the Switch, at least.
This feels like some shit that would've been specifically made up to make a video game forum just spontaneously combust in confusion
My problem with this video is how vague everything sounds. Nintendo wanted valve to make a half life game exclusive for switch? And them valve decided to do it instantly, accepting make a exclusive game for a console? And after some people trying out, the game was simply cancelled in 2017 without any reason? Not buying it.
I mean... Nintendo does do some crazy stuff sometimes
Oh my God, this would've made it all worth it.
Yeah, it feels like,
1:"Hey man, you know what would've been awseome? Nintendo and Valve made an exclusive game"
2: "Oh God! Yeah! ... and what if it was a Half Life game too?!"
1: "Awesome."
note: I don't believe this rumor, but I'm not willing to say that these guys made it up for clicks. Maybe they just heard some crazy-talk from elsewhere.
Also: Am I that out of the loop and not paying attention? "Half-Life Tactics is a game you've probably heard someone speak of because the rumors of the game have been tossed around the community for years." Man, I need to pay more attention I guess.
Ok, does anyone seriously think that Valve would make a game exclusively for a platform that's not their own?
