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All the new hype about a possible HL3 coming soon™ are more than likely a sequel to Alyx, considering it also coincides with leaks, trademarks and other info about an incoming new VR setup from Valve and/or a new Steam Deck.
It could be a straight up new VR game, or, hell, it could be doing something to show off a new idea in the handheld space now that I am really thinking about it. Maybe the new Steam Deck will have gnarly new gyroscopic motion tech or something they wanna show off.
They’ve been pretty adamant about not making a sequel for the sake of a sequel; if they have nothing they think is super cool to show off, they’re not doing it. So the likely true rumors about them doing something is still exciting to me, even if it’s not HL3 itself.
The Sims 4 (or 3, I forget) strove to reach the dream version of this: You buy a cheap property in a fully open world and ‘functioning’ town and you could walk from your front door to the town center, and the neighbour you see may also drive to town and you’ll see them there
That was 3. 3 also has the best customization system where you can make custom patterns for literally every object in the game, so you never had to live with mismatching furniture if you didn’t want to.
It’s the arcade-ified evolution of System Shock, IMO.
It has a lot of the same mechanics and ideas; but it’s all an inch deep instead of having any real depth.
As an RPG hybrid, it kinda sucks. As a straight up FPS, with action as the primary feature, compared to the contemporaries at the time is pretty good. Similar to how Fallout 4 sucks ass as an actual RPG, but is a pretty great FPS.
I just started it up yesterday, and went to bed right after their big fight. So it does sound like that was supposed to happen. Now I wonder if I could have avoided being arrested. Like I have failed every single speech check the game has given me, and I know at least 2 things could have been way different than it ended up going because of those failures. lol
I started up The Sinking City after looking through my PS5 purchases. I bought it months ago and totally forgot about it.
Unfortunately, I do recall there being issues with the publisher and something about sales of this game being basically a “fuck you” to the talent who made it (which I only heard about after buying it).
The game itself is pretty dope. I love the detective work you actually have to put in; especially if you turn the detective difficulty up so it’s not hinting at how and when to use things. Really great CoC tabletop conversion. Just be sure to support the actual devs if you decide to find it!
If those people could read, developers could save so much money by not having the games fully voiced.