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kane_magus) wrote2022-07-09 03:09 am
kane_magus) wrote2022-07-09 03:09 am
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"10 games we can't believe are still technically in development"
Of the games in this list, the ones I'd still be vaguely interested in now are Metroid Prime 4, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, Beyond Good & Evil 2, and Half-Life 2 Episode 3.[1]
Aside from those, the other only other one on the list that I've even heard of is Squadron 42.[2] And I've heard of and (briefly) played Dead Island[3], but never knew anything about a 2. Note how I'm not including either of those in the above list of "vaguely interested."
[1] - Or just Half-Life 3 at this point, I guess. I mean, I think the list is lying on that count, anyway, as I'm fairly sure I read in multiple places over the years that Valve has, at some point or another, explicitly said that, no, in fact, they're actually not working on Half-Life 2 Episode 3 or Half-Life 3 at this point. I could be wrong, of course. But, really, why would they be? They don't need to. Steam itself makes them more money than any of them will ever need. *eye roll*
[2] - And, apparently, Star Citizen itself requires AVX now, i.e. the same reason I cannot play Death Stranding. So, even if the fucking game ever did come out, I still can't play it. And, honestly, at this point, I don't even give much of a shit if I don't.
[3] - Steam says I played the non-Definitive edition of Dead Island (which doesn't even have a Steam page anymore) for (nb4 "nice") 69 minutes. And that's the sum and total of my experience with the Dead Island franchise, despite "owning" both the non- and Definitive Editions of both Dead Island and Riptide, so I have to say that if Dead Island 2 never comes out, I won't miss it at all. That article and this post here is probably the first time I've even thought about Dead Island at all, after those 69 ("nice" ...god I hate that fucking asinine meme) minutes were over and done with.
Aside from those, the other only other one on the list that I've even heard of is Squadron 42.[2] And I've heard of and (briefly) played Dead Island[3], but never knew anything about a 2. Note how I'm not including either of those in the above list of "vaguely interested."
[1] - Or just Half-Life 3 at this point, I guess. I mean, I think the list is lying on that count, anyway, as I'm fairly sure I read in multiple places over the years that Valve has, at some point or another, explicitly said that, no, in fact, they're actually not working on Half-Life 2 Episode 3 or Half-Life 3 at this point. I could be wrong, of course. But, really, why would they be? They don't need to. Steam itself makes them more money than any of them will ever need. *eye roll*
[2] - And, apparently, Star Citizen itself requires AVX now, i.e. the same reason I cannot play Death Stranding. So, even if the fucking game ever did come out, I still can't play it. And, honestly, at this point, I don't even give much of a shit if I don't.
[3] - Steam says I played the non-Definitive edition of Dead Island (which doesn't even have a Steam page anymore) for (nb4 "nice") 69 minutes. And that's the sum and total of my experience with the Dead Island franchise, despite "owning" both the non- and Definitive Editions of both Dead Island and Riptide, so I have to say that if Dead Island 2 never comes out, I won't miss it at all. That article and this post here is probably the first time I've even thought about Dead Island at all, after those 69 ("nice" ...god I hate that fucking asinine meme) minutes were over and done with.