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Valve: No Portal 2 this year
Author: Joe MartinPublished: 28th April 2008
Valve has said that there'll be no Portal 2 released in 2008 unfortunately.
Speaking to Eurogamer, Lombardi said that the Seattle-based developer wanted to do something new with the idea instead of just churning out more of the same right away.
"In typical Valve tradition, it won't be Portal with different colours," said Lombardi.
"I think that when you hit something like that, you have two choices: you can quickly replicate it and stick it out there - do the opportunistic thing and cash in on it - or you can do the crazy thing like we did after Half-Life was so successful and go off and try and say, 'Okay, that was revolutionary, so its successor has to be equally as revolutionary.'"
Lombardi then went on to point out that he knows people want more of the original game, but that Valve feels it would be boring to just remake the original straight away.
Lombardi described Portal as something of an experiment - one which definitely payed off judging by the critical acclaim that the game received. Lombardi did admit that the process of taking so long to make the right game could be painful though, pointing to Half-Life 2 as a perfect example. The sequel to the original Half-Life took six years and more than 40 million dollars to develop.
Do you think that Valve has got the right idea, or would you just prefer more of the same straight away? Let us know in the forums.
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Comments (20)
I look forward to another Portal game that explains how, why, where, etc.
There are plenty of 3rd party maps coming now, so I'd rather see a revolution rather than a respin.
episodic content for a game that was originally only 3 hours long? I think not. Certainly gonna piss off crowds who have to wait months for an hours worth of gameplay.
Plus there are plenty of people making new levels for portal all the time, at places like http://www.myaperturelabs.com/
Not quite sure what else you're getting at?
It'll be late? but then i think that statement could be made with or with out portal 2.... See valve time for more info. :D
Personally I love that Valve doesn't just churn out sequels. Every game gets a tremendous amount of thought and polish. Of coarse that means we get to wait for the next great game, but it makes it well worth it. It is sad that the episodic content didn't go to plan (one every 6 months), but I would rather them keep working on it till it is right, then release a half assed game.
I am eagerly awaiting Ep3. It is going to rock.
i hope not, as good as left4dead looks i want portal 2 and ep3 sooo much