Short answer is that they are working on an in depth environment/physical properties simulation system (confirmed by data leaks). Things like temperatures, flash points, coating in liquids, friction, etc.
It’s hard to know exactly how they will all be used, but one can imagine all the interactions between ice, fire, oil, gasoline, wind, and whatever objects you find in the world.
HALF LIIIFE TREEE SHOW ME THE LAMBDA SHOW ME GORDON FREEMAN WHERE IS MY GMAN WITH UNCANNILY EXPRESSIVE CLOSE UP FACIAL ANIMATIONS
It would honestly surprise me if we ever get Half Life 3. I mean what could they revolutionise in the fps genre?
Short answer is that they are working on an in depth environment/physical properties simulation system (confirmed by data leaks). Things like temperatures, flash points, coating in liquids, friction, etc.
It’s hard to know exactly how they will all be used, but one can imagine all the interactions between ice, fire, oil, gasoline, wind, and whatever objects you find in the world.
I hope we will see the fruits of that labour, not that I could afford a pc to run the eventual game.
10 years. Just ten years more…and the answer will be “Fun” or “Quality” xD