Zelda Wii U’s Visual Style Draws Inspiration From Anime

the last assassins creed was horrific.

No matter how hard it tries, it’s unlikely that Valve can ever bottle the Half-Life 2 lightning in Half-Life 3. This, above all else, is why I suspect we haven’t heard a thing about a follow-up to the ongoing and increasingly-bleak adventures of Gordon Freeman. The short stories that followed, Episode 1 and Episode 2, gave us a deeper insight into what was going on in this universe, and where we were going within it. And then it stopped, abruptly, and incredibly, on a gut-punch of a cliffhanger.

Consider the pressure, not just to not deliver something with that title, but to impress the impossibly-excited audience that’s been aching for it for six years, since Episode 2 ended. Only now, 10 years after the original game’s launch, do I realize with some clarity the incredible weight of creating the sequel to Half-Life 2.

Valve’s seminal first-person shooter is 10 years old. It has an astonishing Metacritic average of 96. The developer didn’t celebrate the anniversary in any fashion. No Steam sale. No self-aggrandizing series of Tweets. It’s 10 years old, it’s $10, and it’s there if you missed it.

This speaks to how Valve has matured as a company. In 2004, everything about Valve hinged on Half-Life 2. The escalating excitement seemed to create a level of expectation that no amount of success could ever overcome. Half-Life 2 not only became the game to justify signing up for a still-struggling Steam, but it earned its hype by the time we heard “Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman.”

Things only got better from there. Alyx and Eli Vance presented a promising new perspective on human interaction in action games. Half-Life 2 conveyed and demanded empathy, not only for the Vances but for Dog, City 17, and the rising rebellion within it. Ravenholm was a place we weren’t supposed to visit. filled with things that should not be, and it shifted the tone drastically but believably, before introducing dozens — actual dozens — of phenomenal set pieces, story moments, action sequences, and character interactions.

This isn’t what Valve is anymore.

Despite Half-Life 2’s influence across nearly every shooter since its release — its DNA is ever-present in Call of Duty, Far Cry, and more — the one studio it’s failed to affect since then is Valve. Episode 1 and Episode 2 rounded out the story of City 17’s collapse, and put Freeman and Vance on a dangerous new path with that devastating narrative cliffhanger, but the Valve that continues to make games is not the same Valve that concluded Half-Life 2.

The running themes in Valve’s recent games — Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2 — are their business models, competitive focus, and growing emphasis on eSports. This isn’t to say Valve disregards story and single-player altogether. Portal and Portal 2 are Half-Life spin offs, complete with connected mysteries in the same universe, that proved this is a talented team of imaginative individuals who care about single-player games. But, in looking at Valve’s portfolio and focus, I don’t know where Half-Life fits anymore. As much as we’d all love to have it, Valve doesn’t need Half-Life 3; it doesn’t fit what the company clearly wants to do.

Expanding its digital marketplace remains a focus for Valve, notably by crowdsourcing/curating sellable items created by the community on Steam. Experiments with wearable tech, specifically virtual reality, remains a long-running R&D effort inside the studio’s walls. In recent years, Kim Swift and Clint Hocking, known for their excellent single-player experiences, left Valve for new things. Other higher-up employees left for Oculus. The advent of eSports, particularly with the success of the annual International tournament, and increased interest of CS:GO, point to a future where Half-Life doesn’t belong.

Yet, I have no doubt in my mind that Valve is working on a new Half-Life, something that carries the jaw-dropping final moments of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 into the world of Portal, in surprising, creative new ways. Faith tells me that Half-Life 3, whatever it is, will make important strides for FPSs. It wouldn’t surprise me to wake up a day, a week, a year from now to find it suddenly and unexpectedly available to purchase on Steam. Surprise: It’s here, and it’s done, and it’s yours.

I believe this because of who the new Valve is, because of what its digital, multiplayer, and eSports initiatives tell us about what it believes in. The skyrocketing rise of Dota 2, the growth of Counter-Strike: GO, and the continued success of Team Fortress 2 prove that, in adapting to what its community desires, Valve will improve — often in ways that benefit its business and its players. In the 10 years since Half-Life 2 mesmerized us, it’s become clear that this is a company within which single-player games don’t really make sense — but doing what’s absolutely right for the community does

“6 games / 2 = 3… OMG!!! Half Life 3 is comfirmed!”
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Don’t forget that it’s a Zelda game. Like as awesome as the Witcher is, it’s low fantasy, which means theirs pretty much nothing redeeming about any of the characters. Everything’s so dark. Zelda has that fantastical glimmer and that’s one of the reasons that it’s so prominent after more than 25 years

And you thought I was worse type of fanboy. lol You haven’t seen jack shit yet. Originalbloodace, Anubis and even Aelous is much worse.

The gameplay is excellent. Smooth and really fun, although there are some awkward moments where the controls get clunky

You know how stupid you sound, right? It’s obviously backed up with great gameplay, but too bad you never got to play it seeing as to how you were ignorant enough to say that ;)

Naughty Dog is also the highest rated developer of all time, according to GWS.

Wait a second… Did you just say they made Spyro? LOLOLOL, you just made a complete fool of yourself. Says enough about how much you know about ND

Insomniac made Spyro and Crash Bandicoot, not Naughty Dog…

It’s still pretty sad though :p

JAGUARS CORE ARE FAR WEAKER THAN EXPRESSO CPU FACT

I beg to differ

iPhone 6: $199 (16gb), $299 (32gb), $399 (128gb)
Wii U: $299 (32gb)

As usual, Apple provides the most value for your money and will continue to make the best smartphones on the planet

I wasn’t even agreeing with that guy, I was simply saying that Wii U’s hardware is a complete joke.

Power DOES equal quality. You can trust make a console that has shitty specs and expect software development to take a hit. You know how Bayonetta 2 managed to look so good and have so much content? The developers had to work really hard for it to run well on Wii U. There are reasons why third party developers don’t develop on Wii U. It takes TONS of resources, cutting corners and figuring out how to stuff so much stuff into weak hardware and into 8gb AT MOST. I mean, this is ridiculous. The PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, and even the Xbox One has 500gb of storage. That’s huge, and it lets developers do whatever they want without wasting time constantly thinking about the damn storage space. It’s small things like that, and big things like CPU’s that do affect software in the long term. Games like GTA V will NEVER release on Wii U because it’s almost impossible. Hell, on last gen consoles they had to release a separate disk for the damn game. Example: Watch Dogs doesn’t run well because of Wii U’s CPU. Yes, you might argue that Ubisoft didn’t optimize it well for Wii U, which is true, but a game like this should have ran easily on 8th gen hardware. People have to cut corners to have it on Wii U, and THIS IS JUST THE FIRST 2 YEARS. I don’t know how Nintendo didn’t think of this when designing the console, but in the end all its gonna do is to make hell for developers, both first and third parties, to make their games for Wii U, and that WILL affect the resulting quality of the game.

But hey, I’m open for a discussion

Tldr: Power equals quality

The iPhone 6 has a 6 hour battery life, the Wii U GamePad has a 3.5 hour battery life lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD9PJeEO4tE

:P

Actually you have to make a separate account for Apple’s Game Center if I’m not wrong. So that’s not a valid reason

The userbase of the App Store is wonderful, with an astounding average of 17 apps per iOS device. We’re really proud of the numbers.

Standing up for such a shitty console, HAHAHAH!

P.S: No one is bashing you, they’re simply Providing facts and something magical known as logic

If realistic graphical games tried to go outer space with no equipment the game would look cheesy. I remember the game Big Wiily. I loved it because it wasn’aimed toward realistic visuals. So it could break the laws of nature. I loved the Zombie gun that changed people into zombies. Before you knew it, there would be a bunch of people changed to zombies by being touched by another Zombie. Also Big Willy never got damaged no matter how many times he got shot up. Yet a bullet prove vest will give eventually just like realistic graphical games.

if that’s true then why can a CoD dog fly across the map to kill someone?