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Valve: 'It would be fun to remake Half-Life 1'
Posted: 16.03.2011 07:26 by JonahFalcon Comments: 5
Gabe Newell has started hinting around that it would be "fun" to remake the original Half-Life in HD.

During Episode 48 of the Steamcast podcast, Newell replied to a question that if there were a remake of the game from 1998, if the cut content would be restored, "No, I think we'd just invent new stuff. I mean, I think we're much better game designers and developers than we were back then. It'd be fun to go back and do a remake."

Newell then clarified that Valve doesn't like to delve into their own past, "There's an unlimited amount of opportunities. I think that we would try and move forward. You know, it's fun to think about that stuff but almost always you're better moving forward than you are looking back."

Newell's coworker Erik Johnson said: "It makes me laughs just thinking about this.... (if we made a remake) the Stukabat still wouldn't make it (in)".

Looks like we'll have to patiently wait for Black Mesa Source to finally be completed, instead.
Source: CVG
Related games: Half-life (PC)

Comments

By djole381 (SI Elite) on Mar 16, 2011
djole381
They'd better do a reboot of the entire series instead of HD remake. As for Black Mesa Source, I doubt that it's ever going to be released.
By SwiftFire87 (SI Veteran Member) on Mar 16, 2011
SwiftFire87
Black Mesa is coming along at a great pace if you ask me. It will be complete in a couple of years maybe earlier. No need for a remake.
By FoolWolf (SI Elite) on Mar 18, 2011
FoolWolf
I recently finished Halflife Source - I picked it up to finish Halflife which I never actually finished all those years back - and while it is a good game - I would rather see a remake of original Quake...
By djole381 (SI Elite) on Mar 18, 2011
djole381
@FoolWolf
The first Quake? I dunno, IMO it would be better to do a remake of Quake 2.
By FoolWolf (SI Elite) on Mar 19, 2011
FoolWolf
While Quake 2 was a better game - the setting of the first Quake, the music everything- is still one of the top notch experiences I have had in any FPS. The grotto environment and the Chtulu themed aliens were much more compelling and dark then the Strogg thing that came later on. The Deatkknights, trolls, ogres and zombies and dark levels and then the castles - while totally out there - they were great IMO. The design and levels are still really great and I have had so much fun with the grenade launcher in multiplayer in that game - oh and there is still only 1 Super nailgun with the NiN logo on the ammo crates - Respect! :D
Quake 4 was to me something I want to forget quickly - it didn't deliver anything fun - not even MP was that much fun. No - a revival of old Quake - that would have been something - or why not the last Episode of Halflife 2 eh? Would be about time now before you have to make a new graphics engine....