Half-Life 3

How can I not? This was, in fact, one of the first things I typed into Dall-E mini because I’m a giant nerd. And to be honest its alternate-timeline take on Half-Life 3, isn’t far off at all.

This reminds me of Half-Life 1 wayyy more than Half-Life 2, which is actually kind of cool. Half-Life 2 is a remarkable game for many, many reasons. But it was distinct enough from its predecessor to make something like the incredible Half-Life remake Black Mesa not only attractive, but desired. The weapon sandboxes were vastly different, not to mention the environments.

Half-Life 2 seemed more interested in larger environments and big sci-fi dystopian vistas and setpieces. Awesome as that was—The Citadel is up there with the Death Star for me in terms of imposing villainous lairs—I would love a hypothetical Half-Life 3 to return to tighter environments, veritable sci-fi-lab-dungeon-crawls with cool weapons and a crowbar.

Also, the images suggest maybe we wouldn’t play as Gordon Freeman…perhaps Alyx? Swapping out the protagonist would let us get a look at our crowbar-wielding hero and finally give him some personality for a change. Besides, it’s not like switching protagonists in a video game ever upset anyone.