In his recent interview with Seven Day Cooldown, Valve's Gabe Newell fielded a few questions dealing with Ricochet 2. And really, who out there isn't looking forward to a new Ricochet?
I know of approximately one person who might actually be interested in a Ricochet 2. In addition, in case you didn't quite pick up on it, his responses were a joke and maybe a bit tongue in cheek towards the expectations for Half-Life 3. There is no Ricochet 2.
I mean, they'd have to be jokes, right?
Right?
Oh God...
My final question and the question in the back of all your fans’ minds and everyone has been waiting to ask you for a long time: When can we expect the release of Ricochet 2?
Newell: In terms of Ricochet 2, we always have this problem that when we talk about things too far in advance, we end up changing our minds as we’re going through and developing stuff, so as we’re thinking through the giant story arc which is Ricochet 2, you might get to a point where you’re saying: ‘something is surprising us in a positive way’, and ‘something is surprising us in a negative way’, and - you know, we’d like to be super-transparent about the future of Ricochet 2. The problem is: we think that the twists and turns that we’re going through would probably drive people more crazy than just being silent about it, until we can be very crisp about what’s happening next.”
I have a quick follow-up on Ricochet 2, and whether or not – you were talking about the horizontal structure at Steam and Valve, the fact that people move from project to project – with Ricochet 2, have you had people moving off that project, and that’s kind of slowed down that development cycle?
Newell: Uhh, nope – everybody who is working on Ricochet 2 continues to work on Ricochet 2. (Newell laughs)
Newell: In terms of Ricochet 2, we always have this problem that when we talk about things too far in advance, we end up changing our minds as we’re going through and developing stuff, so as we’re thinking through the giant story arc which is Ricochet 2, you might get to a point where you’re saying: ‘something is surprising us in a positive way’, and ‘something is surprising us in a negative way’, and - you know, we’d like to be super-transparent about the future of Ricochet 2. The problem is: we think that the twists and turns that we’re going through would probably drive people more crazy than just being silent about it, until we can be very crisp about what’s happening next.”
I have a quick follow-up on Ricochet 2, and whether or not – you were talking about the horizontal structure at Steam and Valve, the fact that people move from project to project – with Ricochet 2, have you had people moving off that project, and that’s kind of slowed down that development cycle?
Newell: Uhh, nope – everybody who is working on Ricochet 2 continues to work on Ricochet 2. (Newell laughs)
I know of approximately one person who might actually be interested in a Ricochet 2. In addition, in case you didn't quite pick up on it, his responses were a joke and maybe a bit tongue in cheek towards the expectations for Half-Life 3. There is no Ricochet 2.
I mean, they'd have to be jokes, right?
Right?
Oh God...