# HL2:Ep3 or HL3? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [December 19, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-ep3-or-hl3/1768 "2010-12-19T16:44:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![turre](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/turre/32/8_2.png) [@turre](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/turre)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-ep3-or-hl3/1768/1 "2010-12-19T16:44:19Z")
I haven’t seen any final information on the name but after all these years it surely can’t be just an ‘episode’. Yet I only see the game being called as an Episode 3 and never as HL3. Imo only Half-Life 3 would be a perfect name for the game. What do you guys think? ---
**Author:** ![execut4ble](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/execut4ble/32/14_2.png) [@execut4ble](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/execut4ble)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-ep3-or-hl3/1768/2 "2010-12-19T16:53:28Z")
I think its gonna be “Half-Life: Episode 3”. If it would be Half-Life 3, we would encounter completely different story, with new stuff. Half-Life 1 - Black Mesa Incident Half-Life 2 - Combine Invades Earth Half-Life 3 - Something new. (Maybe its about borealis? o.o) That’s why I think like that. ---
**Author:** ![TYPICAL](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@TYPICAL](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/TYPICAL)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-ep3-or-hl3/1768/3 "2010-12-19T17:11:09Z")
> Half-Life 1 - Black Mesa Incident Half-Life 2 - Combine Invades Earth Half-Life 3 - Something new. (Maybe its about borealis? o.o) This. ---
**Author:** ![turre](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/turre/32/8_2.png) [@turre](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/turre)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-ep3-or-hl3/1768/4 "2010-12-19T17:25:25Z")
Yeah that does sound sensible. My concerns would be people mistaking the ‘episode’ part of the name as a short-length episode, like the two previous games were. But I don’t know if that’s really probable. I don’t know if people generally would see big of a difference between HL:EP3 and HL3 other than that HL3 as a name is simpler and catchier. Anyway thanks, your comment had me really thinking there, HL:EP3 could just be the best name for it. ---
**Author:** ![TYPICAL](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@TYPICAL](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/TYPICAL)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-ep3-or-hl3/1768/5 "2010-12-19T20:24:42Z")
> My concerns would be people mistaking the 'episode' part of the name as a short-length episode, like the two previous games were. The only reason they’re short-length is because we’re playing them. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Centaurium](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/centaurium/32/206_2.png) [@Centaurium](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Centaurium)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-ep3-or-hl3/1768/6 "2010-12-19T22:38:24Z")
I’d be seriously disappointed with Valve if we did go to the Borealis in HL3, and if they did do an Episode 3. 4 years for a fucking 3 hour episode. C’mon valve. ---
**Author:** ![DaleLewill](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/bc79bd/32.png) [@DaleLewill](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/DaleLewill)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-ep3-or-hl3/1768/7 "2010-12-20T00:00:14Z")
Isn’t the trilogy of episodes meant to be Half-Life 3 sort of? Half-Life 1 - Black Mesa Incident Half-Life 2 - City 17 and the Citadel destruction (it’s HL2) Half-Life 3 - Episode 1, Episode 2 and Episode 3 (it’s not officially HL3 but the episodes have their own story-arch which isn’t part of HL2’s) Half-Life 3 - Something new (The official HL3, maybe the aftermath of the Borealis incident?) One of the two official concept-images that Valve has shown does have the sign Borealis on it so I think (and kind of hope) that Ep3 end with Borealis since that seems to be where the episodes have been taking us all along - it would be an logical and perfect end of the episodes story-arch. I still think, and hope, that a HL3 will be released after these episodes. The episodes were interesting, they’re an interesting concept so I understand why Valve went that route, but I would rather wait 4-6 years for an full game. This whole idea with episodes, especially the fact that they were supposed to be released faster, is turning out to be a huge joke when you consider the the lenght of the episodes. And if Ep3 is 3 hours long I will cry… just a little bit. ---
**Author:** ![Cameron\_D](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/cameron_d/32/251_2.png) [@Cameron\_D](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Cameron_D)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-ep3-or-hl3/1768/8 "2010-12-20T03:54:55Z")
Yeah, the episodes are supposed to make up HL3.