Portal 2 might be the last game Valve does that shows importance to single player after recent news of the studio considering switching the focus of their game development from solo to co-op and multiplayer focused games.
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"Portal 2 will probably be Valve's last game with an isolated single-player experience," Keighley wrote in ‘Final Hours’, "What this all means is something Newell is still trying to figure out." If this statement is to be taken at face value that means that Valve wants all of their games to support connected, multi-player gaming at all levels. This statement is according to Stephen Totilo over at Kotaku, who says he heard it from Geoff Keighley, who is working on a behind-the-scenes piece about Portal 2. Keighley says he heard it directly from Gabe Newell, Valve CEO himself and project manager Erik Johnson.
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This wouldn't be a new experience for Valve since their last few games have relied on a co-op or multiplayer experience for gameplay such as the Left 4 Dead series and Team Fortress 2.
Valve would also be joining other developers who have switched their previously solo-focused series into multiplayer series as is the case with Bioshock, Uncharted, Dead Space, and Resident Evil.
As well as catering to the current preference of the gaming industry and gamers who want multiplayer or co-op in every game even if it isn't needed (ex. Dead Space 2).
This decision isn't expected to impact Half-Life 2 Episode 3 due to the series being a solo-campaign series but Valve could pull a Capcom and make Alyx Vance a playable character and make the game heavy in co-op gameplay similar to Resident Evil 5 with Sheva.
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