Half Life 2 is one of my favorite videogames ever made. Definitely my favourite shooter, and game in first person perspective. The Orange Box might be the best compilation of games ever released, I LOVED Portal and Episodes 1 & 2.
But it's been 15 years.
I can't care anymore, since Valve themselves haven't cared for the past 15 years. Not finishing Episode 3 felt disrespectful to the fans that came to love that series. Them going to Half Life 3 should normally feel even worse, but it's been 15 years. It doesn't feel like anything.
It is kind of sad seeing all the "mind blowing" reactions here, because there's a strong sense of arrested development to this whole thread. I'm not saying people shouldn't be excited, god forbid. You do you. But if you actually believe this news would "blow the internet" - that's what I actually find sad. Because it's been 15 years. The world has moved on. But you clearly haven't.