Half-Life 3 would have ended without resolution

Half-Life 3 never happened, so the story of Gordon Freeman was never finished, but according to former Valve writer Marc Laidlaw (who recently spoke in an interview with Arcade Attack), Half-Life 3 (or even Half-Life 2: Episode 3) wouldn't have provided closure either. And why is that? Because there would have been even more Half-Life games, that's why.

According to Laidlaw he also has no idea if Half-Life 3 will ever be released, but even if it did go into active development, he would have no interest in going back to Valve.

"No idea," he said when asked if he'd like to work on another Half-Life game. "And I have no interest in going back. I had ideas for Episode 3. They were all supposed to take the series to a point where I could step away from it and leave it to the next generation. I had hoped for a reset between HL2 and HL3 that was as dramatic as the shift between HL1 and HL2. Unfortunately, I was not able to do that. But I never thought as far ahead as HL3, unless you were to say that HL3 and Episode 3 were the same thing."

"I will say that I expected every installment would end without resolution, forever and ever... My intention was that Ep3 would simply tie up the plot threads that were particular to HL2. But it would still end like HL1 and HL2, with Gordon in an indeterminate space, on hold, waiting for the next game to begin. So one cliffhanger after another."

Would you rather have another game, even if it came without a conclusion to Gordon Freeman's story?