They have all the talent, budget and time they would ever need. No amount of hype will ever detract from a good game. Hell even cyberpunk managed to stay afloat after a disastrous launch and will be remembered positively by people that played the patched versions. I don’t believe the hype thing either.
Hope to see another single player experience from Valve, doesn’t matter if it’s HL or something else, just don’t make it multiplayer focused.