probably nothing major in terms of content.
Brad Muir joins Valve
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probably nothing major in terms of content.
Shuggananas
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Working on games, just not making new ones ?
CecilRousso
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Everything planned and announced is included. The game was pretty a complete game when launched in early access, and during the EA period they then focused much on bugfixes and balancing, and then also added extra features like relic weapons/armor visuals and hybrid clases.
Lactose_Intolerant
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Massive Chalice was a bad strategy game from what I played of it. Like the actual gameplay part
Interfectum
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This thread turned out exactly as predicted. Wow.
Shuggananas
Banned
valve engineers are only playing beer pong and eating pizza rolls all day long, no work involved
pretty feature complete from what I know. I didn't actually play it yet even tho I'm a backer. too many games. :| and yea, it's fine to wait for a sale.
SatelliteOfLove
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Big shining winning smile hat/mask/cards, plz.
Few days ago when he mentioned that he was moving to Seattle and staying in games, I jokingly tweeted to him that he should go work for Valve and finish HL3.
I'm only half kidding. Whether or not you like the games he has helmed, his unbounded enthusiasm would do wonders for every team he works on. Imagine if you talked to Brad during lunch and he was super pumped about a thing he saw/did in HL3, that shit is contagious and soon enough all of Valve would be working on HL3.
But he is probably going to work on VR stuff instead.
I'm only half kidding. Whether or not you like the games he has helmed, his unbounded enthusiasm would do wonders for every team he works on. Imagine if you talked to Brad during lunch and he was super pumped about a thing he saw/did in HL3, that shit is contagious and soon enough all of Valve would be working on HL3.
But he is probably going to work on VR stuff instead.
I like Valve, but the way games get made there is really weird. Almost everything they've ever released falls into at least one of these categories:
- Made by someone hired by Valve to grow their idea/mod into a full game
- Sequels
- Half-Life 1
a secret-boss
Banned
Brad just wants to be closer to DOTA
Shoemaker will be bugging him now
Shoemaker will be bugging him now
That's depressing :/
Shuggananas
Banned
How is working on a game you love depressing ?
Yeah, I hate it when people get the chance to work on games they enjoy. Don't these people realize they work for US?
jediyoshi
Member
I don't know if that's more or less weird than categorizing 'sequels' as some kind of oddity for developers.
spootime
Member
Saying "valve doesn't make games" is definitely hyperbole.
I can't say I've been impressed with them creatively over the past five or so years, however.
Definitely weird, seeing how HL2 was arguably just as revolutionary to the entire genre as HL1 was.
I can't say I've been impressed with them creatively over the past five or so years, however.
Definitely weird, seeing how HL2 was arguably just as revolutionary to the entire genre as HL1 was.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
For your metaphor to work he was a movie star in like, Guam and he's going to work for the biggest cinema in the world.
Interfectum
Member
Good thing they've announced and put out so many games to make those jokes obsolete since then.
Shuggananas
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Because adding content to existing games isn't as honoroable as putting out shiny new games ?
razgriz417
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Sad to see him leave Double Fine, but Valve just got a great get. GL Brad!
Interfectum
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Yeah because maintaining three massive online games, VR, controller and Steam Machines isn't enough. If they aren't working on Half-Life 3 they aren't doing anything.
TBH Dota 2 is barely a game. It's a port of a mod to another engine.
Interfectum
Member
Can you define what you think a game is?
Haha, what? One of the most technically complex games in all of games is now barely a game just because it makes a TONNE of money all while being F2P.
People have really, really weird opinions when they assume that DOTA is keeping them from HL3.
jediyoshi
Member
I'm not sure whether you're leaning more into being confused as to what mods are or what ports are. Or what games are.
An interactive software that is fun to play.
While around 50-75% of the complaining usually stems from posters who are dissatisfied with their lack of singleplayer output, I do imagine the current update rate (and the content of the updates) for their multiplayer service titles is adding notably to the disillusionment.
The bar for service games is pretty high these days.
I don't give a damn about Half Life 3, I've never finished a Half Life game. The controller and Steam Machines look to be a monumental waste of time and money though, and no, maintaining games absolutely does not count as releasing new games. Especially not when (at least with Dota) the last update to the game made it demonstrably worse for most users and the patches aren't nearly frequent enough to justify a company saying "But dota!"
VR looks fun though. Hopefully somebody actually makes games for it.
so Double Fine hasn't made a game in a decade?
Shuggananas
Banned
dave is ok
aztek is ok
jediyoshi
Member
That's no fun! Draw up some goal posts, how many updates a week should we be looking at here. I know you've got some magic numbers in mind.