ashecitism
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I mean TR was not very good even with kb&m, don't know how well that will translate to the SC.
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STEAM | February 2015 - Steam GOTY results still delayed
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I might have to watch that one, Hand of Fate looks very fun.
Depends on whether Rockstar wants to play ball. We either have something like the quality of Max Payne 3...or literally everything else. The optimistic side of me believes Rockstar has had a policy shift considering Max Payne 3 was their latest effort.
i'm holding out for a good sale on Far Cry 4 on Steam
but the UPlay is really a bother
Kurt Russell
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For some reason I'm almost certain that the port will be really good. I'm probably a fool, I know.
Isn't the port done by the Max Payne 3 team? If so, I have high hopes.
With GDC over the corner and Valve having a big presence and Gabe is going to be there -- who's going to grab him to ask and get question for the hard questions Valve largely ignored?
1. You emphasize on being open with fans and hold communication to be crucial. Do you believe there's any good reason to leave your fans hanging for 8 years regarding the next HL game? You haven't issued any official, head-on, no code-speak comment on the next HL installment for ages - how does that fly?
2. In the past you've said you don't want to talk about HL before you have something good to show because it will hurt the fans if you show a feature that doesn't make it to the final product or if you'll have to announce delays.
Isn't that too convenient a reason? If it's the best for fans then when not ask them? Run a survey on what development stage they would like to hear about your games and follow the results.
3. Any explanation or comments about the recent bad monetization practices in CS and Dota 2?
4. Will you still be making predominately SP games in 'traditional' fashion? You once stead the company's goal is to 'make players more productive'. What does that entail to regular SP projects?
5. Why is Steam's client and features development, especially in addressing to long-standing issues and requests, so slow? Why are you applying the same philosophy and structure of creative game making to day-by-day operations of the client and platform?
1. You emphasize on being open with fans and hold communication to be crucial. Do you believe there's any good reason to leave your fans hanging for 8 years regarding the next HL game? You haven't issued any official, head-on, no code-speak comment on the next HL installment for ages - how does that fly?
2. In the past you've said you don't want to talk about HL before you have something good to show because it will hurt the fans if you show a feature that doesn't make it to the final product or if you'll have to announce delays.
Isn't that too convenient a reason? If it's the best for fans then when not ask them? Run a survey on what development stage they would like to hear about your games and follow the results.
3. Any explanation or comments about the recent bad monetization practices in CS and Dota 2?
4. Will you still be making predominately SP games in 'traditional' fashion? You once stead the company's goal is to 'make players more productive'. What does that entail to regular SP projects?
5. Why is Steam's client and features development, especially in addressing to long-standing issues and requests, so slow? Why are you applying the same philosophy and structure of creative game making to day-by-day operations of the client and platform?
arts&crafts
Member
Ask him why they haven't reached out to JShackles (Enhanced Steam) to come work for Valve and implement his ideas into Steam
YianGaruga
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What do you think they'd even answer? Also I think the answers to those questions are kind of obvious.
Yeah, I'm glad I played Watch_Dogs much later on, and will probably be doing the same in case this is a weak port. Decent mods may take a while to appear so I'll be patient.
ashecitism
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Are we sure Gabe is even going to be there? 
Also, no one is going to ask them about those, when the only thing Valve will be talking about is Steam Machines, VR and glNext. Or when asked they're just goign to dodge them. Last year RPS tried to poke them about their communicative ways, and they gave answers that pissed people even more off. No use grilling them really :|
Also, no one is going to ask them about those, when the only thing Valve will be talking about is Steam Machines, VR and glNext. Or when asked they're just goign to dodge them. Last year RPS tried to poke them about their communicative ways, and they gave answers that pissed people even more off. No use grilling them really :|
Kurt Russell
Member
Yep, that's why I also have high hopes on it being good.
xBladeM6x
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I wish I had that level of optimism. Not to say it's misplaced, but my cynical ass is expecting it to run at 25 FPS at best, constant hitching and skipping, pop-in everywhere, crashes and glitches galore, no ability for modding, GTA Online to be essentially a hacker fest that is near unplayable just from a connection and stability perspective, and complete and total silence on the part of Rockstar when all of this is brought to their attention, thus leaving the game in an endless purgatory where it shall be remembered as the worst port of all time, and shame on the PC community for all of eternity.
Lol
abracadaver
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Do you have a link to Gabe's Steam profile?
I want to know what kind of games he plays and how much time he spends playing.
I want to know what kind of games he plays and how much time he spends playing.
derExperte
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Laaaaame deals. Too many repeats with the same old discounts while my wishlist is exploding.
derExperte can't die. So if you want to cheat, take me.
derExperte can't die. So if you want to cheat, take me.
YianGaruga
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Everybody is waiting for the big sales so they can get buried under everything else that is on sale
zombieshavebrains
I have not used cocaine
Woops misread.
Take me in. Please give me german nationality.
Make me a Sniper if you got one.
LurkerPrime
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Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I don't view these two as hard questions. I think the response should be "Go away and stop bothering me." I don't think fans are entitled to know what is and isn't being developed. I don't think Valve should be obligated to make Half-Life if they don't want to. I don't think these things are what people mean when they say "good communication". Good communication is keeping your customers informed about what they're paying for and what you expect them to pay for. If Valve was taking pre-orders for HL3 but not giving people information, people would have a right to be angry. Beyond that... like, it's not my business when Steven Spielberg is directing or whether Douglas Coupland is going to write a new book or if Brian May is writing any new songs. They don't owe me that, if they want to work in private, they can. If they want to work in public, they can. If they don't want to work at all, they can. I mean, yeah, I want them to work more, but I'm not going to cross the line from "I'd love it if he kept working" to "My past purchase of his products entitles me to pressure him on his future products".
These questions are more reasonable, because they are questions about products/services people are using on an ongoing basis, that they're contributing money to, and that they're impacted by. But I don't think you'll get answers, and I also feel like you already know the true answers: They as a company like experimenting with different monetization methods. They're widely lauded for the transition of TF2 to F2P. Dota 2 is generally well liked. They've continued to experiment, not every experiment is met with fan affirmation, and they take that stuff into account. It's pretty clear they want to see what people want to pay for, and what they don't. So the answer to "why'd you do this" is "we wanted to see what happened". And for the latter, it's because the company is obsessed with hiring genius mad scientists types and doesn't want to hire routine personnel taking care of putting out fires, daily maintenance. They don't want to compel employees to deal with things they don't want to deal with, so projects get worked on when employees are interested in working on them. The peer-review bonus structure further incentivizes doing work that impresses your fellow employees who are probably not all that concerned with minutiae that impact hardcore Steam users.
It feels like the point of the questions isn't to get answers or gain understanding, but rather to complain. Which is fine. But let's call a spade a spade. You want someone to tell Gabe he's doing it wrong. Many of us wouldn't disagree. I know I get exasperated when my Steam support tickets (which are largely well-specified bug reports) get ignored. But I'm not going to be less frustrated by Valve explaining their side. I know their side. It's a disagreement, not a misunderstanding.
Speaking of which, I have another bug report to file.
Visualante2
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my only German is fatigued. and a girl. which i don't believe you are.
i have a scout, and a sniper that will be ready for battle after my next mission
too bad i don't have psi units yet
any armor color wanted?
I completely agree with all of this. People need to learn that they aren't owed anything just for liking something, especially in regards to a Half-Life sequel. They haven't spoken up because they aren't ready and people just need to learn to digest that and move on.
Then please don't make me french at least.
well thats rude. prefered class and armor etc?
LurkerPrime
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Name me Sid Meier and I'll prove my psi powers.
DRM-free copies too, along with Steam keys.
I am fine with any class and armor. You can even make me the crap guy who get's the good stuff last.
Visualante2
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37.9GB download
Guess I'll enjoy about 2 hours of this Sunday afternoon...
Just saw on Twitter that RPS and PC Gamer are having a Dota 2 match tomorrow 2.30 UK time.
that would lock me out of achivements for this playthrough...
Baron_Calamity
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It updated right before the Battlefield Hardline beta so I imagine it had something to do with that.
abracadaver
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Resident Evil 5 got a 101MB update. Is this the Steamworks patch already? Is the DLC included now?
It's not a patch, just a few redists. You'll see achievements for the game in the client but they're not publicly available yet.
Edit: It looks like Capcom made a new main content depot for the Steamworks version, which means people are going to have to re-download the whole game once the patch goes live.
had to make you a scout, but it uses a rifle
derExperte
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Ikaruga. Why don't you believe me?
Do I get to jump in? I may not be it yet but with a name like this I can assure you a psy officer (hopefully)
Edit: Take it one step further - inform people of their class and and let them be the ones to chose which skills they get ;D
if it is Ikaruga it will be in the toppest of top tiers because that is how Humble rolls
MMBosstones86
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