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[DMczaf]

After completing HL1 Source and HL2 over the last week, I gotta hand it to Valve. They make some AWESOME FPS/Adventure games. I just hope HL3 doesn't take 6 years to complete :\

*dry humps Valve logo*

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

what did they do beside half life ?

 

[Wellington]

what did they do beside half life ?

Counterstrike Source port?

 

[Ironclad]

what did they do beside half life ?

Nothing, but when it's Half-life, you don't need anything else. Valve did revolutionize the way games are created though. They split up their development team, and delegated a major task to each one, shortening the development time, and making for a better game overall. Funny thing is, that the actual Half-life was horrible, so they went back and redid with this new development style, and gave us a much better game in 1998.

 

[BlueLegs]

what did they do beside half life ?

Who cares! :lol

I'll always appreciate Valve. They've made 2 of my favourite games ever and they don't give a damn if they have to delay a game a year (or more) to make sure it's quality, they just do it and push it out when it's done.

 

[boredJonathan]

They split up their development team, and delegated a major task to each one, shortening the development time, and making for a better game overall.

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[Azih]

WHERE THE HELL IS TEAM FORTRESS 2!?

 

[bobbyconover]

shortening the development time

what.

 

[DMczaf]

WHERE THE HELL IS TEAM FORTRESS 2!?

Down there. Go get it.

 

[Ironclad]

Well, I never said it shortened it significantly. By creating smaller teams within the larger team, they kept people from getting confused. It's not going to knock a year off of the dev. time, but it doesn't hurt either.

 

[shpankey]

is it just me or does playing hl2 make you sick to your stomach? weird.

 

[Nerevar]

is it just me or does playing hl2 make you sick to your stomach? weird.

uhhh, I think that's just you.

And I agree, Valve is great. I think if more game studios were able to follow their formula - small groups of people and an incredibly large bankroll (Gabe was a former MS employee) so no worries about publishers - our games would be of much higher quality.