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Valve's fake, rigged, waste of time Progress Quest troll Portal 2 ARG
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Is it really an ARG at this point anyway? It's not really a game anymore, at least nothing more than a waiting game. And there's nothing "alternate reality" about it. The goal has been listed on the glados@home page for four days. In an ARG you typically are achieving something outside the scope of whatever is being marketed. This is too direct to be considered an alternate reality.
mazeedibeedi
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Whoops my bad. I thought something might have happened.TheUsual said:
TouchMyBox
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Corky said:
You know I've got it good when I'm told I should be mad about getting a bunch of free content for a bunch of games I adore and then getting something else I want really bad a few hours ahead of schedule.
Kyaw said:Yeah even more since i gotta go to school tomorrow for English revision class during the Easter Holidays. So no Portal 2 until i get back home at about 2.30PM.
But Steven Wright is in the game, he is english. ENGLISH!
TouchMyBox said:
I envy your situation
Lasthope106
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Chris Murphy
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Forkball said:
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Wouldn't you say that ARG clue about the release date and time = a date and time on Friday would be a hint? Followed by preloading the game for everyone a week before the release date? Followed by a countdown timer to the date and time on Friday that matched what was in the ARG clue about the release date = that time?Zefah said:
Which was immediately followed, on Friday, by a big banner ad in the Steam store saying that people could help release the game early. They did not promise it on Friday, but surely you can see that the first 2-3 things at least HINT that a weekend release would be possible.
They didn't do it and I found it disappointing, and a disappointing potential end to the ARG. That's my opinion.
Prophet Steve
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I cannot get the Cheat Engine with Audiosurf running, I do exactly what the wiki says but the value automatically resets when I click back into Audiosurf. I haven't done a lot of Audiosurf before so getting these challanges the normal way will be very difficult for me, somebody any tips?
It was oddly paralleled with Street Fighter 4 actually. SSF4 was announced, and people were decrying the lack of a DLC-upgrade option, and Capcom used the same defense Valve did as a justification, and both did do good on their word after the second release. I can't say either significantly hurt the developers, but it was surprising from Valve. I was really surprised to hear Gabe say in an interview that he didn't see any backlash coming, from a guy who clearly has a brilliant mind for a number of areas, to not see that coming seems bizarre.TheExodu5 said:
Nappuccino
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TheExodu5 said:
Well... I haven't played the game yet, obviously, but it seems rather story dependent. Challenge rooms make more sense then full fledged extensions to the game.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Tricked nevertheless. I wouldve played these games regardless, but not this weekend. When they broke the 4th wall and blogged about it and posted it in steam, I was certain we'll get weekend release. When people said that potatoes are multipliers, I crammed my ass off to get them. When people said you can't idle, I played even more.TouchMyBox said:
I don't care about potato or achievements or TF2 hats. I just wanted to support this game cause I love verything Valve is doing about it, integration steam on PS3, giving free steam copy, custom maps for PS3/PC, Mac support and more.
These are the things that draw me to Valve and this piece of shit ARG is making me feel disappointed, yet I am and always will be optimistic about their moves.
Next time, don't state that these games will help release this early. I don't sense an early release. Remember, early release is not 5 minutes earlier. You can't give me the "ohhhh they didnt say how early *trollface*" bullshit cause valve is smarter than this.
Sadly, Valve lost a sale here for I was going to buy a PC copy and PS3 copy. Now I'm just sticking with PC copy and PS3 copy can wait (yes, I know about PS3 copy having PC copy. I preordered via Steam in hopes of getting it early).
EmCeeGramr
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I think that's a bit unfair. Valve are still one of the best at supporting their games. HL2 and Episode One got Steam achievements (and HL2 got HDR added to some maps). TF2 is the absolute king of post-release support, with the vast and overwhelming majority of its content being post-release. L4D1 still got support after L4D2's release, long after most companies would have cut it off. L4D2 got plenty of updates. Portal had the changed ending to lead up into Portal 2's announcement.TheExodu5 said:
Thinking that Portal 2 was going to get a "post-campaign story" but that the L4D2 situation means that Valve is now more likely to abandon post-release support is rather extreme.
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shuyin_ said:
I don't see them as the same at all.
The release date for Portal 2 has been set for Tuesday for quite some time now. It's not like Valve never had a release date and then suddenly came up with this ARG thing and said they won't release Portal 2 until it's been completed.
As far as I'm aware, EA didn't announce that they would release the trailer on X date, but then come up with the Facebook plan and say they would release the trailer early if they got 1 million likes. I didn't really pay attention to that situation, but didn't EA pretty much hold the trailer hostage unless they got 1 million likes?
How is that in any way similar to this? Portal 2 is coming out by the date that was promised, possible even a bit earlier. If you didn't do anything, you aren't worse off by this event in the slightest.
DangerousDave
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ZombieSupaStar said:
In that page. It's 19 out of 36. More than 50%.
Nappuccino
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EmCeeGramr said:
They also added a shit-ton of bugs (minor and major) to the game when doing so.
Nothing like having a mute alyx spawn in random hallways blocking the AI path.
Or having a second alyx spawn and run around without a gun while the first one looks at her silly.
edit: and I don't think any of the bugs have been patched yet, which is more the major issue.
TouchMyBox
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shagg_187 said:
I am a bit disappointed, but I think most of that stems from that fact that VALVe is dicking around with us while pirates are already finished playing the game.
Phantom Limbs
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UGH, this auxiliary power is still moving too slow.
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Baha said:
TheExodu5 said:
They hinted that it might get released early. The game is probably getting released early. What the hell is the matter?
Just because you seem to think that early in relation to Tuesday means "Friday or the weekend" doesn't mean that you have anyone but yourself to blame for feeling betrayed that your expectations were not met.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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All I can say is that I've participated in couple of ARG before, and they don't try to fuck you up by making you pay for something, optional or not, and they always ALWAYS reward you with either the product itself, an early access or something else.
I played The Dark Knight ARG and Nine Inch Nails ARG, and they are the ultimate guide on how it should be done.
I played The Dark Knight ARG and Nine Inch Nails ARG, and they are the ultimate guide on how it should be done.
EmCeeGramr said:
You're seeing things too black & white here.
I'm saying it makes me believe that post-launch content is not a certainty at this point. I still think they will support it, but those expectations have been curbed (a tad).
If Valve were to repeat the L4D yearly sequel bit, that would make me skeptical at that point to pick up many of their new games, since I would assume that an improved yearly iteration is in the pipeline anyways. Still, like I said, Valve has redeemed themselves by supporting L4D2 a lot, and I see it now only as an isolated incident.
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