The Valve and Steam Platform Discussion Thread

[Inec0rn]

Because the episodes were a mistake and not that memorable. This is a studio that can wait it out and release something groundbreaking, it doesn't even make financial sense for them to make a SP game. That was one thing I loved in the golden era of gaming, every studio had their own internal engines and each game showcased the advanced.

You guys asking for slop same copy paste engine releases are why ALL longstanding IP sucks these days, lotr, cod, star wars, Indiana Jones, ghost busters, startrek, ass creed, cod, Jurassic park etc.

It's okay to leave a good thing well alone until there's something really worth putting out there.. or even just don't put anything out there again if it's dog shit.

It's Witchers turn now too.

 

[Big_poppa_pump]

Because the episodes were a mistake and not that memorable. This is a studio that can wait it out and release something groundbreaking, it doesn't even make financial sense for them to make a SP game. That was one thing I loved in the golden era of gaming, every studio had their own internal engines and each game showcased the advanced.

You guys asking for slop same copy paste engine releases are why ALL longstanding IP sucks these days, lotr, cod, star wars, Indiana Jones, ghost busters, startrek, ass creed, cod, Jurassic park etc.

It's okay to leave a good thing well alone until there's something really worth putting out there.. or even just don't put anything out there again if it's dog shit.

It's Witchers turn now too.

Im sure Artifact and Deadlock are utterly groundbreaking to you seeing as how you are a AAA refugee trying to fit in

 

[Inec0rn]

Nah idgaf about those games nor much of anything AAA tbh. It was what Valves dota team wanted to work on.

 

[KVVRR]

Because the episodes were a mistake and not that memorable. This is a studio that can wait it out and release something groundbreaking, it doesn't even make financial sense for them to make a SP game.

You guys asking for slop releases are why ALL longstanding IP sucks these days, lotr, cod, star wars, Indiana Jones, ghost busters, startrek, ass creed, cod, Jurassic park etc.

It's okay to leave a good thing well alone until there's something really worth putting out there.. or even just don't put anything out there again if it's dog shit.

It's Witchers turn now too.

Again I don't see how asking them to finish the story is asking for slop releases and the decline of long standing IPs. Every single one of the movies and games you mention had their stories have a beginning and an end. I think at least. I haven't played a single COD or Asscreed game in my life.
HL2 didn't. You can say that the episodes weren't that memorable but when people think of HL3 nowadays they think of the stuff set up by the episodes rather than HL2 itself. They certainly don't think of the dumb tech demos that were the barrel puzzles.

At any rate I really question Valve is even able to put something as revolutionary as you or they would like for the industry nowadays -- Alyx only came to be because of VR after all. What'd be next for a mainline entry? Completely destructable enviroments, that ice gun? It's a fool's dream to chase after HL1's legacy like that again.
As for the story... I know they were never the real focus of these games but I just straight up don't think they can do something like the HL setting again. I think the last real thing they've produced that took itself as seriously as HL universewise (and even then you could see the characters becoming joke dispensers a bit) was L4D. They feel the need to cram jokes into every single thing even if it isn't funny or if it doesn't really fit. Portal 2 and it's consecuences...

 

[KVVRR]

It was what Valves dota team wanted to work on.

 

[Inec0rn]

Valve have already said they planned to always cliffhanger HL and never "finish" the story btw.

They are a company that pushes innovation . They just successfully mass sold Linux gaming to winbro gamers with steam deck and are likely about to launch an OS, and your right 18 month knocked out.VR hardware and arguably the best game for the platform.

I don't want a series of same same games in the same engine from Valve, the episodes were kind of disappointing for that reason. If you didn't grow up with 90s gaming I get it, every single game is unreal engine so you just more and more of the same.