Thread: Valve co-opts L4D2 boycott by giving leaders free trip to HQ

quote: Originally posted by nicknomo: So, they ended up finishing the very short game they made and they are charging you 8$ (xbox 360) to get another 30 minute map? Nope. Microsoft charges that, not Valve. Aren't you glad you do all your gaming on an XBox?

quote: Originally posted by Teej: And yet Value released Half Life 2. ...developed using profits from the massive sales of HL1, which were in no small part due to Counterstrike. HL2 then went on to become highly successful in its own right, and, in fairness, included a good couple of worthwhile freebies - like CS:Source in the box. quote: Originally posted by albeec13: You do realize that everything you said is completely contradictory to...

quote: Originally posted by Mortus: quote: If people knew there would be a second game coming out so soon, and knew that there probably wouldn't be much additional content, they might not have ever bought the game. Guess what? They are already about to release a new DLC campaign for L4D (for FREE no less (PC anyways)). They are working to make it so both games will run compatibly with each other, so that way any maps made by the...

quote: Originally posted by suryad: People playing with you online was a big part of the sucky experience because it did not seem like there was any sort of teamwork. If someone got caught well too bad for them. That's where the game can really shine for many. The trick is to get 3 of your real-life friends to play with you. Nothing worse than being in a Valve game with voice and listening to 12 yr old whiny kids or my worst game ever...

People keep comparing L4D/L4D to Half-Life 1/2. That's asinine. Why? Because L4D uses most of the same assets, codebase as the sequel. More amazingly, the sequel will ship BEFORE even the first year of L4D has been out. People have painted "boycotters" as idiots, called them vicious, attacked them, their families and whatnot, all the while ignoring a large mass of sheep bleating about how much Valve has worked on L4D 2....

It makes me angry when organizations that exist to sell products and make profits have the arrogance to produce and sell products in the hopes of making a profit. Oh wait...

quote: Originally posted by ChrisG: quote: Originally posted by albeec13: You do realize that everything you said is completely contradictory to itself, don't you? You do realise you've forgotten than the L4D sequel will not be compatible on-line (or presumably via mods) with the original title ? Why should they be required to make LD4 and its sequel compatible? Is HL content compatible with HL2? Does Madden '09 interoperate...

quote: Originally posted by StuckInaCube: I've always disliked the popular use of the phrase "sell-out". The folks at Blizzard are just regular (albeit talented) people. It's easy to shun them as sell-outs when nobody in their right mind turns down a pay-raise. If you want to blame someone among the Activision-Blizzard suits, blame the king of douchebagery, Bobby Kotick. That's true, "sell-out" is an...

quote: Originally posted by axell: Back when Mass Effect was released, it was said the game world would be populated with new and interesting side missions to keep the game alive while we wait for Mass Effect 2. Turns out we got exactly one real side mission, as well as an extremely lame cash in. Not exactly the amount of DLC I was hoping for. It's a shame Valve seems to have broken form with L4D. I'm hoping this isn't a...

quote: If people knew there would be a second game coming out so soon, and knew that there probably wouldn't be much additional content, they might not have ever bought the game. Guess what? They are already about to release a new DLC campaign for L4D (for FREE no less (PC anyways)). They are working to make it so both games will run compatibly with each other, so that way any maps made by the community for L4D will work for L4D2, and...