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Originally Posted by Requiem alright guy. that you think valve isn't a good company speaks loads about your knowledge. half-life 2 wasn't a good game? get the fuck out of here. half-life, half-life 2, portal 1 + 2, Left 4 Dead 1 + 2, Counter-strike, Day of Defeat, the original Team Fortress.. there's a reason it takes them so long between sequels. because they're not like activision, turning out new products every other year for profit. they put out -quality-. Valve is a classic company that stayed true to their roots and innovates through their technology and ideas. If you think Valve aren't that great of a company, then I'd LOVE to know what your idea of a GOOD company is. They must be paragons of the industry. if your pc sucked too much to run it, then whatever that's your own fault too.. but half-life 2 was fantastic, from both a gameplay and a technological standpoint. and ESPECIALLY from a sequel standpoint. there is a reason it has won some -39- game of the year awards. i'd love to hear your reasoning if i didn't know it was going to be a bunch of self righteous made up bullshit in order to make yourself SOUND like you have some semblance of a clue what you're talking about. and you mean TF2, the game which is now free2play? yeah that game, which has seen well over 100 patches since its creation, compared to more popular games like call of duty which see maybe 2 patches through their lives before the next crap game is churned out. patches which not only fix it, but also add countless new content for players to enjoy without having to purchase pointless expansions? your comparison is a bit backwards.. they're not forcing you to pay anything to play it. they didn't take anything away from the players who bought the game. nor did they start charging for anything you can't get by playing the game. anything you can buy in the store can be crafted, gotten in a drop, or traded for anyways so there are no unfair items in the store. so what's the point of your comparison? another 'game you dont like' so you think you can make things up in your head to give you a reason not to like it?

LOL

If it has 100 GOTY awards, it must be great!

Nah, I didnt like it. I loved Half Life 1, but 2 was annoying. You didnt have the same freedoms you had in 1. The game enviroment was extremely boring. Most of all, Alyx was probably the most annoying sidekick/character in any game I played. Worse than Superfly Johnson (I cant leave without my buddy superfly!). Granted, I didnt finish it...because I got sick of Alyx and the boring maps, and maybe it got better later in the game...but it's a FAR FAR worse game than Half Life 1. But, Deus Ex 1 is a better game than both of them . Half Life is vastly overrated imo.


My PC wasnt "too crappy" to run it. I dont understand why you think that if a person doesnt like a game/service, it must mean that their PC is not good enough to run it. As if thats the only reason someone could dislike a game.

The point stands that in my opinion, the movement to all digital games is a step in the wrong direction. Valve has FORCED people to use their service. If Valve was truly as "great" of a company as everyone claims, they would've allowed people to bypass Steam if they bought the game at retail. But then again, you will probably have a reason why its a great move, hell, Valve could start killing people and its fanboys will praise it as "a great approach to murder!!!".

Its "cool" and "trendy" to like Valve and hate on EA and Activision. I've never had a problem with an EA or Activision game, so I really dont understand this. Its not a matter of the items giving you advantage in TF2 or not, its a matter of Valve experimenting whether they can charge for things in game and I think it will lead to people who pay more having advantages in the future. I could be wrong...but if they can make money of it, you can bet your ass they will. People treat Valve like some sort of saint, when really, they're just another corporation whose priority is their bottom line. And that's fine. But I dont like being forced to use their steam service and I have not liked the quality of their games since Half Life 1.

And Team Fortress wasnt even a valve game. It was a mod for Quake that Valve acquired and made into Team Fortress classic. Valve shouldn't get any credit for it. I loved the original TF and Classic for HL1 but hated the art style in TF2, so I never got into it.

Oh wait, I probably hated the art style of TF2 because my computer suxxorz!