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Post by The Black Knight on May 3, 2008 12:55:14 GMT -5
i heard the 2nd one sucked You hear horribly wrong.  The second Half Life was wonderful, and a unique and original gem in the midst of the fetid see of monotone that is modern FPSs. It did so many incredible new things. Hell, the Gravity Gun alone is reason to pick it up. |
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Post by Deedlit on May 6, 2008 0:10:38 GMT -5
but it was so short!
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Post by The Black Knight on May 6, 2008 0:39:22 GMT -5
I think you might be thinking of Half-Life 2 episode 1 or Half Life 2 episode 2. If you are, they where meant to be short. Have you played Portal? It's only like 3 hours, but it is GREAT! |
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Post by yilduz on May 6, 2008 10:48:05 GMT -5
Do you suppose the Half Life games will progressively get a bit shorter with every release? |
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Post by Deedlit on May 6, 2008 19:10:47 GMT -5
lolz
p.s. i hate msn and trillian. i cant stay connected god damnit!
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Post by The Black Knight on May 7, 2008 0:10:56 GMT -5
Do you suppose the Half Life games will progressively get a bit shorter with every release? They may be getting shorter, but they're also getting cheaper. That's Valve's entire strategy. With Steam they hope to be able to A)Release shorter games, B)For a lower cost, C)More often. Now, they have A and B, it's C that is the trouble. Basically with their "Episodic" games, as well as others, the point is to, instead of having one big game released in say June for 60$, have 3 or so smaller games, each 1/3 of the big games total, first one released for 20$ in April, 2nd for 20$ in May, and 3rd for 20$ in June. |
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Post by yilduz on May 7, 2008 18:34:40 GMT -5
Do you suppose the Half Life games will progressively get a bit shorter with every release? They may be getting shorter, but they're also getting cheaper. That's Valve's entire strategy. With Steam they hope to be able to A)Release shorter games, B)For a lower cost, C)More often. Now, they have A and B, it's C that is the trouble. Basically with their "Episodic" games, as well as others, the point is to, instead of having one big game released in say June for 60$, have 3 or so smaller games, each 1/3 of the big games total, first one released for 20$ in April, 2nd for 20$ in May, and 3rd for 20$ in June. Okay, except I doubt they'll be released for $20. It'll probably be like $50. |
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Post by The Black Knight on May 7, 2008 20:19:44 GMT -5
They may be getting shorter, but they're also getting cheaper. That's Valve's entire strategy. With Steam they hope to be able to A)Release shorter games, B)For a lower cost, C)More often. Now, they have A and B, it's C that is the trouble. Basically with their "Episodic" games, as well as others, the point is to, instead of having one big game released in say June for 60$, have 3 or so smaller games, each 1/3 of the big games total, first one released for 20$ in April, 2nd for 20$ in May, and 3rd for 20$ in June. Okay, except I doubt they'll be released for $20. It'll probably be like $50. Really? Episodes 1&2 where only like 10-20 bucks a piece. Portal was cheap too. |
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Post by yilduz on May 7, 2008 22:01:17 GMT -5
Okay, except I doubt they'll be released for $20. It'll probably be like $50. Really? Episodes 1&2 where only like 10-20 bucks a piece. Portal was cheap too. Oh, wow. Well, I didn't really know what the prices were. I just figured it was a way for them to make more money on a product. |
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Post by The Black Knight on May 7, 2008 23:00:23 GMT -5
Really? Episodes 1&2 where only like 10-20 bucks a piece. Portal was cheap too. Oh, wow. Well, I didn't really know what the prices were. I just figured it was a way for them to make more money on a product. No. Valve may have a few faults, but they're not really that greedy. They're more idealistic, because they're still an independent and kind of contained company. Yeah, my friend bought the entire Orange Box (Halflife 2, HL2 Episodes 1&2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal) for like 50-60$. And he pre-ordered it. |
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The second Half Life was wonderful, and a unique and original gem in the midst of the fetid see of monotone that is modern FPSs. It did so many incredible new things. Hell, the Gravity Gun alone is reason to pick it up.
