valve only created one of the best selling and most influential games of all time in Half Life.
i think they deserve a little cred.
and still one of the most used game engines every of it times. so yeah what the hell has valve done ? well a lot.. not wanting to start a verbal fight. but valve are in my opion is one of the best game creators out there. half-life is still played and talk about nowadays and no i not on about any of the version on plague-station. its pc all the way !! but each to there own and such !!
Half-life! Is it a bench mark in games? Yes it is I wont deny that. Did they bring new stuff to the table with that game? Yes I wont deny that either.....however its regarded as a game that stands the test of time and thats just false. All its triumphs are in the tech dept,so fucking what?
Half-life came out in a time when there was a leap in tech with PC graphic cards. VALve took advantage of this and was the first to the table with nice visuals and great physics. But thats all it was though. I mean look at the story its ludicrous and the geek protagonist doesnt say a fucking word.How can you have a great story/narrative for your "great all around game" when the main dude dont open his mouth???? Its so lame......it was nothing but eye candy, at the time that is.
These games have all the pieces that make a game stand the test of time Grand thefts,God of wars,Metal Gears,Call of dookies,final fantasys...... Half life was nothing but a glorified tech demo.
As far as VALve goes,they straight up said that the Ps3 was too difficult to dev for and said they dont even have the resources so they're making new ip's (enter L4D) for the 360. Ok,well you make L4D with a dated as fuck Halflife engine and to make matters worse you do the same with L4D2?????
Maybe its not the Ps3 being a bitch or 360 being easy,its VALve being a not that great dev after all.