01-31-2004, 05:46 PM
I have basically lost respect for valve for these reasons..
Steam (need I say more about this)
Not coming through on not just one release date but many (HL2, CS:CZ, TF2)
Waiting till AFTER the date passed when a game was suppose to be released and then saying its going to be delayed or not saying anything at all (anyone remember valve saying HL2 Holidays 2003)
No real press releases, just a few odds and ends e-mails to some sites (even thou some of those sites are pretty big)
The tech demo from what I heard was "fudged". They preprogramed the game to do certain things so it looked like it was a smart AI.
They keep saying "in just a few weeks" for different things but its been months for most of that stuff.
CS:CZ from what I have seen in screenshots is just a slightly upgraded half-life game engine. Graphics look a little better but thats and a few new items added in.
Steam (need I say more about this)
Not coming through on not just one release date but many (HL2, CS:CZ, TF2)
Waiting till AFTER the date passed when a game was suppose to be released and then saying its going to be delayed or not saying anything at all (anyone remember valve saying HL2 Holidays 2003)
No real press releases, just a few odds and ends e-mails to some sites (even thou some of those sites are pretty big)
The tech demo from what I heard was "fudged". They preprogramed the game to do certain things so it looked like it was a smart AI.
They keep saying "in just a few weeks" for different things but its been months for most of that stuff.
CS:CZ from what I have seen in screenshots is just a slightly upgraded half-life game engine. Graphics look a little better but thats and a few new items added in.