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Re: New Valve game... and no, it's not Half-Life 3

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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 13:35 this Friday (GMT):
> On Fri, 24 May 2024 00:20:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>
>>Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 16:39 this Sunday (GMT):
>>> On Sat, 18 May 2024 20:50:01 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
>>><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>>>>Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 19:46 this Saturday (GMT):
>>>
>>>
>>>>> ** then again, after "Artifact" and "Aperture Desk Job" and even "Hunt
>>>>> Down the Freeman" (the latter wasn't /developed/ by Valve, but it was
>>>>> released under their authorization), I'm not so sure 'Valve polish'
>>>>> means that much anymore
>>>
>>>>Don't speak the name HDtF it's curseeeddddd!
>>>
>>> I think the worst thing about the Forbidden-Game-Whose-Name-Cannot-Be-
>>> Spoken is that it's a retail product. Had it been a mod, I think
>>> people would have been a lot more forgiving, but the fact that a) the
>>> developers were charging for it, and b) Valve had given the game their
>>> blessing doomed the game. It suggested a certain amount of quality
>>> that the devs just weren't capable of providing.
>>>
>>> Because (and I may go to video gaming hell for the following
>>> statement) The-Game-Of-Which-I-Speak-But-Will-Not-Name isn't actually
>>> as bad as all that. It's definitely not GOOD, but I've seen a lot
>>> worse. It's incredibly ambitious and even has moments where it is
>>> passable. If it had been a free mod, I'd have said, 'Good first
>>> effort'. 
>>>
>>> But it being semi-officially a canon part of the Half-Life franchise
>>> /and/ the dev's having the gall to charge for their mediocre efforts?
>>> Yeah, that makes me - and the game's audience as a whole - a lot less
>>> forgiving.
>>
>>
>>Wasn't it also $60?
>
> SteamDB shows it released at $24.99 USD. It's currently hovering at
> $10 USD. It's not (IMHO) worth either of those prices, but I certainly
> would have been pissed had I purchased the game at its highest price.
> It's occassionally dropped down to $1.49 USD, and at that price point
> I'd have been a lot more forgiving. I'd still not have considered it a
> good game, but there's a significant amount of content, so sure, why
> not toss the dev's a couple of bucks? 
>
> But above that price and I start expecting some sort of quality... and
> You-Know-Of-Which-Game-I-Speak-But-Cannot-Name does not provide that.


Yeah, that price was a bit high..
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New Valve game... and no, it's not Half-Life 3 Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-05-18 15:46 -0400
  Re: New Valve game... and no, it's not Half-Life 3 candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-05-18 20:50 +0000
    Re: New Valve game... and no, it's not Half-Life 3 Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-05-19 12:39 -0400
      Re: New Valve game... and no, it's not Half-Life 3 candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-05-24 00:20 +0000
        Re: New Valve game... and no, it's not Half-Life 3 Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-05-24 09:35 -0400
          Re: New Valve game... and no, it's not Half-Life 3 candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-05-24 17:35 +0000
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      Re: New Valve game... and no, it's not Half-Life 3 Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> - 2024-05-20 15:35 +0200
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