What is the deal with Valve?

[daemonicky]

Valve seems to be disliked there, what is the deal with Valve?

[CocoT]

[daemonicky]

[revelator]

[avirox]

[frag.machine]

[Spike]

[behind_you]

[mh]

Nothing deeply against Valve themselves, but I do find HL-style gameplay intensely boring and have a dislike for the extent of the influence that has had on the FPS genre. behind_you nailed it with the licensing restrictions part as well (especially when it comes to tools) although that's not too big a deal as HL formats don't go nearly far enough in solving the worst problems of Q1 formats, and as a commercial entity they're perfectly entitled to protect their IP in this way if they so wish (they sure don't owe me anything).

Steam sucks but that's the business/distribution model they're using. No drama there, these things always come in cycles and sooner or later something different is going to take over the market.

Valve/HL fanbois can be shockingly dim sometimes, but that's true of fanbois all over the world. No big deal either.

So no, Valve are just a successful company who have hit a gameplay style and distribution model that is wildly successful but not to my personal taste. That's all just a bit "meh"; Guinness make a beer that's not to my personal taste either but I neither hate them nor feel the need to pursue an internet vendetta against them for it.

[Nahuel]

The best game of valve

[FrikaC]

Oh god the texture choices. *gouges out eyes*

[scar3crow]

[Error]

[dreadlorde]

What was the point of dmc? Quake still exists so...yeah. I don't get it.

[mankrip]