Jun 24, 2011, 06:33 PM
Silly things?
They shelved the Half-Life episodes.
They bought the Left4Dead team and released the game without adding enough content to justify the cost. Instead of focusing on any updates or additional content, they churned out a clone for another $50 as fast as they could and divided the player base. L4D2 was just a copy with a few minor changes they could have added to the original... tried to say they couldn't update the old L4D to use new engine features or some shit.
Portal - $50 for a couple hours of game play.
Portal 2 - Portal 1, but with a friend!
Team Fortress 2 - Polycount set bonuses are fucking lame, but would be acceptable to me if they were available to every player. I won't spend a damned penny in the mann co store, so that puts me at a disadvantage because I don't play enough to get/craft the hats to complete a set. Now it's free to play and someone can pay a couple bucks to be premium. This is after they claimed to be against selling DLC and making it clear that Microsoft forced them to charge for it on XBox Live. Now they're milking the DLC-tits because making stupid fucking hats is more profitable than developing real content.
It's not just one or two "silly things". They've changed their entire strategy and goals. Less effort, more money. They're no longer making anything single player because they can't add in-game stores so people can show off all the stupid shit they paid for to their friends.
They shelved the Half-Life episodes.
They bought the Left4Dead team and released the game without adding enough content to justify the cost. Instead of focusing on any updates or additional content, they churned out a clone for another $50 as fast as they could and divided the player base. L4D2 was just a copy with a few minor changes they could have added to the original... tried to say they couldn't update the old L4D to use new engine features or some shit.
Portal - $50 for a couple hours of game play.
Portal 2 - Portal 1, but with a friend!
Team Fortress 2 - Polycount set bonuses are fucking lame, but would be acceptable to me if they were available to every player. I won't spend a damned penny in the mann co store, so that puts me at a disadvantage because I don't play enough to get/craft the hats to complete a set. Now it's free to play and someone can pay a couple bucks to be premium. This is after they claimed to be against selling DLC and making it clear that Microsoft forced them to charge for it on XBox Live. Now they're milking the DLC-tits because making stupid fucking hats is more profitable than developing real content.
It's not just one or two "silly things". They've changed their entire strategy and goals. Less effort, more money. They're no longer making anything single player because they can't add in-game stores so people can show off all the stupid shit they paid for to their friends.