Valve Boss: Let Fans Fund Games Development

GoldenRivet · 07-20-09, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

I can only imagine having an investment would react.

as can the developers.

companies bend over backwards to please their investors

perhaps the same would hold true here.

SteamWake · 07-20-09, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

as can the developers.

companies bend over backwards to please their investors

perhaps the same would hold true here.

Yea but in this case its a pretty tough crowd.

GoldenRivet · 07-20-09, 06:59 PM

You can make some of the people happy all the time

you can make all of the people happy some of the time

but you cant make ALL the people happy ALL the time

07-20-09, 07:16 PM

Valve doesn't make anything but linear storyline games and crappy FPSes, they don't deserve my money till they actually make a good game.

Biggles · 07-20-09, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Rilder

Valve doesn't make anything but linear storyline games and crappy FPSes, they don't deserve my money till they actually make a good game.

You clearly haven't played Team Fortress 2

SUBMAN1 · 07-20-09, 08:06 PM

I might buy into something like this if I get a vote in the way it is developed.

And BTW - I agree that Valve does make sucky games. HL2 for example. I had more fun with HL1, but as always, both titles you are stuck in the rat maze, overcoming obstacles, just like a rat. HL1 had the better story I think too.

-S

mookiemookie · 07-20-09, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Rilder

Valve doesn't make anything but linear storyline games and crappy FPSes, they don't deserve my money till they actually make a good game.

Portal????? The most innovative game to come along in YEARS? Plus the Half Life series? The franchise that defined and REDEFINED the FPS genre? SUBMAN, you think HL2 sucked? Good god, I thought you were insane to begin with, and now I understand there's no accounting for taste with that comment there. You may dislike the FPS genre, but there's no sane way to say HL2 wasn't a GREAT game in the FPS arena. Name anything better....actually, let me save you the trouble and say that any FPS you COULD name doesn't stack up to HL2 and you're wrong.

Good sir, I BEG to differ! Valve is one of the premier game companies out there!

SUBMAN1 · 07-20-09, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Portal????? The most innovative game to come along in YEARS? Plus the Half Life series? Good sir, I BEG to differ! Valve is one of the premier game companies out there!

Portal - well, that wasn't developed by Valve. It just used the Valve engine and was published through them for being so innovative.

As far as HL1 and 2 - if you like simple rat in a maze type games, well, there ya go - a match made in heaven. Personally, I like a to add a little intelligence to my FPS's - Op Flashpoint comes to mind.

-S

07-20-09, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Portal????? The most innovative game to come along in YEARS? Plus the Half Life series? The franchise that defined and REDEFINED the FPS genre? SUBMAN, you think HL2 sucked? Good god, I thought you were insane to begin with, and now I understand there's no accounting for taste with that comment there. You may dislike the FPS genre, but there's no sane way to say HL2 wasn't a GREAT game in the FPS arena. Name anything better....actually, let me save you the trouble and say that any FPS you COULD name doesn't stack up to HL2 and you're wrong.

Good sir, I BEG to differ! Valve is one of the premier game companies out there!

It doesn't matter how good it is if its linear, ruins the entire game.

Portal, also linear.

TF2 is just meh, WWIIOL is better, Battlefield heroes might not be better gameplay wise but its free so I'd rather play that. Americas army when I could play it was better but that was years ago.

Kazuaki Shimazaki II · 07-21-09, 01:22 AM

W/o debating the merits of the idea or individual games, one must wonder ... isn't that what we are de facto doing in a world of rampant file sharing? A game that isn't on a torrent somewhere probably isn't worth playing (or it has a copy protect so tight you hesitate to buy it because your legitimate copy might not run for some reason and you basically lose your shirt).

As far as getting games already made, there's almost no percentage in buying legal - cheap and free copies can be found on Google... The only percentage is to keep a worthy company alive, so it can make its next title w/o going bankrupt, or make it a bit better due to more operating funds. Thus, de facto, every time we buy a game these days, we not so much buying but investing, thanks to the reality today.

07-20-09, 06:59 PM	#3
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	You can make some of the people happy all the time you can make all of the people happy some of the time but you cant make ALL the people happy ALL the time __________________

07-20-09, 08:06 PM	#6
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I might buy into something like this if I get a vote in the way it is developed. And BTW - I agree that Valve does make sucky games. HL2 for example. I had more fun with HL1, but as always, both titles you are stuck in the rat maze, overcoming obstacles, just like a rat. HL1 had the better story I think too. -S __________________

07-20-09, 07:16 PM	#4
Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Valve doesn't make anything but linear storyline games and crappy FPSes, they don't deserve my money till they actually make a good game.

07-21-09, 01:22 AM	#10
Kazuaki Shimazaki II Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	W/o debating the merits of the idea or individual games, one must wonder ... isn't that what we are de facto doing in a world of rampant file sharing? A game that isn't on a torrent somewhere probably isn't worth playing (or it has a copy protect so tight you hesitate to buy it because your legitimate copy might not run for some reason and you basically lose your shirt). As far as getting games already made, there's almost no percentage in buying legal - cheap and free copies can be found on Google... The only percentage is to keep a worthy company alive, so it can make its next title w/o going bankrupt, or make it a bit better due to more operating funds. Thus, de facto, every time we buy a game these days, we not so much buying but investing, thanks to the reality today.