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> They'd rather HL3 be an urban legend than a disappointment. That's better for their image as experts in their craft Sorry but I doubt they're even thinking a

> They'd rather HL3 be an urban legend than a disappointment. That's better for their image as experts in their craft Sorry but I doubt they're even thinking about it that hard, at this point this post nails it [0], Valve just doesn't care about making any sort of experience that isn't maximum profit for minimum effort and isn't based around a in game item economy. It certainly isn't out of worry that they'll disappoint their fans with a dated gametype. They look at Portal 2, a beloved game as a huge waste of their time. They're not a company that makes money from art, gameplay and storytelling anymore they make money from virtual items. But don't be sad, plenty of companies still care about telling single player stories in videogames: Nintendo, Guerrilla, Rockstar, Kojima Prod, Naughty Dog, Sony Japan Studio etc The concept isn't as dead as Valve believes it is. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20099167 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20099167

Unknoob 7y ago
> Rockstar > still care about telling single player stories in videogames Yeah, no. They released GTA V simply to use it as a platform for their microtransactions. They knew releasing an online-only game would not work. This is why COD still has a half-assed campaign mode attached to it. This is why Fallout 76 failed miserably.
- whywhywhywhy 7y ago
  Ok I don’t play gta:o or rdr2:o but I bought both games full price. I’m sorry but to pretend for even a second that both those titles didn’t include expertly crafted 50-100 hour single player worlds and stories is being extremely disingenuous. Rockstar shipped twice what people are asking from valve, yes they tacked on online but they still shipped the single player experience many in this comment section are claiming they’d happily pay valve AAA prices for. The difference is rockstar manages to do both and just because you dislike one doesn’t mean they didn’t ship the other.

Unknoob 7y ago

> Rockstar > still care about telling single player stories in videogames Yeah, no. They released GTA V simply to use it as a platform for their microtransactions. They knew releasing an online-only game would not work. This is why COD still has a half-assed campaign mode attached to it. This is why Fallout 76 failed miserably.

whywhywhywhy 7y ago
Ok I don’t play gta:o or rdr2:o but I bought both games full price. I’m sorry but to pretend for even a second that both those titles didn’t include expertly crafted 50-100 hour single player worlds and stories is being extremely disingenuous. Rockstar shipped twice what people are asking from valve, yes they tacked on online but they still shipped the single player experience many in this comment section are claiming they’d happily pay valve AAA prices for. The difference is rockstar manages to do both and just because you dislike one doesn’t mean they didn’t ship the other.