Except "legally" buy crack and kill hookers.DVS BSTrD said:Working at Valve is being in New York, there is nothing you can't do
But fear not! That new legislation is all but assured to go through.
Except "legally" buy crack and kill hookers.DVS BSTrD said:Working at Valve is being in New York, there is nothing you can't do
Actually Valve did develop Dota 2, they hired IceFrog as the lead designer. IceFrog is also not the guy who made the original DotA. That was Eul. IceFrog is just the one who took over from Steve Freak and now has been working on DotA: Allstars the longest.Andrewtheeviscerator said:Dota 2 isn't developed by Valve its published, all Valve did was buy out the guy who made the original Dota.
Sure, it's not like it plays differently than CS and CS:S or anything. Or that it has multiple new weapons, levels and game modes. Nah, perish the thought.Andrewtheeviscerator said:CS:GO was just a HD upgrade so I would hardly call that a new game,
No, it is developed by Valve. Unless you think one guy ported the game to the Source engine, created all of the art assets, designed and play tested the game alone, etc. I'm not sure you could sound like you knew less about what you're talking about if you tried.and Dota 2 isn't developed by Valve its published, all Valve did was buy out the guy who made the original Dota.
I trusted EA no to fuck me over back in the day. They still haven't screwed me personally but I've heard loads of stories from everybody else(plus the usual stories of incompetent marketing).Evil Smurf said:I trust Valve not to fuck me over. They had not failed me yet, why would they now?
It has 3 and a half new weapons and 2 new grenades, one of the weapons is actually useful and the grenades are also quite neat.Vivi22 said:Sure, it's not like it plays differently than CS and CS:S or anything. Or that it has multiple new weapons, levels and game modes. Nah, perish the thought.Andrewtheeviscerator said:CS:GO was just a HD upgrade so I would hardly call that a new game,
Easy. It's not "anti-competitive" because it doesn't bar the developer from releasing the game on other platforms or other services. The Steam version of Skyrim having Steamworks integration doesn't negate the possibility of the game making it's way to, say, the XBox, Playstation, or even the MAC. And, as you can plainly see, it is already present on those platforms. Well, two of them anyway.kiri2tsubasa said:While they may not be strong arming the dev/publishers, they are indirectly strong arming the consumers. When the Steamworks DRM goes into a game, that is free to the devs/publishers, the consumer has no option but to use it. As far as I am concerned that is fairly anti-competitive because if a game has it you have to use it. For example, as far as I know their is no version of Skyrim without it, as such get it in retail, you have to use steam, no ifs ands or buts. How can that not be seen as anti competitive for the consumers?Vigormortis said:Snip
Except they're publicly owned (except for Activision and Valve) and have to answer to shareholders. Activisions CEO has never played a game in his life and treats Activision as if it were a car making company.MrFalconfly said:I trusted EA no to fuck me over back in the day. They still haven't screwed me personally but I've heard loads of stories from everybody else(plus the usual stories of incompetent marketing).Evil Smurf said:I trust Valve not to fuck me over. They had not failed me yet, why would they now?
Point is Valve is a company just like EA, Activision or Ubisoft.
That was Bethesda's choice. Valve had little to do with it. It's kind of hard to strongarm anything when you're not moving your arms, you know?kiri2tsubasa said:While they may not be strong arming the dev/publishers, they are indirectly strong arming the consumers. When the Steamworks DRM goes into a game, that is free to the devs/publishers, the consumer has no option but to use it. As far as I am concerned that is fairly anti-competitive because if a game has it you have to use it. For example, as far as I know their is no version of Skyrim without it, as such get it in retail, you have to use steam, no ifs ands or buts. How can that not be seen as anti competitive for the consumers?Vigormortis said:Snip