Valve Canceled Fairy RPG to Make Left 4 Dead

[The Great JT]

Fairy RPG turns into zombie apocalypse survival-horror FPS.

Truth is often stranger than fiction...

 

[demoman_chaos]

"Screw making something new, lets make a Half-Life zombie mod."

is what I am taking from this, but I hate Valve and how they forced Steam down my throat because I bought Empire Total War (the on-disc version).

 

[Misterian]

Going from girly fairies to a Zombie Apocalypse.

Looks to me like Valve was taking some seriousness pills, okay, maybe alot.

Still, sounds like a step at the right direction, I might get the game later myself.

 

[Ne1butme]

I find this story very strange. L4D was developed by Turtle Rock Software. Valve bought Turtle Rock about 7 months before L4D was released. So Valve (proper) was working on a fairy game then decided to buy Turtle Rock so they could continue to make L4D? Or was the fairy game started at Turtle Rock and then canceled for development of L4D, at which point Valve decided to buy them.


A lot of clarification is needed in this article.

 

[-Samurai-]

"'How could we make a game that was this bad? And how should we make a game ... Why are we doing this game which was kind of a'... it wasn't really an RPG... it was this action fantasy sort of role playing game that had no story."

So they instead opted for an action "infected" game with no story? What a huge difference.

At least they can laugh about it. Now if only more developers would actually look at what they're making.

 

[teqrevisited]

They made the right decision, but I can't help think of what an RPG made by Valve might turn out to be like.

 

[qbanknight]

Valve + Fairies = Left4Dead?

 

[HT_Black]

And that, children, is why dropping acid is a crime.

I'm taking this with a pinch of salt, though; I strongly dobt this 'fairy RPG' was an actual thing at any point other than today.

I find this story very strange. L4D was developed by Turtle Rock Software. Valve bought Turtle Rock about 7 months before L4D was released. So Valve (proper) was working on a fairy game then decided to buy Turtle Rock so they could continue to make L4D? Or was the fairy game started at Turtle Rock and then canceled for development of L4D, at which point Valve decided to buy them.


A lot of clarification is needed in this article.

Doug Lombardi: Hey Gabe? I'm getting kind of bored with this fairy thing. It seems kind of...bad.
Gabe Newall: No sweat; I'll just use my mountain of money to buy a completely different company and work on whatever crap they're making.
DL: Right on! ...Hey, can it be about zombies?

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

i say good. they stuck to their strengths, and made l4d 1 and 2 and are both awesome.

no offense but i dont know if valve has the staff or right mind's to be making an rpg..

 

[Weaver]

Man, I kind of want them to make a fairy game.

 

[Nouw]

Thank god for that change.

 

[Jaeriko]

I would have played the fairy game.

Or better yet....FAIRY L4D!

Everyone, get to the modding!

 

[RowdyRodimus]

They should have made it. It could have been the 2nd game I like from Valve.

QFT

Lord knows what would happen to the time space continuim if Valve made a game that wasn't a shooter of some kind.

 

[Pumpkin_Eater]

If Valve gifts this to the masses on Steam like they did with Alien Swarm I'll buy Left 4 Dead 2. What do you say, Gabe, we have a deal?

 

[ark123]

Well wait you guys, it might not be as gay as it sounds



...though I don't see how

 

[righthead]

Wow Valve! You made the right decision.

*imagines a Valve game where you play as Navi*

[HEADING=2]The horror![/HEADING]

Imagine getting a "Hey, listen!" every time you get poked on facebook.

[HEADING=2]The... horror![/HEADING]

 

[InnerRebellion]

I wonder if Valve hid any remnants of this game in Left 4 Dead just for giggles...

They probably do, they are probably so obvious that we haven't noticed them.

OT: I...uh...what? What is this? I have no actual thoughts on this.

 

[the lapalminator]

thank fucking god, with the bie-***** mania and what not im glad to see that someone in this world has good sense

 

[the lapalminator]

Remove the Fairy Part...and try and roll with that...

a Valve RPG?

"action fantasy sort of role playing game" This could be useful potential...

or how about a valve sports game of some kind that compiles all of valves best charachters, something like a mario golf only like a valve softball game

 

[The Hairminator]

What? I don't even...
Seriously, where did that come from?
Also,

Spoiler: true blood spoiler

To quote its protagonist, "I'm a fairy? how... dull..."
Yeah, this game is like having fairies in a Vampire novel. Except it prolly would've been terrible.

That's the exact point when I turned it off, and decided to watch something not as shit. Seriously, I had followed it to that point. Unfortunately, she was spot on. Fucking fairies.