>>> Jesus, for a company that released one fo the greatest games of all time Valve has nonetheless managed to make themselves look like fools repeatedly since.


That pretty much sums up my opinion of them...

I keep having flashbacks to an Eddie Murphy skit (can't remember if it was in Raw or Delirious) about "WAHT HAV YOU DONE FOR ME LAT-LY EDDDDIE?!" And that's pretty much Valve. They keep milking Half-Life and they keep putting out patches with small enhancements, but I want to know where the new GAME is?

I cant believe how people can actually complain like this.. Half-life is fully supported and updated over 4 years after the initial release, and valve has through its strong support of mods and by making 3 mods themselves(!) managed to GIVE AWAY 10 times the content of the original game that i bought 4 years ago, most games from that period are just old games that cant offer more extras than an old homepage with broken links, come on guys you spent like 40$ on this game FOUR YEARS AGO, and you basically have valve software working every day to provide new, free content for your game ever since. This is what sets HL apart from every other game in history, and to me its really fine if they dont release TF2 or CS2 or whatever, until they have "milked" half-life of another 500 mb of free good content. Good games takes time to make and why would YOU want them to focus on a new retail game if they GIVE you 5 new games for free. Half-Life sales are increasing every year(according to Valve, i read it somewhere) So its a win-win sitiuation. As for new update I would rather quote Homer Simpson and just say keep'em coming and point at the table infront of me..

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