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Geoff Keighley's The Final Hours will tell the story of where Valve has been this past decade
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Yeah hes done some truly fantastic work over the years. He didn't get the spot he has now through luck. But as you say hes more known for the dorito/mtn dew memes regularly.
To be fair there's no reason they might not be working on HL3 too. It might be VR, it might not. But theres now a better likelihood of it happening than there has been for a long time
The biggest Battle Pass they have ever done, attempting to fix matchmaking and The Outlanders Update coming next week isn't enough?
I think people forget how small Valve is.
Anyway, I can't wait to delve into this. Geoff's Final Hours series is some of the best games journalism content available and wish we had more people doing content like this.
His Final Hours work is consistently excellent, some of the best behind-the-scenes journalism the industry has. Really excited for this.
Thats what he calls all of his documentaries.
You can find the one he did on Portal 2 on Steam.
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I am bad at creating threads so i edited the first post a little more. We're getting more behind the scenes stuff besides the video Geoff Keighley posted today later next year. Should have made the more clear so no one is confused.
100% coming.
The dream would be a Nintendo one but I don't think it's ever happening.
I don't, but that's a choice given the company success, contrary to say, a small indie studio with limited success.
And 2 hero between each TI ( with some depressing years on the seasonnal event side ) isn't enough for me, just like it somehow wasn't for Valve 2 years ago
with no improvement in sight since.
And I do love some matchmaking update, but the idea that a company like Valve, for a game like dota 2, would have to make a choice between having someone work on the matchmaking, or someone else on content, is ming boggling crazy. I would wagger that most games in other companies with a success even remotely close to dota 2 would get a dedicated team far bigger than what likely dota 2 had for the past 3-4 years now. Something we could probably comfirm if we could make the comparison with Psyonix, Riot Games heck maybe even Respawn Entertainment.
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no, geoff started off writing instruction manuals for sierra if I remember.
Think he even did some level design for sid & al's incredible toons. Geoff's a dev too!
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Valve has arguably done more in the past decade than anyone else. Everything from building VR into what it is today, making Steam the best software platform in the industry, supporting Linux and open-platform initiatives, creating the best controller API, software, and support period, releasing and supporting some of the most played multi-player games in the industry. creating the most (arguably) innovative step forward in controller design, playing a huge role in shaping the indie industry as it exists today (removing barriers to publish, alternative funding through Early Access, etc.), and many other things.
It's just that communities like this seem to only repeat: Where is my next AAA single-player narrative-focused sequel from these specific IPs? I'm ecstatic about Half-Life: Alyx, and I'd love to see Left 4 Dead 3, among other new titles, but to say Valve has been doing nothing of worth in the past decade is nothing but bullshit.
It's just that communities like this seem to only repeat: Where is my next AAA single-player narrative-focused sequel from these specific IPs? I'm ecstatic about Half-Life: Alyx, and I'd love to see Left 4 Dead 3, among other new titles, but to say Valve has been doing nothing of worth in the past decade is nothing but bullshit.
They said if people like this then they'd have enough confidence to do more half life stuff
It's a choice they've made given the nature of the companies structure. Valve could have been like other game companies that have had such a successful game and hired hundreds of people to work on nothing but DOTA 2 content but then they wouldn't be the company they are, and it wouldn't be the game that it is.I don't, but that's a choice given the company success, contrary to say, a small indie studio with limited success.
And 2 hero between each TI ( with some depressing years on the seasonnal event side ) isn't enough for me, just like it somehow wasn't for Valve 2 years ago
with no improvement in sight since.
And I do love some matchmaking update, but the idea that a company like Valve, for a game like dota 2, would have to make a choice between having someone work on the matchmaking, or someone else on content, is ming boggling crazy. I would wagger that most games in other companies with a success even remotely close to dota 2 would get a dedicated team far bigger than what likely dota 2 had for the past 3-4 years now. Something we could probably comfirm if we could make the comparison with Psyonix, Riot Games heck maybe even Respawn Entertainment.
For better or worse Valve is the way they are and the game might have been better had they been different or it might have been worse. I think what we have now the game is in a good place. Every new hero is unique and nothing like what we've seen before. Every new patch changes the game enough to make it feel fresh without completely breaking the balance of the pro scene.
It makes sense that heroes can take a year to develop. They have to add lore and voice lines for each new hero and record new voice lines for the older heroes to react to the new heroes. That is a lot of work without all the other aspects that go into hero development. Also important to note that Leagues entire business model is players buying new champions.
wonder if we'll finally find out what Fstop was. They talked about it when portal 2 came out but didnt explain what the gameplay actually was in case they revisited the idea which never happened
Excited and also dreading this a bit? Ten years of game development at Valve is ten years of aborted projects. Everyone kinda knows they tried and failed to make Half-Life 3 multiple times.
I really hope Geoff addresses Laidlaw's treatment for EP3 and its publication. I'm sure that must've stung for anyone working at Valve, especially the folks who were attached to Half-Life.
People joke but Valve have been doing a shit ton the past decade;
Portal 2 release
CSGO release
Dota 2 release
Artifact
Dota Underlords
The Lab
Continued support for MP titles
Source 2
VR development
Half Life Alyx
Innovations with Linux
Steam
Shelved games deep in development like L4D3
Steam controller, Link, and Steam machines
They've been pretty busy despite the hat jokes etc. Not to mention all the times they've probably scrapped HL3. Watching that interview was pretty telling. Just flat out saying they are scared to touch it due to expectations.
Portal 2 release
CSGO release
Dota 2 release
Artifact
Dota Underlords
The Lab
Continued support for MP titles
Source 2
VR development
Half Life Alyx
Innovations with Linux
Steam
Shelved games deep in development like L4D3
Steam controller, Link, and Steam machines
They've been pretty busy despite the hat jokes etc. Not to mention all the times they've probably scrapped HL3. Watching that interview was pretty telling. Just flat out saying they are scared to touch it due to expectations.
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Sounds good. Maybe when it comes out and people watch we can be done with the garbage drive-bys and potshots at Valve claiming they do nothing.
