Because many of us remember before that, when Valve revolutionized the single player first person genre again and again with the Portal and mainline Half-Life games.
Any other dev would have capitalized on the massive interest in a sequel or at least sold off the property so someone else could have continued those franchises.
BurningnnTree@lemmy.one 6 months ago
I’m not angry, but I’m tired of live service esports games. Also the last time Valve arrived late to a trend (Artifact) it didn’t turn out well.
Skepticpunk@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Technically, HL1 was Valve arriving late to a trend. (FPSes)
graymess@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Holy shit, I forgot about Artifact lol.