Half-life2 different versions.

[Tyrion]

Ok,I'll give you three different quotes from me, Feath, and Logic. Each of them will explain about the steam subscription payments and the like. Please read this before posting about the subscriptions and such.

Feath-

You should really read the thread.

But just for you, I'm going to repeat myself for the 20th time.

You EITHER

1) Buy the game in the shops for a one off payment and NO MONTHLY CHARGE.

2) Buy the game over Steam for a one off payment and NO MONTHLY CHARGE

3) Pay $10 a month to "rent" all of Valve's products over Steam.

If you buy the same in the store, you have NO EXTRA CHARGES. It's not a Pay Monthly thing unless you subscribe to Steam, which you won't want to do if you buy the game in the shop.

There will also be a single player only version of Half Life 2 in the shops. This will be cheaper than the traditional one and is for people not intending to play multiplayer.

If you buy the traditional one, it's just the same as you expected. No extra charges at all.

Tyrion-

I actually like 3 different options for buying. The single player will be cheaper than the full version(and not all have a good enough connecton..some have 56k). The full version will STILL cost the same as it would if there wasnt any single-player version. And you better damn well make sure that you have the correct version,considering you'll be spending 50 dollars. Unless you're the kind that looks at a box that says "Half-life2' and say "oooh! shiney!" and pick it. I hope I'm not naive enough to expect people to see what they're buying.

The steam version is eh,odd to say the least. I can see how they can pull it off(considering they need to get an expansion pack in 5 months to let the subscribers have thiers money's worth. That's what a few are forgetting).

As for the mod, they're being DEVELOPED by valve. They're essentially expansion packs. Why is it that you think that a mod means free? It's a modification. It changed the game, which usually requires developers to work on it. Which cost money. So unless Valve is rolling in money,I'm betting they'll have to pay thier developers,since they joined primarily to make money and not your enjoyment(sad but true). At least you'll be paying for something WORTHWHILE. And you'll still have plenty of other mods, which will still be free. Just not as popular.

Logic-

Perhaps people are worried that the things that are free now won't be, and that they will have to start paying for them.

If anyone wants to keep playing CS1.5 there's nothing stopping you. I'm pretty sure 1.6 will be freely available to current CS players, or at the very least retail CS owners and steam subscribers.

What you need to realise is that anything you have to pay for will be NEW. Sure, some mods may cost money, and CS2 may be a new product that needs to be purchased. It's possible. But how can you expect it for free anyway? Nobody's telling you to pay for what you already own, so don't react so negatively when you're expected to pay to get something new.

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There. Anything you want to know about the different versions/subscriptions should be explained in this post.

 

[nw909]

Should be stickyed.

 

[Prince of China]

Yea-I agree

 

[Goombatommy]

Yup definitately.

 

[Tyrion]

Bump. Sheesh,where are the mods?

 

[Feath]

Yeah, this is a good idea. I doubt anyone will read it though, and a lot of people don't seem to understand what we've been saying.

EDIT: But the good point is that I can just copy and paste the URL instead of having to repeat myself all the time.

 

[Tyrion]

Well,we could keep it bumped up to the top till a mod sees it. Then they could just delete the bumping posts. I mean,this is more useful than half the posts in the first page of this forum.

 

[crabcakes66]

Originally posted by crabcakes66
This is how i see it:

box version 1. No multiplayer/mod support what soever- less expensive for people that dont play online games and only want vannilla hl2.

box version 2. full multiplayer/mod support -full price. all extra content must be payed for seperatley.


box version 3. special edition- full single/multi plus some extra crap like a poster or something.(possibly both a cd and dvd version of this). all extra content must be payed for seperatley.


steam purchase 1- download full version single/multi support ...slighty reduced price... 1 shot deal. all extra content must be payed for seperatley. mabey a boxed version included for extra fee

steam purchase 2- 9.95/month subscription...access to all vavle content... this includes extra content and official mods(cs2,dod2,tf2 ect )...there is no need to make a seperate purchase. mabey a boxed version included for extra fee

quoting myself from a differant board.

 

[MultiVaC]

Yeah, stickied and locked. This thread will answer almost any question.