Raziaar
I Hate Custom Titles
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In my opinion, one of the great contributing factors to the sheer hype of this game, and the anticipation, was the fact that since the beginning, and all the way up close to the expected release date of the game, the developers Valve had insisted firmly on the release date of the 30h of september of 2003. Again and again this was thrown out despite all the talk of doubt in other places.
The ONE thing that made Half-Life 2 stand up from being just a 'Good Game', to being an 'Awesome game', was the company that stood behind it. Valve has created an immensely good game here, but without the fan base having the respect of that company by their actions and behavior, they are just like all the other game companies out there who don't care about public relations, and are willing to let their fan base hang by a delicate thread, willingly able to take a match to that thread and let it all fall from there.
I know you don't care... but I will still play Half-Life 2, and I will enjoy it just as much as I would have the sept. 30th release date... but I no longer respect the company that backs it, any more than I do any other game developers or producers out there.
Valve is no longer my Hero, that all but promised me a great game on the 30th. Answer me one thing! How can a game so steadfastly slated to be released on the 30th, be held onto into the abyss INDEFINATELY!? HOW? How do you go from a planned date where everything is finished, to months and months of time to release the game, if everything is all finished, or so they said it was?
The ONE thing that made Half-Life 2 stand up from being just a 'Good Game', to being an 'Awesome game', was the company that stood behind it. Valve has created an immensely good game here, but without the fan base having the respect of that company by their actions and behavior, they are just like all the other game companies out there who don't care about public relations, and are willing to let their fan base hang by a delicate thread, willingly able to take a match to that thread and let it all fall from there.
I know you don't care... but I will still play Half-Life 2, and I will enjoy it just as much as I would have the sept. 30th release date... but I no longer respect the company that backs it, any more than I do any other game developers or producers out there.
Valve is no longer my Hero, that all but promised me a great game on the 30th. Answer me one thing! How can a game so steadfastly slated to be released on the 30th, be held onto into the abyss INDEFINATELY!? HOW? How do you go from a planned date where everything is finished, to months and months of time to release the game, if everything is all finished, or so they said it was?
