What the hell is valve thinking?

I just wasted an 1 1/2 hrs. watching microsofts lackluster conf. and was extremely disappointed to hear that portal still alive was 3suxty exclusive only.

As a pc gamer thats like a slap in the face, no scratch that a hard kick in the nuts, lets face it pc gamers are the biggest consumers of valve games and valve knows this.

So is any1 else pissed off that we are getting left out on playing one of the most addictive and innovative stand alone/exp. pack or whatever you want to call it, game that is portal still alive.

Does any1 know if we could be getting a new portal game other than portal 2 or whats the latest news with valve and upcoming games for the pc.

Research bud, you can download "free" Portal maps for the PC including mod support for multiplayer ect.

Portal Still alive is nothing more then just new maps and achievement points with a price tag.

Research bud, you can download "free" Portal maps for the PC including mod support for multiplayer ect. OoSuperMarioO

Indeed this is why its great to be a PC gamer because all those extras that console games get we get first usually and its always free.

[QUOTE="OoSuperMarioO"]Research bud, you can download "free" Portal maps for the PC including mod support for multiplayer ect. 1005

Indeed this is why its great to be a PC gamer because all those extras that console games get we get first usually and its always free.

To be honest, I stopped taking you seriously when I saw 3suxty.

You know what was a slap in the face? Gears PC getting extra content but not the 360 version.

To be honest, I stopped taking you seriously when I saw 3suxty.

You know what was a slap in the face? Gears PC getting extra content but not the 360 version.

Killburglar

That probably won't happen with Gears 2 though.

[QUOTE="Killburglar"]

To be honest, I stopped taking you seriously when I saw 3suxty.

You know what was a slap in the face? Gears PC getting extra content but not the 360 version.

Noldorin2646

That probably won't happen with Gears 2 though.

I wouldn't have cared if they had let 360 owners DL the extra content. I wish I had know they were going to screw over the console owners before I got Gears for the 360.

To be honest, I stopped taking you seriously when I saw 3suxty.

You know what was a slap in the face? Gears PC getting extra content but not the 360 version.

Killburglar

Well GOW sucks and is overrated i feel sorry for you if you were stupid enough to by that ****ty game for the pc, leads me to believe that you couldn't find any decent shooters for the pc, when every1 knows the best shooters are on the pc.

Ah ok we can get new maps from steam or where?Precyse

[QUOTE="Killburglar"]

To be honest, I stopped taking you seriously when I saw 3suxty.

You know what was a slap in the face? Gears PC getting extra content but not the 360 version.

Precyse

Well GOW sucks and is overrated i feel sorry for you if you were stupid enough to by that ****ty game for the pc, leads me to believe that you couldn't find any decent shooters for the pc, when every1 knows the best shooters are on the pc.

Whoa there chief... not a way to make acquiantences here. GOW was a fun shooter. Just like HL2, COD4, Doom 3, and Portal. Not everyone here stands by brand or platform alliances. To me THAT's fairly stupid and belongs in system wars.

[QUOTE="Precyse"]Ah ok we can get new maps from steam or where?OoSuperMarioO

This is the best place to get maps? Thanks for informing me of that, any more sites you know of let me know.

[QUOTE="Precyse"][QUOTE="Killburglar"]

To be honest, I stopped taking you seriously when I saw 3suxty.

You know what was a slap in the face? Gears PC getting extra content but not the 360 version.

Johnny_Rock

Well GOW sucks and is overrated i feel sorry for you if you were stupid enough to by that ****ty game for the pc, leads me to believe that you couldn't find any decent shooters for the pc, when every1 knows the best shooters are on the pc.

Whoa there chief... not a way to make acquiantences here. GOW was a fun shooter. Just like HL2, COD4, Doom 3, and Portal. Not everyone here stands by brand or platform alliances. To me THAT's fairly stupid and belongs in system wars.

What wss so great about it? Back it up I played it on my cuz's house and didn't see what the hype was. Next your gonna tell me that halo 3 was a fantastic game right?

http://software.filefront.com/Portal/;6497;/Software_Information.html

Browse under Maps Levels Missions.

[QUOTE="Killburglar"]

To be honest, I stopped taking you seriously when I saw 3suxty.

You know what was a slap in the face? Gears PC getting extra content but not the 360 version.

Precyse

Well GOW sucks and is overrated i feel sorry for you if you were stupid enough to by that ****ty game for the pc, leads me to believe that you couldn't find any decent shooters for the pc, when every1 knows the best shooters are on the pc.

Anyone know when school starts again?

http://software.filefront.com/Portal/;6497;/Software_Information.html

Browse under Maps Levels Missions.

OoSuperMarioO

Whats the mp like.

[QUOTE="OoSuperMarioO"]

http://software.filefront.com/Portal/;6497;/Software_Information.html

Browse under Maps Levels Missions.

Precyse

Whats the mp like.

Edit: Depends really on which mp mod you're installing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUEmz2j70pI

[QUOTE="Johnny_Rock"][QUOTE="Precyse"][QUOTE="Killburglar"]

To be honest, I stopped taking you seriously when I saw 3suxty.

You know what was a slap in the face? Gears PC getting extra content but not the 360 version.

Precyse

Well GOW sucks and is overrated i feel sorry for you if you were stupid enough to by that ****ty game for the pc, leads me to believe that you couldn't find any decent shooters for the pc, when every1 knows the best shooters are on the pc.

Whoa there chief... not a way to make acquiantences here. GOW was a fun shooter. Just like HL2, COD4, Doom 3, and Portal. Not everyone here stands by brand or platform alliances. To me THAT's fairly stupid and belongs in system wars.

What wss so great about it? Back it up I played it on my cuz's house and didn't see what the hype was. Next your gonna tell me that halo 3 was a fantastic game right?

Well, to flip the coin, why do you say that Halo and GOW aren't good games? I had a lot of fun with GOW combat mechanics. It was a good looking game with an interesting story and superb sound effects and music, which I always find as key to building mood. Duck and cover made it, if not innovative, different from the pack.

BTW, every time you post, your perceived age get lower and lower....

Well, to flip the coin, why do you say that Halo and GOW aren't good games? I had a lot of fun with GOW combat mechanics. It was a good looking game with an interesting story and superb sound effects and music, which I always find as key to building mood. Duck and cover made it, if not innovative, different from the pack.

BTW, every time you post, your perceived age get lower and lower....

Johnny_Rock

Lots of people can't stand Gears, mostly because of its cover mechanic which literally forces the player into an extremely repetitive and extremely limited cover/fire/advance/cover/repeat formula. Now, sure, all games are pretty repetitive, but Gears is literally formulaic - every firefight will play out in more or less exactly the same way.

Some people just find that incredibly boring - I certainly do. What's more, it has a terrible story and awful storytelling, and while these are hardly major flaws given the genre, they definitely don't help.

Take a typical shooter, I can choose where to go and I can tailor my approach and my attack to suit my enemies, or simply to pander to a whim - Gears is all about shoehorning the player into a particular styIe, and personally I think that very notion is contrary to the spirit of PC gaming.

I consider Gears the archetypal console game - limited and restricting. Hell, you can't even load up old saves and replay your favourite parts because of the ludicrous save system (unless you can delete/move old saves into tricking the checkpoint system? That seems like a hassle). The only part of the game that impresses me is the visuals, and even they are far overshadowed by Crysis.

"...Research bud, you can download "free" Portal maps for the PC including mod support for multiplayer ect.

Portal Still alive is nothing more then just new maps and achievement points with a price tag..."

...and it's also a way for Microsoft to 1-up their competitors in front of the press at E3..."Look at this cool game we have 'exclusively'...I'm sure Valve has something planned for the Portal nuts...they know which side their bread is buttered, if you will...

[QUOTE="Johnny_Rock"]

Well, to flip the coin, why do you say that Halo and GOW aren't good games? I had a lot of fun with GOW combat mechanics. It was a good looking game with an interesting story and superb sound effects and music, which I always find as key to building mood. Duck and cover made it, if not innovative, different from the pack.

BTW, every time you post, your perceived age get lower and lower....

fatshodan

Lots of people can't stand Gears, mostly because of its cover mechanic which literally forces the player into an extremely repetitive and extremely limited cover/fire/advance/cover/repeat formula. Now, sure, all games are pretty repetitive, but Gears is literally formulaic - every firefight will play out in more or less exactly the same way.

Some people just find that incredibly boring - I certainly do. What's more, it has a terrible story and awful storytelling, and while these are hardly major flaws given the genre, they definitely don't help.

Take a typical shooter, I can choose where to go and I can tailor my approach and my attack to suit my enemies, or simply to pander to a whim - Gears is all about shoehorning the player into a particular styIe, and personally I think that very notion is contrary to the spirit of PC gaming.

I consider Gears the archetypal console game - limited and restricting. Hell, you can't even load up old saves and replay your favourite parts because of the ludicrous save system (unless you can delete/move old saves into tricking the checkpoint system? That seems like a hassle). The only part of the game that impresses me is the visuals, and even they are far overshadowed by Crysis.

And after all of that... I still like Gears. You misread my post... I wasn't trying to convert anyone to like Gears. I honestly don't care what anyone plays. But he called me on my own opinion... which isn't going to happen.

I just wasted an 1 1/2 hrs. watching microsofts lackluster conf. and was extremely disappointed to hear that portal still alive was 3suxty exclusive only.

As a pc gamer thats like a slap in the face, no scratch that a hard kick in the nuts, lets face it pc gamers are the biggest consumers of valve games and valve knows this.

So is any1 else pissed off that we are getting left out on playing one of the most addictive and innovative stand alone/exp. pack or whatever you want to call it, game that is portal still alive.

Does any1 know if we could be getting a new portal game other than portal 2 or whats the latest news with valve and upcoming games for the pc.

Precyse

You should check this XD. Talk about overreacting for nothing.

To be honest, I stopped taking you seriously when I saw 3suxty.

You know what was a slap in the face? Gears PC getting extra content but not the 360 version.

Killburglar

How was that a slap in the face? Look at how long after the pc version was released..

[QUOTE="fatshodan"][QUOTE="Johnny_Rock"]

Well, to flip the coin, why do you say that Halo and GOW aren't good games? I had a lot of fun with GOW combat mechanics. It was a good looking game with an interesting story and superb sound effects and music, which I always find as key to building mood. Duck and cover made it, if not innovative, different from the pack.

BTW, every time you post, your perceived age get lower and lower....

Johnny_Rock

Lots of people can't stand Gears, mostly because of its cover mechanic which literally forces the player into an extremely repetitive and extremely limited cover/fire/advance/cover/repeat formula. Now, sure, all games are pretty repetitive, but Gears is literally formulaic - every firefight will play out in more or less exactly the same way.

Some people just find that incredibly boring - I certainly do. What's more, it has a terrible story and awful storytelling, and while these are hardly major flaws given the genre, they definitely don't help.

Take a typical shooter, I can choose where to go and I can tailor my approach and my attack to suit my enemies, or simply to pander to a whim - Gears is all about shoehorning the player into a particular styIe, and personally I think that very notion is contrary to the spirit of PC gaming.

I consider Gears the archetypal console game - limited and restricting. Hell, you can't even load up old saves and replay your favourite parts because of the ludicrous save system (unless you can delete/move old saves into tricking the checkpoint system? That seems like a hassle). The only part of the game that impresses me is the visuals, and even they are far overshadowed by Crysis.

And after all of that... I still like Gears. You misread my post... I wasn't trying to convert anyone to like Gears. I honestly don't care what anyone plays. But he called me on my own opinion... which isn't going to happen.

The maps in Portal Still Alive are based on the Flash Version, the creators of which have already made the maps for Portal.

So, you can download the maps that are going to be in Still Alive =/