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Rockstar by far.
Every game Valve puts out is flat out mediocre; Especially that L4D game -- very overrated developer overall.
TecmoGirl
ESPECIALLY L4D? :x
Valve is my favorite company! I love everything they support, and/or produce.
lol! Ew! Really? Why everything?
Let's see...you have a game called Half-Life where they expect me to run around doing things with a guy who not only seems to be a mute but has no real personality and enjoy myself(this isn't a sandbox game).
You have a game called L4D where I run around with a group of annoying survivors in a practically nonexistent story mode with people who seem to have a unusual love of whoring out the word "RELOADING" to the point that I wish they were all Gordon Freemans. :P
Then there is Counter-Strike, a game that minus well just put up a sign up saying if you never played before don't bother now unless you enjoy being killed mercilessly for about 98% of your overall experience from guys who can shoot through walls and invisible snipers.
Sure that's not all their games but that's totally enough for me to know that I don't like them at all I guess. = )
I believe the design choice behind Gordon Freeman being completely silent has always been to allow the gamer to envision themselves as Gordon, alone in Black Mesa defending himself against aliens.
L4D is amazing! It's just mindless fun! :D Killing hundreds of zombies, and the rush when you face a tank. It's certainly far better with friends playing, and on the PC there's tons of free maps up for download that can be really fun, and often times become huge adventures.
Counter Strike is rather unforgiving, but you don't have to jump straight into one of the tactical games. There are modes like gun game that allow you to practice with a wide variety of weapons with really quick respawn. I mainly loved the original Counter Strike for it's modded maps. There were modes like surf (pretty much a design flaw that allowed you to quickly slide on slanted edges), KZ (which were climbing maps that could require an hour or more of dedication), and crazy tank (where you escorted a gigantic tank to the enemy base). They were all incredibly social game types, and shooting people was not required (except crazy tank). Of course I still loved the main maps CS was known for, but those social maps took so many hours from me, and I met so many friends years ago when I played.
I guess it depends when you started playing them because I began way back when Half Life originally came out. Those were my first online games ever, so I've just always had a soft spot for Valve. I also love how they haven't fallen to making FPS games that resemble CoD. They make games for me! :D If you're just trying to get into Valve games now it might be a bit harder since they have a very different design than most of the other big FPS games of this generation.
You might like TF2 though (if you have a good PC). That's a more casual game, and many of the weapons don't require pinpoint accuracy like in CS. It attracts a very social crowd too, so you can make lots of friends :)
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