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0 pointsdvtrn6y ago0 comments

it's not going to be anything more than a gimmick.

Not sure if I share this sentiment, I read elsewhere Valve is treating this as their next "flagship" release, a true first class VR game (hopefully not just some 30 minute "experience" that ends right as it's getting good). It this were literally any other game studio I'd have an eyebrow raised right now, but when Valve puts their full muscle and creative energy behind something as a flagship, lead-off hitter, they've yet to disappoint.

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zerocrates6y ago· 3 in thread

> When Valve puts their full muscle and creative energy behind something as a flagship, lead-off hitter, they've yet to disappoint.

Genuine question: when would you say is the last time they did that? I don't really think of Dota 2 or CS:GO or whatever to be "flagships." I'd have to go back to, Portal 2, I guess, but I'm not sure even that I would call a "flagship," just a really good game. Certainly the Orange Box as a whole... but that was 12 years ago. Even Portal 2 is 8 years ago.

riversflow6y ago

Seriously curious, how is CS:GO not a flagship? It’s core to the esports scene, and is always one of the most played games on steam.

dvtrnOP6y ago

A great deal of CS:GO (minus the Source engine) was developed by another studio with, admittedly, a lot of collaboration and investment from Valve, so in this case when I think "flagship" for a game studio it's referring to a game built by employees and developers of the studio as a first-party.

At least, in my initial comment, that's the intention I had in mind.

dvtrnOP6y ago

Yeah..My submission to that inquiry would be Portal 2 as well frankly

dx876y ago

They described Artifact as "the Half-Life 2 of card games", and it was supposed to set the standard for digital card games, but it ended up being an embarrasing disaster of a game.

wayoutthere6y ago

Have you used the Valve Index controllers? Because I own a full Valve Index kit, and while the headset is great the controllers do not remotely live up to the hype. The entire finger tracking technology is not accurate enough to give the kind of control people expect with their fingers. They would literally have been better off with an analog button for each finger.

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