Angry Fork
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The last two games Valve has released, CS:GO and DOTA 2 do nothing to dumb down, homogenize, or otherwise cater to the lowest common denominator.
I don't see them going down this route, they know their audience and consumer base.
Just look at the top 10 games played on Steam, the only game that is actively targeting the lowest common denominator gamer is Skyrim.
I'm basically only going off that one statement by gabe where he suggested Valve isn't going to make 'traditional' single player games anymore and they're exploring the persistent online service bullshit in everything from now on. That has me fairly worried about seeing "x is online! want to join game?" on the main menu of HL3 or notifications in-game.
I want the game to be as 90s as possible. Pretend online and COD never existed. It's just about the characters and story in an extremely well designed shooter. It was just one statement and I obviously have no clue how Valve really feels about it all but I have doubts about them simply ignoring every other FPS that has come out since and all the "evolutionary" gameplay changes since HL2. Too many old franchises this gen have turned their back on series roots, practically all of them.