Major Update Speculation Thread V3: Tonight's the Night, forever and always - Games

[QUOTE=J-RcZ;36240858]Perhaps working on the same game for god knows how long got bit boring for him?[/QUOTE] That's why I think Dota is such a popular project. Valve was a FPS company forever, and this is the first real major project that isn't a FPS.

[QUOTE=ned_ballad;36240897]That's why I think Dota is such a popular project. Valve was a FPS company forever, and this is the first real major project that isn't a FPS.[/QUOTE] Portal isn't technically a FPS.

[QUOTE=usaokay;36240923]What about Alien Swarm.[/QUOTE] I avoided that because it wasn't technically a major project.

[QUOTE=hogofwar;36240909]Portal isn't technically a FPS.[/QUOTE] It still runs on the same general control scheme. It's just that instead of shooting at people, it was physics puzzles. Alien Swarm had a different control scheme, and I'm pretty sure it was released as a bit of a demo, hence why it was free. DOTA2 is a completely different genre compared to other Valve titles. So it has a fresh appeal to the developers of games that have been predominantly been first-person for the past decade+.

[QUOTE=hogofwar;36240909]Portal isn't technically a FPS.[/QUOTE] Portal is a FPS... Just because it has puzzle elements doesn't mean it isn't the same exact project, art, etc that they've been doing for years. Dota 2 has a whole new art style, it's fantasy based. For the first time Valve can work with magic, swords, knights, monsters, animals, and so on. A character like Ursa would be ridiculous in any of Valve's other games, but they're able to make Ursa into a great character and design him, something they just couldn't do with first person "serious tone" games. Part of also why I think TF2 has endeared. It's just too different "feeling" to work on. Models are done differently, textures are different, animations are bold and exaggerated. Unfortunately, this also means those that TF2 would appeal to work wise happen to be the same that find working on Dota appealing. [editline]8th June 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=usaokay;36240923]What about Alien Swarm.[/QUOTE] lol

I dont think tf2 even has a team, just simply people work on it when they want to work on it.

[QUOTE=ned_ballad;36240956]Dota 2 has a whole new art style, it's fantasy based. For the first time Valve can work with magic, swords, knights, monsters, animals, and so on.[/QUOTE] Magic - Merasmus Swords - Demoman Knights - Demoman Monsters - TF2, L4D2, and Half Life Animals - Archimedes and other Birds in Half Life although yes its different

animating Archimedes is nothing compared to Spirit Bear

Speaking of Valve and magic: They need to make a Fantasy Half-Life *cough* something like Dark Messiah *cough*

[QUOTE=J-RcZ;36241055]Speaking of Valve and magic: They need to make a Fantasy Half-Life *cough* something like Dark Messiah *cough*[/QUOTE] Where you kick everything into randomly placed spikes?

I'm betting the TF2 team is really small (12 people with some luck) by now and that should explain everything, the lack of robots and no Saxxies.

[QUOTE=Danzflor;36241066]I'm betting the TF2 team is really small (12 people with some luck) by now and that should explain everything, the lack of robots and no Saxxies.[/QUOTE] Ronin has said it's around 15

Roshan in TF2 please [i]psst where's that email[/i]

[QUOTE=Danzflor;36241066]I'm betting the TF2 team is really small (12 people with some luck) by now and that should explain everything, the lack of robots and no Saxxies.[/QUOTE] I completely forgot the saxxy awards even existed for about 2 weeks

[QUOTE=psyke;36241090]Roshan in TF2 please [i]psst where's that email[/i][/QUOTE] Biggest TF2 crossover since Grordbort - The new boss is Roshan!

Silence mask for Pyro please

I actually kind of hope that the decal-able Pyro head gets added. I wanna kill people with the face of the Elegy Statue.

I have now lost all hope for an update today

[QUOTE=madsser;36241177]I have now lost all hope for an update today[/QUOTE] yea, it's not looking good.

[QUOTE=ned_ballad;36241186]yea, it's not looking good.[/QUOTE] I bet it's every two weeks now. Which worries me [I]greatly. [/I]

[QUOTE=Goodwell;36241220]I bet it's every two weeks now. Which worries me [I]greatly. [/I][/QUOTE] oh man, that would be horrible.

And then it'll be once every month and then once every two months and then once every season then every second season, then once a year then once a decade then once a century...

Richard Scarry's What do Valve People Do All Day?

[QUOTE=wunderufl;36241249]Richard Scarry's What do Valve People Do All Day?[/QUOTE] Feed Gabe Newell.

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i dont even care about tf2 at this point :V

[QUOTE=Ceiling Man;36241351][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/6oiVV.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE] We really need a "Sympathetic" rating or something, waiting for this major update hurts to live. If nothing happens soon, i think i'm gonna give up entirely, probably go play DOTA 2. (Which will be horrible considering i am atrocious at MOBAs, and would be stuck in pubs)

Yep, this is usually around the time the update is released and yet no email. Oh well.

Back to Super MNC, who, guess what, just updated.

Come on guys, cheer up. If there's no update tonight, then maybe that means the big update is closer!... ...Maybe. Back to lurking.