To be fair, Valve is appealing to different userbases with diffrent games. Sure there is a lot of overlaps as I play both Dota, TF2, L4D and even dip into Counter-strike now and then (still looking forward to CS:GO since it seems to breathe some fresh air into the CS series). If something is left into a game, Valve left it in there for a good reason (last hits/denials in Dota2... while might seem frustating to newbies, exists to make early game a bit more intresting within Dota).
Personally I think punishing deaths can make the game more exciting (more reason to try to stay alive rather than randomly rambo'ing! And is also part why some people like myself enjoy roguelike games with permadeath like Nethack (if your charcther dies, it's dead, no reloads!). Though it might be noted that what worked for one game (Counter-strike) didn't work as well for another game (Arena mode in TF2... fell out out of userbase favor quickly). On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 1:32 PM, dan <needa...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > But it is slightly frustrating to me that Valve are creating these > amazingly well produced games at the moment for which the game play doesn't > really appeal at all. Because, in every other aspect they are superb work. > Dota 2 looks lush on a 42" plasma TV. My son's a huge fan of it though. I > just hope they start work on something soon that I want to play (or indeed > that any game developer does something that drags me away from TF2 for a > few hours at least - Portal 2 and Rage managed that. Nothing multiplayer > has though) > -- > Dan. > > > ______________________________**_________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds_linux<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux> > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
