I wonder what the price tag will be. If its $50-60... then I guess you are paying for the same game again with updated textures and gameplay tweaks, at least thats what I understand from what I have read and seen.
Yes but is molotov worth $50-60 seems like they could have added that with an update along with the texture update and gameplay tweaks along time ago. In the end I hope it pans out for all of you CS peeps. I also hope there is something in the future for DoD as well.
Starcraft II was essentially what you described but they added a lot more to the game than that, even minor balance tweaks justify it being a completely different game, ESPECIALLY when we're talking about a MASSIVELY APPRECIATED HIGHLY COMPETITIVE TITLE.
It's commercial suicide to change CS: Source or CS 1.6 in such major ways because A) it could make the game harder to run for some people, b) it could rebalance the game in ways that commercially sponsored gaming teams don't appreciate or c), it's generally a better idea to release it as a new game anyway because of the reasons above. That way a new crowd can form, plus changing a beloved game is like death for some people.
Go read commentary on patchnotes for WoW. A change that is universally good pisses more people off than you'd think. For example, making mounts cheaper, a good thing for all except those that had tp pay full price eons ago.
Even though these people eventually have to concede that if it was as hard as it used to be, getting to 85 would take months and that's just too long for a MMORPG. For some, levelling is just a waste of time, for others a rite of passage, and for even more, the journey in and of itself.
Change pisses people off, a new game might
off some but nobody loses anything. It just makes sense to me especially when the game in question is a universally loved competitive title. Plus, we can all assume it won't be 50$. Valve isn't that full of themselves, they'll release it in a box set that costs 50, but will probably include HL3 and maybe another experimental title, as well as an assortment of TF2 hats or something.
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