Valve's next game: DotA 2

[billy]

Alright I held off posting in this thread for a long time because for the past several months I've been trying to turn over a new leaf of not being negative and when I feel like saying something negative to just shut the fuck up instead of ruining people's good time but sometimes I can't help it.

I couldn't give two shits about this game. I'm sure it'll sell like hotcakes because it's called DOTA 2, but I really don't see the appeal of this over LoL. Also icefrog didn't even create the original DOTA, and I believe all reports that he's a huge fucking cunt. The fact that he has anything to do with the project makes me wary, and I'd be more willing to plunker down fifty fucking dollars (or however much they think we'll pay for a remake of a free mod that already has a free remake with a large community) if icefrog had nothing to do with it and it was purely a Valve joint. I'd much rather see Valve's take on DOTA as their attempt at the RTS genre over icefrog masturbating to a mirror and cashing in on a community effort.

I will not spend a dime on this game unless the following criteria are met:
1. it's good
2. there isn't an outcry of foul play against icefrog
3. it's $10 or less
4. they add some new fucking maps
5. the game receives updates like other valve games

[rtil]

i don't think anyone's real super excited about this

I really don't see the appeal of this over LoL

that's the main issue and the reason i don't get why they're developing this

also you can forget about #4

[Binary_2]

So, valve is doing something COMPLETELY different and not saying ANYTHING about the one thing that made them well known and wealthy?

They play a confusing game of chess.

[rtil]

the reason why i think they are not working on a new half life is because it doesn't have the same replay value that games like tf2 and dota have. look at the cash cow they have made out of tf2.. they'll do the same thing with dota. it's a great way to make money, and if the games are fun, more people will keep buying them (and the useless items in them)