we have to pay to play mods? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 2:05 PM Subject: [hlcoders] Need new content...
> I'm just wondering if you, Valve, are planning on updating the content all > the time. I mean, if I'm going to start paying to play, I'd want some new > content to play on. New Maps each month or week or something. If someone > told me that's how it will be, then I'd sign up and start paying right now. > > Take GTA3, for instance. I was lost when I first got the game, because I > had to learn all about the gameplay and stuff...and learn my way around the > city. Then, when I figured it out, I made it to the second island and had > to learn all over again...making it feel like a brand new game. Then the > same for the third island. But, it stopped after the third island, and now > it's just never getting that new feeling. I still play GTA3 and TFC all > day, but I'd like a new city to play around in, ya know? If they just made > it possible to frequently download and play new cities, the game would last > forever, and always keep that new feeling. Of course, they're probably > going to be doing that with the PC version...or at least I hope they are. > > Anyway, I'm trying to say....if I'm going to pay a monthly fee to play > Half-Life and some of its mods, I'm going to want some new content each > month. Not just bug fixes and stuff like that. I mean new maps, models, > game modes, and stuff like that. TFC could use some new maps and such. I > keep mentioning maps, because that's what I think would need to be updated > more frequently. New maps make the game have that new, complicated, > confusing, new feeling. (What?) New models add a little, but nothing > compares to a new map that you have to learn and get the hang of. I had > that feeling with dustbowl, casbah, avanti, and warpath...I think those are > the most recent ones. Anyway, now I've gotten use to those "new" maps, and > want newer maps. Don't get me wrong, I still want to play all the classing > TFC maps, I just want some new stuff. I'm just sayin...new content: it > would make me pay money to play. > > But, I'm on 56K, so I guess it doesn't really matter what I think. I'll get > broadband somtime, though. > > If you asked me what I just talked about, I wouldn't know. I'm about to go > to sleep at 8 in the morning. I just started reading my new e-mails, and > started to think outloud in this message. Sorry if you feel like I wasted > your time. > > Jonathan Day > Trepidaiton Software > www.trepidation-software.net > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
