>Actually, Spitcodfry said two people were working on Half-Life 2
Yeah, but you got my meaning...I should have said "virtually no one". The entire office isn't enveloped in crunch time panic.
I'm pretty optimistic that it will come out on the 30th or very shortly thereafter.
If you've read through spits visit, aside from the coolness of the tour and valve, they offered a few bits of info:
Either the game is just going through playtesting, or they are burning it as we speak, since no one was working on it when spit was there and the mood in the office was not...
What a whack job.
Guess he needs to keep up his name recognition up in the online fan community.
Again, what a whack job.
Seriously, there's 12 days left. Surely we can wait 12 damn days. If it isn't released by then, it'll be shortly after. Or valve will press release a big mea culpa...
Wow. Spit, great, great job. You are one lucky guy.
Great photos, great reportage, great job all around.
So:
Valve is not jerking us around.
They will post a gone gold announcement, not spring it on everybody as a surprise.
They are very nearly final finished. If its late, it...
It's now 3:07pm. I wagered (using virtual dollars) that he'd make his return at 3:10.
Maybe they're letting him stay for a very long time.
Maybe he got into an accident (please, god, no)
Maybe he lost his nerve and failed and can't face the board again. (please god, no)
Maybe he...
Aww... he'll post as soon as he's able to get back to his machine. If he has to develop film or take time in uploading it, he'll still come here first and give us a heads up.
It's 2:54 here. SCF could be due any moment if things went as we expected.
Maybe they're letting him play the mp game for an extended time though. How cool would that be? Deathmatching against the valve employees... Hope he can remember to circle straffe.
I'd bet that the mp game is fairly straight forward...straight death match, ctf, buggy racing like you say, etc...but extremely open to mods, both fan made and valve partners (CS, TF2, DOD2, etc, etc.)
The exodus of the "spit visit valve" thread continues.
I gots no clue what the MP will be like, but here's what I'm hoping:
1) Co-op. Would like to see this again in a good FPS.
2) MP like SOF2. Sorry guys, I just can't get into Counterstrike. SOF2's mp is so smooth and bitchin. Flame away.