Valve created Steam. They make more money off Steam then they would developing Video Games. The song is about Valve never making a third installment of any of their games and the fact that they made a game for the first time in about a decade and that it was a VR game showing of some creativity at Valve.
I'm late, but Valve created Half Life in 1998, which was literally game-changing. They made environments much more interactive than other games at the time, and they had a "show, don't tell" way of portraying the story. Control is almost never taken away from you. Instead of cutscenes, scripted sequences happen around you. It also used their GoldSrc engine, based on the Quake engine. It's an important part of the history of first person shooters. In 2004 Valve released Half Life 2, which showed off the Source engine. It introduced real time physics and cutting-edge (at the time) graphics. The graphics hold up relatively well even now. It was even more groundbreaking than Half Life with all its features and gameplay. Valve later created Half Life 2 episode 1 and episode 2, starting their pattern of never making a 3rd game. There has since been Portal and Portal 2 (amazing games where you use portals to solve puzzles while also having a great story), Team Fortress 2 (a great multiplayer game that basically started the class-based shooter genre), and Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 (great zombie survival game). At one point Valve created Steam, initially just as a place to sell their games, but eventually it became a place where anyone could publish their own games. Now it's the biggest PC game distribution service, earning Valve billions of dollars every year. Valve stopped really making games for a while, mainly developing software like Steam and hardware like the failed Steam Controller and Steam Machine. They made the mistake of revealing Artifact, a massive disappointment when fans realized it was just a card game. But in 2020 they released Half Life Alyx, an incredible VR game taking place 5 years before the end of Half Life 2 episode 2. It used their Source 2 engine, with amazing graphics, especially for a VR game. It even has a custom-built physics engine called Rubikon. It truly was a "triple-A done right", showing that Valve still could make great games and it set an incredibly high bar for VR games. It pushed the Valve Index headset (though it wasn't required, you can use any VR headset that's compatible with Steam VR) which has individual finger tracking. And last year Valve released the Steam Deck, a hardware device similar in shape to the Switch but blurring the line between PC and console. It is effectively a small PC running SteamOS, Valve's operating system based on Linux and designed for using Steam. The Steam Deck can do anything a PC can, though it mainly is for playing your Steam games. It also is designed to be easy to repair. Valve really is pushing for Linux gaming, as they don't like the trend of Windows taking over all of gaming. Valve made Proton, based on Wine, which is software for making Windows games be able to be run on Linux. As of now, there are many interesting things happening with Valve. Fans have always been good at finding all sorts of hidden content and leaks from Valve. From these leaks as well as public statements, we know that Valve tried to make Half Life 3 several times, but repeatedly gave up or lost interest. Recently a massive leak has given a lot of insight into the development history of all sorts of Valve games. Valve seems to be working on porting CS:GO to Source 2. They also are supposedly working on a new VR headset. Check out Tyler McVicker, he does a lot of research into what Valve's up to.
Valve created Steam. They make more money off Steam then they would developing Video Games. The song is about Valve never making a third installment of any of their games and the fact that they made a game for the first time in about a decade and that it was a VR game showing of some creativity at Valve.
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I'm late, but Valve created Half Life in 1998, which was literally game-changing. They made environments much more interactive than other games at the time, and they had a "show, don't tell" way of portraying the story. Control is almost never taken away from you. Instead of cutscenes, scripted sequences happen around you. It also used their GoldSrc engine, based on the Quake engine. It's an important part of the history of first person shooters.
In 2004 Valve released Half Life 2, which showed off the Source engine. It introduced real time physics and cutting-edge (at the time) graphics. The graphics hold up relatively well even now. It was even more groundbreaking than Half Life with all its features and gameplay.
Valve later created Half Life 2 episode 1 and episode 2, starting their pattern of never making a 3rd game. There has since been Portal and Portal 2 (amazing games where you use portals to solve puzzles while also having a great story), Team Fortress 2 (a great multiplayer game that basically started the class-based shooter genre), and Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 (great zombie survival game).
At one point Valve created Steam, initially just as a place to sell their games, but eventually it became a place where anyone could publish their own games. Now it's the biggest PC game distribution service, earning Valve billions of dollars every year.
Valve stopped really making games for a while, mainly developing software like Steam and hardware like the failed Steam Controller and Steam Machine. They made the mistake of revealing Artifact, a massive disappointment when fans realized it was just a card game.
But in 2020 they released Half Life Alyx, an incredible VR game taking place 5 years before the end of Half Life 2 episode 2. It used their Source 2 engine, with amazing graphics, especially for a VR game. It even has a custom-built physics engine called Rubikon. It truly was a "triple-A done right", showing that Valve still could make great games and it set an incredibly high bar for VR games. It pushed the Valve Index headset (though it wasn't required, you can use any VR headset that's compatible with Steam VR) which has individual finger tracking.
And last year Valve released the Steam Deck, a hardware device similar in shape to the Switch but blurring the line between PC and console. It is effectively a small PC running SteamOS, Valve's operating system based on Linux and designed for using Steam. The Steam Deck can do anything a PC can, though it mainly is for playing your Steam games. It also is designed to be easy to repair. Valve really is pushing for Linux gaming, as they don't like the trend of Windows taking over all of gaming. Valve made Proton, based on Wine, which is software for making Windows games be able to be run on Linux.
As of now, there are many interesting things happening with Valve. Fans have always been good at finding all sorts of hidden content and leaks from Valve. From these leaks as well as public statements, we know that Valve tried to make Half Life 3 several times, but repeatedly gave up or lost interest. Recently a massive leak has given a lot of insight into the development history of all sorts of Valve games. Valve seems to be working on porting CS:GO to Source 2. They also are supposedly working on a new VR headset.
Check out Tyler McVicker, he does a lot of research into what Valve's up to.
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