Originally Posted by xerraire1

I lost my previous post; basically in 1996 Valve broke the mold, they created a realisitic FPS. THey didnt know it was work. They got millions of dollars; they had thousands mods made.

They knew they could squeeze 2 more out of the first one. So they made a cliffhanger ending. Either love it or hate it, the ending will make you buy the next version.

Also they're gaming programmers, how much imagination do you really think they have?