Valve Modifies Half Life 2 in Response to User Statistics
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Half-Life 2 EP 1 contains an advanced statistics system (http://www.steampowered.com/stats/ep1/), measuring how people plays the game. Through analyzing of these statistics, Valve has determined that players are having a lot of problems with the elevator battle, at map Lowlife and therefore updated the game, making that specific battle easier.
This is actually quite cool - I like the fact that they used previous gameplay experiences by their users in order to determine what needs to be modified for the next version…
But is it possible for this feedback to go to far? With gaming companies keeping track of these statistics, how do they determine properly what needs to be changed? I would think that any changes would lead to alot of unrest, since many players, with different skill levels will have different issues at different parts of the game. I am sure that many gamers who appreciated the challenge of these sections of the game were a bit disappointed with the decrease…
What do you think?
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