Quoting: KeyrockCan I sneak around if I turn my flashlight off?

In this bit, no.

Spoiler, click me

I tried to get a better view of the beast, and I was spotted at the same spot regardless of using flashlight or not.

As for the rest of your post, they did say on their website that there will be more options to interact with the environment, but no word on how important that will be. At the same time, I believe most of it will be exploration/reaction to beasts.

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@Dubigrasu: your video appears to be private.
Ontopic: Wow, thanks for pointing this one out! I will definitely buy this one. My favorite thing about this game is that your 'eyes' adjust when you switch the flashlight on or off, making the surroundings much more visible with the flashlight off.

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I'd speculate that Valve will tune the system to allow it to cater better to different styles of games rather than have a one-size-fits-all policy.

I must say I have to agree with this, and not only for the short games mentioned. I can imagine that for an RPG, character creation and starting quests take more than two hours. And then, upon finally getting outdoors, the game appears to be too heavy for your system...

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Quoting: sarmadFinally!!! I can now just go ahead and buy the game instead of spending an hour searching google on whether my hardware can support such a game. Well done, Valve.

This. ThisThisThis.
And the 'maybe you played the game for an hour and didn't like it' from the excerpt.
Demo's are alive once more.

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Quoting: edgleyDontate button is the best way to go honestly; some way to ask once, *after* you've played with the mod enabled for a few hours, for a small donation would also be pretty good.

I like this. As long as you don't have to click through such screens often. But something like "This session you've given the following mods a try: <insert list of mods>. If you liked them, why not donate to the makers?"
Clicking on an item in that list will point you to a page where you can donate, and are informed about how your donation will be split between the game dev, the modder, and Valve.
The matter of reused stuff from other mods still needs a solution. Maybe the mod donation page should have information on what other mods (if any) this mod used? Hard to find a waterproof, manageable and fair system when money is involved..

In the end, Valve needs to be transparent on this so that modders and non-modders alike can help them make these systems better. Valve doesn't do too bad on that I guess. A good relation with your community only serves you in the long run.

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Quoting: liamdaweUnless you play to play it on another platform, you should never pre-order a Linux game when the Linux version doesn't exist yet.

Your sale will probably not be counted for Linux now.

The free copy of Olli Olli was probably important enough to him. There's a difference between advising him not to do this and telling him not to do this. Though I would indeed advise people to not buy things that aren't made for Linux.

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