You expect me to pay $20.00 for an unfinished remake of a game, which you’ve already released for free, all of which that you released exclusively on a DRM platform?
I’m no fool.
An official announcement will be made soon to offer more details.
The good thing about the game already being released for free is… You can still use it. No one is forcing you to touch the paid version. For me, it’s more of a way to support the developers in their quest to release more content. Of course I will buy this version of the game to show my support, seems like a no-brainer for me, but again, no one is forcing anyone to buy it 
It’s funny because when the free mod version was originally released, the forums and reviews and comments and such were flooded with people saying “I’d gladly pay for this game!” but when given the option to pay, a non-insignificant number of people are now like “Oh helllllll no”.
Indeed. It’s sad that people are actually dissapointed it is finally on Steam. On that note, here is a press release regarding the improvements made; https://www.blackmesagame.com/bms_presskit.pdf
Someone gift me the game, I would appreciate it.
I want to make new maps.
Typical behavior of people who loves to claim things that they think they’ll never have to own up to.
You’re aware that everybody on the internet is not the same person, yes?
Could’ve fooled me…
It’s not like the two are even remotely the same thing. You don’t say ‘We’re going to remake this game because it was so fun,’ then take years to do anything, then release it in an unfinished state, then say ‘Yeah, we’re not done yet, but here’s the game with some missing features we promised, released on a DRM platform, all for $20 dollars.’
If you want a good example of ‘I like this game so much, I’d PAY for it,’ you can either look at a donation button, or Cave Story. That game was released in a finished state, everyone loved it, and the paid version is pretty much the same game with a few graphical updates here and there and a couple of other things.
Don’t like it, don’t buy it. No one told you to inflict your stupidity upon the rest of the world.
You realize you have a free option, right? No one is forcing you to do anything. $20 for Early Access, which is already in a very high state of completion. The developers aren’t being malevolent, and pretty much all Source games are on Steam.
Still, the choice IS in the end yours to make. I’m not sure, but I thought the developers had a donation function?
No. The donation options always led to “Give your money to charity.”
I don’t understand your argument. How does not being forced to do something make anything alright?
Everybody’s got choices. I remember at the end of Half-Life you had a choice. Accept the G-Man’s offer and sit in an empty room until HL2, or fight a battle you can’t win. I don’t understand how having a choice has any relevance here.
We never accepted donations. If you do not wish to pay for our title, you are able to stick with the free version.
So when is the free version going to be finished?
You know, the devs no longer have the excuse of this being merely a free mod developed in their free time, actual money being thrown their way right now. If these people don’t hurry up with the last 15 percent of the game which was promised 3 years ago and development is still as slow as it was for the past 10 years then they’re no better than any other early access scam artist out there.
Now you’re pretending that just because they happen to be making money from it means they can quit their jobs or university.
Shit, you guys will stop at nothing to justify yourselves.
What? What are you talking about?