stackyFACTSIf you think modern games get delayed, look at Valve's masterpiece class-based shooter.
If you think modern games get delayed, look at Valve's masterpiece class-based shooter. Originally announced in 1999 as a hyper-realistic modern military game, it quietly disappeared for nearly a decade. Internally, the team completely scrapped the game multiple times, shifting from gritty war realism to a bizarre alien invasion theme, before finally landing on the beloved Pixar-esque cartoon aesthetic and casually releasing it in 2007 like nothing happened.
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