For the record: Half Life 2 is my favorite single player game of all time. Portal was amazing. Orange Box is the only game this gen I'd give a 10.
But Valve just fucks up so hard on their release dates on console. HL 2 on XBOX a week before 360 launch. Orange Box in middle of killer 08 period. Now L4D 3 days before Gears2. It will not sell. Why don't they realize they can sell these games in the summer? I understand that the PC market is the primary consideration, but I want Valve to succeed on the 360 so I can get more console games from them.
This game already has enough going against it. It looks like a twitch shooter ill-suited for PC (w/ no footage of 360 to disprove that), and they haven't shown any of the MP, so it looks like a game that is extremely over-priced at $60.