hyzaku said:
Longer and more of the same is not worth $45. Maybe $10 at most, but I do not pay much for mere puzzle games.
From early reports, it is more
Half-Life 2 and less
Left 4 Dead 2. Aka, it's genuinely substantial, and not - as you put it - "more of the same". The creators have stated that more of the same would be pretty boring.
But quality is not indicative of "what I feel this is worth". I, for example, live in Australia, and if it wasn't available on Steam would happily pay the AUD$110 RRP. Others, like you, just have no interest in it. I have no interest in
Call of Duty as a series, yet people happily lined up on launch day in this country to pay $120 for
Black Ops. To each their own; it means nothing whatsoever beyond personal disposition.