Coolest multiplayer ideas?

[spitcodfry]

I think it would be bitchin to be able to play as the different aliens. Headcrabs, if they could successfully lunge onto a human character's head, would be granted more health while using the host. This would work like the system in Aliens vs Predator 2. You'd have a really low health count as just a normal headcrab, but when attached to a human, the normal health is boosted considerably. Another cool idea for a mod (who knows, Valve may already have something like this implemented into multiplayer), would be to have everyone against a Strider, who initially is controlled via AI. Whomever knocks the most health off of it before its toppled gets to be the Strider for the next round until its killed. The player would have access to all its abilities, such as the skewer (gotta love it), and the distortion-effect laser blast. This would no doubt require a large, outdoor map, preferrably in a City 17-like setting. Another sweet mode could have each player controlling their own Alien Gunship, and whoever kills the most civilians/military personnel, etc, wins. Call these cheesy if you want, but I think they'd be great for mods. I'm interested to hear what the rest of you think would be cool for multiplayer.

 

[Joeyslucky22]

People Vs Aliens is allways fun. Peer Vs Peer

 

[Gunner]

FFA deathmatch would be great IMO. I don't think it's pretty fair for a headcrab to go one on one with gungho human players.

 

[SnowBall]

Look at NS or AvP. Aliens vs Humans for me.

 

[Gordon'sFreeman]

Im with SnowBall on this one, i really do hope NS team get help from Vavle to convert it all to HL2, *dreams*

 

[spitcodfry]

NS is the best HL mod next to CS, IMO

 

[Hudson]

ive been praying for an Aliens vs. Marines (no not shitty NS), like the kind in the movie Aliens. I attempted to start up such a mod once, but got a cease and desist from fox. boycott fox.

 

[Guest]

im pretty sure you are protected by a fair use act if your are in the united states
its part of the 1976 copywrite law

 

[peasoup]

Maybe the NS team started with the Alien vs Marines idea but also were stopped by copyright laws, so instead made the next best thing

 

[Phisionary]

i just got this neat idea. as we all know, humans are way superior to the aliens (in most games). I'm just saying that usually there's one heo human, and 500000000 aliens he kills to beat the game. so they should put in, like, a strategic control aspexct, so each alien (meaning a player) can control a dozen or so creatures (perhaps as opposed to having weapons), facing the human opponent. so like, multiplayer with, say, 8 combine soldiers VS. 8 groups of 10 headcrabs....

i dunno. kind of a neat idea, i think, anyway. preserves some of the nature of SP balancing while making it fair for both sides.

maybe the alien players could switch through the viewpoints of all 'their creatures'.

a neat mod maybe anyhow.

-Phisionary.

 

[DimitriPopov]

People vs. People , not too into the sci-fi thing as far as MP goes.

 

[Flyingdebris]

i find that games like avp2 are best when its 1 or 2 aliens or preds vs a squad of marines. If there are too many players then it turns into a mindless slaughter with no strategic value. However with just the right amount of people the game contains the right amount of squad cohesion and fear.

For instance I have played avp2 in games filled to the brim with players. People getting gibbed all over the place like crazy go nuts.

I always found that stressful and not scary at all, just move as fast as you can and kill as many before you die dumbness.

However when you got 1 or 2 guys with skills vs a small group of players, the game becomes more enjoyable and more tense as you or you and your friend plan attacks where the other players must stick together to fend off your attacks.

 

[Gordon'sFreeman]

Originally posted by Flyingdebris
i find that games like avp2 are best when its 1 or 2 aliens or preds vs a squad of marines. If there are too many players then it turns into a mindless slaughter with no strategic value. However with just the right amount of people the game contains the right amount of squad cohesion and fear.

You hit the nail on the head, i use to play AvP2 over the net one pred which was me vs 6 marines, twas awesome funs

Then 4 people went Pred and it was just insane gayness

 

[tewmten]

Capture the Monkey!

It's my own idea, and it goes like this

One temple in the middle of the map (or temple like) with a gold statue of a monkey, and there are two teams (maybe could be more!) and they have to capture the monkey and bring it to their base. So that's basiclly it.
But the guy who carries the monkey can't run, and can't use any weapons, so if the team wanna get some point, they better help the guy with the golden monkey. And of course when he get's killed, anyone can pick up the monkey and continue his quest of capturing the golden monkey!!

Monkeys are fun *giggle*

 

[dawdler]

Originally posted by tewmten
Capture the Monkey!

It's my own idea, and it goes like this

One temple in the middle of the map (or temple like) with a gold statue of a monkey, and there are two teams (maybe could be more!) and they have to capture the monkey and bring it to their base. So that's basiclly it.
But the guy who carries the monkey can't run, and can't use any weapons, so if the team wanna get some point, they better help the guy with the golden monkey. And of course when he get's killed, anyone can pick up the monkey and continue his quest of capturing the golden monkey!!

Monkeys are fun *giggle*

I assume it was you who posted on Unaimed forum?
Btw, need to add so that the carrier can throw it a limited distance... You could throw it over walls to other team members, or faster down stairs... (ie team goes ahead down stairs to secure the area, you throw it down, then cover the back)

 

[Gordon'sFreeman]

i want a HL2 RPG sort of thing,

Im going to pump out maps like the 4th of July!

 

[tewmten]

Originally posted by dawdler
I assume it was you who posted on Unaimed forum?
Btw, need to add so that the carrier can throw it a limited distance... You could throw it over walls to other team members, or faster down stairs... (ie team goes ahead down stairs to secure the area, you throw it down, then cover the back)

Yup, that was me :-D

 

[el Chi]

Apparently Valve made a playable Strider model for fun... That opens up WORLDS of possibility! Playing as a Strider in Aliens Vs Humans OR Strider Match which would be so good my legs might fall off.
And that's very good indeed.

 

[Ridic]

The only thing i would need to enjoy Aliens vs humans is fear. The aliens should be hard as hell in multiplyer. The players can only choose Humans and you must survive together trying to escape from the aliens. Giving the player fear would make the game 10000x better, it always dose for me.

Its a lot more fun if you know you dont have a chance, if you know your probably going to be sliced and diced. You would be suprised of the teamwork too. If i saw 1 of my teammates far behind our group being attacked, i would run out to help him. Even though i go in guns blazing to save him, i pretty much know theres a big chance were both going to get killed, but i try to save him anyway. With the use of voice com it would be better too. You get a game with most of the team that has voice com and its even more fun.

This is why sven coop is so fun, same with aliens vs pred. I know sven coop is being made for hl2, but i still think there should be coop modes in regular hl2 multi.