Ok, I've been playing the new HL2 Deathmatch all night, here are my thoughts... I'm sorta new on the boards but read this if you'd like
First off, if you can find a lag free game, you will have a blast!! The ragdolls are freakin' amazing, and it has the whole general HL1-2 feel. All that's missing is the gauss gun... hehe... not a WHOLE lot of weapons for DM, but meh. That's what mods are for.
A couple of bugs and missing features however...
Firstly, you cannot pick up stuff with your hands. This can be trouble for several reason... for example if a grenade lands next to you, you should be able to pick it up and toss if out of your range, instead of having to pull out of the gravity gun and try and get rid of it before it explodes, which takes up precious seconds. We should be able to pick up stuff in our hands like in Single Player!
The Pistol bug is still present, even in multiplayer. You can charge up ths pistol and pick people off from across the map... not exactly my idea of a fair situation. They should fix this ASAP.
The magnum is ridiculiously overpowered. In HL1, a headshot with it was a kill, however in HL2, anywhere is a kill. It's the equivalent of the KAR in DoD, except no reload time and a 6 round clip. Not to mention perfect accuracy. This should be changed... I think many people will agree with me.
Other than the netcode being fixed a tab to accomodate more players per server, I think it's a find MP component. I literally found myself laughing out loud as my rocket launcher victims went sailing over my head. Priceless stuff. Shooting explosive barrels while people are holding them also makes for tons of fun.
One more thing... in Single Player, the gunshot sounds change with distance... in DM, they all sound the same from anywhere, much like Counter-Strike. I wonder why this didn't add this feature? It would be great, as DoD will surely have to have it. It's too cool NOT to leave in.
I'm guessing they just sorta rushed it out the door... I'm sure more maps are coming, my faborite right now is "Overwatch". Hopefully they'll make these changes and fix these bugs... then it will be perfect. A few more gamesplay types would be great as well.
Nonetheless, thanks Valve! Hl2 DM has brought out my inner child :cheers:
Well, time for a beer and a smoke.
First off, if you can find a lag free game, you will have a blast!! The ragdolls are freakin' amazing, and it has the whole general HL1-2 feel. All that's missing is the gauss gun... hehe... not a WHOLE lot of weapons for DM, but meh. That's what mods are for.
A couple of bugs and missing features however...
Firstly, you cannot pick up stuff with your hands. This can be trouble for several reason... for example if a grenade lands next to you, you should be able to pick it up and toss if out of your range, instead of having to pull out of the gravity gun and try and get rid of it before it explodes, which takes up precious seconds. We should be able to pick up stuff in our hands like in Single Player!
The Pistol bug is still present, even in multiplayer. You can charge up ths pistol and pick people off from across the map... not exactly my idea of a fair situation. They should fix this ASAP.
The magnum is ridiculiously overpowered. In HL1, a headshot with it was a kill, however in HL2, anywhere is a kill. It's the equivalent of the KAR in DoD, except no reload time and a 6 round clip. Not to mention perfect accuracy. This should be changed... I think many people will agree with me.
Other than the netcode being fixed a tab to accomodate more players per server, I think it's a find MP component. I literally found myself laughing out loud as my rocket launcher victims went sailing over my head. Priceless stuff. Shooting explosive barrels while people are holding them also makes for tons of fun.
One more thing... in Single Player, the gunshot sounds change with distance... in DM, they all sound the same from anywhere, much like Counter-Strike. I wonder why this didn't add this feature? It would be great, as DoD will surely have to have it. It's too cool NOT to leave in.
I'm guessing they just sorta rushed it out the door... I'm sure more maps are coming, my faborite right now is "Overwatch". Hopefully they'll make these changes and fix these bugs... then it will be perfect. A few more gamesplay types would be great as well.
Nonetheless, thanks Valve! Hl2 DM has brought out my inner child :cheers:
Well, time for a beer and a smoke.