Hl2's Mulitplayer Possibility

Originally posted by dawdler
Lol, yeah, that WOULD be a surprise :)
But lets face it: They wouldnt get out alive from that Seattle gathering if it didnt have MP.
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True, having no MP nowadays also means suicide in the gaming world.
 
Originally posted by DeathMark
What if you could actually BE a strider. Now that would be cool.
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Valve apparently made a playable model to have fun with... So even if it's not part of the game, it could be modded in fairly easily.

<Giggles like a schoolgirl>
 
my theory is that valve would like to release cs2 with hl2 if possible, but they won't hold up hl2's release date for it.

this is why they keep saying "no comment". if they said yes, and then cs2 wasn't done by hl2's gold date, they'd have to either delay the game or release without cs2. either way, fans get angry.

so they don't answer the question. if cs2 is done in time, it's a big surprise and everybody's happy. if it's not done, they release with standard dm modes and don't break any promises, and then release cs2 shortly thereafter.
 
This is just wild speculation but I don't think they are anywhere near finishing CS2. They have yet to release Condition Zero and the 1.6 patch to everyone: if they release CS2 it will be the end of CZ. And I'm pretty sure they intend to milk the cow to the very last drop before tossing it aside :)
 
vivendi wants to milk the cow. valve is all about hl2. and they know counterstrike is the only hl multiplayer mode that matters.
 
What about DoD, TFC, or NS for that matter...

And on a side note: there is no reason and no evidence to back up the claim that CS2 will be released with HL2 and that's the plain truth.
 
VALVe should leave CS behind them and do something more originally then good guys vs bad guys.
 
I agree on that..staying for years with the same recepy can get boring..let them surprise us..!
 
I still Like My Idea of A mode that allows Manipulator Noob Chucking
 
id like a mod that is a re-do of the hl2 single player game except with all high powerd weapons. Like a .50 Desert Eagle, and like a bunch of cannons. You could shoot the combine 1 time and they would be knocked 10 feet back.
 
Originally posted by )[eVo]( Para
And on a side note: there is no reason and no evidence to back up the claim that CS2 will be released with HL2 and that's the plain truth.
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There is a reason (albeit not a very substantial one) to think that CS2 might be the secret. In one e-mail, Gabe said no when asked if TF2 was going to be bundled with HL2... but when asked if CS2 was planned to come with HL2 he said "no comment".
Even if HL2 came with CS2, I doubt that would be the only multiplayer that shipped with it.
 
I have a feeling it's going to be something special, whatever it is. I trust Valve not to release plain vanilla multiplayer.

I'm also hoping Team Fortress 2 will ship as a free add-on or at least a discounted purchase for owners of Half-Life 2. I'm not too crazy about the idea of them releasing HL2 with token multiplayer then releasing the multiplayer aspect the fans really want as a seperate game at full price.
 
Originally posted by nw909
Capture the gman, carry him on your back to you're base.
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why the g man cant die! he can walk himself....

well ive had clear shots and he never died......
 
Maybe they'll include a bonus cd/dvd with some half-life2 mods.... there are a few developers who got the SDK very early on right? maybe that's it... we won't know until the release anyway but it's fun to speculate :D

[Interl@ce hopes for a snowball mod :bounce: ]
 
If it's CS2 i'd be really impressed. I'd be impressed at how they were able to keep it under wraps all this time. Nobody to my knowledge has any real info on CS2 or any media. The only thing remotely close is CS:CZ, and that news has died recently as well.

I hope it's not CS2 though, unless they made some huge changes. How far can they really take the whole CT vs. T thing anyways? Sure, add more guns, maps, put the game in Source...but that still doesn't change the gameplay THAT much. I can't see how having the physics from HL2 could really enhance CS that much.

Whatever the MP is, it has to be good and unique or else Valve wouldn't have all this "no comment" around the whole issue. Whatever it is, I hope it involves the HL2 world, not a mod currently out for HL1.
 
Originally posted by AmishSlayer
If it's CS2 i'd be really impressed. I'd be impressed at how they were able to keep it under wraps all this time. Nobody to my knowledge has any real info on CS2 or any media. The only thing remotely close is CS:CZ, and that news has died recently as well.

I hope it's not CS2 though, unless they made some huge changes. How far can they really take the whole CT vs. T thing anyways? Sure, add more guns, maps, put the game in Source...but that still doesn't change the gameplay THAT much. I can't see how having the physics from HL2 could really enhance CS that much.

Whatever the MP is, it has to be good and unique or else Valve wouldn't have all this "no comment" around the whole issue. Whatever it is, I hope it involves the HL2 world, not a mod currently out for HL1.
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I agree with you my friend!
 
Originally posted by OCybrManO
There is a reason (albeit not a very substantial one) to think that CS2 might be the secret. In one e-mail, Gabe said no when asked if TF2 was going to be bundled with HL2... but when asked if CS2 was planned to come with HL2 he said "no comment".
Even if HL2 came with CS2, I doubt that would be the only multiplayer that shipped with it.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm a CS fan-boy as some would say, I would die of shock/joy if they release CS2 with HL2. But I really doubt it. I'm just pessimistic, it's an opinion nothing more :)

And AmishSlayer, about CZ, I just read the funniest thing ever: Halflife.org has announced this:

Condition Zero days away!
Counter-Strike Condition Zero is now only days away! It will be released on 29 August; if you havent already you can order it and it will be deliverd on day of release, I know I will be. Click here to get to it.

I really don't know where they get their info...
 
I don't really like CS unless I'm screwing around with some of my friends on a server with bots (or a group of 20 friends so we don't need bots) and weird custom maps... but it seems a little strange that Gabe would give a solid no to one and an ambiguous no comment to the other.
 
i heard CZ single player was absoute crap, and the mp is just 1.6 which is crap cause of riot shield bugs
 
Actually they fixed the shield, it's very effective now. Nearly unstoppable if you manage to never lose sight of your enemy. The only way I know to take out a riot shield is to get up close and personal, emptying a full clip head-on. :)
 
Well that has yet to happen to me, but there have many steam updates in the past month so it could have already been fixed. Unless you are sure it's recent.
 
Originally posted by dawdler
Problem is, what is unique? Consider what they have, and consider what can be done with it that isnt to stupid ("Tip the Strider" or "Hug the Ant Lion"). There isnt much unique left...
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I seriously hope your not a game designer with such a narrow vision :p

Seroiusly though, there are a million things noone has thought of doing yet...
 
Originally posted by OCybrManO
I don't really like CS unless I'm screwing around with some of my friends on a server with bots (or a group of 20 friends so we don't need bots) and weird custom maps... but it seems a little strange that Gabe would give a solid no to one and an ambiguous no comment to the other.
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tf2 has been in development forever and is knowingly done on the source engine now
 
I would be really odd to release CS2 with Half-life when they are still planning on releasing CD 1.6 soon. CS2 would make all the work that went into 1.6 kinda pointless.
 
I hate cs 1.6

It's crappy. I'd rather they go back to 1.3

However, the thing I hate most about 1.6 is STEAM.

Steam is the worst thing to come to the online gaming world to date imo.

edit: To stay on-topic, i doubt there will be much surprises in the multiplayer scene with HL2. It's always been about the single player, they are relying on mods for multiplayer.

As for mods, I don't think the old, current mods will live to see HL2, except for the unorthodox ones like NS. There will be a whole new batch of mods for HL2, and the old ones will die out.
 
Originally posted by Parasite
I seriously hope your not a game designer with such a narrow vision :p

Seroiusly though, there are a million things noone has thought of doing yet...
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Notice I said that had to make sense with IT... I assume Valve limits themself to their own HL2 models in MP. Using anything else would be a Mod, not HL2 MP. And when you only got these to play with, and consider HL2 story, you cant to that much that aint pure stupidity. Its a possibility to make Combine VS Resistance deathmatch, it would make perfect sense. Its also a possibility to make Alyx VS Gordon deathmatch. But once you see 10 identical Alyx's running towards you, you'll see the stupidity and the absolute void of logic there...
 
Originally posted by eediot
I hate cs 1.6

It's crappy. I'd rather they go back to 1.3

However, the thing I hate most about 1.6 is STEAM.

Steam is the worst thing to come to the online gaming world to date imo.

edit: To stay on-topic, i doubt there will be much surprises in the multiplayer scene with HL2. It's always been about the single player, they are relying on mods for multiplayer.

As for mods, I don't think the old, current mods will live to see HL2, except for the unorthodox ones like NS. There will be a whole new batch of mods for HL2, and the old ones will die out.
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Well you're entitled to your own opinion, but let me ask you why you hate Steam so much?

It's a great broadband gaming device that just might revolutionize the gaming industry. It allows for new developers to publish a game on their own without any pressure from an outside company. Steam was released to the public for open beta in January, but I had read articles on news websites before that about other companies who had already planned to buy a license to use the Steam interface. Besides the new auto-retry feature is pretty funky :)
 
Originally posted by AmishSlayer
If it's CS2 i'd be really impressed. I'd be impressed at how they were able to keep it under wraps all this time. Nobody to my knowledge has any real info on CS2 or any media. The only thing remotely close is CS:CZ, and that news has died recently as well.

I hope it's not CS2 though, unless they made some huge changes. How far can they really take the whole CT vs. T thing anyways? Sure, add more guns, maps, put the game in Source...but that still doesn't change the gameplay THAT much. I can't see how having the physics from HL2 could really enhance CS that much.

Whatever the MP is, it has to be good and unique or else Valve wouldn't have all this "no comment" around the whole issue. Whatever it is, I hope it involves the HL2 world, not a mod currently out for HL1.
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Wright..i'd be dissapoinetd if it's CS2..i do not play CS..don't like the round waiting stuff..hoping on something from the HL universe too, a good theme based MP..an objective mode maybe where physics and moving vehiles come in..ok nothing new,but a lot newer then CS
 
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