How amny sitll dont believe?

[Grand Architect]

I had hoped for a HL² themed MP, and that fact that we well not have vehicles in a MP is upsetting in itself. I still hope a HL² themed MP is being kept secret but I'm not foolish enough to hold my breath for one. CS:S is a ok game but has little to do with HL or HL² other then the engine, and it's really not my cup of tea.

 

[Tiddalick]

I think the reason people (like myself) are agast that there is no HL2 multiplayer (so we pretty much are sure of at the moment) is covered by these reasons:

1.Valve has slapped a new coat of paint on a game that has nothing to do with half-life and presenting it as multi.
Why do people care you ask?
Its because of what COULD OF BEEN.
Instead of wasting time porting the game (which could of been done later) all those people could of been using their talent for making multiplayer and instead of producing more of the same, making something new and better.
Imagine a combine vs resistance type game in the areas like city 17, the game seems to scream out such ideas yet nothing has been done. The multiplayer possibilitys are FANTASTIC and yet ignored.

Even if the people that originally created CS instead made a new and improved cs but with HL theme as said above, it would of been acceptable (not as ground breaking). But no...


2.I personally (and im sure some would agree with this) prefer the game company to make the multiplayer and see mods as a bonus, not as the main product.

I don't see why valve chose to just rehash old games and present them again. I swear that if valve had instead experimented with something freash and new then halflife 2 would be the best game ever made over all platforms, but instead it will only be a great game.

 

[Teta_Bonita]

I just e-mailed Gabe Newell, asking him if cs: source will be HL2's only mp. I'll post his reply as soon as I get it.

 

[Sparta]

I doubt he'll answer.
Here's the thing i dont get though

http://archive.gamespy.com/interviews/july03/halflife2/index3.shtml

Look at the last question

GameSpy: Finally, can you share any details on what we might expect in the multiplayer arena from Half-Life 2?
Doug Lombardi: Only that at this point we're not releasing too many details about the gameplay modes.

This means that they must've had some form of HL2-Themed multiplayer on the cards, or that HL2MP is still coming with HL2. There's a quote from the June 2003 PCGamer where Gabe says "We want our MP to be a surprise for the customers".

I seriously doubt this has happened, but isn't it possible that the guys from PC Gamer signed some form of NDA that forced them not to say anything about the multiplayer component until the review is on the shelves?

 

[poseyjmac]

well if there is one more than one gameplay mode for CS:S that would be nice

 

[Tiddalick]

I guess it is possible that they canned the multiplayer and instead focused on counter strike....
I just don't see WHY they would do this though.

EVERY game that is ANYTHING these days comes with at least a token multiplayer....
I wish we could get some conformation on this...

It IS possible that HL2 Mulitplayer IS INDEED the secret....I guess the words 'we shall see' come to mind
.

 

[Sparta]

Plus, halflife84 from Planethalflife stated that there IS a multiplayer option in HL2. what's the point of adding a multiplayer option in the menu for HL2 if you've already got a link on the desktop to CS:S ?

 

[Thadius Dean]

they should have a HLDMA, (Half-Life Deathmatch Anonymous) im at the denial stage.

 

[Bigcheese]

DM is for unreal. sp is for half life and making you have nightmares for the rest of your life is for doom...

i couldnt care less if hl2 dint have its own mp, there will be 100 mods made that would be better any way.

 

[Tiddalick]

Plus, halflife84 from Planethalflife stated that there IS a multiplayer option in HL2. what's the point of adding a multiplayer option in the menu for HL2 if you've already got a link on the desktop to CS:S ?

This is the bit that I dont get.
Conflicting views on wether there is a multiplayer option or not.

I don't like spoliers, but could anyone that played the leak comment on this? WAS there anything to indicate multiplayer at that stage of the build?

Im sure valve knows the current state of the community, so why not give us piece of mind?

 

[poseyjmac]

This is the bit that I dont get.
Conflicting views on wether there is a multiplayer option or not.

I don't like spoliers, but could anyone that played the leak comment on this? WAS there anything to indicate multiplayer at that stage of the build?

Im sure valve knows the current state of the community, so why not give us piece of mind?

there isn't. the 'mp' people are talking about is the ability to connect to each other's games. which is just part of the engine. the other person wasn't a model that was finished and had valid animations. still it was enough to have fun with physics objects

 

[madFive]

they are bundling so much with the hl2 packages, i don't see how anyone can complain about lack of multiplayer. hl:s mp will most likely include the new weapons, and plenty of new objects to throw around with the new phisycs.

dod:s will be very cool: a better looking ww2(or is it ww1? i dunno) game than we've ever seen before - i've only played dod once and the gfx looked so crappy i just couldn't bring myself to go thru with it - an upgrade to the look of dod could make it a very popular mp.

and of course, you know cs:s is going to blow us all away! if its really the only mp that ships with hl2, you can bet they've added plenty of new maps to show off new physics, visuals, and probably plenty of vehicles, as well as plenty of clasic cs action.

and of course there will be a ton of mods to go thru. just because we don't get to do any of this in city17 while wearing combine masks and throwing bug-bait at eachother is absolutely no reason to complain at this point.

 

[Agent.M]

OMG seriously people this is getting rediculous it has already been said that css is the only mp what more do you need.

 

[Tiddalick]

OMG seriously people this is getting rediculous it has already been said that css is the only mp what more do you need.

Said by everyone other then valve.
People will continue to be suspecious (given all the quotes by gabe in the past year) until someone with vavle in their name tells us otherwise.

 

[Agent.M]

Said by everyone other then valve.
People will continue to be suspecious (given all the quotes by gabe in the past year) until someone with vavle in their name tells us otherwise.

Well they have in a way already confirmed this when the interview was first posted people where asking is this legit and cliffe posted on these very forums and said yes this is all legit and I remember the one Q's being: Is css the only MP for HL2 - Yes it is!

Here you go just for proof http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=39890&page=4 the second to last post by cliffe right above mine which is the last post...I too much wanted a HL2 MP but its simply not gonna happen people let it go!

 

[Tiddalick]

thank you for the link, though there is nothing there that really confirms or denys the question.

 

[poseyjmac]

they are bundling so much with the hl2 packages, i don't see how anyone can complain about lack of multiplayer. hl:s mp will most likely include the new weapons, and plenty of new objects to throw around with the new phisycs.

none of the bundles include HL:S MP. you're just speculating.

 

[madFive]

true...dod is only mp tho right? it will probably take a while to come out, but since i'm planning on taking my time with hl2 sp, i'm not really worried about it...

 

[Baal]

I was going to vote for I wouldn't be surprised either way, until I realized that I WOULD be surprised if HL2 had it's own MP, not just CS:Source.

But if I think there's still hope for HL2 MP.

 

[Bongfarmer]

I dont think there will be HLM, but anouther game mode that HL2 based