New Q&A with gabe from Gamespot

"Half-Life 2's multiplayer is something we're not talking about because we want to keep it as a surprise for our customers as we roll into our launch cycle. I play it every day. I think it's going to be very popular with the community. "


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Originally posted by Spiffae
"Half-Life 2's multiplayer is something we're not talking about because we want to keep it as a surprise for our customers as we roll into our launch cycle. I play it every day. I think it's going to be very popular with the community. "


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Sounds like it's ****ing awesome. Maybe theres something truely unique about HL2 MP?
 
sounds that way... if it were DM or CTF, they wouldn't want it to be a surprise... whatever it is, it's new.
 
ic ant even imagine what it could be that would make it so different. i mean, i can only think of a few different spins...

im trusting you valve...!!
 
also, it's good to see Gabe being honest and upfront about screwing up the release date and how the fans feel.
 
I'm still betting HL2's multiplayer has some form of Counter-strike.
 
I want to be one of those people that play tests and then get an interview after. ;(
 
WOW

i mean gabe said "your are NEVER alone...well almost NEVER ALONE"

so this means the 20mins e3 footage we saw where gordon was alone in some parts. well that was long.

this game is going to be BIG!

i mean you do objectives with the people around you. and you can probaly choose to help them, or not (or shoot them LOL)
 
NICE!
that clears up some things up people were whining about.
*sigh of relief*
 
/\/\So is it any good? Post some pics!!!

Thanx for posting this Spiffae, i hope they make it for the holidays!"!
 
Right now all we can say is holidays of this year, which to me feels really unfortunate. Our customers really want to know. They say, "Tell us what the date is going to be," and that's what they want to hear. They're fine with what the date is; they just want to know so they can plan accordingly.

Right now it's for the holidays. I wish we had a clearer date to give people at this time.
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this should be posted in every "angry at valve/gabe" thread.
 
Originally posted by The more on
/\/\So is it any good? Post some pics!!!

Thanx for posting this Spiffae, i hope they make it for the holidays!"!
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haha
cant play it without my new system , go reply to my system post in software hardware post so i can decide on my new machine
 
Yeah, caught the link on PHL.

That multiplayer sounds interesting, damn release dates.
 
Well, well. Gotta say, that was an excellent interview GameSpot conducted. Especially considering the "spaced out" condition Gabe was reputed to be in from the actual ppl we know that saw him...what with all the stress and long flights, etc. They asked a bunch of the right questions, and in a diplomatic way. Kudos to the interviewer...oh and to the interviewee too, btw, for being candid.
 
Right now, the most important thing we're doing is watching people play.

AND

Half-Life 2's multiplayer is something we're not talking about because we want to keep it as a surprise for our customers as we roll into our launch cycle. I play it every day. I think it's going to be very popular with the community.

Are these big clues, or even proof that the game is ''done'' They dont have to add anymore to it, just the difficulty level needs to be changed on some parts.

I know What i believe, it sounds done and dusted to me.
 
Excellent Find....Sounds like multiplayer is going to be good... they prob. wont tell us about it untill the day before release...i must get it the first day and not view anything for MP so that it's a surprise! I hope it's delayed till early november, thats not tooo far away...maybe i can change my GForce 4 Ti 4200 64mb to a Radeon 9800 xt 256mb....i want it at it's best! :borg:
 
Originally posted by songwriter
Right now, the most important thing we're doing is watching people play.

AND

Half-Life 2's multiplayer is something we're not talking about because we want to keep it as a surprise for our customers as we roll into our launch cycle. I play it every day. I think it's going to be very popular with the community.

Are these big clues, or even proof that the game is ''done'' They dont have to add anymore to it, just the difficulty level needs to be changed on some parts.

I know What i believe, it sounds done and dusted to me.
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I suppose you skiped the part where he said they were play testing to refine the gameplay. This part will take forever since its not really fixing more then personal preferences. I just hope he is not a perfectionist or they will never be satisfied.
 
heh, Play first rather than figure out the options.

I then get owned by a person who actually read the objectives :(

The news about TF2 and Multiplayer have me in Very high hopes. I can wait till christmas

Thanksgiving and Halloween can tide me over.

Edit: ant lion, neat :imu:
 
*Potential Spoiler*

I've been thinking

At the beginning of the game, you're confused. The character is confused, and the player is confused. What's going on? What's happened to the passage of time? The last thing I remember is this other event, and now there's a fair amount of distance from that--spatially and temporally. I'm not in Black Mesa anymore--what happened?
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Anyone ever thought that the time span between the end of HL 1 and start of HL 2 is actually Zero? That as soon as you walk through that portal you get sent a few years into the future thrown in the middle of a fire fight and slowly but surely piecing up what happened in the years since black mesa and then using the so called "concept" teleporter thing to somehow change the past? I mean from what we've seen with dried up seas and destroyed cities with small units of guerillas fighting against this unknown force called combine a hell of a lot of shit has happened between HL 1 and HL 2.
 
Or, maybe the teleporter actually transported him into the real world, where everything is destroyed and there is a small human force trying desperately to fight against the evil thingamagigs trying to destroy everything.

And maybe Gordon will be able to fly, and rip telephone poles out of the ground, and he'll have to fight 100 G-Men, and he'll finally encounter the Administrator at the end where he'll learn the truth, but really become even more confused than he was in the first place!

Or not.
 
wtf is the hold up? holiday? my ass thats what they're saying incase "SOMETHING" holds them up until then...

Its their way of saying "well.. we're not sure when we're going to be able to release it yet because "SOMETHING" is holding us back... It can be from anyday until the holiday because we want you to have this before chirstmas!"
 
Don't know if anyone else caught this:

This has meant that we took all the money we made from Half-Life, and other money we had, and said, "OK rather than going and buying Ferraris, we're going to buy our next game." Everybody at the company had to buy into that.
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...but it was a total jab at Id and the famous Ferrari. Very nice stick.

-Mr. Bildo
 
My opinion now is that the game starts with Alyx and Kleiner as we have seen...
 
well it's october already.

in about two weeks we'll get to play Max Payne 2!

and then 4 weeks after MP2's release we'll hopefully get hl2.....
 
"I hate release dates because no matter how hard we try, we screw them up."
So why say 30 sth September why not say holidays in the first place...
Anyway MP is second on my list SP is where the games is brilliant (i hope).
There arent enough Sp games out there.
 
im actually happy it got delayed because nnow i can buy hl2 when im not grounded lol
 
im actually happy it got delayed because nnow i can buy hl2 when im not grounded lol
that's pretty sad if you can't buy a game while you're grounded... better check into that
 
I've always assumed that the time between HL1 and HL2 is zero. They've been quite clear that the player sees all of what Gordon sees...so its likely that this is the case.
 
That was great. He repeated a bunch of common sense crap and then whipped out some bullshit about multiplayer.
 
Thats all he does, say the same things hes already said in different ways. He repeats himself too. And doesnt say anything new. Just repeats stuff. Always repeating. Over and over.
 
new video interview just released from alacatraz. Same dialogue though.
 
well, what do you guys expect? we've basically been getting the same info for a couple months now; repeat after repeat, just reword the general idea a bit and you've got a brand spankin' new interview! I'm glad what he said about the fans tho... all we want is a date, but since we know this business is unpredictable when it comes to those, that's not gonna happen
 
..

MUST HAVE THE VIDEO INTERVIEW !!!!!!!

anyone that has access to get it MAKE A TORRENT !
 
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