No Multiplayer in Half-life 2 really blows!

[k3ios]

I wan HL2 DM back, HL does not feels complete without a DM, its just isnt right .....

 

[jonesey2k]

HL2 Mutlyplayer could have been great. Team Deathmatch or objective maps. Resistance vs The combine.

 

[mikren]

I personally couldn't care about any of the MP games involved with halflife. Everything just happens too fast and don't feel realistic. I find a lot of MP games are this way.

You want to play a realistic MP game get Americas Army. THAT'S a freakin realistic MP game. Nuttin beats it....Nuttin.

 

[Ghostdog]

I realize that everyone else is aware, but the fact that HL2 won't have a multiplayer component really blows. If you want multiplayer you need to go with Counter Strike which is great on its own. Was really looking forward to setting up a HL2 server so I could kill my coworkers.

I think they made the right decission to exclude multiplayer from the game. Perfecting the single-player HL2 experience is in my opinion a much higher priority. Multiplayer in story-driven single-player games is given way to much attention these days. Also, with MP not included, mod teams will strive to make excelent MP-mods. Insurgency already sounds exciting, even though I´m not a clan player or much of a multiplayer in general. I´m sure we´ll see more MP mods coming out. Vehicles anyone?

 

[Homercidal]

Sure it is. It's not Half-Life 2 themed multiplayer, no, but it is quite definitely a multiplayer component.

Look, Half-Life Deathmatch became obsolete the minute Team Fortress Classic was released. Instead of releasing boring vanilla deathmatch this time around, Valve gave us a killer multiplayer mod right off the bat.

It's a separate game. If the CS mode of play were somehow married to the HL2 world, then I'd not say anything. The only thing CS has to do with HL2 is that is comes shipped with HL2 and runs on the same engine. People complain that Valve didn't do DM because it's not revolutionary. Lets all agree that CS is not revolutionary either. How many years has it been out?

CS:S is no more revolutionary than HL2DM would have been. the addition of physics.

 

[wonkers]

How quickly you people forget that they are make an objective based teamplay game. Or don't you all remember? They are still making TF2. It's in source and it will be out later.

 

[Foxtrot]

How quickly you people forget that they are make an objective based teamplay game. Or don't you all remember? They are still making TF2. It's in source and it will be out later.

That isn't the point though, people want a half-life 2 related multiplayer.

 

[Homercidal]

Well, they better come out with some DM game that I can make maps for. I got about half a level designed that I think will kick butt. I dont' like maps with little replay value so I need to add a couple more features and lay it out just right. A couple of features are already planned.

Can't wait to see what entities are like in HL2.