I'll be realllly PO'd if the game is further delayed....

[SiliRat]

As a single playing gamer, there is nothing that sickens me more than the way that the industry forces the delay of games for multiplayer addons. Halflife is, was and always will be a single player game... with multiplayer options.

There's no justifiable reason to NOT release thwe single player game, as multiplayer modes can be patched in at a later date. The source code being stolen in NO WAY effects the single player game, and it shouldn't be effecting the release date.

Let's face it, HL2 is going to be Doom2 with pretty graphics, gameplaywise. Just like every FPS that has come out since the advent of multiplayer games. Run around and kill things. The market is saturated with these games, new ones coming out all the time yet the gameplay hasn't changed in almost 2 decades.

Multiplayer is a 'bonus' feature, and the game should not be delayed for bonus features.

 

[zigma]

Um, HL1, Aside from the good single player, if there wasnt any mods for MULTIPLAYER, there prob would not be a HL2. Keep in mind the game sold 8 Million + copies do to the Mods etc, not JUST single player.

 

[dawdler]

Originally posted by SiliRat
Multiplayer is a 'bonus' feature, and the game should not be delayed for bonus features.

As interviews have shown, multiplayer is the heart of Source, and what it was designed around... As is modding. Not many mods are SP. On the contrary, they should release the MP version now if they can and delay the SP version, that is whats the hardest part to fine tune.

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

Gabe has also said MP is done, SP needs to be finished though.