My thoughts on HL2 Multiplayer!!

[spicoli420]

Not that my personal thoughts have any true meaning to you people but I felt like sharing.

This HAS been discussed before but lets really dwell on the fact that having a multiplay option where you have no guns or maybe just the manipulator(or whatever the hell its called) and throwing objects at each other has recently become a very likely thing after the recent valve visit.

Being able to pick up a can and throwing it was something that sent an exciting shock down my spine(yes I know that sounds gay).

I can seriously see a map where we can play kick the can or dodge ball or more seriously one that is set up with traps and you solely rely on these to get kills.

 

[Neutrino]

Meh, physics get boring pretty fast.

 

[Mediocrity]

I'd say it's pretty likely that Hl2 will have it's own dedicated MP, Manipulators, vehicles and all, as opposed to simply CS: Source; after all, why would Valve, after spending five years working on a probably fantastic singleplayer game, shackle it to an update of a limited team game with no relevance to the single player whatsoever?

Some say that surely Counterstrike Source must be HL2 multiplayer, simply because no other multiplayer mode on the source engine has been seen- however, they seem to ignore the fact that Valve had no difficulty keeping their new baby secret throughout it's developement, before announcing it as a more-or-less complete surprise. Personally, I don't find it hard to believe that they can conceal Half-Life 2's multiplayer mode.

 

[Daiceman9]

It's possible HL2 might not have its "own" multiplayer so to speek.

 

[Mediocrity]

It's possible HL2 might not have its "own" multiplayer so to speek.

That's definately a possibility, assuming you mean that Half-Life 2 would have no MP component, and various mods (CS:S, DOD2, etc) would take the place of a 'dedicated' MP. It would be a huge waste, though.

 

[NeLi]

Hope they'll have MP.

 

[ferd]

HL2 will have it's own MP, it's been confirmed a couple of times by Gabe and Doug

 

[sHm0zY]

lol we coudl ahve fun with phisyics we could make a sport liek basketball or somethign
carry the ball and pass it to you're teammates and try to get it in a hoop just liek basketball!

 

[Neutrino]

HL2 will have it's own MP, it's been confirmed a couple of times by Gabe and Doug

No it hasn't. Give quotes.

 

[Mediocrity]

HL2 will have it's own MP, it's been confirmed a couple of times by Gabe and Doug

Really? I haven't heard anything like that? Not that I wouldn't want to, obviously...

 

[Homercidal]

Yeah. I'd give my left ... no, I wouldn't, but it would ease my mind to know. An official confirmation hasn't been made AFAIK. Just poorly chosen words related to Source Mods and MP by Gabe.

All I've seen so far has been silence from Valve.

Perhaps they weren't intending on putting in a deidcated MP game las tyear and so they had to take a year off to put it in cause Vivendi insisted?? Maybe that's the whole cause of the delay!!!!

 

[Lobster]

Id like a DM where theres not many actual weapons, and u have to improvise from the enviroment, McGuiver style ! yeah ! complete with Swiss Army Crowbar.

 

[Neutrino]

Here's the only recent quote from Valve that I know of and it doesn't bode well for HL2 MP.

CS-Nation:

Is CS: Source the only multiplayer game shipping with Half-Life 2?

Jess Cliffe:

Half-Life 2 will come with CS: Source. Right now, we do not plan to include any other multiplayer games with Half-Life 2.

 

[mattgirv]

The fact is, HL1 Port comes with HLDM, all on source... that will be basically what HL2 multiplayer would be, so really it doesn't matter.

 

[GuNzABlaZiN]

Do you really think they would not include even the simplest HL2 mp mode after making this game for so long? Hah. Jess said that there won't be any other mp game shipping with HL2 as in TFC:S and DOD:S. When the game was announced, VALVe said that they would focus just as much on the mp as they would on sp, and CS:S wasn't even around back then. It would be stupid and illogical for HL2 not to have mp because, what would mod makers use as an example? CS:S? Yeah, sure thing, pal.

 

[Evil Beaver]

Dude MP will be interactive sex with Alyx. Or it could be modded :naughty:
Seriously though, its no big deal, HL had deathmatch, and thats probably what HL2 will have. If not, we always have mods. I'm sure I'll be stuck on CS:S anyway.

 

[Shuzer]

Salad Fingers. As usual, Brian wins!

I really do hope HL2 has HL2DM, but I'm still extremely skeptical.

 

[Evil Beaver]

/pwn

Those would be my hopes, sir Shuzer.
We always have SOURCEWORLD!1!1!!11!!!1!111111111111

 

[Homercidal]

Here's the only recent quote from Valve that I know of and it doesn't bode well for HL2 MP.

CS-Nation:
Jess Cliffe:

If you twist the meaning to your liking, it could mean that HL2:MP is not a separate game, but a different mode of HL2. That said, then CS:S could be the only GAME offered WITH HL2. But HL2:MP MODE could still be included.

BTW - When was that posted?