HL2 Multiplayer

[kael]

Okay so does anyone know what exactly is going on. If they are just porting CS and not creating anything new then this is going to be horrible. Revitalized graphics does not make a game new. This is getting ridiculus and shows how valve has to rely on something that they didn't even think of.

[ferret]

Currently, VALVe has promised CS: Source, which is CS 1.6 but with HL2-grade graphics and effects, etc.

They won't deny or confirm an HL2 Deathmatch or a true CS 2.0 .. which probably means HL2 DM exists, but CS 2 doesn't. Possibly TFC2 as well.

[Thordic]

I know it died quickly after CS came out, but did anyone here ever play HL DM? We lived off this game my freshman year of college. We'd play for hours upon hours. Between Halflife and Starcraft its amazing we got anything done at all.

Im wishing for HL2 DM more than CS2, sorta :)

[ferret]

Apache]I know it died quickly after CS came out, but did anyone here ever play HL DM? We lived off this game my freshman year of college. We'd play for hours upon hours. Between Halflife and Starcraft its amazing we got anything done at all.

Im wishing for HL2 DM more than CS2, sorta :)

I did. Crossbow, bitch.

[nOOB]

Ferret is not quiet right, Vavle has said nothing about HL2's multiplayer. Vavle has said CS and the other more popular Mods will be coverted over to the source engine. But back to HL2's m-player. There is a rumor that HL'2 m-player will be TF2 (team fortress 2). I think this is also the case. Hell PCGamer thinks this is the case. All vavle has said is HL2 will have m-player. That is it.

almost forgot. TF2 is still in the works. Gabe still has weekly TF2 meeting with the design team. But that is all that is said about the game.

[nOOB]

found this over at the steam website. I like it. ;)


Average unique users per month: 1,261,283

Game Current Players Current Servers Player Minutes / Month
Counter-Strike 63,220 32,522 2.068 billion
Counter-Strike Condition Zero 11,212 7,833 362.739 million
Day of Defeat 4,386 1,750 167.195 million
Natural Selection v3.0 (beta) 1,280 550 46.769 million
TeamFortress Classic 564 708 31.610 million
Half-Life DeathMatch 391 275 12.639 million

[nOOB]

Are there any plans for a Half-Life 3?

"Absolutely. We've already written a continue of the story and there are still lots of stuff to tell. We also want to develope other characters in the game such as Alyx, Barney and Dr. Kleiner, something we'll do in various expansion packs to Half-Life 2 in the future but also in Half-Life 3. Right now we're working at an extreme pace to finish Half-Life 2 and I won't talk anymore about Half-Life 3 in a long while. (Laughter)"
(CrazyHarij's remark: He didn't mention Eli or G-Man, hmm..)

How's it going with Team Fortress 2?

"We're doing fine, we're in the finishing stage there aswell. After ECTS 199 we decided to put that aside and start developing HL2. After the Source-engine was finished we started working on TF2 again."

Does this mean we won't see a Counter-Strike 2?

"No, of course you will. We've started the rought planning for the next Counter-Strike, something we won't start the development of before we've all had a loooooong vacation."

Now Gabe is laughing until he's red like a wellcooked lobster in his face, he stands up and asks me if I want a soft drink. At least he needs to drink something, after our long conversation where he stood for the most talking.



http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=23362

[unrequited]

I'm definitely up for HL2DM

[Nefarious]

Game Current Players Current Servers Player Minutes / Month
TeamFortress Classic 564 708 31.610 million

hahaha, tfc has more servers than players!

[Canon]

HL deathmatch was okay... Do you mean DMC or HL-multiplayer?

HL2 NEEDS COOP CAPABILITIES LIKE HALO!

[Nub-Shtrike]

sven coop for steam was like halflife coop missions w/ AI and stuff.

[nOOB]

I heard a rumor. I have read it once or twice. This is totally rumor that HL2 would allow server to link up and make servers that can hold a lot of people. So say one server could run 40 people 2 servers could have a 80 person game. Like i said this is totally rumor. Also myself and pcgamer think that the HL2 m-player will include TF2

[unrequited]

HL deathmatch was okay... Do you mean DMC or HL-multiplayer?

HL2 NEEDS COOP CAPABILITIES LIKE HALO!
I meant HL-multiplayer, not DMC which was just Quake 1/Quake World using HL. And as nub-shtrike mentioned, Sven Coop was awesome.

Also myself and pcgamer think that the HL2 m-player will include TF2
TF1 was awesome for about 15 minutes, then I realized it's all about having a team full of engineers spam turrets all day long. TF2 while it looked amazing last time I saw it (which was 2 years ago mind you) is vaporware...

[acme420]

i read A magazine interview with that guy who does all the magazine interviews and he said that the only multiplayer with hl2 is gonna be cs:s/

[unrequited]

i read A magazine interview with that guy who does all the magazine interviews and he said that the only multiplayer with hl2 is gonna be cs:s/
Um... they already said they're bringing as much of the current Steam content to the Source engine as they have time for, but I don't have the link to the interview...