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| Half-Life 2: Deathmatch December 30, 2010 | Jon Carr |
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Half-Life 2: Deathmatch - מצב מרובה משתתפים ל-Half Life 2. המשחק פותח על ידי Valve ויצא בנובמבר 2004 ל-Steam.המשחק כולל את אותו מנוע שנמצא ב-Half-Life 2 וכולל רמות ייחודיות המאפשרות לשחק במצב מרובה משתתפים.ב-10 בינואר 2008 Valve איפשרה גם לשחקנים שמשחקים. Blood money conquest crosshair heist hotwire official ranked rescue team deathmatch unranked. Bomb competitive hostage international. China rising dragon's teeth final stand naval strike official ranked second assault unranked. Free channels open to public. Free channels open to.
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- Half-Life 2 Deathmatch is a separate entity to Half-Life 2, running from a different executable, and features its own built-in server browser. The two bundled maps are the prison-based dmlockdown and the streets-of-City 17 style dmoverwatch.
I actually don't like Half-Life 2. I recognize it as a great game, just one that doesn't appeal to me. I like the story, the characters and setting. But there is one thing I can't stand: The combat. Something about it just feels really stilted and awkward. I could never quite be sure why, I just knew I didn't like it. So I was a little hesitant to pick up HL2 Death Match, but what did I find? It's not only good - it's ridiculously fun. Placing the game in a fast paced frag-fest somehow transformed it from being unplayable, to immensely enjoyable.
The premise here is simple: Get on a team or a Free For All (FFA) Map and start shooting. There's no multiple game types, complicated maps or weapons. But the game's simplicity is also in its favor. It's easy to learn and jump right into and have a good time without having a learning curve. Unless of course you are completely new to shooters online, you will be having fun right away.
Maps are diverse without being confusing. There are a number of larger outdoor settings in which to get around or several indoor settings where hallways are narrow confines that define the combat arena. One map has a control room which launches a missile after a few minutes that kills everyone outside. Once you hit the button an alarm goes off and everyone scrambles to get inside as the blast doors close. It's thrilling to slip under them just as they shut, but then you are locked indoors for a minute with everyone else trying to survive until the doors open again.
Half-Life 2's excellent physics are on full display here as crates and objects break, glass shatters, and the ragdoll of your dead enemy crumbles oh-so satisfyingly to the ground after a shotgun blast to the head. Explosions of any kind also cause hilarious results, with bodies flying through the air, and bouncing off walls due to a well placed grenade or rocket blast.
If you haven't played HL2, then the weapon load-out is also simple, but unique enough to keep things interesting. Everyone starts with a melee weapon, a pistol, a submachine gun and two grenades. So when you spawn you aren't helpless. In standard death match fashion, better weapons, ammo, armor and health are strewn about the maps for you to pickup. Learning the spawn locations of the superior weaponry will certainly help you get a leg up over the competition. My personal favorites are the shotgun, and the crossbow which serves as the game's sniper weapon. You also get an energy machine gun, and laser-mines which can be set on walls or the ground for the unsuspecting passer-by.
I found the rocket-launcher to be a little unwieldy as it's laser-guided only, so you can't just shoot and forget. If you move your aimer, the rocket follows. This works for and against you, I found. Suffice to say if you see a red laser dot near you or on a teammate, get out or the next thing you see will be your limp body flying through the air.
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Most guns also have an alternate fire. The shotgun can fire two shells at once, the submachine gun can pickup grenades for an underhand launcher, and the energy gun can also get an insta-kill ball of plasma that fries your opponents into little bits. But most unique of all is that everyone also starts with a Gravity Gun which allows you to push or pickup objects and then shoot them at other players. Almost anything you pickup serves as an instant death, whether it's a crate, table, shovel or toilet you launch. High-use gravity gun matches are humorous as all manner of objects fly around the map in an attempt to crush the opposing team or players.
The game is of course built on Valve's own Source engine, and despite being a little dated the game still looks great. It's not going to win any awards these days, but it's still visually pleasing and it certainly doesn't detract from the experience. Since it doesn't have the fanciest eye-candy around, the game should easily run on just about any computer, unless you have one that is more than several years old. I encountered the occasional odd spawning glitch, or visual bug but it was rare, and the game was smooth and never crashed.
Sound also remains minimal with no music. What you will be hearing is the patter of footsteps, the constant chatter of gunfire, muffled explosions or the sound of dying. I personally like to put on some iTunes to blast away to, but the minimalistic approach to sound doesn't take away from the gameplay at all. What is there stands out sharply and clearly with no interference and allows you to easily identify what is going on. Voice chat is also present, which is easy to use with the press of a button, and is crisp and clear.
At only $5 Half-Life 2 Death Match is a no-brainer. Whether you are a Half-Life fan to begin with, or just a fan of online shooters, the game is simple, outrageous fun. It's easy to jump into, but remains entertaining even after hours of play. The player-base is great, and there's always several matches available to hop into for Team play or FFA. Buy it and start launching toilets and barrels at your friends today.
• Excellently paced Team and Free For All Matches• Hilariously Awesome Physics
• Great Weapon and Map Diversity
• Everyone gets a Gravity Gun
| Half-Life 2: Deathmatch |
| Developer: Valve Software |
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| Developer(s) | Valve |
| Publisher(s) | Valve |
| Series | Half-Life |
| Engine | Source |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux |
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch is a multiplayerfirst-person shooter video game developed by Valve. Released on Steam on November 30, 2004, it uses many of the assets from Half-Life 2 and its Source engine. It features new levels, optimized for multiplayer arena play, and a few new weapons. Also included are portions of the game's source code, which were the basis for many early Source-based multiplayer modifications. The game is the successor to the popular multiplayer component of the original Half-Life, but is offered as a separate product from Half-Life 2. Deathmatch, like Half-Life's multiplayer, does not develop any part of the plot or story of the Half-Life series.
Gameplay[edit]
Deathmatch[edit]
Deathmatch includes some notable features such as instant respawn; weapons that have specific spawn points; and special abilities (sprint, flashlight, etc.). The aim of the deathmatch is simple: the player must kill other players to score points. If the player accidentally self-kills, they lose points. If a player is killed, they will respawn with 100 health points and the default spawn weapons, but will lose all the weapons and ammunition acquired before being killed.
The game is server based and each server contains different rules for each round therefore there is no default time limit or kill limit for each round.
Team Deathmatch[edit]
In the team deathmatch mode, players are organized in two teams, Resistance and Combine, both of them with different characters that appear exactly as they do in Half-Life 2. In the gaming aspect, team deathmatch has almost the same rules as deathmatch mode, except for:
- Instead of only one player winning the round, the team with the higher score wins.
- If friendly fire is enabled, one point is deducted each time a teammate is killed.
- If the player selected a Resistance model for his character, and they are taken to the Combine team, they will get a random model from the list of Combine models. Nevertheless, if the player dislikes that character, they are able to choose another one from the list.
- If the teams are unbalanced, the team with fewer players won't get players from the other team, (unless the server owner had 'Auto-Balance' enabled) instead, they will get new players connected to the server.
Development[edit]
Upon the release and subsequent critical reception of Half-Life 2, reviewers expressed disappointment with the game's lack of multiplayer.[1] Two weeks after the initial release of Half-Life 2, Valve revealed and released Half-Life 2: Deathmatch on Steam.[2][3]Deathmatch was released simultaneously with the Source SDK as a means of promoting game modifications built upon the platform.[4][5]
Post-release, the game was supported with new maps from Valve as well as updates to the game and its engine.[6][7][8] Valve's The Orange Box does not include Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, however, the game was upgraded to use the Orange Box version of the Source engine in September 2010. Valve announced a free promotional offer on January 10, 2008, which allowed NVIDIA graphics card users to download and play Half-Life 2: Deathmatch along with Portal: First Slice, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, and Peggle Extreme.[9]
In September 2010, the game was released via Steam for OS X.[10] A Linux version came more than two years later, in March 2013.[11]
Reception[edit]
Half Life 2: Deathmatch was well-received upon its release, with reviewers praising its inclusion of the gravity gun.[12][13]GameSpot lauded the game for the Source engine's 'impressive use of physics' and the available selection of maps.[13]IGN paid similar compliments to the title, also speaking highly of the 'fast play style that [Half-Life 2: Deathmatch] produces.'[12]
Multiple reviews stated that the game suffered from large amount of lag upon release, but GameSpy noted that this was remedied soon after as more servers came online.[14]
References[edit]
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- ^Adams, David (November 30, 2004). 'Half-Life 2 Deathmatch Official?'. IGN. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ^'Half-Life 2: Deathmatch and SDK Update'. Steam. Valve. November 30, 2004. Archived from the original on September 28, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ^Thorsen, Tor (November 30, 2004). 'Valve unleashes Half-Life 2: Deathmatch'. GameSpot. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ^Adams, David (December 1, 2004). 'Half-Life 2 Deathmatch Released'. IGN. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
- ^Bramwell, Tom (December 1, 2004). 'Valve surprises all with Half-Life 2 Deathmatch'. Eurogamer. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ^McNamara, Tom (February 11, 2005). 'Another HL2DM Map in the Pipe'. IGN. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ^Surette, Tim (February 7, 2005). 'Valve releases details on future Steam downloads'. GameSpot. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ^Bramwell, Tom (February 18, 2005). 'Valve updates HL2 Deathmatch with new weapons, map'. Eurogamer. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ^Purchese, Robert (January 10, 2008). 'Portal: First Slice for NVIDIA users'. Eurogamer. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ^Callaham, John (September 30, 2010). 'Half-Life 2 Deathmatch gets engine and Mac update'. Big Download. Joystiq. Archived from the original on August 23, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ^Stahie, Silviu (March 16, 2013). 'Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Officially Launched on Steam for Linux'. Softpedia. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ^ abAdams, Dan (December 1, 2004). 'Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Review'. IGN. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
- ^ abKasavin, Greg (November 30, 2004). 'Half-Life 2 Deathmatch First Impressions'. GameSpot. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
- ^Accardo, Sal (December 1, 2004). 'Half-Life 2: Deathmatch'. GameSpy. Archived from the original on December 1, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
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