Why does nobody ever play the online multiplayer ?

[Duckii]

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[SecretAgentKiiN 特务健]

Too many other multiplayer game in our steam library, we cannot keep playing the same multiplayer at all time. Plus, the main core of the game design is not made for multiplayer mode.

[naan bread]

I think It's due people playing the Half Life series for the story, not multiplayer.

[Sikobae]

as opposed to the offline multiplayer

[DarkStar]

Im play

[CallMeLeonidas]

Half-Life has always been a single-player focused game so no surprises why nobody is playing multiplayer.

[Duckii]

Originally posted by AvenirSolCan:

Half-Life has always been a single-player focused game so no surprises why nobody is playing multiplayer.

There's still a decent amount of people that play OG Half-Life multiplayer so why wouldn't anyone want to play basically an updated version !

[BossMorris1]

The online side is ok but only ok. its very small maps and its just a mad rush running around.

[Tilen]

Personally, because it won't let me host simple p2p lobbies that my friends can join.

[a grilled cheese sandwich]

Originally posted by GP⋆ Duckii:

Originally posted by AvenirSolCan:

Half-Life has always been a single-player focused game so no surprises why nobody is playing multiplayer.

There's still a decent amount of people that play OG Half-Life multiplayer so why wouldn't anyone want to play basically an updated version !

gets old really fast and people want like a sven co-op multiplayer, there is a multiplayer mod that's being worked on.

[Equo]

It's a shame it's like this. Deathmatch is a masterpiece in this game, and its beta ran super smooth for me during the testing event.

[ultrashizman]

It's because the multiplayer is bugged and it seems like they'll never fix it. They won' even code in the ability to password protect a server and it doesn't even work via console commands. This could be fixed easily,yet they never update it or fix it.

[Lord Farquaad]

i use to love playing gasworks. Best map ever.

[xenon]

Originally posted by Equo:

It's a shame it's like this. Deathmatch is a masterpiece in this game, and its beta ran super smooth for me during the testing event.

It's not; DM in this game is a broken mess.

[SlenderKnirpZ]

1/9/2020.

Very disapointing! I mean a Crew or Dev-Team with 16(!) Devs can't make a poroper Multiplayer? Damn this game finally needs fkn BOTS! Bots that I can choose from the menu like in other games too.Look at C.O.D.-WW 2,TOXIKK etc.Til now I can only play HL 2 Deathmatch and there are also Bots.IF the Devs really want they add smart and dangerous Bots and maybe they should try F2P or a free weekend?Something like that and Multiplayer could get more populated servers.

[Xaks32]

Because it requires players to host their own Internet Exposed Server, otherwise people are stuck to LAN Gameplay. And since this is an old game, no one wants to risk that just so they could play 1 or 2 matches with friends.

Sven co-op is a better alternative for that, with a pletora of servers available out-of-box.

And Also, the way some servers work is through donation: Players play on the server & Donate to keep it alive in exchange of server benefiits like VIP Status and VIP Preference Settings like private avatars and acess to Item Shop, etc.

Since this game is Old, not enough people are interested in giving donations, so people hosting servers aren't interested neither.