Because although Half-Life 2 is, as previously mentioned, an enormously well-respected game, it's pretty rare to see anyone talking about Half-Life 2 Deathmatch, since Valve's other multiplayer-centric titles such as Counter-Strike and Team Fortress 2 tend to get all the glory. I revisited Half-Life 2 Deathmatch for the first time in quite a while over the holiday period, and the experience left such an impression on me that I felt the need to extoll its virtues somewhat. Half-Life 2 also has a multiplayer-centric deathmatch spinoff that, for someone like me who just wants to blast other people without having to worry about pesky distractions like 'objectives' or 'teamwork,' is absolutely great.
You all know Half-Life 2 is great, right? Of course you do it's one of the most well-respected first-person shooters in the world, developed by one of the most well-respected developer-publishers in the world.īut Half-Life 2's single-player story is just part of the grand picture.
