it is rumored that the MP portion of HL2 may be "pay to play"
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it is rumored that the MP portion of HL2 may be "pay to play"
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not good
i doubt it, tho... only microsoft could do something like that.


As the interview of Doug Lombardi mentions:
"Steam va intervenir constamment avec HL 2 : via Steam vous pourrez mettre ? jour votre jeu, acqu?rir de nouveaux mods (ces mods pourront ?tre payants ou gratuits)."
And my probably very mistaken translation:
"Steam will interact constantly with HL2: via Steam you will be able to upgrade the game, download the newest mods (which could be free or paid)"
So I deduce that some mods will be free and some others will be pay-per-play or something like that. Maybe you have to buy them 1 time and the play as long as you want.

I'm not interested in paying to play any game. Including HL2. If that is the case, and I doubt it is, i'll just be happy playing the SP.




Hmm, this could also mean they're secretly working on Half-Life the MMORPG! Choose your race, Human, Zombie, Electro Alien, Things similar but not really to dogs, Small things crawling on floor. Then you choose your class, for Human, Man in Hazard Suit, Creepy Gov't Agent, Old Bald Scientist, Security Guard, Black Ops marine, generic bystander. For Zombie, Slow Moving Warrior, Scientist Converter. For Electro Alien, Thing with one big Eye, Big Floaty Head thing that only comes to Earth when Class Man in Hazard Suit is guarding Class Old Bald Scientist trying to work big machine. For Thing similar but noreally to dogs, you have acid spitter, cute multi-eyed sonic boomer. For Small things crawling on the floor, headcrabs that can later change to Class Slow Moving Warrior or Scientist Converter, Class A Snark with short lifespan and can only be hostile to all Human Race classes, then Class B as cute companion to Class Man in Hazard Suit that gets pissed at Man in Hazard Suit when he throws him out and there's nothing for him to do.
Obviously there's still a great deal more of stuff to be put in, but I think that's what they've got down solid right now. Yeah, HLMMORPG...
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Thats the best game i have hurd all day.
Can someone give a link to phl were this info is at?
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Sorry to revive a dead topic, but it seems there's some news...
HL2 can also be played on a monthly fee basis. More here
http://collective.valve-erc.com/index.php?news=1062612003-51322500

