Don't buy this alone, buy the valve complete collection. During a sale, it costs about 11 bucks. I got it, best deal ever

I remember trying hl1 online multiplayer in an internet cafe. In one server, people just play normally, fragging, blasting, dying. I then showed them the gauss jump, and everyone turned into flying snipers. Turns out, they had a truce to not do the gauss jump, and once someone does that in front of them, just hell let loose.

More games should do what hl2 does with the crosshairs, getting to know your hp and a rough estimate of how much ammo you have left while you still look to your target is something I find extremely comfortable. And yeah, also check out hl1's deathmatch, if you miss arena shooters, apart from a bunch of quake games, hl1 is the only one with an active playerbase.

Honestly I feel that, despite a lot of new games (cod, csgo) I always get a craving to go back to these chaotic goofey source games where a decent amount of fun relies on the other players itself

Back in 2007 Valve did an offer, for people with ATI/Nvidia cards you could get half-life 2: deathmatch for free, being a kid with no experience with PC games and no money it was my first mouse-based FPS, and man even when you got bored with deathmatch; there were Surf servers, Roleplay servers where you accrue virtual currency based on how much time that you spent on the servers, Puzzle Maps where there were a number of doors that teleported you to a puzzle room and you had to complete them all to eventually complete the final puzzle, Co-op maps where you all work together to defeat waves of enemies and work your way through rooms to a final boss, people could accrue points and spend those points on skins and such. It really opened my eyes to PC gaming as a kid, because i knew nothing about it and didn't know anyone who knew anything about PC gaming either, i reckon this is what got steam on most peoples PC's in the early days and why its such a dominant game marketplace today.

Definetly feel like the whole competitive aspect of "oh i need to have this icon next to my name to tell me how good i am at the game" and basing and balancing games around this one concept sucked the fun out of a lot of games for a lot of people, instead of just getting good naturally and having fun you're being constantly put down by a system that sometimes you didn't even ask for, what with lots of games having SBMM in casual gamemodes too nowadays. Go play Quake, UT, DooM DM, or any other casual game with an insane skill ceiling and no ranking system and you'll feel the skill gains guaranteed if you stick with them, it's super addicting.

Aww maaaaan. This is literally my childhood, I started with HL1's DM, then when I got access to 2, man. Best moments of my life

making hl2:deathmatch popular actually creates a path to valve releasing episode3

hello fellow gamers, I welcome you all to come visit our little corner of the internet to see HL2DM's oldest running server, SoCal. Don't let the large initial download scare you away, we have tons of game modes, custom player models, etc. hope to see you on!

Yeah this game is my favorite FPS Multiplayer of all time. I used to love that map where you're in a gigantic toy room (scaled up so everything is like 1000 times bigger), hiding under beds, camping in the ceiling! Everyone afraid to go out into the open. Heheheh! The gravity gun and the crossbow were epic!

Going through obstacle courses and fighting or avoiding unusual enemies. The best thing in games.

Thanks for giving the game attention, hardly anyone doing that nowadays.

I can't even wait to play this after hearing how excited and cheerful garbaj talked about it

This game has been sitting in my library for years since I got the valve complete pack and I never tried it. Always assumed there was nobody playing due to how old it is. Installing it rn.

Hell YES I had such a blast with this, quite honestly this is what initially got me into game design, and now im working passionately on Operation: Black Mesa as well as various little indie games. There were so many completely unique servers with creative custom content. One that really stood out to me was a server called Chapel, which hosted a map with a bunch of buttons that allowed players to spawn an assortment of props, and instructions for console keybind commands to freeze and unfreeze props you would carry with your gravity gun. People would build elaborate multistory makeshift buildings furnished with junk, and even program contraptions, puzzles, minigames, races, obstacle courses. This would become the precursor for Garrys Mod, and who would've known how much boundless creativity would be unleashed from this game.

hl2 deathmatch is so much fun i love that game

I've been so sick of modern FPS games, decided to try this game out, haven't done so since I was a little kid, and man it's so fun! When I get killed by Gravity Gun props I can't even be mad, it's just funny lol. Such a solid game, even 19 years later

HL2DM was one of the first games I got into the online for when I was a teenager. This is mostly nostalgia talking, but the rush I got of being on a hot streak in that game, blasting Breathe by The Prodigy in the background has always stuck with me and has been difficult to match. Just mowing down foes while a guy yells "Come play my game, I'll test ya!" ...God dammit, now I definitely have to reinstall it.

you forgot to mention that there's actually an RP server too and other modes like Coop and High-kill-low-grav, and Competitive for tryhards. hop on Cold Community Roleplay it's where you'll find most of the game's loyalists and it's quite a group of people lol which is why I play it.

Another reason to play is is because there will be servers to play on while all the live service games continue to die. Valve could disappear tomorrow and you could still play online because you can directly connect to a server if you know the IP

I spent a ton of time playing hl2:dm around 2008 or so spent a good portion of the time in puzzle maps or trying to do the thing where you make a see-saw with two props, stand on one end, shoot an energy ball from the ar-2, then grab it with the grav gun and shoot the other end of the see-saw launching you into the air good times also, shout out to mortadella sandwich, I don't know him but he's got a delicious name

HL2DM is a blast

I've played this with a friend on multiple occasion, it's our go-to fuck-around-for-no-reason game. The game is included in the orange box so many people have it even if they don't realize it.

I am with you. I started playing this year

Thanks for this, I'll install it. Would you happen to know about other online hidden gems like this??

You sound so happy making this, I'm so pleased

I’ve played this with my friends on every one of their birthdays for the last 3 years straight Nothing is more fun

I followed your advice and I liked it, it was fun

Still one of my favorite FPS games..!

I literally just bought the orange box during the steam sale, and JUST finished HL2 the other day, and have been craving more HL This feels like fate's calling

you can feel the fun he had making this video its amazing to watch

personally half life 1 is my pick everytime , all those beautiful moments from childhood with real freinds ,,, ahhhh gotta love it

SOCALs hl2dm server has nightly dm events! All my old comp and casual friends always jiin and its nice to catch up with the boys!

This is my favorite multiplayer source game. I love it! Day Of Defeat Source is also very good and still playable!

I've never played HL2DM but HLDM was and still is my jam. I should give HL2 try now that I've watched this.

A sweet, simpler video that's a nice reprieve from everything else on this platform. Thanks Garbaj

I do really miss online play without skill based matchmaking. Loved this lil' gem, too, so ty for the memories. Even if those are mostly of getting crushed cause I was still so young when I played.

is this why Garbaj doesn't upload much anymore? they just playing a game they enjoy? i'm happy for them

Thank you, RADO and LAGO, for being the only two people who beat me during the match

Still play this game, and yeah never had an issue finding servers to play with others.

Who remembers the map Killbox?

Personally I am a ‘double action boogaloo’ appreciator when it comes to old valve engine fpses

This video has a very joyous vibe

I was just think about getting HL2 Deathmatch but I was nah but then I saw this and got it and it was one of the most fun games I've played in a long ass time thank you Garbaj

Bro I still play Half Life 1 Deathmatch. Didn't even know it was possible on HL2

This is literally one of best games I am looking forward to play.

I wish this love was shared for the unreal tournament franchise aswell 😢 it's hanging on by Duct tape and hope from the community since epic stopped caring years ago.

i love the little pauses between words and sentences. makes it sound like gman changed voices and is promoting hl2dm

titanfall 2 is that kind of game where u can just goof around. I started really getting into it lately and i found myselkf getting really competitive and trying to be the best which can take the fun out of the game, but its enough to select a different weapon i dont use much to start goofing around.

oh man I loved deathmatch back in the day, might get back on it sometime

remember everyone new in this game: the left fire click for shotgun- fixes the broken right click. dont right click alone , add the left healthy trigger- then the shotgun is the shit, comparable to shotty in doom2 and dont forget to fire a bow but dont reload it cos it autoreloads all guns except rifles every 3 sec + only 1 armor can saw u from an arrow. here are a few tips, can PM me for more

before i had most any game on my pc i had half-life 2 deathmatch, the mods i played this are some of most fun ive had there was a dark rp like there were coop maps shit was fun

You know, I’ve only just found out about this game, and I sure do love a little bit of shooters! You know, I might download this.

Half-Life 2 Nova Prospekt deathmatch with the gravity gun.... Just pure joy blasting people with radiators

It's a memory game. I played it a lot when I was young.

hey, could you make a video about player movement in multiplayer fps? something that i haven't heard anyone talk about is the importance of acceleration and deceleration to make it easy for other players to track their moves and changes of direction. There are too many games where players change velocity and direction instantly which makes it very hard to follow them even with the eyes

I used to play so much of it. Not to mention the puzzle servers, so much fun and frustration. :)

It was my favorite game from 2004 to 2008 Too bad Steam only started showing total playtime after like ~2007

I got way too good at using Z to zoom and then releasing and quickly sniping with the revolver…

Valve has so many amazing games it's unbelievable

I remember hitting those CLEAN Grenade + Grav.Gun Quickswitch + Longshot launch combos. And clean 357 shots. This game was a blast, didn't know it still had players.

"I vote not to give a sh*t"

Me downloading this for the first time after owning it for literal years

this game is so underrated.

Now you gotta get the dot crosshair and some key binds, learn to bunny hop, and play at a true high level. I miss HL2DM. Was in CAL and Warzone in 2008-2009.

Been playing it for years, still play it every day 😊

I loved playing this one back in the day, some 18 years ago. But on LAN Parties it was always HL1 which ruled.

good point about "dead games". even games with barely 100 players on steam charts can feel just fine to play. all you really need is one or two servers that are at least half full in most older games

I once did a 100-0 in ffa on this map on the old Barry's world servers. My clan was peak at the time but the issues around servers kicking players randomly in matches or physics going haywire and putting you on a ceiling were completely ignored for well over a year after release. Obviously that was almost 20 years ago. Man I never missed with the bow, glad it's still being played. {VP} Dillinger-

I love hl2 deathmatch i was addicted to it for a little while

imagine it being like halo with the veichles and planes and throwing in a flame thrower while making the superggun work somehow making all this work

welp Hl2 death match is about to expload for no reason now bcs of garbaj

Garbaj this is the most unpolished and chaotic game I have ever played on the source engine 10/10

best game

That description made me laugh!

she rlly slayed with this video hl2dm

Had a similar experience with Black Mesa deathmatch and Half Life 1 death match ❤️❤️❤️

I agree with every word said in this video

Making me feel nostalgic. I was in middle school when I got this game I’m 26 now. Probably gonna give this game a shot again. The game was also awesome for 1v1. Hit an empty server with a friend and go ham.

first trick people learn are cooking grenade so it should be called smoke on the water cos thats the first song guitarists learn

I am a proud Valve Complete Pack owner

I never forget old times...

I am currently trying to get into game design, this is one of the games that is goated, I really want to remaster it and revive it.

that's the happiest I've heard you lmfao

It's so much fun that I had to uninstall it, I was getting addicted. Top 10 players have more than 5k hours of play time. IMHO it's an easy to learn, hard to master shooter : when you start becoming skilled, you feel almighty

Recently I was bored and decided to launch the game after finishing HL2... And my god, what a blast! It is *so* much fun! The physics engine makes it so unique compared to almost anything else. Really these Gravity gun duels when everyone is throwing toilets at others are hilarious. Making big turns at the last second when firing rockets, so funny. In a recent game I changed the course of the game by having our team cover behind a car that I pushed with the gravity gun. Incredibly fun, in a way the Smash Bros of FPS games...

IT'S SALE TIME BABY !

i could just hear your smile while recording this video, I love this game too :-)

currently I started to play csgo on random communityservers as I did back in the days with css. And I must say I enjoy it more than competetive.

I can hear you smile

Battlebit is that game. It's the most fun casual multiplayer game out there right now.

If so then we should make our own server.. most servers are full of ''secretly bot'' players. Plus, it'd be great. Also, Id make a map for the server as it would be fun and pretty much 2009 clans making their own maps :]

Im sold! see you around!

29k people watched this. None of them joined us in game :(

WHOLESOME

After my exams I'm hopping in

i like the backround music

HL:1 Death match is really fun too

loved this game :)

I saw this video months ago. I remembered this video yesterday, and so I bought the Orange Box this sale, because I had just $1.99 in my account, it looks like a fun game. I want to try it now