Like other deathmatch games, the aim of Half-Life 2: Deathmatch is to kill as many other players as possible using a variety of means in either free-for-all or team matches. The player spawns with a gravity gun, a pistol, a sub-machine gun and grenades. All weapons included in the single player portion of Half-Life 2 (with the exception of the pheropod) are available and scattered randomly around the maps. Players can be killed in a number of ways, including gunfire, explosions or through contact with physics objects traveling at high speeds.

The game also includes three new weapons that had been missing from the game or were cut before it shipped. This includes the crowbar and the stunstick (dependent upon the player model); and the SLAM, or "Selectable Lightweight Attack Munition"—a real-world weapon which can either be thrown and detonated or planted on walls to produce a "tripwire" laser which detonates the device when in contact with an object or person.

System Requirements

• Minimum: 1.2 GHz Processor, 256MB RAM, DirectX 7 level graphics card, Windows 2000/XP/ME/98, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection
• Recommended: 2.4 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX 9 level graphics card, Windows 2000/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

Game Media

Essential Links

• More Screenshots: Planet Half-Life
• Official Forum: Steam Forums
  
• Purchase Page: Steam Store