The game is a simple port from HL2. Valve never cared for it and updated it only a few times which made it even less responsive. There are many thing left unfixed and broken such as -

• Buggy hitboxes
  
• Lag making hitboxes be where they should be not
  
• Not working properly shotgun
  
• Bad spectator mode
  
• Players having the opportunity to change their rates

Of course some of those problems have been fixed by the community but not all servers are the same. Still i have played this game and loved doing so. I recommend you to play it if you really want to see what it's like even tho there aren't many players left. The reason for that is the lack of support from Valve.

The game hasn't changed since its release and that's why it can't offer the veteran players anything new. The only way for them to play competitively is through 3rd party websites and forums. The money rewards are even sometimes non-existent and so on.

Therefore don't buy it because you will be disappointed if you had high hopes.

[h1]Half-Life 2: Deathmatch - The game that was forgotten.[/h1] The game is a simple port from HL2. Valve never cared for it and updated it only a few times which made it even less responsive. There are many thing left unfixed and broken such as - [list] [*] Buggy hitboxes [*] Lag making hitboxes be where they should be not [*] Not working properly shotgun [*] Bad spectator mode [*] Players having the opportunity to change their rates [/list] Of course some of those problems have been fixed by the community but not all servers are the same. Still i have played this game and loved doing so. I recommend you to play it if you really want to see what it's like even tho there aren't many players left. The reason for that is the lack of support from Valve. The game hasn't changed since its release and that's why it can't offer the veteran players anything new. The only way for them to play competitively is through 3rd party websites and forums. The money rewards are even sometimes non-existent and so on. Therefore don't buy it because you will be disappointed if you had high hopes.