Needs players then it'll be one of the better source mods ever.

The problem is...

"Hello? Anyone wanna play?"

...*tumbleweed*...

I would recommend this game 1000 times if I could. Everybody, get this game, the playerbase is too little.

Dystopia is like sex, you don't get to have it all the time but when you do it's great ;)

When I browse around for a game or mod with this type of setting (sci-fi, cyber punk, future fantasy), i see so many games that look pretty with hyper-stylized artwork. The character models seems to be a mash up of every sci fi flick + anime/manga ever made. They come complete with a trailer that was cut and directed by/for an audience with a mental maturity level that never advanced beyond grade school. I am impressed by their focus but I have been repeatedly disappointed by such lack of effort when it comes to game play.

I present to you Dystopia, a diamond of a game hidden in the endless sea of mediocrity. This game is OLD, however, it hasa aged quite well. Developed many years ago for the original source engine, and has since been updated to the more current engine.

It is hard to ask for more depth in Dystopia's game play. A Wonderful mixture of intense combat and teambased strategy. Pick your class of combatant and fight in meatspace (physical world) with a powerful and diversified arsenal. Modify your current loadout with balanced system of cybernetic implants that can give you huge bursts of speed and jump height, or give you predator-style optical stealth camoflauge, or thermal vision to track heat signatures of stealthed enemies, or.. the Cyberdeck implant.

The Cyberdeck implant is the real game changer. Not only do you fight in the physical "Meatspace", the cyberdeck implant allows the user to "Deck" in to Cyberspace of a terminal that gains access to something in the Meatspace such as thermal turrents (see what i did there?), control power or unlock doors and paths to certain objectives, enable a fusion ray to vaporize enemies in its path, or even launch a nuke to end the game.

Cyberdeck users dont have it easy though, because if you can deck in, so can the enemy. Combat your enemy even in Cyberspace over the controll of the terminal, and Cybercombat is a whole different ball game..

So much depth, so many variables, so many scenarios each map presents. This game is ripe for eSport, as the community hosted its own Dystopia Global League (DGL) many years ago, only to fall due to lack of exposure and player base.

The developers and the core community is quite small but extremely loyal and supportive. I am proud to be one of those that has contributed to the development of the game (albeit just a small monitary contribution).

I wish this recommendation entices you to try Dystopia. You will definitely enjoy it as I have for nearly 8 years now.

Most underrated Mod of all time! Get it and play it now!

I seriously need to start playing this again.. hell, we all do.
I helped test this and was a huge part in building the competitive community by founding the first league.
I built 3rd party maps (Dys_Parallax and Dys_Well) and spent hours upon hours hanging out in IRC.
Why did I do this?

Because games like this only come along once in a blue moon and this was one of the best communities that I've ever had the honour of being a part of.. yeah it had a steep learning curve and the community became a tad elitist over the years, but it still remains one of my fondest gaming memories of all time.

Now would somebody please start working on a Dystopia 2.0? :)

Amazing source mod, one of my favorite games that I keep coming back to.

PLAY THIS GAME
Honestly, Dystopia is an awesome mod that doesnt require you to have HL2. Its varied and can be a bit complex, but once you get the hang of it, it is fun as hell. There is only one downside I can think of, and that is there is a major lack of people playing it. PLAY IT! ITS FUN!

This game is so amazing too bad no one plays it :(

When Dystopia came out in 2005 as a mod for the then brand-spankin'-new Half-Life 2, the screen shots looked cool enough that I decided to use a gigantic chunk of my internet's monthly download limit (gg, Aussie internet) to give it a try.

What followed absolutely set my personal bench mark for online FPS games for the next decade.

It may be just a mod, and it may have been released by a small team- but make no mistake. 10 years later, there hasn't been a single multiplayer game released that even comes remotely close to touching Dystopia in terms of how good it is. Halo and CoD with their multi-million dollar budgets? Get that ♥♥♥♥ out of here. It's not even on the same planet, and I say that as a player of both. That this mod died out never having recieved the attention it deserved is one of gaming's biggest unknown tragedies.

The split objective system which sees each team attempting to take objectives in both the real world and the cyber world requires a level of coordination and teamwork that no FPS has even attempted to recreate since. You can dominate on the field as much as you want, blasting the other team to kingdom come as soon as they respawn- but unless you have a guy in cyberspace that knows what he's doing to get those doors open for you, you aren't going anywhere near the objective, sorry. The thrill of successfully sneaking behind enemy lines to find a hacking terminal that you can use to quickly unlock an unwatched backdoor or call an elevator to let in your friends with the big guns is a huge rush.

The class system lets you choose from a standard 3-class list (light, medium, heavy) each with it's own possible loadouts. Maybe you'll be a light cloaked stealth guy with hacking gear. Maybe you'll be a walking behemoth with a rocket launcher on one arm and a pneumatic fist to punch people's heads off on the other. The weapons are balanced nicely and there's no 'perfect' loadout that trumps them all, it's just important to have the right one at the right time.

Dystopia remains to this day the only game I would unflinchingly give a 10/10. Download it. Tell your friends. Bring it back.

This mod really needs to be known. The servers, at least for the American West Coast, have been down for ages, but if there were a way to have bots in a private server, it would be that much more amazing. (Also the new animated startup screen is very nice.)

Really good game, it's a shame it fell to the same fate as all multyplayer mods...

A very unique and complex team strategy game.
Your loadout is highly customizable to best suit your play style.
There are entirely different combat mechanics and physics in the digital world as opposed to the physical world.
It is great for a challengeing, but fun, multiplyer experience.

Grab yo freinds, Grab yo family, Grab yo extended family and then sit them down in front of this game and have them play it. one of the best source mods i ever played but it needs more players.

Good memories also i think my hours reset

Tons of fun: has a feature-filled equipment menu with tons of useful technology. Weapons range from easy to use (assault rifle), to more skill-based weapons like plasma cannon or camera guided rocket-launcher. From the sound effects/voice acting, to the elaborate mech-suit world animations and impressive level-design, this Half-Life2 cyber-punk-themed mod is a real charm, and going strong after 8 years!

Great game! Several classes set in a sci-fi world.
You can hack through objectives or play in the real world.

Hands down, this game is awesome. It's a shame that this game and D.I.P.R.I.P. Warm Up have lost popularity over the years, else these would have been something as awesome as TF2.

A fun, action packed ftp that shooter fans will love :D
Counter Strike style missions, TF2 style atmosphere, Halo style weapons, Alien Isolation style design
this MOD has it all :D

Have been playing since the early days of this mod. I wish it still had the player based as it did back in 2007.