First of all, this mod is a classic, there's no arguing that. It's not perfect, but it deserves to be remembered as one of the best HL1 mods just as much as They Hunger or Heart of Evil or any of the other greats.
First, let's talk about what really is fantastic: the scares! Holy **** man! Judged purely as an exercise in grueling terror, AoM DC is unmatched. Though they may occasionally sink to cheap "GOTCHA!" moments, for the most part the scares are absolutely brilliant, and the atmosphere is so thick throughout you could cut it with a knife. The moment in the beginning where you have to turn off all of the lights in the hospital in order to proceed is still the most emotionally draining moment I've ever experienced in a horror game. What a way to pit the average person's natural fear of the dark and the unknown against the gamer's single minded need to see the end of the level. ******* AWESOME!
The visuals are also pretty excellent, the apartments and hospital come immediately to mind as visual standouts, and the forest area is one of the best ever simulated on an aging game engine. Clear inspiration is drawn from Silent Hill, Resident Evil, and even some movies such as "The Ring" and "The Blair Witch Project". I only have two complaints here: the level that's just a series of repeating brick hallways and another that's clearly a homage to the first Resident Evil game; frankly, it looks unfinished compared to the solid visuals in the rest of the mission pack.
My main complaint though is with those repeating "press the button, find the door it opened" puzzles. How dark the game is combined with the intentionally grimey visual design leads to a lot of "Am I running in circles?" moments, and makes finding where to go next more of a pain in the *** than it should be. Feeling lost might be scary, but it's also annoying.
I could go on more, but I'm reaching my word limit. The truth is, you can't go wrong downloading this. GET IT!
It's Best of Half-Life mod i ever seen!
好遊戲!給你讚!
This is the best thing to have happened to EoC.
An Epic ;) amount of additional content and quite some new features.
From the design (you can still get the old documents) to seeing it through and finally having it all put together by Cambragol.
The creators/team/contributers did an awesome job here.
Like doctorfrog has put it:
"Unstable Space is an attempt at an open-world RPG in a varied and interesting universe".
@machida1000 and likely others:
You should use one of the ts_* key configs. Then 'o' or ESC should work and to dock to a station, first hail it by targetting it and pressing 'v' to request a docking port.
I can remember the first time I played this, it scared the **** out of me! I loved the quality of the story, mapping and textures! This mod should ALWAYS be the first mod that ANY Half-life player downloads and plays!
Gundams, nuff said.
ROTR v1.0 was one of the first mods I've ever played, it was one of the few "serious" total conversion mod for ZH. The mod has come a long way since then and is looking better than ever.
The game didn't fit with the story of theme of the prequel Tiberian Sun that much. I'm not too happy about the "modernizations" they added to the gameplay and the lack of walls, but all in all it is a pretty fun game.
Best realistic and tactical shooter 'nuff said.