Easy to install and Multiplayer servers reappear in the list again!
It's one of those mods that could easily be mistaken for an expansion pack, as long as you ignore Tsuyoshi Nagano's artwork splashed all over this mod.
It has most of the checkmarks you expect of a good mod; a consistent art direction that fits right in with the base game, fun battles, as well as the interesting twist of offering a seldom seem in video games setting. Its biggest issue is the campaign is on the slower end of things, making it more niche than ideal.
Really nice to finally have a stable and playable port of this stuff. The only bugs I noticed were in the street war sections of the game, where Alyx kept running head first into a disintegration field. Also that cut Kleiner death made me lol
I'm usually indifferent about HL2 Beta nostalgia, but this was a very cool alternate look at what could have been!
A very good Steampunk Megawad !
My only criticism is the number of enemies, sometimes there are too many in small areas, personally I don’t find this fun.
However, this Megawad is worth a look especially for its level design !
my imperium is true or false
-guardsmen
Excellent old-school-boomer-shooter game with a great theme.
in its days that was a great game to every child i seen try it
Just a fantastic classic, very retro, and an incredible successor to c1, c2, and Ice Age!
nostalgia.
hmm... ok is that sandbox... Thank's
The first thing I have in mind when finishing the game is the level design. I'm goldsrc mapper too and for me it's just amazing and well detailed ! Amazing work done by the author that provide me a good inspiration for my own creation ! Thanks for this !
But there are some points I didn't like, the level design is amazing but finally a bit repetitive with the same textures. The lightning is too flat with the same tones, and it's the small point that for me which could be more worked. And last thing about lightning, in general it's too dark.
Now about the gameplay, I recognized the author gameplay style because I played Half-life Urbicide lately too and it's the same thing. In Urbicide it's a bit better but in Half-life Sum it's too repetitive, walking, taking weapons, monsters appearing or on your way, killing them, continue and repeat again and again. It's a shame having a so wonderful level design but not well-used to serve the gameplay and the areas created. So sometimes I was a bit boring.
The final part is interesting, and I didn't expect it but repeating it 3 times with the same camera in the bed, well... a bit boring too when you are repeating the same thing for the third time.
But still be a very good MOD so far.
This is a well made little mappack. You can tell the creator knew what he was doing, alongside very pleasing brushwork there are also nice minor details everywhere. The pack takes place about six hours after the BM disaster and it really feels like we're late to the party. There are bodies everywhere and barely any friendlies left, it feels lonely for sure.
With only three maps and quality work like this there isn't much to say or critique. My only, very minor, issue is that you can kill a scientist that you need to open a door and the game doesn't end then and there, it's a potential progress stopper. Other than that, I didn't have any issues with this mappack. It's a solid, ten minutes adventure.
Crows.
Good mod! The story told through this mod is a pretty cool one (of course taking inspiration from System-Bio-Shock etc.) and I enjoyed scavenging around for audio logs to see what happened to everyone. The plot ties itself up nicely enough by the end (though I'll get to that more later). The atmosphere of the game was also pretty nice- a lot of the space station is really cool to explore, though some areas are kinda dark or feel a bit pointless, but that's not too bad. I think more music or general soundscapes could've helped more too 'cause some places feel a bit /too/ dead. Gunplay is actually fine for a HL2 mod- I know some people complained about it being too hard but despite the last section (where like 20 people swarm you in a small area) I played on Normal pretty well, dying a couple times here 'n' there. The shotgun being able to snipe like 3 people down is very satisfying, I have to say. Voice acting was good as well; it's always fun to see a mod with actual voice acting.
EDIT: Completely forgot to mention the keycard hunting. It's done really well, actually! The areas aren't too labyrinthine but still have some sort of freedom in how you tackle them, and finding where you need to go is usually easy enough. The only real searching I had to do was for the logs.
Now, for my main gripes.
Spoilers ahead.
The crows. I think my main issue gameplay wise with this game is the crows. I like the idea, but making an enemy with a line of sight kill move is a very risky deal. STALKER had the Controller and I think this enemy worked really well- they were really rare, but when you found one, you felt nothing but terror. Even when you know how to deal with them, they're still terrifying. With the crows, you pretty much always have to just tank 15-20 damage in order to try to shoot a tiny thing across the room. The lights that are usually around the crow help, but without a zoom of any sort it's very tedious trying to shoot the little guys from far away given inaccuracy. I usually just quicksave, see precisely where I need to aim, and shoot it after a save or two. (Yea, I savescum sometimes. Sorry.)
I will admit that the introduction to the crows is a really good one though. Never been more terrified of such a small creature.
My other complaint is with the ending. I think the end is a little lackluster. I might've gotten a "bad" ending from missing something, but the fact that Goldman didn't kill the guy he set out to kill feels really out of character, even if he got his memory wiped. Of course, the player/Goldman (which- that reveal was good, though I think it was laid on a bit thick) being silent, there's no real reflection as to why he didn't kill Bell. Wilson's whole character is good though- I think that end for him fits well, and learning and seeing Grendel's whole thing fall apart is really cool. Hey, at least I got saved!
All in all Dissolution (which I keep thinking is Disillusion) is a pretty good mod! I have some of my hangups with it, but I enjoyed my time with it. Always love a good survival horror experience.
To start with:
It's solid and very well-polished. The game feels like it's in HL1 and hits the nostalgia vibe it was going after. I definitely enjoyed the environments and the challenge it threw at me, as someone looking for Half-life content.
There are some gaffs with how it handles its new characters, and it ends very abruptly. Also, the difficulty has some pacing issues, sometimes throwing the player into really hard battles with very little warning.
However, overall, despite that, it's a solid "8". It's not perfect, it may not be as memorable as other mods, but it succeeds at what it aims to do.
And that's reason enough to play it.
Very interesting story.
great mode.
Very much not like your typical Half-life game, but very creative. I love the overall art style, I have not seen anything like the art style in a source game, and it is so cool. however I did get lost and have to start over because everything is dark and same-y looking for the most part, but very cool, and if they plan on continuing this, I would be interested in playing future parts.