Being a British spy, disguised as Gordon Freeman, well okay, that was a neat story idea (as the scientists always say “Gooooood morning Gordon!”) hehe, nonetheless it failed hardcore.. just like the most recommendations here say..

NOTE: Where the heck was the rocket launcher to be found?? lol
EDIT: Okay, read the walkthrough, now I know hehe

Pro’s:
-Story is quite interesting, but not fitting well – at least some text messages about what to do
-Some pretty nifty architecture, but sort of rare – also, sometimes very good lighting
-Some puzzles, harder ones – but also standard puzzles
-Challenging combat,
-If I’m right, some new textures, prefabs (correct me if wrong)

Con’s:
-Illogical and frustrating, odd placed enemies and area layouts which just make no sense, also some puzzles are very hard, as you have to run back a map or two more than once (!)
-Some very poor, not detailed level designs sometimes, combined with long walkways
-Absolutely no Roswell feeling, nor Black Mesa or anything good, gets boring quick
-Some unfair combat, spawns
-Feeling of getting lost fast
-Boring beginning, and facing soldiers with a crowbar – yeeehaaa!… NOT!
(I know that Ade here wrote you can get the Beretta from a Barney before, but…)
-Sort of unbeatable without a walkthrough as some puzzles aren’t obvious (hit a switch, but not knowing what it does…)

Comment to Ade: is this a fake “personal favorite” here? I guess so..

Conclusion: Ridiculous, no mercy. Even not for it’s age, period. Don’t get distracted by the screenshots!

Pro’s:
-Lot of action, weapons, enemytypes, needing tactical approach
-And… uhm..

Con’s:
-Mapdesign any granny could do
-Very, very short playtime
-No story, puzzles, surprises etc., nothing interesting at all
-Perfomance issues on my old system, altho only very poor layouts wtf?
-Annoying music

Pro’s:
-Nice story, reminded me of Aliens and Terminator (Hi Skynet!)
-Good support via text messages
-Decent leveldesign, maybe a bit too long walkways + good cutscenes, scripts
-Modified enemy health, also new music, textures(?)
-Lot of weapons + ammo in supply room

Con’s:
-Some tough,illogical combat (grunts don’t die from one rocket), also less health
-Some weird level layouts, design flaws
-Pretty short
-Really no space feeling, I felt bored most of the time

Pro’s:
-Nice level design
-Good scripts & cutscenes
-Humour
-Interesting gameplay, surprising
-A few puzzles
-Barney helps!

Con’s:
-No combat at all
-Minor graphic bugs
-A little scriptbug (alien grunt survived)
-Confusing feeling at all times

Pro’s:
-Creepy atmosphere
-Quite good level architecture
-Good balanced, but maybe too easy (I only used the shotgun, crossbow for what??)
-Nice scripts and a few puzzles

Con’s:
-Very short
-A bit too dark sometimes
-Crabs, the only enemy
-Gets boring fast somehow, unfortunately..

Pro’s:
-LOT of action, some tactics needed
-Lot of ammo from the soldiers – no more pro’s, that’s it!

Con’s:
-Gets boring quick, no varition, always the same scheme: open door, kill grunts, next door xD
-Poor level design, but the map is also very old
-Absolutely no varition, balance, puzzles, story
-Less enemy -and weapontypes

Pro’s:
-Excellent lighting
-Some good level architecture (but also some boring-looking)
-Plenty of ammo (cause you won’t need all)

Con’s:
-Very short
-Some poor-looking level design (unproportional)
-No story, weird scripts, also no puzzles
-Way too less action

Pro’s:
-Funny scripts
-Weapon + HEV at start
-Decent level design
-Unexpected goodies in the crates

Con’s:
-Looking very unfinshed
-Map crashes at almost reaching the end of a ventilation shaft
-Weird gameplay
-No story, puzzles
-Short playtime

Pro’s:
-Lil gruntfest
-Lot of weapons+ammo (even at start!)
-Almost every weapon available

Con’s:
-Horrible, weird & very basic leveldesign & lighting
-Dizzy Apache
-Too dark sometimes
-No story, puzzles or something interesting
-Very short

I rated each after I played, and my top pick was The Coriolus Effect, just like the way I see the voting has been so far. I really enjoyed it all, only found it a bit too easy. Diminutive Strife was a close 2nd and fell short only because of the short length and (unusual for me) I was negatively distracted by a detail, that bulletproof enemy standing by where the sniper was. I loved the layout, specifically placement of cover, the battles were interesting and the little puzzle with the electric cables was OK too. Cognition was last despite the beautiful layout and obvious complexity of details and planning, because of a few of the puzzles which I grew to hate. I couldn’t have finished the map without coming back here and finding at least hints of spoilers. That rarely happens but when it does, its the death knell in terms of a voting score for me. The HL series doesn’t have objectives, layout maps and so on like, for example, Crysis or FarCry. So its more important to have puzzles which are more intuitive or risk losing the audience, IMHO.

However, things change once we emerge in to the titular Venice city. The area looks pretty good, and allows for some varied non-linear combat where the map really shines. Another good point is that there is lots of room for exploration and the player is able to access all the the areas in which soldiers are stationed in buildings. However after the fighting died down I found myself struggling to find the way to go next, as it is marked only by a single door tucked away in a corner. The finishing set-piece

should have been good, but it broke twice forcing me to use cheats. The experience was also marred by several lighting glitches and a poor choice of opening music, issues which may have been the result of the competition deadline.

This map would have been far more enjoyable with more testing but still has some good combat.

Overall, a fun little map which is definitely worth playing.

Congrats to him.

Another giveaway next week. Either Half-Life 2 or Portal 2.

i felt this whole map really sober, and here we have another map, where u don’t have the HEV suit at all most of the time and therfore the last seconds you have it is totally useles at all! i really don’t know why if there are so many hazardous parts i don’t have the HEV suit? ios kind of silly, also don’t expect any combat or any big surprses except for a gun grounded tower in one room which is really stupidily placed in one corner and is pretty easy to disable with a button.

All in all, a sober non combat map.

This was the second mod I ever played. I kinda liked this mod. It was nice to see a Combine Soldier’s point of view. I got into the game real good at first, but it started to get boring because of all those Zombies in the mod. Everywhere I turn there is a Fast Zombie somewhere! Fighting nothing but Zombies doesn’t really take much skill. It started to get good when we start fighting Rebels. If you ask me, fighting Rebels isn’t really my cup of hot cocca. All they’re doing is fighting for their world back and I wouldn’t hold it against them. I didn’t bother killing the defenseless civilians hiding behind boxes, or the wounded Rebel in one of the sewer levels. Combines usually travel in groups, and being alone wasn’t all that fun. Only a few times I had some Combine friends with me, and they didn’t last too long, like the Combine after the Antlion Guard battle. There should’ve been more Antlions around. Also you can get stuck in certain parts of the mod. There are also two alternative paths which you can take which is okay, I don’t really like that much. =|

If I have anything positive about the mod, I gotta say it’s nice seeing a Combine’s point of view. Working with the best business in that world (in fact the only legal business left in that world). Using the Combine interfaces are very interesting. The detail and architecture of the mod is pretty good! It was pretty fun at parts and I think you’ll enjoy this mod! Combine Destiny 2 is gonna be alot better, I know it! Lots more Combine friends, new weapons, new types of allies and enemies. I hope it gets released soon, it’s been over 2-3 years already. You guys getting lazy on us? Thanks for making this fantastic mod though!

BTW: There is a hidden .357 Magnum and Crossbow somewhere around the mod. I found the magnum over in a little shack full of boxes around the underground areas, I can’t explain much detail. I haven’t found the Crossbow yet though. Also there is a G-Man appearance when you enter the train tracks, up at a window on the left wall if you’re facing the tracks.

It seems to me that the mapper has technical ability but lacked any creativity. It’s just a few rooms with some hazardous thrown in.

Unless I missed something, I wouldn’t have given it joint third place.

Only play if you must play everything.