Archives for September 2007

• Please note that these are publication date on this site, NOT the actual release date of the maps and mods

Story “Mankind found an entrance to XEN world and an investigation team met with the uncanny aliens in there world. Then, mankind succeeded in becoming allies with them. Later, a scientist team built a joint laboratory in the world of XEN. But, something bad was approaching…” Reader Recommendations8 recommendations, average score: 4.63 (out of 5), [...]

About This mod continues the story of Terrorist Attack 1. You seem to be part of an organization called SSO, which cryptically stands for Special Secret Organization. Your job? Save the world, probably. Reader Recommendations3 recommendations, average score: 2.33 (out of 5), standard deviation: 0.89

It’s hard for designers not to repeats certain gameplay scenes in single player games. In fact it’s desirable to repeat some types of scenes. Imagine action movies without a car chase (More on that another time)! However, there is a big difference in repeating scenes because they are needed and repeating scenes because designers can’t think of anything else to add.

What gameplay scene has been over used the most in SP maps and mods?

The Mansion 3: Freeman Residence is a single player mod that takes place in Gorden Freeman’s Mansion. Gordan has just come back from the Black Mesa incident and is welcomed home by strange unwitting anomalies. Basic Details Title: The Mansion 3: Freeman’s Residence File Name: hl2-sp-the-mansion-3.rar Size : 47.79Mb Author: IMUS TEAM Date Released: 09 [...]

About You start in a small storage room and have to work you way out. There is a large area where you battle Combine soliders and a hunter-chopper, that takes a lot of hits to bring it down. After that you are off for a jump puzzle. Reader Recommendations7 recommendations, average score: 3.29 (out of [...]

About Escape 2 continues the story and events started in Escape by DMC Interactive. It’s quite a large mod and contains lots of new levels (Obviously!), new sounds and textures. The homepage is in German Reader Recommendations14 recommendations, average score: 4.57 (out of 5), standard deviation: 0.53

About I believe this mod was never finished and ToTac decided to release it. There’s no story and you just have to fight you way until the second map finishes. There’s plenty of variety in environments, but not much outdoor action. Basic Details Title: Black Mesa Sideline File Name: hl1-sp-black-mesa-sideline.7z Original File Name: hl1_spmod_bmsl.rar Size [...]

Before you go rushing off voting for the Latest Releases, take some time to think about it.

Read the rest of the post and allow me to present both sides of the argument.

Which do you prefer: Old Classics or Latest Releases?

About A simple linear map where you simply have to follow the instructions on the screen. The design document seems much more detailed than the released level. I’m guessing that it was part of a larger plan. Basic Details Title: The Cage File Name: hl2-sp-the-cage.rar Size : 4.45Mb Author: Bill Adams Date Released: 26 March [...]

Story In the year 2017 a small scientific research laboratory was secretly working to advance cloning technology, eventually inventing a true cloning process. There were four experiments which marked the greatest stages of innovation. Experiment 01 was conducted in the 1990s, but was ultimately a failure. A rabbit had been successfully cloned, but quickly died [...]

I have a pipe dream I want to share with you. I think big, always have and always will. I almost always have grand ideas that I am unable, for various reasons, to bring to fruition. This is another one of them and I offer it to the community in the hope that somebody with the relevant skills and motivation decides to use it.

Unreal Tournament featured a great gametype called Instagib. Put simply it was one shot, one kill! Assuming you hit the enemy that is! I loved playing that, partly because I always played on the easier difficulty settings. I was thinking how it could be adapted for SP games.

Would you like to see a one shot, one kill gametype in SP games?

September 2007 Update I have a very big public apology to make: “ToTac kindly created a PlanetPhillip version of this mod, which contains Englsih subtitles and is Steam compatible, and I forgot to upload it and promote it. For this I am truely sorry. I wish I had a good explanation but I don’t.” If [...]

Story Once again you are Gordon Freedman. You just made it out alive as the military was taking over the Black Mesa compound. They are now using the compound to engineer a hideous monster capable of mass destruction. As a member of a new organization, intent on thwarting the military’s evil plans for corruption, you [...]

With so many games and mods available to play choosing can be difficult. If, unlike me, you play multiplayer games and mods then the choice can be even harder. So this week’s question focuses on how you make that choice.

What is the deciding factor when choosing which mod or map to play?

Introduction In this short article I want to discuss my ideal save system. I don’t claim it would be easy to implement, practical or even desired by others, it’s just how I want it. I’ve divided it into sections. Some of the ideas have been included in games before but not all. Read on to [...]