A small map supposedly inspired by the movie 28 Days Later.
Basic Details
- Title: 28 Days Later
- File Name: hl2-ep2-sp-28-days-later.rar
- Size : 1.43Mb
- Author: $uZuK!
- Date Released: 20 June 2007
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Reader Recommendations
16 recommendations, average score: 2.25 (out of 5), standard deviation: 1.19
Post Details
Posted: 17th April 2008
Category: Half-Life 2: Ep2, Single Player Mods and Maps
Tags: Phillip says Avoid It, Very Short, Zombies
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17 April 2008 at 5:13 pm
Not a great map and as you can see I had a number of errors when I played. The environment is a little sparse and that spoils the overall impression.
17 April 2008 at 5:34 pm
Heh, he obviously forgot to include the models with the map.
17 April 2008 at 7:06 pm
Architecture: Rather basic and bland, not a lot of detail but interesting in some parts.
Layout: The layout is well planned but not fitting with the HL2 theme, I spent the first two or three minutes of game play wondering around looking for the HEV suit, after that I had to cheat because I couldn’t find any weapons after looking for about five minutes.
Lighting: Lighting is pretty standard for a large outside map, indoor lighting was pretty bland however.
Atmosphere: There wasn’t really an atmosphere to speak of, big open area, few zombies, go for it. At first (while looking for the suit and weapons) it did feel a bit like 28 days later but this quickly fades.
Difficulty: It wouldn’t be too hard to an experienced gamer IF you can find the first weapon. After that it’s pretty simple, your toughest challenge is a poison zombie backed up by two fast zombies in an open area.
Other notes: The ending of this level could have been done better. [Spoiler!] You fall into a pit of water and a bit of text comes up, presumably saying “game over” but because I don’t speak the language it’s written in I couldn’t tell. I had to resort to Noclip to check if there was any more level as there is no fade and the text only comes up for a moment. Other than that the level is pretty boring, if you love zombie fights you will probably like this but Zombies in HL2 aren’t to my tastes. Also the level has an array of missing custom models and once again a little play testing could have gone a long way.
17 April 2008 at 8:40 pm
To The Author re-release this map as a directors cut with the single-player mod cummunity to give you support to fine-tune the original map into a masterpiece & also re-release it as a multi-player map because its a very open-spaced map that works very well.
This is a curiousity piece of mapping & with due time on a second release will cure the shortcommings
17 April 2008 at 9:04 pm
Apparently, the errors people have are from it being an Episode 2 map and not a HL2 one (put it in Episode 2 instead).
17 April 2008 at 9:11 pm
remembering playing this one except those errors it wasn’t that bad…
17 April 2008 at 11:00 pm
boring
18 April 2008 at 1:14 pm
just needs a car to drive around in.
18 April 2008 at 2:43 pm
oh, crab…
18 April 2008 at 5:17 pm
Its the beginning of a mod.Just needs to be finished.And it is for ep2.
I wont put a recomendation untill its completed.
18 April 2008 at 5:45 pm
Okay, I’ll recategorize it this weekend and take some new screenshots.
I don’t think it will be finished.
19 April 2008 at 6:31 am
Aw… and I wanted to point out the reason first!! Actually, it works in HL2:Ep1 too!
There’s not a lot of indication that says that this map is still in progress or that it will have a second part, aside from an extra node graph that may or may not be accidentally included in the rar, so I’ll assume it’s complete as stands.
Although I appreciated the challenge of being trapped in a world of enemies armed with basically nothing at the beginning, this feeling was actually superficial as I found the crowbar later on and it became much like all experiences I have between melee and purposefully dumbed AI. This is one of those maps that may take you a short while initially, but takes less than two minutes to complete once you know where everything is.
For instance, a challenge that required you to use nothing but nearby physics objects to kill the nearby attacking enemies (which works on headcrabs), would be a reasonable challenge, but at the second bout, you know just to ignore the headcrabs completely. You don’t even need the suit. However, this is unnecessary griping. Although I like the idea mentioned above, the level design was not very detailed or challenging. Eh…
2 out of (whatever this scoreboard is out of)
19 April 2008 at 4:01 pm
I’ve updated the post to reflect the re-categorization of the mod to Episode 2. I’ve also replaced the old screenshots and added another 12.
I don’t remember see a dead Alyx when I played the first time,, which admittedly was months ago. Strange.
14 July 2008 at 1:05 am
It’s all a bit basic in design layout and content and at first I thought nothing in the way of gameplay, however there is some sense to it all and after you find the crowbar you can play through as the author intended. Once you are geared-up this becomes a 5 minute map with the ending promising more, bytheway the suit is easy to miss.
I guess this is yet another part 1 of something that what be finished, however I dont think we are missing much.
31 August 2008 at 8:36 am
I can’t really add anything usefull that hasn’t been said already so I’ll just leave it at that.
07 March 2009 at 2:56 pm
Where Did You Find Alyx’s Body, I Played This Level And I can’t Found Her, Also The Blue Thing Around her, Is It The Kind Of “Virus Liquid” Thing.
07 March 2009 at 2:58 pm
To be honest, I can’t remember. Sorry.
07 March 2009 at 3:04 pm
(Spoiler) I Think The Crowbar Its At The Containers Beside A Sleeping Zombie, And A SMG In The Church, Also Some SMG Bullets In A Cemetery, Check The Crypt.
07 March 2009 at 10:28 pm
Alyx is on the steps inside the church
19 January 2010 at 1:50 am
I know its a small map, but needs maybe a pistol, and a easier to find weapon. it took my awhile to finally find the crowbar.
23 February 2010 at 2:42 am
After wandering around for several minutes without a weapon, I gave myself the crowbar. (I mean, I found a supply crate, I have to be able to open it, don’t I?) After another few minutes, I found the “real” crowbar and started over.
The fast zombies seemed confused. Actually, when I started over, all the enemies acted confused. I got some .357 ammo but never found the gun. Thankfully, I found the SMG.
After dropping into the water at the end, I had google translate the text, since I wasn’t sure whether I was finished. It said, “To be continued”.