As soon as I saw the first hallway with it’s view outside, I realised how detailed this mod will be, that’s exact the style I like, very pretty design! It’s obvious making this little mod didn’t took a few days..altho it’s not that big.
There’s also enough action with soldiers, aliens and sentry towers.

Pro’s:
-Fantastic, high-detailed (for HL1) level design
-Pretty balanced action, altho most of the enemies are placed bad (for the player
-No long ventilation shaft -or ladder crawling

Con’s:
-Enemy AI
-Mean placed enemies
-Short playtime
-Minor clipping bugs
-Less space to move, except the first few meters

I send you my save.

Thanks for reply!
Ok. I open manhole and go down by ladder. And when I start swimm mod crashed, I see black screen and erro “HL.exe Lancher ble ble…”. I have Half-Life CD-ROM, box version – no Steam.

Ah, one thing yet. I load game from the start many times and bug is still in this moment.

Please don’t leave it here.

My email@ planetphillip AT gmail DOT com

Help me!

Then is black screen and error with hl.exe lancher.

PLEASE HELP!

I`ve installed patch 1.1.1.0 and I don`t have High def pack.

It’s far from being a classic but well worth the download and play time.

Yeah, sure, use my gmail address.

…but there is little variety, every area is too cramped (there is very little room to maneuver)

Actually, that’s a good point. It detracts from the gameplay down to a significant level. Many of the human grunt encounters were too cramped, (And thus were more challenging then they should’ve been.) and there were many thin corridors.

However, I still hold out on my opinion. (And my ‘Play It Now!’ icon!)

I recently replayed Poke646 for a forthcoming feature and I actually enjoyed this more.

Perhasp I just prefer short and sweet.

Hahaha.

That’s a bit of an exaggeration

I don’t think so. Im my opinion it is a fantastic mod. Of course everybody is entitled to their opinion.

I recently replayed Poke646 for a forthcoming feature and I actually enjoyed this more.

Perhasp I just prefer short and sweet.

BTW, I need to talk to you about a possible interview, are you interested?

Took me 14 minutes.

Still, the mod is ‘unfinished’, so that’s easy to forgive.

I also forgot to mention what Phillip and Stef have addressed – The small download size is a definate plus!

By the way, cheers for the editing help, Phillip!

I’m glad I found it. I didn’t want to waste my ammo on breaking crates, to which contain useful items, as well as wooden barricades etc.

Here’s my little review:

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Despite being short and without any inclusion of a story, this is a very solid, fast-paced and very fun mod!

Level design comes first, as its brilliant. The level of detail is amazing. Trimwork is at full force here – So are the tiny little details that give this mod SOME form of immersion despite a decent storyline. Not much else to say here – I can only praise it here! I will have to nitpick though… The vent system, with that open area with ladders, while a cunning piece of eye candy, is frustrating to move around in. The ledges to which the player has to hop onto from a side ladder become a niggling pain to get onto. The area, despite being an obvious ventilation system, was still very cramped and annoying from a gameplay perspecitive. (I’m not talking about the air ducts themselves, just that ‘central hub’ area. Air ducts are supposed to be cramped!)

Now gameplay. It’s great. Not anything special or really sweat-inducing, but it’s solid and good fun (Which is all it’s really about, eh?) There aren’t any real puzzles, which slightly detracts from this mod, but at least there’s a good mix of enemies. There isn’t much else to say here.

Enemy and item placement is a generally solid acheivement! Some of the barnacles are placed most excellently! Also, your exploration is rewarded with items, but the author has taken it to nearly ‘counter-balance’ or punish you. I once picked up a battery tucked up in a little alcove-y bit and a slave zapped in right behind me. Unfortunately, there’s the crowbar issue.

It SHOULDN’T detract too much from it if you don’t find it, but it’s an important weapon, so it should’ve been easily found. Enemy placement takes a short dip with enemies placed at the top of ladder. What makes this worse it the way a satchel charge has been placed here. Since it’s your first, the player will pick it up and you will automatically switch too it.

However the problem lies with the enemies placed right out of the room to which the player enters and no matter what, the player always picks up the charge as goes through the doorway, no matter what. This is really nitpicking, but it was just a frustrating and niggling little issue that managed to actually kill me. No matter, the good stuff far outweighs the bad!

As for everything else? Well, set pieces are very well done. They are timed well and occacionally quite clever. (Though sometimes not very practical… But it’s a game!) As said above, it was too short and I was left wanting more! Oh well, it’s obviously unfinished so what’cha gonna do? There was also a lack of friendly NPCs. I counted one. (Living ones, that is.)

Finally, I enjoy a good immersive story, but I’ll let this slide, because everything else is so damn good! (Much like the awesome little baby ‘Affliction’! No real story, but with awesome gameplay, design and set-pieces!)

Overall a excellent mod with a few downfalls and a lack of a good storyline. Still, it’s hard NOT to recommend this, so I give it a:

This mod has no story but that doesn’t spoil the action and gameplay. There are a couple of set piece of very high standard and the mapping itself is fantastic. Just look at images 12 and 16 to see the detail that goes into the areas.

There were a couple of areas that were difficult and I won’t spoil the ending for you but I struggled, as I did just after the mini-lift.

There are the classic elements of letting the playing see what’s coming but not being able to reach it. I enjoyed the ladder and shaft elements as well.

One thing it took a while to realize is there is no crowbar, which is a refreshing change. Perhaps I missed it!

I could go on and on about the various areas and the interesting doors and levers but reallyu, you should have already started downloading this mod and load it up as soon as possible.

I have no hesitation in recommending this mod to you.

5 Words Or Less Review
Detailed, thoughtful, arrrrhh, WOW!