About
After proving your skill and cunning by escaping the Black Mesa complex alive, you have been called on by a shadowy organisation – the Alien Counter-Insurgency Bureau – to help protect mankind from the threat posed by Xen.
Tonight, the A.C.I.B. has need of your special abilities to counter a new threat to civilisation. You have been given a rendez-vous in the
warehouse district of the city to receive your mission briefing.
Basic Details
- Title: Edge Of Darkness
- File Name: eod.zip
- Size : 7.6Mb
- Author: Chris Spain
- Date Released: 13 June 2000
- Related: The Abandoned Workshops Review
- Download: PlanetPhillip Filecloud Server
Screenshots
Click on the thumbnails below to open a medium size image. Thanks to Quakis from The Abandoned Workshops for supplying the images.
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Reader Recommendations
18 recommendations, average score: 4.56 (out of 5), standard deviation: 0.91
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26 January 2006 at 9:49 pm
I just played through this one not too long ago. Though short it is one of the better mods I’ve seen in terms of design going into each level and in storyline.
Too bad it wasn’t longer.
05 October 2006 at 1:28 pm
STORY: After proving your skill and cunning by escaping the Black Mesa
complex alive, you have been called on by a shadowy organisation – the
Alien Counter-Insurgency Bureau – to help protect mankind from the threat
posed by Xen.
Tonight, the A.C.I.B. has need of your special abilities to counter a new
threat to civilisation. You have been given a rendez-vous in the
warehouse district of the city to receive your mission briefing.
28 November 2006 at 11:26 am
Gameplay:
Balanced and consistent, a little easy at first but later in it can get a bit tricky. Plenty of ammo and other supplies around to remain in the action and a lot of cover if under heavy fire. Nothing too frustrating anywhere during the mod, however some few puzzles aren’t obvious at first. Enemies are mostly soldiers throughout several levels, but eventually you’ll fight some Xen aliens, although they aren’t too difficult to beat, so everything remains fun and enjoyable. A few secrets to get a few extra weapons to help you on the mission which were a nice find, and some traps for the player to look out for.
Design:
This modification keeps a consistent, solid and tidy structure throughout the entire mission. Each area of the mountain complex has its own style of design and texturing, the first part having a lot of marble and a rich sense added to it. The labs also have their own style but look similar to those from Black Mesa. Texturing has been done well in each area, while some mix others together to add more detail into it. Each room has plenty of objects, furniture or computers to fill up the space but of course some crates which gets a bit old. The lighting is moderate throughout with nothing that looks bad or out of place. Everything uses the default textures and sounds, but use them well to create some interesting designs for a few rooms and corridors, and the thunder from the introduction level. There was a slight bug with the bathroom door later in the mod, in the blue corridor. Pressing the use key on the glass panel causes it to “open” therefore closing earlier than the main door if that is opened as well making it look weird, doesn’t affect gameplay though.
Conclusion:
Balanced, consistent and enjoyable gameplay with a solid, tidy design throughout.
Rating: 84%
18 December 2006 at 9:57 pm
Excellent single player mission for half life, it almost puts you inside a secret agent adeventure, but of course, it’s half life, it uses the weapons from half life, there aren’t new textures, but there are a lot of fun scripted events, these are well done because they make you feel inside the adventure (just like half life 1 did).
The level design is outstanding, it makes my PC lag (lol) but not too much to waste the fun, the architecture is perfect and well crafted into the adventure, it feels great.
The battles are great, though, I would like a bit more stealth element, all the action is amazing throughout the mod, and stoping Mr. Smith is one of the must fun action I ever had in any mod.
This is the first SP adventure that I play twice in a row, so, what the hell are you waiting for? download NOW!
4/5
29 June 2007 at 9:54 pm
In my opinion, this is the greatest Half-Life single player mod.
29 June 2007 at 11:50 pm
There’s a walkthrough available at the author’s website.
19 August 2007 at 7:09 pm
Released long years ago in the high time of HL1-SP-Mapping and Modding this little gem
remains still in my top ten.
20 August 2007 at 4:56 pm
This is also in my top 10 now that I played it.Lots of action,great scripting especially the scene with the assasins,barney and the gman lol.Great environment and use of it.I really liked the use of some switches that in hind sight you shouldn’t of pulled but that would spoil the fun.
05 December 2007 at 12:50 pm
The walkthrough link doesn’t seem to work anymore.
05 December 2007 at 12:52 pm
Wait, I think the link is typed wrong.
05 December 2007 at 4:37 pm
fixed walkthrough link in Gilfrarry’s post
06 December 2007 at 7:16 am
Thanks, andyb
23 December 2007 at 11:17 am
Absolutely splendid mod, as much fun as the original Half-Lfe, and perhaps more so. Inventive levels, solid plotting, some really clever touches in the gameplay. One of the rare mods that rewards contunual alertness and problem-solving ability. Bravo!
11 January 2008 at 3:49 am
I liked it very much. Very fun.
31 July 2008 at 12:26 pm
Nice mod….but how to get out after burning the G-Man?
15 September 2008 at 1:04 am
wadda ya mean with “play it later”???? this mod rox!!! it must be “play it NOW!!!!
btw, after burning g-man, go and look for the door on the left (the scientist should be standing near this door), then look for a small air vent and jump through, a new level should load as you do that.
01 March 2009 at 6:35 pm
Even after all these years, this splendid mod is still one of my favourites.
The level design is quite simple, but it is marvellous when bundled with the fast paced action. My only gripe with it is that the opening sequence is not very straightforward, in fact it is very easy to miss the area where you are given your first weapons, which makes the following level where you meet the first enemies quite puzzling.
In the end, there is not much to say. Download it. Now.
06 September 2009 at 11:32 pm
how do you get out of the room with the oozing oil ? walkthrough says that one of the door is suppose to open, but nothing happens, I just burn to death….
01 October 2009 at 9:35 pm
cool mod, you are kind of a spy… and the best part is that you kill the gman
06 December 2009 at 8:41 pm
Wow, this mod is incredible! I can’t believe I haven’t played this earlier… Great gameplay, nice use of music and voices from the game, and not too hard but challenging. Too bad the author doesn’t make maps anymore.
18 December 2009 at 8:28 am
This is a great mod; it takes around an hour to two to complete. Most importantly, unlike many other mods, the design and map layout are professionally done.
Rating: 95%
Recommendation: Personal Favourite (My kind of game!).