Comments on: Fake Episode 3 Maps – Half-Life 2: Ep2

By: planetphillip

planetphillip — Fri, 20 May 2011 04:26:12 +0000

nobody ever will read this comment of mine here

I read it.

By: SPY

SPY — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:28:36 +0000

i know, i am almost 3 years to late with playing this one. it is that i was googeling for ep3 related stuff that i stumbled on this one here.

am i really THAT different from everyone else here, because i thought this was one of the worst mappacks i played in months!!!
the mapping was simply awful!!
the staggering amount of bugs made me want to stop playing for at least 3 times, (in one map i had fps of 5 and lower!!!!! the place where you are under the ice, or in the mountain).
and the puzzles, well, i hate puzzles, so what i can i say.

that this one made it to the hall of fame is to me a real mystery.
but then again, it seems that i have a completely different taste when it comes to good mappacks, or mods for that matter.
that Phillip and i don’t have the same taste, that we knew.
but that so many people would like this one here is a real mystery to me,
is my taste really that bad??

o well, nobody ever will read this comment of mine here, because its 3 years later.
so, i stop….

By: OG Loc

OG Loc — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:44:16 +0000

Don’t get me wrong, I liked this mod. Although there should be more story if this was the real EP3, and more enemies to fight. There were no boss battles at all. You just fight a couple of Hunters, some Zombies and Zombines, and lots of Combine Elites. There are some appearances of the Combine Advisor though. I can make a better story then this, but I can hardly map. The author did good, this wasn’t a waste of time that’s for sure.

By: Hec

Hec — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:22:32 +0000

Great mod, or map pack!!!, commenting recently in one PP forum i remembered this mod, and it was super, loved the Borealis part and the feeling that when i was playing it i feel (even if it was not real) like i were playing the Ep3 itself.., that’s why i give it this regard! shorty but good so dynamic!

By: House

House — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:35:56 +0000

VERY VERY VERY VERY (1 decade later) VERY FUN!!!!!! Even knowing it was fake, IT WAS STILL A SUPER MAPPACK! When in the borealis, it gave me a heck of a scare, because of the advisor sounds and the dark and atmosphere. Too bad you don’t FIGHT a advisor. But still VERY fun!

By: House

House — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:18:46 +0000

Are you seroius!?! I LOVED this mappack!

By: Norton Hess

Norton Hess — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:14:51 +0000

No u are totally right phillip to put this mod with it’s respect award,, this mod just blew my mind and it was a delight to play it really good teaser 4 the ep3, let see how real ep3 shock our expectatives. the part where alyx and barney appear in the borealis last part it’s brilliant!!!, what a way to put barney back on the game isn’t it???, hope we see barney again on the real ep 3 with a good rol on it anyway i can’t wait to play ep 3 sure it’s gonna blow our minds too….

By: eeVee

eeVee — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:44:33 +0000

I got stuck at a couple bulkhead doors and noclipped myself.

As for the person stating that the complainers are noobs–a well-designed map leads you to the correct solution. You shouldn’t have to try everything in frustration, then finally happen think of bashing things with the crowbar in order to progress (for example).

These maps were mostly fine, but there are missing textures; also, some areas seem too bare. Alyx got stuck on the steep road and I had to go back and get her. Kind of interesting to see what someone’s idea of Ep3 will be. I sure hope VALVe doesn’t include as much platforming when they finally release it.

By: stonewalljack

stonewalljack — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:27:25 +0000

Had fun navigating the antarctic maps to the Borealis. My fear of heights added some excitement there. I got excited when I first saw the Borealis. That was a great visual.

The purple textures, strange reflections, bugs (real or imagined) should have been corrected before release. Big distraction. I guess imagined bugs can’t be corrected, so skip that.

Anyhow, this mappack did have a good theme for EP3.

By: Sudsy

Sudsy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:37:13 +0000

Except for the one bug I ran into at the end I give it a Thumbs up. The game play seemed a little differnt than the norm and I liked the extra health left after an assualt. I dig the arctic backgrounds it gives the game a certain sense of adventure. I would like to see a game where you could ski down the side of a mountain while under attack.

By: Sudsy

Sudsy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:33:04 +0000

I went back and reread it and followed all instructions and it worked. I then retyped noclip to turn it off. Thanks for the help Jasper I don’t think there will be any recriminations as this stuff is necessary to continue playing games with bugs.

By: Jasper

Jasper — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:01 +0000

At the risk of getting black balled!
In console type sv_cheats 1
Then no… and noclip pops up
click on noclip (or finish typing)
then hit enter or click submit.
Read this before I’m exterminated.

By: Sudsy

Sudsy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:55:30 +0000

I typed no and noclip came up in console and I clicked on submit and resumed game but I could not walk through a wall what am I doing wrong?

By: Sudsy

Sudsy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:49:09 +0000

Thanks Jasper

By: Jasper

Jasper — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:49:01 +0000

Edit. After thought. Hopefully I’m not breaking any rules or causing offense with this at PP.
If yes, please delete

By: Jasper

Jasper — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:45:25 +0000

Type HL2 cheats into google then hit the link for cheats.ign.com…… and all will be laid bare!
For the good maps and mods avoid god and impulse 101 because they make the games too easy and so boring.
noclip is very handy if you find yourself stuck through no fault of your own – like the little snag you have here

By: Sudsy

Sudsy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:22:56 +0000

Phillip,
How do you noclip? I tried typing it in console and hit enter but I couldn’t do anything. Or how do you GOD mode?

Thanks

By: planetphillip

planetphillip — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:52:35 +0000

This is a bug. I mentioned it in my review. I had to cheat at this point.

The Borealis is the ship you are on.

By: Sudsy

Sudsy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:24:36 +0000

I just went through the ship and am making my way back out. I just ran into Alyx and Barney but cannot make my way through the doorway. Is this a bug or am I missing something?

Another question: What is the borealis I keep reading about?

By: gmosher

gmosher — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:06:50 +0000

I found the video on utube. I just needed to have Alyx with me.

Thanks Phillip!

By: planetphillip

planetphillip — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:06:40 +0000

I didn’t know the videos had been removed. ANyway, I am pretty sure image 24 shows a button you must switch to open the door. If I found it you certainly should be able to!

If I get a chance I’ll open them up again and have a look. Probably not until the weekend though. Stay Tuned!

By: gmosher

gmosher — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:00:50 +0000

Hi everybody I’m back hopefully fulltime after a long absence. I just downloaded the 3 episodes of the 3 false(alpha) episodes from 2009 games of the year and am stuck on picture 23. I went to the walkthroughs (removed) and comments and couldn’t find what I needed. After helicopter crash I made it to the house and then the bunker on top of the hill with the tower next to it. I pushed the green button and the door opens. Down a hall there is another door flooded in red light that I cannot open please help.

By: dougjp

dougjp — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:55:43 +0000

I must be playing a different game than many of you. Visually I found it to be worse than most (after the intro heli part), although maybe purple checkered floors, right angled line horizons, lack of color, a path without proper texture are supposed to impress me. Lots of zombies attacking here and there, well….OK. The inside and then outside path jumping along ledges was interesting except restart/restart after falling does get boring. Its just not designed properly like the original or any of the high rated mods and maps, in my opinion.

I finally quit at a section I found impossible in the climbing. This was never necessary in any of the original games or high rated maps and mods. I never use god mode or the like to get through parts like that because accurately considering a rating for a map would then be impossible.

I’d suggest avoiding frustration by avoiding this one.

By: shane

shane — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:34:39 +0000

@civanT: this map pack was cool and there were no bugs sure you had to pick up that genertor thing and plug it in that aperture door but that was because you dident look for it. and what i really liked about this map pack is the map that looked like it was from the hl2ep3 concept art and were your in the borealis and your in the artic.

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By: SolidFake

SolidFake — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:28:43 +0000

btw is there a normal way to reach Alyx after you have finished the borealis?

By: SolidFake

SolidFake — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:26:40 +0000

nice mappack
the best are the ideas, like when the heli drops down the ice shell drifts away and plateaus that are suddenly breaking and such things.
The area where you can see the borealis is nice made, I guess it’s made after one of the official concepts?
But those maps are all just half done, they contain many bugs, ugly skyboxes and so on. Also textures are all basic and indoor rooms look quite boring.
What was really annoying was that when you take or shoot that stupid green thingy in the reactor, you loose health. Why? What’s the point of it? There are enough guys with guns out there which will kill you within one second when you look to long at them. Why are guys ever doing such mistakes, it just dissappoints me each time and simply sucks.
Also in the first house was too less ammunition, I had to kill the second hunter with the crowbar.
If this maps would have got more attention by their mapper, this would have become even better.

btw: Alex face in the heli is so goddamn priceless
Oh, and if any players texture reflections won’t work, like it was in my case, just open the console and type “buildcubemaps”

By: JoshR

JoshR — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:04:53 +0000

I’m sorry, you guys that got stuck sound like NOOBS. If you guys think the levels are not even playable, you must be a lousy gamer. No offense, you guys who got stuck, do NOT know what you are talking about.

This map pak is better then some previous map making here. I know you guys who think it sucked are the ones who could not figure out how to solve the puzzles to proceed. The only ones whining here with a bad review seem to just be the ones who got stuck at the Aperture door, and didn’t know what to do.

Admit it. You could not do the obvious in Krakken base, and press buttons on the consoles, you kept tripping and falling off the ice, you could not figure out how to break through the ice, you got stuck at the Aperture door, when you were suppose to go back into the room with skeletons, pick up this console, blow the room up, go out the wall you blew up, plug the console into its outlet, then wait for the door to open. Those are NOT bugs. I did not find any mechanical bugs. Sure, some people had that purple glitch, but function before cosmetics. There are NO problems otherwise! (unless you don’t install right, or are involved with having illegal versions of HL2 games)

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By: bob

bob — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:09:12 +0000

this hl2ep3 map pack was awsome