• Title: Half Life: Xen
• File Name: hl1-sp-half-life-xen.7z
• Original File Name: hlxen.zip
• Size : 444Kb
• Author: Steve Johnson
• Date Released: 27 January 2002

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1st January 1998

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1. 

   mel

   27th March 2008

   

   ok short and sweet/easy without that much gameplay/no real story/some good grunt combat sequences.

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2. 

   piledriver

   19th June 2008

   

   mel says it all. Beginners map pack.

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3. 

   planetphillip

   27th August 2008

   Added 7 screenshots kindly supplied by piledriver.

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4. 

   TropiKo

   23rd May 2010

   

   At least it’s somehow finished.
   It’s truly a begginer’s mappack. There is a little story, not thought really well, since freaky things appear in xen when they shouldn’t.
   It’s interesting how difficult grunts can be on hard.
   Give it a try, but don’t expect much, as the levels aren’t quite finished.

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5. 

   Technic

   21st May 2012

   

   A tiny mappack with six maps only on Xen.
   The story is nothing to bother about as it only exists in the readme and a two ingame text messages, in the meaning it’s negligible.
   Mapping is below average as there’s not much variety in textures and layouts.
   The architecture is quite boring too, as there are usually rooms, corridors with only one height.
   There aren’t much details too.
   Once in the game you have to solve a tiny, easy puzzle.
   The rest is only combat until you reach the final beam which brings you back to the start, meeting some “visitors”.

   Altho there are six maps, there are very short and finishing the mappack can be done in less than 10 minutes.
   Therefore, and according to the things mentioned above it’s not much fun to play.
   Essential things are just missing here.
   Nonetheless I was surprised I did’nt hate the Xen setting here, as I usally do, because there are no tricky jumps or even longjumping required and Xen just looks very boxy in this mappack.

   Summarising I have to say this is indeed “only for real fans”.

   Pro’s:
   -Some combat with aliens and human grunts
   -Quite many weapons compared to playtime
   -Good enemy placement
   -One little puzzle
   -No bugs

   Con’s:
   -Very short playtime (5-10 minutes)
   -Balancing – it’s just too easy, most healthkits aren’t needed and health never drops below 50,
   also: there are just too much weapons and ammo
   -Very basic, boxy mapping with not much variety or anything interesting
   -No puzzles
   -Story isn’t there
   -Some strange mapchanges
   -No atmosphere
   -Disappointing, open end

   Conclusion: “Perfect” mappack for rookies without high demands on good mapping, puzzles and/or a story.

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