Comments on: Hard Escape – Half-Life 2: Ep2

By: dougjp

dougjp — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:24:51 +0000

The ending was indefensible, it was that bad. However sections of the rest of the map made it well worth playing. I agree that the outdoor battle later on was really well done. The brief outdoor section early on in the map is the opposite.

So a ‘mixed bag’. I still thought it was a play-it-now kind of map.

By: Ratzoid

Ratzoid — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:45:23 +0000

I thought something was wrong with my pc … screen goes black, no flashlight but you can still shoot??? Then when I moved it was like a film strip melting , white with yellow and blue edges, then poof ! The End …. I guess ? From what everybody says… I tried reloading and got the same thing with no weapons Very strange ending.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 09 May 2009 00:41:45 +0000

The ending is crap. The maps are OK. The combat is OK. It’s OK. That’s all it is.
OK?

By: mel

mel — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:15:42 +0000

By: Mel

Mel — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:02:01 +0000

Agree with must of the above comments and experience the same faults, overall it’s worth a play through but don’t expect too much. Plenty of zombies with head and spider crabs, apart from that can’t recall too many moments of exhilarating gameplay.
If you are short of a fix then give it a play, there is a load of newly release stuff far worst then this mod out there at the moments.

By: Old Scratch

Old Scratch — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:55:42 +0000

I liked it ’til the end, then that damn ending… :-\ But, overall, a decent mod with some good gameplay. I do recommend it.

By: Black Dog

Black Dog — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:50:52 +0000

What ever happen to the end? I thought my screen froze up on me! Gimmie a break. At least put a “The End” sign or have the G-Man acknowledge the game was over. Don’t leave me hanging, expecting more!
It was a good 1/2 hour well spent. Except for the ending.

By: SolidFake

SolidFake — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:19:08 +0000

Simple mod with a lot of potential, but sadly it didn’t reached it.
Start’s boring, Zombie area is pretty neat, especially when you press the button and all lights get out, and when a lot of zombies are in front of you but you can’t go back, cause the door’s closed.
I’m no source mapping pro, but this mod has ugly shadows and missing texture alignment.
I really thought, yea now I go to the city, when I exited at the train station, but unfornately only some combine appeared in front of me and suddenly a door was now unlocked and another locked

Lot’s of potential, a shame that it didn’t become more.

By: J-Man

J-Man — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:58:17 +0000

Didn’t have any problems figuring the pathway, nor did I experience any loading prob’s or bug’s to speak of..It was a So,So, small MOD, it wasn’t hard. I didn’t mind the ending, i was ready to stop playing it due to “boredom”. ( my personal opinion, no offense to anyone )

By: C:11897 » Podcast 17

C:11897 » Podcast 17 — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:23:38 +0000

[...] Hard Escape (HL2 EP2) [...]

By: andyb

andyb — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:30:56 +0000

Thats not the problem.It says crap like that on most any HL game or mod.I changed a couple things so it would not say “low velocity” I think it was.If ya no clip from right before it goes black and wait,then move about you can find the train burning etc but your pc may lock up if you venture near the train.I didn’t have alot of time to work with this one and havent looked at it since then but I would assume that is the end as it is a small map.

By: tattie

tattie — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:07:28 +0000

Yep that’s the ending I got too but after a while the screen went white?
For those who have not read the read me…
Quote
“Map 5 I dunno whats with that.After the train crashes the screen fades to black and it seems you fall out of the map?? The END??I dunno.Thats a question for the person who made the maps”.

The console read:-and maybe one of the experienced mappers can figure it out.

Loading game from SAVEautosave.sav…
Loading game from //MOD/SAVE/hard_escape_5.HL1…
Precache called on a point_template that has no templates: template_2_car001a_parts
Redownloading all lightmaps
CreateInstance called on a point_template that has no templates: template_2_car001a_parts
DataTable warning: prop_physics: Out-of-range value (29176.833984) in SendPropFloat ‘m_vOrigin[0]‘, clamping.

By: sofasleeper

sofasleeper — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:25:23 +0000

I tried reloading the map manually, and it did the same thing. I enjoyed what part of it I played, but I guess I’ll leave it at that.

By: Robspace1

Robspace1 — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:12:06 +0000

Thing is Andy-this is not a beta mod and there should not need to be any reloading of maps to play the mod. Why not get it right from the start and allow people to play through uninterupted. It takes away from the game completely to have to reload a map just to finish the mod. I’ll pass. It wasn’t that great anyway.

By: andyb

andyb — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:29:01 +0000

If anyone one reads files that are are enclosed with the mods it says……….map5 … heck just read it.Thats what they are there for.Nobody reads em I don’t know why I put them there.

By: sofasleeper

sofasleeper — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:21:17 +0000

^^ That’s the ‘ending’ I experienced..

By: Robspace1

Robspace1 — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:56:52 +0000

It may be my system but-the ending-SPOILER******SPOLIER******was not right. I got back on the train, it’s takes off, the lights go out, it stops, and I’m left standing there in the dark. Thats it? It must have not loaded another map. That can’t be the ending right?

By: Gypsy Jim

Gypsy Jim — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:51:15 +0000

I followed the cable, to an area gated off with wooden gates, with a gap on the left. Ha, I thought before piling up crates and totally not managing to jump over, and then giving up. Well, I say giving up, what I mean is after “noclipping” around looking to see if I’d missed anything….As all I could find was the vent I’d come through to get there, I thought I’d missed a trigger point or something. Then I gave up again…

Will go and have another look now.

By: andyb

andyb — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:44:39 +0000

Thats how I figured it out too.Probably would of been a good spot to put a cut scene showing lights coming on back up the path you had just come from

By: planetphillip

planetphillip — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:15:46 +0000

it’s a shame it wasn’t even remotely obvious what you were supposed to do there though

Whilst I am not completely defending the author and the situation, you had just turned on a generator and if you followed the cable it looked like it was leading back into the area you left or at least underground.

I only worked out where to go after not finding any other way I just went back to the train.

By: Gypsy Jim

Gypsy Jim — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:35:34 +0000

The transition from map 4 to 5 doesn’t always seem to work, if it does all just go black on the train try manually loading map 5.

I did get stuck in the large area at the end, but now after re-reading Phillip’s comment above I might go back & replay that bit, it’s a shame it wasn’t even remotely obvious what you were supposed to do there though….

As mods go it’s fairly short, looks nice, and was enjoyable for the most-part, but didn’t really get my interest going all that much.

By: sofasleeper

sofasleeper — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:53:49 +0000

Hey, love the site. Been coming here for months now and catching up on all the great mods and maps I missed.As far as this one goes, it’s not too bad, but I can’t tell if I’m having technical problems with this map or not. Without saying too much, after the second stop, the train begins moving again and….. blackness.Anyone else play this? Is there an ‘ending’ that I’m missing?

By: Lalabox

Lalabox — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:35:08 +0000

I haven’t played this, but if this is your new style of ‘hardcore’ reviews (just a basic description of what happens, and if areas were good or not), I think you should go back to your old reviews.

By: planetphillip

planetphillip — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:58:08 +0000

THE DESCRIPTION CONTAINS LOTS OF SPOILERS

This mod starts in a prison cell, which is of course getting really boring, but I suppose we have to start somewhere. After finding you way out, you need to move around a few areas killing everything in your path. So far, so good. Eventually you survive and reach outside to find an Antlion guard running around like a little lost boy.

It’s too easy to get past it (BTW, are Antlions male or female?) and whilst this area looks pretty it didn’t really live up to its visual promise.

The Gman makes an appearance, which is nice but to get through to the next section you must turn off the power meaning you are left in the dark. This is of course the perfect opportunity to introduce Zombies

Soon you find yourself in a train station and need to get on a train which somehow starts moving when you enter (Ooo, that’s lucky I hear you cry).

The train stops and you find yourself looking for a way out. This will eventually lead you to a really nice area that gives you plenty of game and is certainly the best part of the mod.

(Extra Spoiler: if you are stuck in this area, back track to the station)

Then get back on the train and await your fate.

Okay, so what did I think about it? I actually quite enjoyed it but wish that instead of trying to offer so many different environments the author had chosen to use two but make them great. In fact the train stopping at stations is a perfect concept for adding new areas.

I know the reviewer at City17 didn’t like it much but that last outdoor area was fun. If the screenshots look okay to you then you should certainly consider it.

5 Word Review
More detail, less areas, please.