Heart of Evil is a Single Player Half-Life mod that accurately and sensitively depicts the American ‘experience’ in Vietnam, right down to the laces on the zombies boots. Plot: You play in the role of Captain Percy Freeman, a Special Forces officer who is assigned the task of tracking down and assassinating the renegade Colonel Kurtz.
Things take a turn for the worse when, having set off on your mission, the higher-ups in the chain of command mysteriously decide that they want you dead, while you discover to your horror that someone has been breeding an inhuman master-race of hideous undead mutants which is now rampaging across the jungle slaughtering everything in its path. Stuck between the Viet-Cong, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the hordes of mindless zombies, with only your sidekick Barney for company and your trusty chainsaw for a weapon, your one remaining hope is to keep going deeper and deeper into enemy territory, wading through the bodies of the fallen, towards the elusive Kurtz….
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- Title: Heart Of Evil
- File Name: hl1-sp-heart-of-evil.7z
- Original File Name: nam-v1.02.exe
- Size : 72.4Mb
- Author: Heart of Evil Team
- Date Released: 01 January 2002
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6th September 2005
Heart of Evil is an extensive Half-Life mod set during the Vietnam War. You play Captain Percy Freeman, assigned the task of tracking down and ‘taking out’ the renegade Colonel Kurtz. Kurtz, however, isn’t too keen on the idea, and so beings a long and epic trek throughout the jungle, towns and beyond.
If you’ve played anything by Nathan Ruck before (he made two previous Half-Life mods – The Evil Thing and Little Skyscraper of Horrors for OpForce) then you’ll know that he has a wicked sense of humour, and this is evident throughout the mod. From little jokes to a hilarious plot twist at the end, you’ll have a smile on your face while blasting away the VietCong and those pesky zombies.
Yes, zombies. They’re back. And this time they’re tougher then ever. Seriously, they take a full clip to down. Thankfully you’ve also got a whole load of weapons to take them down with. My persoanl favourite? The chainsaw. Big, beefy and powerful. You’ve also got pistols, M4s and the works. Good thing too with all those enemies.
Another thing to point out is that you now have to use the ‘Use’ key. You pick up keys, planks of wood and other various bits and pieces, as well as open doors, by facing them and pressing the use key. And just so you don’t end up running around trying to use everything, you’ll get a little message everytime something you look at something interesting. It may seem odd at first, but you’ll soon get used to it.
The maps? Excellent, thanks for asking. They feel very much like most ‘proper’ Vietnam games, which is a huge achievement for a mod. And apart from a few visits to… OTHER… places, it draws you in and doesn’t want to let go. They’re all very well designed, although there’s one or two moments where you’ll be a little frustated as your companion gets caught in the scenery again. Nothing you’re not used to though.
In short, this is one of the best mods available for Half-Life, and is highly recommended. It’s also one of the few mods out there that has additional maps being made for it by fans, so there’s another good point for it. It’s been highly praised across the internet, so here’s another glowing recommendation for it
Play it. You won’t regret it.
28th March 2006
I really liked this mod
26th May 2006
Probably one of my favorite mods.
Read the license agreement carefully
7th July 2006
Uh what is with the training room? I could have sworn I posted this a few days ago! Anyway…its like another game! I don’t get it! I’m very confused!
24th August 2006
I played it 4 times. 5/5
Enough? =D
17th September 2006
Thanks for that answer but it doesnt help. Can someone explain the order to me please?
19th September 2006
I found it to be an ok mod,although it did seem very difficult since alot of times there was no clear path to go and some entances seemed a little hard to find.
3.5/5
for the brain dean people like me there is a walkthrough available here
http://hosted.planethalflife.gamespy.com/heartofevil/walkthrougha.asp
5th October 2006
This is one of the best. Essentially a ripoff of Apocalypse Now, but it’s done very well, as well as anyone could have done given the HL1 engine. Good models of authentic weapons of the time (the original M16, M60 GPMG, M79 “bloop”, RPG-7 etc.).
As for the purpose of the training level Heyzors, you could RTFM. That’s what I did
Although there is a problem I had with that level; if I died while attempting it, then clicked, it would load the “boathouse” level from the regular game. I’m pretty sure this is a glitch.
14th October 2006
Rating: 5/5 + Excellence Award
Good: Vietnam is the locale; new everything; cool story
Bad: Annoying NPC sounds; tough to fight through.
Review:
“I love the smell of Napalm in the morning. The smell, you know that gasoline smell. Smells like victory.” This mod is awesome! That quote is from Apocalypse Now, and it fits this mod well. You play in the role of Captain Percy Freeman, a Special Forces officer who is assigned the task of tracking down and assassinating the renegade Colonel Kurtz. Things take a turn for the worse when, having set off on your mission, the higher-ups in the chain of command decide they want you dead! Plus, there is a surprise enemy in this that I wont tell you about. Anyway, you start out the mission flying to your drop zone, listening to some excellent music. You get there, and it is hell, after all, it is war. So you fight through the jungle, killing villagers, Viet-Cong, the NVA, just about everything.
There are numerous secret places and alternate paths, so that should keep the replay value decently high, plus, everything is NEW! New NPCs, weapons, sprites, everything. The only bad things about this mod are the NPC sounds, as whenever you ‘use’ them, it is a stereotypical ‘OOO me love you long time’ type of saying. The other minus on this one is that it might be hard, but then you can just use cheats to get through. But don’t do that. Its really not that bad. Since all these quibbles are minor, I am awarding it an Excellence Award. Go get this mod!
5th February 2007
There’s a racist component to this mod I don’t like, i.e. the idiotic caricatures of what someone who has never met a Vietnamese think they sound like when they speak English.
7th April 2007
There is an “expansion” for this map called Heart of evil: Alamo. Should be just as good since it adds extra stuff. Not sure if it works for steam ver. though.
24th June 2007
This looks like a good game, but its a waste of a download. The characters often won’t respond when you need them to. First time I downloaded it the two officers at the start refused to do anything apart from offer me moose meat – which I ate, then they stood there just doing nothing, so the mission couldn’t progress.
I redownloaded and reinstalled the game. This time the officers responded properly and the game carried on as normal…but then when I got to the Army base with the zombies, the Barney refused to walk through the door into the radio room. And he’s the only one who can operate the radio and continue the game.
This games just too buggy to be fun.
24th June 2007
Have to agree, Johnny. I’ve run into the kind of bugs you mentioned, then there’s a necessary key that never materialized… I’ve just never underestood why someone would put this much effort into a mod and then not go the last 5% and thoroughly play test it.
4th September 2007
This is an absolute must have, right up there with TheyHunger, AzureSheep, Poke646 and SweetHL. Only downside is its a bit of a maze and you’ll need to keep an eye out for keys or other equipment need to unlock the next level, lot of wandering pointlessly trying to figure out what you missed.
good stuff.
But great new weapons, funny, scary, just a damn good time.
Oh and read the license agreement!
19th September 2007
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17th October 2007
I really enjoyed the atmosphere of this mod, but it is quite buggy. It’s extremely frustrating to get half way (or more) through a long mod only to have it repeatedly crash at a certain point.
15th November 2007
Any walktroughs for this mod?
16th November 2007
Try reading some of the other posts.
30th December 2007
I have played more of this mod and find it to be pretty fun but I hate the voices for the citezens, they are unbaribly anoying, If you couldn’t find agood voice actor then you should have made the citezens just not talk at all. Now to play the rest of the mod
1st February 2008
Finished the mod, good but there was some bad voice acting here and there, and the soldier modles looked very poor.
PS the ending was quite strange and confusing
12th March 2008
I just started this mod and I can say that it is pritty good but the zombies are pain in the ass
they have to mach energy (you need to spend
whole arsenal to kill them and when they are more then one lets we don`t talk about that)
24th March 2008
I was playing this mod till the please where I need to go on a boat trip with Barny (Barny was on the first map back,,Aeroplane crash site,,) so when I did everything I went back for Barney and on the last map change the game always crashes I wasen`t having saves from someplace else so now I have to play it all over again
9th October 2008
at the start of the mod,Barney does not enter the room (6 trys from the beginning) on the 7th he enters the room and leads to the helicopter but wont enter the copter. at that point I gave up . whats with this?
4th November 2008
This mod is one of my favorites of all time. The maps are very detailed (for the time) and very lengthy, which you’ll be glad for. I would be devastated if this mod was shorter, I didn’t want it to end! The combat is intensive. You’ll find yourself right in between and torn between blasting the vietcong or the monsters shuffling towards you. Despite its dark setting, the game is refreshingly filled with dark humor. I won’t give any examples cause I don’t like spoiling this wonderful mod. Just like the classic They Hunger, this is a total conversion (and then some.) No gauss gun or strange “9mmar” here, just M16′s, machetes, and M60′s just to name a few of the dozens of weapons. Quite interestingly, there are a few levels where you can choose your own path. Again, no spoilers for you! Also, for any Apocalypse Now fans, almost every bit of this game should seem familiar to you.
As for cons, the only that really come to mind are some slightly confusing puzzles and the… sadly bad character models. Even this isn’t a problem, as the Heart of Evil Napalm Edition is almost on the way, which promises to bring every-single model and sprite up to HL2 standards (but for HL1).
In conclusion, do not hesitate to play this mod!
WARNING: Do not click “training room/hazard course.” Its not meant to train you at all, and if anything it just spoils the enemy models right away.
6th November 2008
There’s already a Source version out, which I’m half-way through, though have found that navigating the third part to be utterly bewildering….I look forward immensely to the Napalm Edition, which I hadn’t heard of until now….
7th November 2008
Added secondary links for the source stuff untill it gets put on the PP server.Hope phillip don’t get mad :p
16th November 2008
#$%^
it would appear that I have run into every bug and then some. in part D1 i did not want to give up the weapons but back at the truck i waited for 30 minutes for the “eventual” vamp to break down the door. either the auther should be required to fix the #$%^& mod or it should be removed.
1st March 2009
I seriously wanted to give this mod a better rating, but I could not, not take in consideration its annoying shortcomings.
First of all, graphically speaking there is nothing to criticize. The new textures and models absolutely engross the player in the Vietnam war universe.
However, the fact that the maps are soo much puzzling, totally ruined the rest of experience for me. The walkthrough is a requirement, unless you want to spend the next hours searching for a previously seen, but well hidden nonetheless, door that has just been unlocked.
The combat is relatively easy, but bothersome. I personally find that having to shot a full clip of shotgun shells at a zombie for it to die is rather abusive.
In the end, Heart of Evil is a well done mod, but its drawbacks prevents it from becoming one of the third-party gems of the Half-Life series.
5th August 2009
I’ve been playing this game for just the past month and i love it! Apart from a few annoying glitches that need to be sorted out, this game is an excellent piece of work. But the problem is (as stated above) a walkthrough is essential and the old link at PlanetHalfLife.com is now dead.
So could someone please give a new valid link? i’m stuck!
19th October 2009
No link, but I do have the saved webpages for the walkthrough. If you still want it let me know and I’ll throw them in a zip and upload them somewhere.
30th September 2011
Would like the walkthrough, Gilfrarry. have you uploaded it already somewhere?
20th November 2011
Apologies for the delay.
Here is the walkthrough: PDF Heart of Evil Walkthrough.
11th August 2009
overall a good mod, kinda buggy, needs better voice actors in a few places, and certain parts are incredibly confusing but i still had fun with this.
30th August 2011
I just say this: “The best total converssion mod ever made for HL” the author took a really dark piece of coal, reffering to HL1 engine and textures-graphs, and just turned that into a beauty shiny diamond, play it to see what i mean and i’m sure if u like war history and vietnam thrillers then this is for u and u’re gonna love it!!!!!!
Also is pretty evident that this is my favourite mod for HL1!
Subtle lovley hint dialogue: -THE HORROR….THE HORROR-. Oh god what a classic piece!!!