Aside from the trigger issues I sometimes had, I thought the design was excellent overall (enemy variety, etc.).

There were two places where it completely locked up on me (twice, in each case), and I had to reboot my computer.

Aside from the bugs, which sound like they don’t happen for everyone, this is a good mod. I might like it more than CtoA, if it weren’t for the issues I had.

I had some trouble getting into the vents/ducts. and had to use noclip often to get in vents/ducts.

I can not believe how big it is.

Just when you think that they are setting you up for the final battle it loads to another section.

WOW

Not all “love-in” though. If it wasn’t for the walkthrough, in 3 or 4 spots, I never would have completed the game. While some might say that’s the price you pay for a difficult complex mod and its a good reflection on the author, I disagree. I view that as a ‘problem’ with design. Also, when difficulty for an average experienced player is such that I’m swearing AT the game in anumber of different places, something’s wrong.

However I did eventually get through it all without cheating, except the ending which turned me off – it was just so “grand finale” style.

The fights are really well balanced, the puzzles challenging and the outdoor scenes beautifully crafted. in fights, there’s no better pacing to be found. Some maps allow you to play them upside down, sideways and backwards, which is a real creativity booster. You can play this thing a different way every time.

Hats off, -=D=-. You created a true classic.

Really deserving of the Mod of the Year award. Nice work!

-=D=-, you and your team did an amazing job. I think this one goes into the “must have” list with Leon’s CtA, and the Minerva: Metastasis mods. If you decide to tweak it a bit, or even build a new one, let me know so I can beta test it!!

Everyone else: just friggin’ DO IT. You won’t be disappointed.

I noticed a couple of days ago that Steam felt compelled to perform some sort of automatic update in regards to this mod, and now I cannot get passed the islandunderground3 in Chapter 4 (thanks a LOT, Steam). Also, since that update, I keep hearing a strange “cracking” sound in my speakers whenever I fire the pistol. Looks like I’ll have to see if NVidia has any updates to work around the Steam update.

Other than that, Great Game!

Overall, it was a good mod, and while the level repetition bothered me a little bit, my big issue was the sheer volume of junk lying around in the rooms and hallways. I spent more time clearing a path thru boxes and debris than searching for ammo! I had to rely on the walktrhu three or four times to figure out what my goals were, or which switch/generator I missed the first time around. The purple check water afflicted my install as well. Maybe its a DirectX8 issue?

These gripes aside, there were more than enough outstanding scenarios in the mod, and while a few of them seemed ridiculously difficult on “normal”, nearly every level had at least one impressive or surprising design element.

Overall, this was a great effort with awesome gameplay interspersed with some confusing goals that needs just a little more polish to make it complete.

In this mod there is several instances where there is at least 20 or more Combine, PLUS hordes of spawning Antlions and zombies all at the same time or one right after another with no break in between. One man can only do so much and one of the reasons Half Life is so popular is because it is somewhat realistic. The battles are winnable and the player stands a chance. Not so in this mod. You can run for your life or try to make a stand and get the hell beat out of you. I don’t like running so I lost alot of battles until I gave in to God mode. I had to get some help from above to win.

This could be a really good mod if it was fixed up. I don’t like bad mouthing anyone’s work because I know how hard these people work on these for us and it’s greatly appreciated, so anything I say that sounds negative should be taken as just contructive criticisim. If I made this mod, and I don’t even know how, I would make these changes.
1. Shorten it-make it into 3 parts with a definete story for each. Each chapter would have a start and finish and a set goal that the player can follow pretty much on their own with no help from walkthroughs. There was several parts I had to noclip through because I could not figure out the next move. Chapter 8 lost me real good. I came out the tunnel and could not find the generator that was supposed to be right above me on the hill. Where was it? I did find the generators in the enclosed area and saw no way of shutting them off. No switch and no instructions in the walkthrough for that or the other two. Just vague directions to their locations and that was it. I ended up noclipping through to the tunnel. Same with the car jump on the sand dune. I tried to get that thing over the fence for about 30 minutes and gave up. I had it all the way back to the water and had the turbo booster on but it just would not clear the fence, so noclip won again.
2. Add some peoples voices to give it a natural, realistic sound. Also more music and sound effects would have be great. Both were really needed all through this. Get rid of the pink/black checkered water..I have never had a mod crash and freeze up as much as this did. It was happeneing about every 30 minutes, even with all settings turned down and my video driver updated. Not happeneing with other games, or very little if at all. This mod needs a patch really bad.
3. I would let only one person write the story. This seemed to have too many ideas that were clashing with each other. The “storyline” was nearly impossible to follow and made it more work to play. It took away from the fun aspect of the overall project. When a player has to constantly second guess his every move it becomes tiring and nore of a chore then a good time. The ending was abrupt and made no sense. The whole experience left me feeling defeated and beaten rather then victorious. I “won” only because by then I was living in God mode just to get through the slaughter that were the firefights. The ending SPOILER-SPOILER-SPOILER–had soo many enemies coming in from all directions, it would have taken a miracle to make it out alive. There is no possible way for one person to survive that many people and insects and zombies and that other thing that shoots the wires or whatever., it was just overkill. Maybe someone can tell me how they survived the 3.5 minutes to stay on board the train long enough to make it out of town. How could anyone make it through that without cheating?

So, that’s the stuff I’d fix. I did like this mod, but it just needs work. I’m keeping it to play again and try to make it through without cheating. Right now I don’t see how that’s possible, unless I am supposed to run away instead of fighting but then what kind of “rebel” would I be if I did that? I would say play this if you have the time, it’s very long and can be boring at times but it is nicely done in alot of areas. Take your time and play it in small doses so’s not to burn out with anger when it strts crashing. Who know’s maybe you’ll be one of the lucky few to now have this happen.

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