Comments on: Riot Act – Half-Life 2

By: celmlauzis

celmlauzis — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:25:10 +0000

Really awesome mod. Just finished it. Great gameplay.

By: planetphillip

planetphillip — Sun, 15 May 2011 12:53:43 +0000

I don’t understand, can you explain please.

By: OJJ

OJJ — Sun, 15 May 2011 12:01:22 +0000

This mod has Ee`s can you tag this?

By: tommiezat

tommiezat — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:28:25 +0000

Just replayed this and think it deserves its HOF status. enjoyable from start to finish with a wide variety of areas, enemies, puzzles and environments. Interaction with the rebels was nice and the always useful antlion bait ( love that ) As some have commented the middle areas do get tough but are quite doable with a little strategy and persistence.

no problems for me as far as glitches or loading or bugs of any kind. A great re playable fun mod

By: OG Loc

OG Loc — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:02:55 +0000

Wow, homies! This is a great-ass mod! In fact it was the first singleplayer hl2 mod I’ve ever played!

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At first I thought prisoners were just taken into pods, and this lady wakes up in a cell. Those Combines forgot to lock the cell, wow! Got captured by Metrocops, a great beginning! Getting friends, and fighting every Soldier I see was awesome, and you start off fighting Antlions, and then gain a Bugbait, not much mods with the Bugbait. This was a little much like the Nova Prospekt chapter from HL2, but heh. The stupidest thing I did in this mod, is the room with the Poison Zombie and Fast Headcrabs, I just died. Also citizen taking over the APC to destroy another one, I always wanted to see that! What would’ve been better for the ending is Nova Prospekt blowing up, like the end sequence to HL2: EP1.

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Whatever, this was a great mod, and I’m proud!

By: Dusty_Lions

Dusty_Lions — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 01:37:48 +0000

You can try unpacking it into a folder on your desktop. I do that no matter what then put it where it goes because some of the mods are not steam mods, but work fine in steamapps/sourcemods. I just made a folder called Mod Transfer, when it unpacks into that it should create it’s own folder and it might ask you if you want it to, click yes if it does. Then you should be able to just put that in the HL2 folder in your program files. It will look some thing like this c/programfiles/Halflife2.. Cut it folder and all and paste it into the HL2 folder there. OR you can just create a folder named Riot Act on the desktop so you can find it, but make sure it didn’t create a Riot Act folder inside that one, that is the one you want to cut & paste into HL2

By: Dusty_Lions

Dusty_Lions — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 01:26:30 +0000

Wish you could click on a user name on here for PVT’s.. But I understand that would just complicate P’s already over flowing plate.. But SPY if you get this.. There is some way to fix that. It may have installed into the wrong folder..It’s some thing dumb and easy to fix..Ask Phillip since reaching me isn’t possible. He will help you..great guy…

By: Dusty_Lions

Dusty_Lions — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 01:21:38 +0000

This really is a sweet mod. I’ve played this one over and over and over..I’ll play it again and again too!.. It’s well made, no seams, good story.. just click that download button… You want to, you do, just admit it and getter done! You will not regret it.. it is a full install exe..

By: john

john — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:24:47 +0000

just got around to playing this. Very nice mod with a storyline. I wonder if the developers looked at blueprints of prisons when they mapped out the mod. very cool and balanced action and puzzles.
give it a whirl.

By: Harmondale2

Harmondale2 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:28:15 +0000

Great well made mod that fits in well with the half-life 2 story! loved it!

By: Hardcore

Hardcore — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:57:10 +0000

Great game I liked the tatoo in her hand was pretty cool. and the game has a great story, gameplay, and even bugbait!

By: GOLF

GOLF — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:39:57 +0000

for me I like gameplay, storyline and level designer it’s great mod

By: Geek-Gaming » Blog Archive » Half-Life²: Riot Act

Geek-Gaming » Blog Archive » Half-Life²: Riot Act — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:22:27 +0000

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By: Janus21

Janus21 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:52:54 +0000

Sorted it! But only by going back and starting again from scratch.Initially, I re-started the courtyard scene from the beginning and there was a difference – this time, after I’d killed the gunships and marines, a single rebel was standing on the other side of the fence. He spoke to me briefly but nothing I could do could make him move and open the gate (as I supected he was supposed to).Got a bit brassed with the whole scene so started a new game from scratch, rattled through the earlier levels and, now that I knew what to do, dispatched the gunships and marines as quickly as I could. Sure enough, this time the rebel was only too pleased to help by shooting the lock off the gate.Now, I’m on the bridge pinned down by the strider and thinking, “if only I hadn’t wasted those rockets earlier…”. Enjoying it a lot, though. Recommended!

Thanks for your help,

By: planetphillip

planetphillip — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:23:15 +0000

I think I remember this part. I had trouble with the gunship I think. If I remember correctly, the gates just open, but I could be wrong.

If I get time I’ll load it up and play through again. If the gate works for me I’ll send you a save.

Can anybody else, who still has this installed, help Janus21?

By: Janus21

Janus21 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:13:53 +0000

I’m enjoying this mod but I appear to be a bit stuck. I’m in the courtyard at the beginning of section 3. I’ve killed the gunships and the soldiers after which, according to the walkthrough, (which I consulted after I’d got stuck), “… a rebel will open the door that blocks your passage.”

Well, I guess said rebel hasn’t read the script, because there is no indication of a way out. The only door I can see is down the steps by the rocket launcher ammo box and it remains closed whatever I do. There are a couple of gates – the one I came in through and one on the other side of the courtyard by a dumpster – but I can’t get them to open either, nor can I jump the fence.

It’s a while since this thread was updated, I know, but does anyone remember what to do next? A hint would be useful here. Many thanks,

Janus21

By: Robspace1

Robspace1 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:26:29 +0000

119 mb of pure action and a whole lot of fun. This has to be in the top ten of best HL2 mods ever made. Not only does it have a great easy installer but I had no bugs at all. Not one. It played flawless. This one was made so well it almost seems like it was done by Valve. The artwork is great with all the buildings and water looking very realistic. The ocean looked and sounded very real and I was actually getting a little seasick at the end.. This is the second time I’ve played this one and I’m glad I did. For some reason it seemed different this time. More action. For some reason I didn’t make any comments last time but I give this one an A+ AND I’d consider this one a favorite for sure. Good work guys-thanks and keep em comin!

By: twistedbunny06

twistedbunny06 — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:05:44 +0000

Pathfinding, goodness gracious that hurt my damn head. So much backtracking to get your guys to follow you , other wise they’ll be stuck at stairs the whole time.

other then that, it was great, although as i said above, pathfinding hurts.

By: Pollution434

Pollution434 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:53:18 +0000

This mod is clearly very well put together, I do have to agree with uberviolence however. Some parts were extremely hard, I got to the point of turning on buddha mode to smite them right off the map. Other then that I really enjoyed the mod. The voice acting was real great, and the visual effects in the intro were an absolute nice touch. The maps had a great design packed with action along the way. 4 stars for the effort.

By: Jason Lee James

Jason Lee James — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:14:14 +0000

i can’t seem to run it at all
for some reason when i launch it
the launch box does its validating and then closes
then nothing happens after that
what do i do to make it launch and play

By: Lantathae

Lantathae — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:51:36 +0000

Nice action and good voice acting. A bit short but good and definatly worth playing.

By: uberviolence

uberviolence — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:01:10 +0000

As is my style (or lack thereof) I will go through the bad (and good) points in turn, first :
THE BAD:
Intro was a little short
When you first get to take over the use of a Combine gun emplacement, all the enemies that come at you come from the same (right) side of the doorframe, meaning you can just mow them down ridiculously easily.
Towards the start there’s a sealed off room full of ammo etc but I can’t get into it (is there any way to do this ?)
The middle of the game is frustratingly hard almost to the point I got so fed up I stopped playing.

THE GOOD:
Visual Effects on the Intro (overlays, greyscale, blurring etc) were a nice touch
Voice Acting was pretty good for a mod
I’m not 100% sure I’m right but I think at least one of the character models was new (facially) which made a change (and it was done well)
Reskinning on hands and effect/colour on weapon displays on HUD
Really liked the diagonal criss cross security beams (and the tidy little hidden stash just after them)
The section on the rails (in the pod) and the bridge section were both well executed.

SUMMARY:
A good quality mod (if you like Nova Prospekt), offers little in terms of new gameplay but is enjoyable nonetheless (if you can push yourself through the insanely frustrating middle section), is at least worth a try.

By: pkgamer11

pkgamer11 — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:31:10 +0000

definitely the best mod ive ever played. only problem was health when i played on normal or hard

By: nige

nige — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:27:34 +0000

I had trouble with the download untill 2 weeks ago when a new one would finally work.
I like this mod the game play had a good variety health was scarce but just enough to keep going the arena was a bit of a problem untill you got your teamates across.The antlion guardian wasn’t too bad untill he could come half way through the wall and hit you.I did’nt try and go thru without taking down the strider because I like when they finally drop.
When you leave on the boat at the end they could have dressed it up a bit no luxury cruise.

By: The Abandoned Workshops

The Abandoned Workshops — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:58:05 +0000

Gameplay:
You take the role as Jamil Lee who was caught and imprisoned in Nova Prospekt. The door of your cell opens of which you decide to take revenge and cause your own riot act. You take control just inside your cell and the adventure starts pretty much here and throughout a series of maps that take place in Nova Prospekt.

However the modification is a very enjoyable one at that with plenty of variety, action and locations with a decent sense of flow. This one includes some new voice acting, not a whole lot but a good amount to make some of the cutscenes feel fresh when encountering them, such as the one at the start after going up the flight of stairs. The modification pretty much plays like the original levels of Nova Prospekt with your Combine Soldiers in balanced amounts to the respawning Antlions either attack you or helping you out.

As already mentioned, the flow is really good from location to location as you take short breaks, solve a simple puzzle or pull a switch then back into combat be it small or large. Difficulty can range depending in what location you’re at, but there are plenty of resources and some other rebels to help you out. Weapons the player recieves during play are given at a slow but controlled rate, they aren’t all thrown into your hands during the early maps but spread out between them which adds to the challenge of using what you have.

And then you have variety be it for a few seconds or several minutes as you’ll encounter different locations and enemies to match such as the Gunship fight or the railway bridge. Everything fits well together and almost feels like an expansion of the story rather than a modification, but lacks something brand new to improve that aspect that much more, but nothing too major of a disappointment. I was hoping for more near the end, but unfortunately the adventure ended.

Design:
Sticks close to that of the original Nova Prospekt and keeps consistent throughout with several other interesting locations to gaze upon during play. Design is definitely above average and top notch in the aspects of structure, texturing and lighting. The structure is pretty much solid, and follows the design concept of how Nova Prospekt was originally made. However other locations expand on this such as the lower areas and places that have Combine structure throughout in the later levels.

Texturing is again close to the original with fitting combinations, used well throughout. Lighting is moderate and copies the original feeling of locations with its sickly, cold looking green-blue tones in larger areas while the yellow tones give a warm feeling that pretty much feels like a replica of the prison. This combination again keeps the levels looking well designed and consistent, feeling very close to the original game.

Conclusion:
Really enjoyable experience, balanced and varied gameplay with excellent design throughout.

Rating: 90%

By: john

john — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:23:48 +0000

i don’t know why or how. but it started working. no errors. guess the last steam update fixed something. anyway i look forward to the riot.

By: Richard Todhunter

Richard Todhunter — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:22:25 +0000

Is it just me or is the arena after the water area near the start of the game rediculously hard? I usually play on most HL games on hard mode but at this point I had to tone it down to medium and I still couldn’t do it!! Is this just a bug as the combines rush doesn’t seem to stop? Moving down to easy seems slightly depressing but it might be the only option at this rate!

By: john

john — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 22:41:56 +0000

help, i started playing this on my old computer xp started fine. got hit by lighting. had to get another. vista home. now when i download the rar file it shows up in the steamapps but wont play. i downloaded the exe and it shows but when i try to play steam says i need the skd server installed. so i did that, it comes up then crashes with a error, i dont have it handy sorry. i am thinking its a vista issue. i had the same problem with awakening but when i downloaded the exe it started playing. any one any ideas/help.

By: Darth Marsden

Darth Marsden — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:30:30 +0000

Grabbing it now. Huge thanks for doing this.

By: andyb

andyb — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:58:09 +0000

Well I just finished uploading to filefront lol.

http://files.filefront.com/half+life+2+riot+actrar/;8439017;/fileinfo.html