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After-Life 2 is the story of a player moving through a world which is slowly deconstructing around them. It is a struggle for survival not just literally, but also metaphysically. In a first-person shooter, you (the player) inhabit the body of a character in the story of the game. What happens when the character you’re playing knows they’re being played?

A mod that gives you a new storyline for Half-Life 2, contains some achievements and NPC interaction.

“Infiltrate a derelict space station in order to restore power and rescue a stranded scientist.

Even with her help, escaping the station alive won’t be easy.”

This is a partial conversion, meaning some of the original HL2: EP1 assets have been changed.

A mod based on a real location in the United Kingdom, in fact it’s a supermarket!

“BLACK MESS is a HL2 single player mod with as goal a new single player campaign. In BLACK MESS you are entering a undergound facility controled by the combines. You have been send to this base to investegate what hapens in this base and solve the problem.”

The player slips into the role of agent Declan Walker, member of the Black Operations, a special-purpose force for covered operations, created by the government, approximately around the project Black Mesa. In the fictitious metropolis “Metro City” will make you hunt on the escaped scientist Dr. Gallagher, who stole a mysterious briefcase, which the government wants to have back at any price. But the good doctor has relations and so it succeeds him to escape one more time…

A short demo of what now appears to be a defunct Half-Life 2 mod. You play a short section through a Combine train.

You play as Number 42, a Combine soldier sent to kill Gordon Freeman.

Escape the prison and join your brother in the fight against the Combine.

You find yourself on a ship heading towards a small dock.

A Combine Gunship is shadowing your every move and the only thing to do is enter the barrel facility and escape using whatever means you can (conveniently) find.

A simple puzzle mod, with a little action and a brand new gameplay mechanic.

You are Frank Harrison, a rebel, who lives near City 17.

You wake up and find that the Citadel looks like it is about to explode and those scientists are urging you to flee the city.

No need to tell you twice! Off you go and good luck – you’ll need it.

“Dark World will bring you into your darkest nightmare. It is in hazardous areas, destroyed buildings and dark settings.”

Caught by the remaining Combine, Gordon Freeman must escape to rescue his imprisoned rebel allies. Aided by the resourceful Dawn and her insurgents, you are sprung from captivity in order to spearhead a staged breakout from the notorious Port Halen Prison.

But before you can get there you must loose your Combine pursuers and make your way through a wilderness long since overrun by the zombified.

Half-Life: Decay is an add-on included in the PlayStation 2 port of the first-person shooter computer game Half-Life, developed by Gearbox Software and published in October of 2001, and has now been released as a mod for PC by independent Ukrainian developers along with the help of other European developers/fans.

You can play the Ravenholm mod now in preparation for the future episodic release of John’s travels, Eye of the Storm.

Basic Details

Title: Gateway
File Name: gtwyhalf.zip
Size : 7.77Mb
Author: Mikael Hindman
Date Released: 04 September 1999

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Author’s Notes: “This is a single player Half Life 2 mod, set entirely outside of City 17. It features 6 levels of action, exploring a range of locations, non-linear level progression, a musical score, some new abstract textures and challenging gameplay. This mod is meant for those who have already completed Half Life 2″

“Ghost In The Machine is an experiment in gameplay scripting that allows the player to modify their environment by “hacking” into the security system of a Combine citadel.”

Explore the haunted house and return to your car…if you dare!

HMS Defiance 2 is set prior to the event of HMS Defiance. Set in 1942, you play as Stephen Cartwright – a hired specialist on the HMS Defiance, a research ship intended to conduct research on state of the art technology….

The death of the Nihilanth threw the Xenian army into disarray, and the subsequent portal storms stranded many on Earth in the wake of Combine occupation.

After once more having to endure existence beneath the totalitarian boot of their cosmic nemesis, they have searched for a way out. Now, buried in the heart of a dilapidated university, they’ve found it.

A partial conversion of an underground lab where scientists have been experimenting on a new drug to wipe out all forms of infection that humans can aquire.

Author’s Notes
“Competition 24 entry: I realized too late that i didn’t compile my entry right for the compo. Here is how it’s sopossed to look. Black ops are after an artifact. Barney send you in to retrieve it.
Reader Recommendations11 recommendations, average score: 3.45 (out of 5), standard deviation: 1.16

Work your way from the train station to a huge Combine Facility and don’t leave until you have destroyed it!

A demo release of a dual language mod called Logistique…Logistique is a mod whose story takes place at the same time as Gordon Freeman’s adventure in Half Life 2. You are a citizen of City 17, a city that is under iron grip of Combine presence on earth.

Start in a lobby and explore the Black Mesa Research Facility.

Of course, you will find plenty of enemies and obstacles in your way, so move carefully and pay attention to the signs.

Only the smart and fearless will succeed!

There has been new a beta/demo released of the latest version of this mod. Unfortunately the author listed the October 2007 release as final. He has now released a new version. This version contains approximately 1 hour’s worth of gameplay and is approximately 70% of the finished release.

Neuromancer is a Half-Life 2: Episode Two single player level where the player must travel between cyberspace and reality to of unlock new areas of the physical world.

Jump into the portal and reach the 3 fighting Striders. What else can I tell you? The first and only speech is in Russian but you don’t really need to know what he says. Just run, think, shoot and kill!

“After many wars between the humans and the Combine most of the technology is destroyed so people and Combine join forces against the only unaffected enemy – the undead. Of course not everyone is so happy about having the combine as a friends and you are one of those people.Your goal is to escape the prison you are thrown in and make your way to the freedom.”

A beta release, where you need to escape from a prison surrounded by ice and snow.

Tired of Half-Life 2 environments? Well now you can fight the Combine in a Japanese setting. Play in 18 levels, all with new textures. The gameplay is Old School hence the name. The gameplay consists of killing the enemy and finding keys to open the door to the next area. Simple and fun.

Background Story
Name: Roger McAllen
Age: 32
Rank: Corporal
Operational Area: Special commando for acts of sabotage in crisis areas
10.6.2031
After years of negotiation the 12 leading military powers agree to halve the size of their armies and to either demolish or convert bases that are no longer in use. In spite of initial mistrust the project makes good [...]

You play a soldier working their way through the Black Mesa Research facility at the same time as Adrian Shepard.

This map is inspired by the Silent Hill series. It’s not the usual type of City 17 Half-Life 2 map, so be prepared for some new!

The Outbreak Series is a number of episodic modifications. Based on the events of the Raccoon City zombie outbreak, each episode will tell the story of an ordinary man or women and what they did during the downfall of Raccoon City. The Outbreak Series will include: Single Player short games. Featuring classic Resident Evil objects and story related elements.

You are Gordon Freeman, after deciding to take the chance, which the G-man offered you. First he commands you to carry unidentified materials for research to Black Mesa Research Facility in New Mexico…

This map was originally made for HL2 Deathmatch but due to its nature it is possible to play it in Half-Life 2 or even Garry’s Mod.

It takes place in a drydock and the player has the ability to start certain physics effects.

It can be a resource hog, although being a few years old now most players shouldn’t have much trouble running it.

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You have been Gordon Freeman, Adrian Shepard and Barney. And what did you did during all that time? You killed all those poor Xen aliens! Have you ever thought about their Point of View? POV-Point of View is a new single player Half-Life MOD where you will play as a Alien Slave [...]

Story
It’s 13 months after the incidents at Black Mesa. The Black Mesa Research Facility has been shut down. The nation never got to know anything about the experiments there. The less you know, the less you worry. The government founded a new organisation to handle “alien related topics”. They hired the best scientists, technicians and [...]

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This is the sequel to one of the best known Half-Life mods. It continues the original storyline. If this mod is new to you (What aprt of MArs were you on?) you can find the original here: Poke 646.
Reader Recommendations32 recommendations, average score: 4.75 (out of 5), standard deviation: 0.25

You wake up and find your cell door open. Do you sit quietly and wait for a guard or do you try and escape? Hell! What kind of stupid question is that? GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE!

Of course, it’s not as simple as finding a key and walking out into the bright sunshine.

Good Luck.

Make your way from Station 23 to Station 25, if you can.

This is a Russian release, with plenty of new weapons (Maybe from other sources, I don’t know). I am sure there is a story and would love to hear from a Russian speaker to help complete a description and other details. What I can tell you is that you have bullet time, see the Black and white images.

Provenance is a short singleplayer mod for Half-Life 2 where the player explores a section of the lab (known as Sector B) as Gordon Freeman. It’s purpose is more of a portfolio mod.

So says the author. I just wish all portfolio pieces were this good!

This mod features some intense action scenes, but most of these come later on, much of the earlier parts of the mod are focused on adventure and storytelling.

Research and Development is a puzzle-centric mod for Half-Life 2: Episode Two featuring an unarmed player but plenty of violent mayhem.

The player has NO weapons and there is no shooting at all. However that doesn’t mean you can’t kill things, but 95% of the mod is about solving the puzzles that are presented to you in a very natural way.

This is a mod made by a Korean mapper. The read me is almost empty. It seems to be a remake of Half-Life! It starts with a ram ride, followed by collecting your hazard suit, then pushing the material into the test chamber and watch things go wrong.
Basic Details

Title: Residual Point
File Name: [...]

A collection of three maps, where the player is seemily set for execution. Fortunately help arrives and events take a turn for the better, or do they?

A short mod with two separate levels; the first is a very basic shooting range that allows you to try the new weapons etc. The second is just an areaa to run and shoot the zombies with the new weapons. No story but it’s not that important for this.

AT 30,000 FEET… you are almost 6 miles (9.7 kilometers) above sea level. The human body is not made for these conditions. Temperatures are can plummet to -60F (-51C), the brain is starved for oxygen and each step is a new experience in pure agony. It’s difficult to breathe. It’s difficult to think. It’s difficult to move. And you still have to endure another 444 feet (0.14 kilometers) to get to the peak. So much for the good news.

The Citizen is set parallel to the events of the original Half-Life 2. The player takes the role of an ordinary man, pushed over the edge by the oppressive regime controlling his life.

Starting in a dead end of a square, you need to follow the path to some rebels being held captive.

Of course, there are lots of Combine trying to stop you, so relax, the day is just starting.

The level features non-standard HL2 weapons but no new enemies.

The Headcrabs have evolved! Evolved with a variety of different traits. Your objective is to rid the space station OXYGENIUM of them and where ever else it takes you!

You find yourself arriving at some sort of Combine facility. You are taken to a room where you are attacked. Next thing you know you wake up in a bin, presumably assumed dead.

Wasting no time, you begin to explore and you find two identical rebel twins who tell you exactly what you need to do, it’s just they tell you in Russian!

As in most mods, you don’t really need to hear what they say, just do what you do best; find and kill Combine. And so, starts your journey to Abyss!

Welcome to the Trap complex. Here, you will be subjected to numerous tests for dexterity and ingenuity. Please do not try to leave the elevator before it stops… And so begins a mod that has managed to both drive me crazy and make me feel great.

Basic Details

Title: They Hunger Complete Series
File Name: they-hunger-1-2-3.exe
Size : 66.6Mb
Author: Neil Manke
Date Released: 27 March 2001
Download: Filefront

Reader Recommendations32 recommendations, average score: 4.41 (out of 5), standard deviation: 1.43

Basic Details

Title: Half-Life: Trespasser
File Name: hltres.zip
Size : 11.7Mb
Author: Eivind Larsen
Date Released: 22 December 2002
Download: PlanetPhillip Filecloud Server

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Reader Recommendations8 recommendations, average score: 3 (out of 5), standard deviation: 0.75

I have updated this post with lots of screenshots and posted it on the frontpage. It’s the Blast from the Past in the next Podcast 17 Transmission.

This mod allows you to play four short scenarios, all with a variety of enemies and weapons.

Some require looking for keycards, others require run and gun, but all are interesting.