The Great Escape – Half-Life 2

Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3

Another entry for a very old mapping competition. I am sure you will realize that this didn’t win!

You start off in a prison cell and things just get worse.

Can you survive the final test?

Basic Details

Title: The Great Escape
File Name: hl2-sp-the-great-escape.rar
Size : 477.19Kb
Author: Unknown
Date Released: 01 December 2005
Source: Source Modification Centre’s Mapping Competition 2

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Installation Instructions

Copy sp_thegreatescape.bsp into your Half-Life 2 Maps folder.
Launch Half-Life 2
Open the console and type map sp_thegreatescape.
Press enter/return or click the Submit button.
Play and Enjoy, or not, as the case may be.

Screenshots

Click on the thumbnails below to open a 800 pixel wide image.
WARNING: The screenshots may contain spoilers.

Reader Recommendations

4 recommendations, average score: 1.5 (out of 5), standard deviation: 0.25

Post Details

Posted: 28th July 2009

Category: Half-Life 2, Single Player Mods and Maps

Tags: Antlions, AR2, Crossbow, Indoors, Magnum, Phillip says Avoid It, Rocket Launcher, Short

There are 6 Comments.

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planetphillip Says:
28 July 2009 at 11:28 pm

As regular readers will know I hate being too negative to authors because at least they have made and released something but this one seems like a collection of ideas into a non-coherent map.

Visuals and Sound
The main area that you reach to fight the final battle had some interesting lighting but that’s all I could say. Nothing to mention about the sound either.

Gameplay
One “find the weapon” moment, one “find the route” moment and then you just fight a few antlions and an antlion guard. With those spoilers out of the way it really didn’t offer anything interesting.

Layout/Design
Too mishmash. One strange room leading to another.

Summary
The real starts has the text “Run, Forrest, Run!” Take that advice and run, just run away from it.

5 Words Or Less Review
The Not So Great Escape.

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Phil Bolton Says:
29 July 2009 at 12:07 pm

3 minutes of hope! – then disappointment.

Jasper Says:
29 July 2009 at 2:37 pm

Dire. Do not bother. As for the Antlion Guard, it was so timid and sad I wanted to take it with me a give it a good home.

Jeff Says:
29 July 2009 at 8:33 pm

These are very helpful reviews! You all have undoubtedly saved me many hours of uncontrolled sobbing had I accidentally loaded this map. Thanks!

- Jasper Says:
  30 July 2009 at 12:31 pm
  
  We wouldn’t want that Jeff. Dear me.
  Great news. We persuaded the poor Antlion Guard to come home with us. Gave it a bowl of warm milk which went down well. For eats, it likes the occasional nibble on a headcrab so no problem there. It’s tucked in nice and cosy in bed now.
  There is a worry though, it keeps muttering ‘mommy’ – how big is mommy!?
  This little jest is more entertaining than the map – for sure.
  
eeVee Says:
05 March 2010 at 10:26 pm

For some reason, I didn’t get the antlion guard. Well, I did, but it showed up after I got the “test passed” message, and the screen was black and I couldn’t fight it (it head butted me, but I took no damage).

It’s sort of not bad. Some of the antlions in the last room just stood there until I attacked them–others had no problem attacking me once I moved.

If you want to try various ways of fighting antlions that don’t appear to endlessly spawn, it’s worth 5 minutes.