Comments on: Very Hard Mod – Half-Life 2: Ep2

By: eddielee

eddielee — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:18:53 +0000

Phillip,

Regarding your note in the walkthru — I had the same problem in the vent using the small box. I went back and got the big box and was able to get thru without getting crushed or cheating.

By: Jasper

Jasper — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:05:26 +0000

Hi Dimex.
Please understand that I respect you and the mod.
Please down load Research and Development and play it.
Then you will understand and know.
This will improve your good skills as a mapper. You have made a good start.

By: DimeX

DimeX — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:00:50 +0000

Hi all.
Mod I created only for the sake of interest, but I see to interest to me it was not possible. You like realism, and in mine to a mod it practically is not present , here so to say fantastic decisions of puzzles.
I will think, perhaps I will create Very Hard Mod 2, but only I will approach it to realism and I will add more action.
The primary goal will be former – to be saved from this monstrous vault.
Sorry – I don’t know English

By: SolidFake

SolidFake — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:23:04 +0000

If I would describe this mod with one word, it would be: BAD
I don’t know how you can create such a can of bullshit and even expect anyone to play farther than the first room. People who play this are either really really bored or have already played all mods existing for this game.

I mean, I like hard mods and games, I also like it if sometimes they run into absurdity, but this piece is a impertinence. It obtains nearly zero fun (at least for me) and wasn’t worth the download. If I meet the creator of this in real life, I can’t promise that I won’t punch him in the face. If I wouldn’t know better I would have said this mod is made by a woman, because it contains no logic at all.

By: Hoyy

Hoyy — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:51:01 +0000

HAHAAH!! Sorry couldn’t contain the lolz.

By: m82sniper

m82sniper — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:14:09 +0000

He had some interesting gameplay mechanics in there such as the breaking of the walls with the cinderblock and killing the headcrab with a prop, but he failed with the traps. He made it too frustrating, and like other people said, a little childish. It would be cool if some other mappers made maps like this, except better and without the traps.

By: C:14921 » Podcast 17

C:14921 » Podcast 17 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:17:29 +0000

[...] Very Hard Mod [...]

By: Jasper

Jasper — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:58:04 +0000

Video walkthrough now available.

PP NOTE: I’ve embedded it into the post, thanks for the heads up.

By: Jasper

Jasper — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:19:47 +0000

I forgot to add:
This mod is not very hard. If you want very hard try EP2 or Offshore or the pre-release of Strider mountain.

By: Jasper

Jasper — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:16:40 +0000

OK replayed it and without noclip or cheats. I was glad to play it as the author intended and still stick to ‘avoid it’ and the comments I made earlier but now add ‘irritating’.
That said, the author has been inventive – I’ve never killed a headcrab with a petrol can before! – and should be encouraged.
The most irritating was the crushing piston in the vent, why? Same question for the crushing walls I suppose.

By: Jasper

Jasper — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:33:35 +0000

Thanks for the walkthrough civanT. Now I feel really dumb.
I’ll have to re-download and play it again.
Ta muchly.

By: clunkfish

clunkfish — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:51:50 +0000

I threw the damn bricks several times but obviously not enough. One thing about that method of progressing is that it isn’t “canon”, as far as I understand the HL world – it’s an unbroken rule (until now) that you can’t break things by throwing stuff at them, only by launching objects with the gravity gun. I guess it’s OK to move the boundaries, but I kept thinking I was missing something because chucking the bricks surely shouldn’t work…

By: planetphillip

planetphillip — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:38:05 +0000

Yeah, I just thought that the puzzles could have been made “realer”. WHy did the piston come down, why did the floor disappear etc. With a little though I am sure it could have been made part of the story. Mqybe simply a really old building was falling apart etc.

By: andyb

andyb — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:22:44 +0000

I liked it.First part in the vent took some doing but after that was a bit fun but I like puzzles.Coulda been longer thou and some different types of puzzles put in.

By: planetphillip

planetphillip — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:12:02 +0000

Text walkthrough added. It was kindly written by CivianT.

By: Dannster

Dannster — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:55:27 +0000

In the first room theres a console press it and throw a ciderbrick at the combine wall then use the other brick and it should break

By: clunkfish

clunkfish — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:48:09 +0000

It was too hard for me. I couldn’t work out how to get out of the first room, noclipped, and then couldn’t work out how to get out of the second room. I noclipped around, following the route and trying to crack each puzzle, but failed abjectly!

By: Bluncheonmeat

Bluncheonmeat — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:15:30 +0000

Took some brain power but, figured out how to beat it in about an hour and a half. The hardest part is the beginning, after that, its just searching and timing to get to the end. If you don’t mind spending some time and getting partially frustrated, this is right for you!

By: civanT

civanT — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:05:17 +0000

Of course.

By: planetphillip

planetphillip — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:48:53 +0000

Have you finished it without cheating? If so, I’d like to chat with you about jointly writing a walkthrough, I am sure people will need it.

By: Jasper

Jasper — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:42:04 +0000

Yes it could have been good but is just childish.
If the author is aged 15 or less – well done but remember game players want to play not get squished all the time or fall down unseen holes that kill. Please do it again but without the ‘jokes’.
No game play to speak of but lots of the sort of pranks you would expect from a childrens game.
I got bored and no clipped until just before the end. 1 out of 5 for some inventive thinking.

By: civanT

civanT — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:18:56 +0000

Level design was good, lighting was between good and bad, but I couldn’t quite enjoy it. Very hard indeed, but there is nothing you can do to finish this mod without dying. Worth a try. It could have been quite a mod if mapper was a little more into it.

By: Denizen T

Denizen T — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:14:35 +0000

This *COULD* have been quite good!
too bad.

By: marnamai

marnamai — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:47:40 +0000

This is one big pile of steamy poo!
This mod isn’t hard, its is UNFAIR against the player. Only 1 puzzle was well executed (the first one) the rest involved, dying, loading trying again … find the button to open a door, ect … I got so frustrated by this abdomination of a mod that I cheated trough half of it and instantly deleted it afterwards.

By: planetphillip

planetphillip — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:52:55 +0000

I am currently stuck and wanted to post the mod asap. It’s not a mod to run and gun. You will need to solve lots of particularly difficult puzzles. I am only 5 minutes in, so I can’t tell you what happens next. After I post this week’s poll question I’ll continue playing.

I just want to say NO SPOILERS in the comments.

EDIT:
So, I’ve played a bit more and it’s hard to recommend this mod. It could easily be called Very Stupid Mod or Very Frustrating Mod. Walls crush you and floors suddenly disappear. There’s little reality in this mod, but some people might enjoy it. I avoid using the AVOID IT image unless I feel a map or mod has no worth at all, in this case I believe some players may enjoy it.

I dislike dying and reloading and it’s unlikely I’ll continue this mod.