I really like the use of space in this map. I don’t have tons of time to play huge mod releases – especially of questionable quality – so small polished map packs like this are exactly what I hope for when seeing new releases. This release is right up my alley: short and sweet. It’s superb and you should definitely play it and probably replay it. Certainly, it’s important to leave the player with wanting more but in this particular case I feel I’ve played a very short chapter in a much longer game. That always leaves me feeling as though they are actually too short.
Once you have played Jason work, you begin to expect amazing release every single time and in general he delivers and this is no exception, but because he puts so much detail into each one they are generally quite short. The end result is one that almost left me feeling as though I had missed something. My initial reaction is that this is a very competent release, that does everything well: design, setting, lighting, gameplay etc.įrom a developer’s point of view there might be some great touches, like how barney is held and released, the energy sniper weapons and maybe some other things that just players might not appreciate as much. This review is based on my initial blind playthrough, which can be seen in the video in the main post. The author played it a bit safe, although it’s nice to see that he let go of his usual formula 🙂 and that we see a new map from him at all 😉 The mod is definitely worth playing and you’ll enjoy it, but it doesn’t have anything very memorable for me. One of the main areas was a bit dull though, due to a lack of color. It is very compact, not too long, not too short, has ups and downs in tension and action. My favorite aspect about the map was its pacing. The map offers standard Half-Life 2 gameplay with a few twists and turns. Also two sections were at the border of being unfair and can easily become frustrating, if you play on hard difficulty. There was just a lack of unique/special moments which would elevate this to a personal favorite. Overall a very high quality map as usual from Maki.
Replayed it and watched Phillip’s stream and realized how much attention to detail there is that I missed and some very clever things which improve the gameplay which the player won’t notice.
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