Reviews - digency

There is a huge amount of professional level quality in this mod. Almost everything is great, most especially the gameplay. Surprisingly, the writing is also pretty good... Way better than I would expect for a HL2 mod. I've beaten it twice, and I plan on playing it again soon.

An excellent tweak for the Alien AI that provides new tense moments and unexpected scary behavior - especially for veterans of the game who like to play on Nightmare. I found the Alien searching for me in places that it would not normally do so - I noticed immediately toward the Hospital section that she is wise to vents and not afraid to go into them to look for the player.

She also patrols... Somewhat unpredictably. It's predictable in a good way, in that if you make a lot of noise in a certain area, you bet your *** she'll check that area. And she won't just get bored either, she'll keep going. The Alien seems very much more intelligent with this mod, and I love it.

I'm also not entirely sure if this is true, but I have had a few moments where the alien 'faked' out her checking a hiding spot. I would hide in a locker, she would approach and check through the door to see if I'm in there, and then she'd walk away. But then, moments after releasing my breath, she would immediately run back to the same locker and look inside again. Very cool, and honestly very scary to see these sorts of things.

As a veteran player, I'm not sure I could play without this mod. It's just a straight up better experience if you play on Nightmare (I have not played this mod with any other difficulty).