Reviews - Frozenstein

[PROS]:
- exceptional soundtrack
- exceptional level design
- exceptional atmosphere
- exceptional artwork (environment/weapon/npc/mutants)
- exceptional story so far (if you can call it that, since it's only 1st episode)
- exceptional gameplay/combat/exploration

[CONS]:
- the "information" button does absolutely nothing (using information on an item just mentions its name and quantity - which already apears when i'm selecting it in my toolbelt)
- ladders are pure cancer (1.There is no way to go down 2.You can easily slide off them and 3. Worst part is that the moment you take your finger off the climb button, you fall off)
- nasty drag/friction between PC and walls, making action packed scenes a real frustration when i get caught in the sticky walls
- the sun lamp is already ultra nerfed since you can only wield 1 handed weapons with it. Its been really frustrating for me to manage my battery - i found it harder managing the battery than the ammo LOL
- i think the difficulty needs some rework (for my first playthrough i chose survival and i never used any of the super stims like purge,brute or regen except for just testing them to see what they do. I also finished the game with 1000+ money and almost full 9mm ammo and shells)

Cannot give it 10/10 because it has only one flaw: the game crashes after finishing a mission...pretty horrible business.

Besides that, everything is FLAWLESS!

9 out of 10 because it's incomplete (or at least as of march 2022) and still fidgety (need to turn tons of dx11 features to get it to work).

But all in all definitely worth it!

JESUS CHRIST?! Where to begin?

Gameplay: 10/10

Mechanics: 10/10

Respect for the franchise (the feel/soul of the game): 10/10

Level design: Duke Nukem/Duke Nukem

New items, weapons, skins, and each and every one feels like they belong. If someone hasn't played duke nukem since the 90s and will come back to this mod -> they will not know where the old game ends and the new one begins. There is a difference tho: it's more action packed and more fun.

This is basically what Duke Nukem Forever should have been (but with its story from the original 2001 E3 trailer, and with the vehicles).

PS: the trailer for this mod is top notch professional work, puts to shame trailers from AAA games nowadays.

"Please include a review to justify such a high rating"

DUDE JUST LOOK AT THE FREAKING PICTURES OTL! The portraits are exquisite... Such an exceptional piece of work.

Thank you for the upload!

INSTALLATION: 10/10
Easy to instal (with adequate readme file containing clear descriptions)

COMPATIBILITY: 10/10
At least for my system, i have had ZERO problems after 4 hours of gameplay (no lags, no tearing, no CTD, no freezing, nothing)

SOUNDS: 9.5/10
Very nice additions with no tearing so far.
Only bug i can't seem to get around is that when i start the game, the menu theme starts at the same time with the intro videos, which is kinda awkward, but thats not a handicap.

GAMEPLAY: 10/10
Respects the vanilla base game (does not necessarily change the "soul" of the game, but enhances it: this is still Blood, just a lil better imho)

It's clear that this mod has received a HUGE ammount of tlc and work done. Quite a pleasure to see such a devotion to a good old game. Kudos!

HL 1 has more mods (or at least more that concern me) than HL Source but doesn't have all that HD widescreen support nor does it have those nice textures for the environment.

Unfortunately, this mod does not completely cover all textures (examples: The button that reactivates holograms in the hazard course; OR more important ones: some grills from elevators).

Still, very good mod.

Pictures don't do it justice because you need to play it to feel it (i was pretty skeptic at first too, specially when i read comments that more people were sharing my idea: the graphics look the same, well, not once you are jacked in!).

I'm also having a hard time finding the perfect gamma ballance.

But besides those, an impecable mod. Nice job!

it says here that i need to explain myself why such a high score - but they do not accept more than 5k characters...sigh...i will try an article?

After 50 hours of playing i still canot get over how awesome and perfect it is.

Personally i think its THE ONLY base/foundation mod to play out there.

And yes, it's compatible with the most important mods
- AURA and CSO (for better sounds)
- MET (enhanced textures)
- MGE XE + Aesthetia ground cover (more vegetation)
- better bodies (or any other body pack)
- hd heads (or any other head pack)
- weapon attack animations

- LAST BUT NOT LEAST: MSE (and this means it's basically compatible with ANY script mods: like alchemy and persuasion chance reveal; weapon sheathing; and so on).

The only way to play for me, from now and forever.

Haven't played WOG since 2010 and even though i felt a bit conservative at first (i thought these changes would be too "abrupt" and would destroy the game for what it is) - i actually love it in whole!

Thanks to everyone who helps in keeping the HOMM spirit alive!

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EDIT (update after +50 hours of gameplay):
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LOVING IT MORE AND MORE!

The new leveling up system both for the skills and the spells is awesome and makes the grind feel very rewarding.
I have to admit, the old-style gameplay got pretty boring especially on XL maps, but with this mod, you can still grind 8 hours on the same map and still feel like you want more. AWESOMELY done!

The AI is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G because of the numerous difficulty options. It always felt either too easy or too hard for me with the "default" options, but now there is sooooo much versatility that it finally satisfies me in full!