Reviews - miller_allset

EZ: Uprising: EP1, is a good mod. Filled with funny highlights, good stream of gameplay, and interesting visuals, it'll satisfy you for about 2 hours.

Gameplay 7/10.

The Gameplay was ok, it felt odd at times, noticably when i managed to skip a certain part where rebels were supposed to spawn. Floating guns! This game feels alot more like a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Game, except with more HL2 Combat thrown in there. Puzzles were fine, and overall the gameplay was fine. I, got stuck at the start of retaliation, and had to use noclip to free myself. Normally, this would be a huge let-down, however, i can understand that some things may of've fallen through the cracks. I'd recommend play-testing those more technical parts, and updating them. Gameplay is a 7/10.

Story 6/10 (I'll throw World-Building in here too.)

Perhaps the unique storyline should be changed to mean "unique setting" I didn't find myself liking the characters. (Maybe that was the intention) Alot of the dialogue to me was just quite a bit of jargon if i'm tbh. Although, there were several dark implications, which i love! The only sad part is at the end, i'm just suddenly shot by a woman, who i thought sounded like a child at the end. Oh well... (I'm not trying, or, intending, to express bigoted views here.) I'll give it a 6.5/10 in hindsight because there are some things to work with there.

Soundtrack 5/10.

Nothing remarkable, and i was dissapointed with the re-use of already pre-existing HL2, EP1, and EP2 tracks. I liked the re-use of the EZ1 Track at the Mall, that made sense. The Original Compositions aren't anything new for me, they're well made and put together, but nothing unique or "Yo! Turn up that EZ Uprising OST Bro!" 5/10, but i'd be happy to give it a 5.5/10.

Graphics 9.5/10

Mapbase has proven time and time again, to be an invaluable tool for mappers. The environments (whilst looking like they are from HL:A or S.T.A.L.K.E.R.) are amazing, and the good use of projected shadows, spotlight's, etc, are gorgeous. If the next Episode involves anything to do with the Outlands, then good golly, i'd like to see more. Use of Rain is very unique here! 9.5/10.

Overall, i'd give this mod a 7.5, it's not bad, but it had the potential to be a bit more ambitious. (I'm well aware that this is only EP1) This was a good mod, and i hope to see what happens next! Pat yourself's on the back!

Amazing mod! I had given up on single-player story mods a long time ago, only being able to play entry-based mods.

This was phenomenal all-together!

Delightfully phenomenal!
Must have played it 10 times at this point. However, a Minerva 2 would be amazing!

Mate,this is ******* amazing!I almost shat my pants playing it!
It has such a quality and detailed gameplay,sound and visuals that it should be a game on its own.I love the random slaps and sounds and flashlight flickers. 10/10 would bang

First things first,Hi mate!
Loving the mod so far,installed it and I'm about an hour into it.The effects are really nice,I'm loving the music,which seems to be a bit inspired by FEAR's soundtrack,the models look really nice too,the menu is nicely compiled and overall it's awesome.Now there are some things which in my opinion could use a bit of more work because they really seem to be dragging down the whole gameplay.The game feels a bit blocky,a bit..ehm...too mechanic,meaning there are not a lot of things to promote the black mesa's atmosphere in terms of dialogue or plot.The grunts are really slow,they do have a buggy AI and seem to often not notice me as a hostile,instead they just stare blatantly at me.
On another chapter,the npcs are brutal,that I love!It seems that bullsquids are really lethal and the houndeyes seem to do a lot of damage too.

It's very hard achieving the environement you wanted with source engine,I mean,look at Black Mesa and all the bloody time it took the devs to get everyting in order!Considering the devs team still has time and expectedly a list of thing to improve/change/add,I wish you lads success with your project!

Bloody 10/10!Why?
Because it's a goddamn classic and the original source zombie mod!

The mapping is really good,the lights are excellent and the scripted events are terrifying,even though the combat was overwhelming,dying is easy and getting out alive from several situations is pretty damn hard.I think you did somehting with the AI,because the evemies are more brutal than with the standard AI.As it concludes from my review,you did a really good job and I recomend this mod to anyone who reads this!

This was truly missing from the game!