Dystopia Mod for Half-Life 2 Dystopia Version 1 Features (Full) news

Dystopia

Half-Life 2 mod | Released Feb 23, 2007

Dystopia Version 1 was released on the 23rd of Feb 2007 - download it and play it now! Dystopia is a is a total conversion of Half-Life 2, currently under development by Team Dystopia, which places the player into tense combat situations in a high-tech world spanned by computer networks. As either Punks or Corp Mercenaries the player will fight through the physical world to gain access, via jack-in terminals, to cyberspace. Cyberspace is a three dimensional representation of the world's network. Inside cyberspace players will launch programs to hack into systems linked to the physical world while fighting off enemy hackers and defending critical systems. Gameplay progresses through inter-linked physical and cyberspace objectives, some are completed in either the physical world or cyberspace, others only by a well timed combination of the two. The player will be immersed in action packed battles, whether the player is a heavily augmented combat mercenary armed to the teeth with the...

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Dystopia Version 1 is nearing completion. The team is putting the finishing touches on our full release, Version 1 will include a large number of improvements and additions from the Demo release. The best way to get a complete wrap up of what to expect from V1 is to listen to the interview which Lez

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Dystopia Version 1 is nearing completion. The team is putting the finishing touches on our full release, Version 1 will include a large number of improvements and additions from the Demo release. The best way to get a complete wrap up of what to expect from V1 is to listen to the interview which Lez from the Dystopia Mainframe conducted with Teddy, Team Dystopia's lead coder. You can grab it as either a 30meg ogg file or a 95meg mp3 file.

Here's a brief list of some of the highlight features you'll see in Dystopia Version 1:

7 levels featuring the assault game play sampled in the demo:

4 levels designed for the new game mode; Phistball:

12 primary weapons, 4 available for each class:

Heavy:
- Minigun
- Rocket Launcher
- Ion Cannon
- Basilisk

Medium:
- Assault Rifle
- Grenade Launcher
- MK808 Rifle
- Tesla Gun

Light:
- Boltgun
- Shotgun
- Laser Rifle
- Dual Smartlock Pistols

Many improvements from Demo release, including:

- Improved cyberspace gameplay
- 3 new weapons
- 4 new implants; wired reflexes, cold suit, advanced cyberdeck, IFF info
- New Punk Heavy model
- Remodelled grenade launcher and ion cannon
- Reworked animations for many weapons
- Revamped HUD
- New radar system, including zoomable overview map
- In game global stats, rankings and awards
- Support for HDR lighting
- DirectX 8 Bloom Support for meatspace and cyberspace
- DirectX 8 support for EMP Grenades
- New stealth effect
- New EMP grenade effect
- New thermal vision effect
- Enhancements to the 3 demo levels, addressing issues

Comments

drunkill Jan 17 2007, 7:00am says:

Cool, can't wait.

Will there be any other versions after version 1? More official maps (maybe some fan ones if they are good) sounds and bug fixes?

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Remonttimies Jan 17 2007, 7:13am says:

This sounds über-cool. I really want to test those new weapons and implants and see those new effects and maps!! I really love dystopia and been waiting for this. :)

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Zirty Jan 17 2007, 9:35am says:

Only 3 new maps ? Considering we are tired of all the other , this is'nt enought.
Anyway this still a great job , I can't wait to see how this V1 feels. If the 3 new maps are at least as good as dys_vaccine , it will be very interesting.

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