PARANOIA Mod for Half-Life No need to be paranoid about PARANOIA? review

PARANOIA

Half-Life mod | Released Dec 3, 2007

Paranoia - it is a our single-player modification for Half-life. You will play the role of a russian officer of the secret service. Your first impressions are that this mission will be just like any other, but you really have no idea what nightmares future events have in store for you...

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8.0

If you love a challenge S.T.A.L.K.E.R and zombie movies, am tired of playing G.I Joe and don’t mind subtitles then this is a must play. If you get frustrated easily or have tough cold war memories then you may not want to play it.

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Review

This is one of the best Half-Life Single Player mods I have played in a while. Being that I haven't played any Half-Life 1 SP mods since my days in a H.I.T, this was a breath of fresh air (ironically speaking of course since the engine is like 9 years old). The whole game looked and felt like S.T.A.L.K.E.R mixed in with Dawn of the Dead. I loved the atmosphere where you walk in a room and there would be a guy sitting, cooking or singing giving them a more human quality... sort of (the faces looked a little emotionless) but I really didn't mind. The story begins after your training as a Russian agent, when something goes wrong and you have to go bloody on some peoples asses with your team (one of whom seems to be your partner in a lot during the game). I like that you are not a lone wolf super soldier who can eat bullets like smarties. Your aim is to follow the objectives given to you by higher ups and helping your teammates along, which is great since you never feel alone even when you are. After some fire fights you start to see weird stuff going on and the game goes Resident Evil on you with zombies, mutants who seriously want to eat some flesh... yeah. I really don't want to spoil much but you have to fight government clone soldiers and later some weird specs ops team that is trying to get away with a virus and you have to stop them. Kind of gives you a "meh" boss fight but you have to love the whole "the end........? or is it" zombie movie finish that makes you feel all gritty for the next one. Hopefully it isn't too far away seeing how long PARANOIA took to build because i'll be waiting.

Pros

Immersive
Good music
Cool animations
Very professional

Cons

Some models did not blend in with the enviroment
Felt holes in the storyline (or a little rushed)
Very difficult in some areas

Overall

If you love a challenge, stalker, zombie movies and am tired of playing G.I joe and don’t mind subtitles this is a must play. If you get frustrated easily or have tough cold war memories then you may not want to play it.