PARANOIA Mod for Half-Life PARANOIA - Reviewed by Halloween4 review

You can see why this mod took so long as it's all there on the screen, including some great new character animations that wouldn't make any difference to the story if they were present or not, i.e a chap treading in Dog Doo or a bird prooning itself, are just 2 examples, but they were all there making this mod a site to behold. Think of the work that had to go in to making these animations that bore no relivence to the story itself & your get some idea of what a class act this mod is.

The detail was also amazing with highly textured prefabs galore filling excellently textured maps. The vioce acting was also superb ( well it sounded superb even though it was in Russian ), but there were english subtitles. They've also got the music spot on in this mod, although the heavy metal tracks that were included probably won't be to everyone's taste, as they weren't to mine.

This mod was also the most atmospheric mod i've ever played of any game as the soundtrack & lighting gave you the feeling that something was just about to jump out on you at any time, & it sometimes did.

Also, the zombies & monsters in this mod were also original & well designed, often giving me the creeps. In fact all of the characters in this mod were very well designed & thought out.

The A.I in this mod left a little to be desired at times, as sometimes your N.P.C team mates would get in your way. But I think this was down to Half-Lifes old A.I system ( that was never that great ), rather then then mod itself.

When you weren't fighting off monsters & zombies in this mod, you were fighting off terrorists or super strength soldier clones, & these combat sequences were also exciting & well set up. In fact the whole mod had me sitting on the edge my seat the hole way through, eihter with the excitement of combat or just in shear horror.

The enemies in this mod were sometimes hard to kill, and some times it was hard to work out were you were suposed to go next, but that is all part of the enjoyment of the game to me.

The ending of the mod is also very well done as it hauntingly sticks out in you mind for a little while after you've played it.

All in all, this is how a horror mod should be, exciting & scary, & my only complaint would be that it left me wanting more, & if this mod had been a little longer it wouldn't have looked out of place as a retail game.

I give this mod 9/10 because I didn't realy like the heavy metal music used in the mod as it seemed to grate on you after a while, but apart from that I'd like to thank BuZZer & Team of their hard work in making such a great Half-Life mod which is probably the best to date. Cheer's to all involved.