Estranged mod for Half-Life 2

What immediately captivated me about this mod was the beginning, on the ship. That was an excellent way to open, and the little details were spectacular.

The setting was great, the train was great, the jumping puzzle was too easy, but great. It's kind of easy to see you don't have a lot of coders/modellers/animators, as the NPCs and weapons are just reskins from Half Life 2. Honestly, as most of the game you are using the pistol, the pistol really does not work for survival horror, especially against the regular zombies. It takes ~10 shots to down one, and honestly you'll have to supply the player with tons of ammo, and really dealing with the zombies wasn't very hard because of that I suggest that a different weapons system being implemented that would require a more powerful weapon (revolver) with significantly less ammo, so that when the player's out, they'll have to run.
The zombies like I mentioned before, are not much of a threat. In HL2 they weren't much of a threat either, despite their menancing appearance (lost most of my health in those sections to headcrabs or other types of zombies). I would suggest making them much faster, and again the weapons more powerful and ammo less common.
There's as few more little problems I have, like with the grenade puzzle (who leaves grenades in an attic?) but seeing as you're dealing with the limited HL2 assets, it's a great mod.

One suggestion: make it so the player can see his legs! That would add some tension in the bridge crossing part.

I loaded Estranged Alpha #5 and at the very start with the radio and onwards i have a white screen, i can see the red cross for health though. How to fix white screen?

Thank you so much for revealing the true nature of the Source Engine. This short alpha made me feel like I was playing one of those adventure mods in Crysis. This is a grand feat. Beautiful lens flares, lens dirt, fancy bloom, and spectacular lighting. THe environmental lighting is probably the best part of this mod, aside from making a mod that feels like its own, without being overbearing in the horror department. *cough*Hellsound*cough*grey*cough*

Im looking forward to seeing the project progress. I kinda want to get back into Half-Life 2 modding, but damn, Unity and UDK are taking up way more of my time and provide a fruitful pipeline for my projects....Was most of the visual effects done through extensive programming? Or did you just reveal the features provided in the current Source Engine build?

Now that I played Alpha 5, I think i'm satisfied enough to hold out until the final release. :D Thanks for such a fine experience on the source engine. There have been real talent showing lately for this engine...(I'm tired of all the 'Half-Life' universe generic mods and abundance of multiplayer games)

And also you have an amazing soundtrack :D

i loved this mod i cant wait for the full release its gonna be EPIC xD