This mod is a Tribute to Hammy, Jaykin bacon, Various Video Games and the fact that you can make a mod fun without super-serious modern warfare guns or zombies. Half-Screwed is a Half-life Modification where the tense serious multiplayer action is blown away with weird weapons and other great wonderful things. Instead of a handgun and dangerous explosives, you can throw dosh at your opponents. Or have your first Tripmine with Fishter Price's TripMine all set up and ready to use. The possibilities are endless and the sky's the limit!
I gave you a ten out of ten. Put me in the summary image now.
a hilarious fun mod for everyone who already played through the game (and addons) once. 9/10, because some of the sounds aren't normalized properly, so some characters speaking are different volume. otherwise 10, because it's just awesome!
I have to say, out of all the "silly" mods that would often replace much of the game's content to the point it becomes nigh-incomprehensible, this one's got to be my favorite because it offers a way different experience than mods like Crack-Life, Scientist Slaughterhouse WTF Messup and G-Man Invasion.
For starters, the NPCs don't make weird noises and random gibberish that you'd expect from mods like this. Instead, they're voiced by the mod's author and make hillarious remarks, often insult you and ocassionally make references to other media aswell.
The mod also has an amusing variety of weapons that are mostly lifted from other games, ranging from Resident Evil 4's handgun, GoldenEye's golden gun, the NES zapper, the Jackal from Hellsing, a super-automatic SPAS-12, a rocket launcher that launches scientists, a cardboard box tripmine, the "MW2" gun, etc.
There's lots of fun video game and cultural references in this mod, such as Super Mario, Metal Gear Solid, Fist of the North Star, The Room, Heavy Rain and much, much more.
I did encounter some bugs and problems that prevented me from rating this mod a ten outta ten, though. I previously mentioned in the comments that when you equip the scientist launcher or the dolphin gun (Crossbow replacement) and then switch to another weapon, you can't equip back to the dolphin gun/scientist launcher.
Another is that some of the NPC voice lines are left unaltered, so sometimes amidst the goofy voice lines you'll hear regular scientist and guard banter, which can be really jarring.
That said, I really do wish a fix is made to fix any lingering issues, like the one I mentioned earlier, or a sequel is made for Half-Life 2, because this mod has lots of potential. And that's probably never likely to happen any time soon.
goooooooooooooooooooood
You're Just Good Game, too!...
loved it
ayayay
throwing money at enemies is now possible !!!!! ten10!
good tho crashes when i start up
very nice!