Hall of Mirrors
Feb 22, 2006 Full Version 13 commentsThe modification is loosely based on the movie "Equilibrium" with the main focus of the work being based upon implementing a new combat system...
Hall of Mirrors
Max Payne 2 mod | Released Jul 9, 2007
"In a futuristic world, a strict regime has eliminated war by suppressing emotions: books, art and music are strictly forbidden and feeling is a crime punishable by death. Cleric John Preston is a top ranking government agent responsible for destroying those who resist the rules. When he misses a dose of Prozium, a mind-altering drug that hinders emotion, Preston, who has been trained to enforce the strict laws of the new regime, suddenly becomes the only person capable of overthrowing it"
The modification is loosely based on the movie "Equilibrium" with the main focus of the work being based upon implementing a new combat system similar to the "gun kata" seen in some of the action scenes of the movie. The "Gun Kata" allows the player to take on several adversaries at the same time with dual weapons and gun them down in unison, much like what we see in the action movies of today where the hero wields dual handguns and shoots at different targets with each hand. This sort of stylish gun battle is what you can expect to see once the mod is released to the public.
The mod's focus is pure action and style, if you like shooting enemies and gunning them down in the coolest way possible then this mod just might be what you've always been looking for!
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2 comments by Rico21745 on Oct 3rd, 2009 digg this super bookmark
Hello community,
I've been looking at some of the old Hall of Mirrors media, and I must say I miss it a lot. Working on the mod was a great experience and I feel like I learned a lot and had a lot of fun in the process. I am also happy to say that as far as a Max Payne 2 mod is concerned, it was VERY popular which surprised me quite a bit. When I started working on this I never expected it to be anything that huge, definitely not huge enough to get magazine coverage all over Europe.
Alas, I do regret not having time to follow up on it with a patch or a sequel of some sort on the Max Payne 2 engine. But perhaps it's better to leave people wanting until you have something different to show them. That was always my philosophy when working on HoM. Our mod wasn't just a repackaged Max Payne 2 compilation of weapons/effects/music/maps. It delivered an original twist through gameplay, and allowed people to re-experience the game they had once paid full retail for (Max Payne 2). In the end, isn't that what mods are about? To let you experience more for less?
It is in this light that I want to let our loyal fans know this: After looking through the web and finding so much stuff about HoM, I have decided that I really want to continue it on a new engine. I have purchased a copy of Unreal Tournament 3 in the hopes of testing it out for a possible modification. I mentioned before L4D, but I was dissapointed to find that the SDK was never released in full as I hoped it would be. I am still considering the possibility of using Source as our next engine so don't fret!
That being said, I am working to reunite the Hall of Mirrors team again for another modding effort. It is my hope that the quality of our next release will not only match that of HoM, but surpass it.
As with any foray into new territory, I am interested in recruiting talent to help out with this new endeavor. If you are interested in helping build HoM 2, or have any ideas or suggestions please drop me a line here or email me at homteam@gmail.com
Take care,
Rico
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Exellent work! I had a lot of fun playing this mod. The Story level was short, the objective level was easy, but that doesn't matter. The GunKata engine was really awesome. There were some minor quirks here and there, the only thing I found that spoiled it was that when I stand still, start shooting and press 'C' I shoot hundreds of bullets in one direction, killing tons sweepers in a blink of an eye and putting down a cleric in 5 seconds.
But apart from that, it was awesome!
TheSnaps: Its not the story mission or the Objectives mission that make the mod, its the DMW levels that are its main strong points, and keep in mind that this is a mod, for a game that has a fairly limiting engine, and its *FREE*. Emphasis on free here. Coding this stuff isn't simple, have you ever even coded anything in your bloody life?
Why am I even bothering?
Anyways, very good job, HoM team! 10/10
This mod is very good.We found some game mode we found in Max Payne Chronicles but its was very well implanted in this mod.The objective mode is very funny to play. And you got 2 style of the Gun Kata,one for John Preston and the other for the other Clerics that you can choose for Dead Man Walking levels.The story mode,well its short for sure but its was very amazing to play the best part of the movie.Try it out
That was bad. I mean...really bad. You basically just proved my point about how ineffective gunkata is. I mean, I loved the movie. Loved it. But in the game the gunkatas are so poorly integrated that you'll have better luck just spraying with the G36. I first knew there was a problem when I had to stand right next to a sweeper to hit him with the sideways gunkata. And don't even get me started on how bad the one on one fighting is.
How long did you spend on this mod? What do you have to show for it? One story mission that takes less than five minutes to beat, an objective level that only points out the flaws in MP2's Al, and some horribly stiff gunkata animations that can't be used effectively.
Talk about terrible level design. The ONLY mission in the game consists of a hallway where a bunch of soldiers stand in one place and shoot at you, and then two horrible one-on-one fights that consist of you using the forward gunkata and flip gunkata over and over again until the enemy dies. Or you can just spray with the G36. Sadly enough, it's more effective.
This makes me sad to write this. I've been looking forward to this mod since I heard about it. And now I'm just depressed at its quality. I wasted thirty minutes of my life downloading and playing this mod. Please don't make the same mistake
Wow! Exelent work! Respect!
The story mode is confusing - 1 big battle and then you enter a room to fight a boss who doesn't die, with an invisble pistol that doesn't run out of ammo :confused:
Im trying to download it from the link provided below, but its always corrupted! FFS! Anybody got the same problem?
Looks and sounds friggin a awesome, makes me wish I bought the PC ver instead of the PS2 console ver
aside from saying how good it looks, I gotta say it sounds more like Ray Bradbury's old book "Fahrenheit 451"
the gun kata is awesome, the only problem is i cant figure out the choke and shoot
Only 30 minutes left, and i am ready to play, Rico (and team), Great work!
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