My name is Jordan Freeman. My only family is my grandfather, Gordon, and he is old and sick. Today the old man got up early,and woke me too… from the bad dreams I always have. He took me up to the old closed area… people call it “Evil Black Mesa.” For me it is not so bad a place. There, I can be alone.There, the old man has taught me many things; how to handle weapons, rock-climbing, and other survival techniques. Today he tells me my training is complete and I must begin my first mission. I don't understand all his talk about a ‘first mission’ but I trust him and I listen carefully. He says I must climb up the black wall, nearly to the top. On the other side is a cave, climb down and find a way out and home. Good luck and be careful, he says, as he turns to walk back down to our little village.
Some people have said though that they feel like a lab rat needing to hit buttons on the right order, the only time I felt like that was the second puzzle which basically felt like you had to press random buttons until the bridge was where you wanted it to be…
The first puzzle was simple, only required you to explore thoroughly.. the third was one that merely required alot more exploration. The last puzzle requires the right order of doing things which wasn’t that difficult, I only had trouble in one part and that was finding the sewer entry…. which was a vent right by the center teleporter.
+Very good mapping, lighting, detailed and varied and with lot of new stuff. +Quite good story (supported by text messages, signs, security camera observation),
+Some very nice scripted sequences, also a few cool cutscenes
+ Good atmosphere, supported by occasional music / ambient sounds
+A part with a useable turret and tank.
+A good amount of average to above average puzzles, that really sets it apart from any other mod for HL, aside from the recently released The Trap.
-No combat in the first half of the mod which may not be to everyones tastes.
-Can be confusing in the beginning as its not what players are used to.
-Some minor issues of getting stuck in some places, some boxes don't seem like they break but do...
Extremely underrated puzzle heavy mod.
The mapping is quite nice with impressive ideas and setpieces, combined with puzzles makes this a pretty enjoyable mod. The main problem is it's vagueness, sometimes you don't know what to do and where to go. Not a huge problem for player who love to explore and now the quirks of GoldSRC and HL but I can see how it can be a deal breaker for some.
Overall, a pretty well made, underrated mod.
Офигенный маппинг и дизайн карт, карты погружают тебя в атмосферу сюжета настолько, что при первом появлении солдат я реально их боялся, у мода есть огромный потенциал, но, к сожалению, он раскрывается слабо, так как в большиснтве случаев сюжет подаётся через записки, а моменты с реальными персонажами скучны, поэтому мод имеет только очень красивые локации, поначалу очень интересный геймплей, где надо много лазать, хорошее погружение в атмосферу, 1 оружие из opposing force(что меня очень порадовало, почему в других мода для пол жизни 1 этого не делают непонятно), ещё в моде иногда скучный бектрекинг.
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Awesome mapping and design of maps, the maps immerse you in the atmosphere of the plot so much that when the soldiers first appeared, I was really afraid of them, the mod has great potential, but unfortunately it is revealed poorly, because in most cases the story revealing through the notes, and moments with real characters are boring, so the mod has only very beautiful locations, at first a very interesting gameplay, where you have to many climbing, good immersion in the atmosphere, 1 weapon from the opposiong force (which I was very pleased with), also sometimes boring backtracking.
Really loved the story and the puzzles! Very well made :D
Exceptionally cool mod, with its own athmosphere.
I stuck on the scene where we should jump into the teleport on the armored car, but it doesn't... some glitch I believe.
Nevertheless, my opinion is 10/10.
First half of the mod (until you meet grunts) with all of those non-intuitive puzzles and without real action is awful.
Very slow paced in terms of story-telling and combat, but for some reason, I found this very relaxing.
And once the action picks up, the fights can get quite challenging.
Overall, I like the way the story is told and how it is paced, and I especially like the level design and smart attention to detail.
Amongst my favorite Half-life mods :)