Hobo Life is a mod for Half-Life 2. The character you're playing as is Greg, a homeless man from the streets of City 14. Your objective is to do quests around the city and to eventually escape the city.
Any mod with a crack meter is a good mod in my book.
10/10
This game is amazing! It has an awesome logic based quest system!
Hot damn! This mod kicks ***!
This isn’t your usual run-and-gun Half Life 2 mod fare. No way, this is a mod that DARES to stand above the REST!
Implementing a quest-based progression system, this mod has you running all around the city, completing various errands, some optional, others required, to move the story along; a feature which I’ve only seen used once before in the all-time classic, Underhell!
The voice acting was a little cheesy, and some would say it wasn’t the best, but I LOVED it! It worked really well and lended to the mod’s humorous tone. Indeed, this mod’s atmosphere is that of bizarre and surreal humor; the world in which we’re set loose upon is populated with a host of odd and absurd characters.
The level of effort and detail the devs put into making this mod the best that it could be is absolutely REMARKABLE! The maps are jam packed with quests, easter eggs, and inside jokes that lend to this mod’s replayability! I **** you not, every time I thought I had all the secrets figured out, I just found MORE! You can not find this amount of attention to detail in many other mods!
Clearly, the developers were passionate about their product. They did their best to satisfy everyone with their first mod, and not only did they fulfil our expectations, they exceeded them by far!
Bravo, Neddy and Northh, and encore! I can’t wait to see what your brilliant minds come up with next! I expect excellence, and after playing this, I know that you two are capable of nothing less!
10/10
So what are you still doing here? Go download and play this damn mod already! I guarantee you’ll love it!
(For a more detailed review + walkthrough, please refer to the video linked below)
very good mod devs are pretty epic and epicery
Hobo Life: The best questlike mod for Half-Life ever!
Honestly, I didn't think it was going to be this good! the quests are funny, the easter eggs are hilarious as well as the inside jokes.
The level design is quite nice I always knew where I was meant to go.
This couldn't of come out any better and my only gripe with this mod is its voice acting at times can be pretty meh. I mean it's not the worst and not the best.
Though since this mod was basically made by a very very small team of individuals you can't fault it.
If you haven't already please give this one a go!
The replayability is insane!
10/10
very good
best mod
Pretty fun but would be better if it was longer, had more maps, more content, more scripted events, etc. Just overall more gameplay elements.
****** loved this, it's like getting a new game. it even gave me that post-game depression.
Anyway, all I really want for christmas isn't crack, no beating quota or even guns. All I want for christmas is (you) Hobo Life 2 and BRICKMAN AS A MAIN CHARACTER. I really hope they didn't drop Hobo Life 2, and if it's still in dev brick man comes back.
Now, here's an actual explainaton of the game.
It's a quest-based mod instead of the usual shoot em up bang bangs you get packed into em. And honesty, I think it's a nice change. Don't get me wrong, I like to dome some combine now and again but sometimes all you really want is a nice questlike, like this.
Actually surprisingly engaging for a game with the name Hobo Life. You gotta expect there to be ghettos in a Combine-occupied earth and this sure as hell depicts that. Or something.
I liked how weapons were introduced and it felt like you had a choice in whether to engage. Often it was beneficial not to dive headstrong into a crowd of chumps, dashin' and blastin'. Perhaps if I explore some more and... oh! Grenades!
Every combat encounter felt different, and while some fell flat with chaotic swarms of enemies, there was so much variety that I couldn't help but smile after blastin' the final enemy. Great use of the shotgun here. Lots of fun to run'n'gun. When applicable, of course.
I never thought you could make Half-Life feel like an RPG, but Hobo Life somehow manages it. You need to level up before you're able to comfortably enter new areas or defeat new enemies.
And I love how you can just murder anybody you want. Half-Life 2 desperately lacked HL1's "choose your own adventure" thrill of being able to gib your friends and colleagues.
Voice acting was one of the voice actings of all time. Voices didn't quite fit the vibes, but I appreciate the attempt. Good noises when you hit people though.
A lotta jacked up **** happening here. Heavy killthemonk vibes.
Some quests were decent, but others were nonsensical. Press the button on the keyboard? To what end?
After a few more pointless information-that-you-already-knew quests, you become appreciable of the fact that you can just brute force your way through certain quests by beating the quest-giver to death with a crowbar. Also loved that this game gave a perfectly valid excuse to be sending people after you also wielding crowbars.
Pacing is great, all things considered. Just enough quests in a single area that manage to resolve quickly and orderly and then you move on to the next area for a fresh, weapon-less start that feels believable.
bro did i just watch a man die. Well, I mean aside from all the people I've killed. But standing over a guy taking his last breath always hits different.
and bruh when that homeless guy told me to "go away, you homeless". That police raid for killing too many people was totally worth it.
Crack mechanic was wild and an interesting way to balance health. Although one OD killed me from 100+ health. Dude.
The music! Man's wrote a whole damn score! Chill 80s vibe. **** slaps.
Honestly kinda epic. Some beautiful environments and depressing landscapes with a whole lot of badass action. This ain't a meme. This is Hobo Life.