An episodic narrative mod for Valve Software's Half-Life 2: Episode 2. Explore the remains of a town destroyed by its own tragedy in a collection of short, interactive vignettes. Solve environmental puzzles and uncover the mystery of how, somewhere along the line, the whole world fell out of existence completely.
Creepy and inspirational this mod inspired me to create my own story. Too many people in the world hear "Video Game" and think of fast passed FPS action. Not too many understand that a game such as this can exists and tell a deep story of someones past. things as imaginative as this can only exists in books.
I cant tell you how many times i have played this game for its complexity and simplicity. Great work and keep it comin.
Amazing story, amazing mod in general. Like a creepier Dear Esther, it changes the way most people view the apocalypse. A game that replaces guns with a dark memory of them.
9.75/10
From the initial playthrough I did of this, I can see immense potential for its further development, and applaud the author's decision to go back over it and bring it to perfection.
I abosutely loved this I loved the atmosphere and at points I was scared because I thought something was going to jump out at me in the dark and overally the scripting was great aswell same goes for the level design and some of the messages on the wall. 9/10 thank you for this great mod ^_^
Post Script. A suspenseful story of a single being living in an apocalyptic world. Once alive, now destroyed because of one mistake. Is it the loneliness and sorrow that makes you want to take it back? Or is it just the grief from your only allies?
By far the best mod I have seen yet.
Very well written.
Not a single glitch.
Puzzles fairly easy but its just the beginning.
Very different from most games you see which is good.
(I'm tired of seeing the same games over and over again.)
Left me wanting more.
Deeply captivating.
I may just be easily impressed, but this mod really catches my attention. I can definitely feel some deep story and tension here, and I really would like to see this continued.
Loved the way it was played out, but it really annoyed me how the dialog flashed, how fast do you think everybody reads before it fades away? I would have enjoyed the mod more if would be given the time to read the text by having extended time when the text was longer, or even voice acted.
"It freaks me out."
This mod is weird. It's very off-putting (positive) with its very minimalist soundtracks, world, storytelling... the whole thing is really short- like 10 minutes if you take your time short- but it sets up what would've been a very cool story, I think. I'm a sucker for these kind of half-finished Source engine walking sim mods, so this is right up my alley! The level design is also kinda fun for me. I'm very nostalgic for the boxy, early/beginner Source engine experiments that this mod has and it works for the game, I think. I've played through this twice in my life and I still barely grasp what any of it means... that end still makes me weirded out. I'm not tagging anything as extra as spoilers 'cause it's super short go play it on your own but from what I understand it's about an unnamed player character and a girl named Celeste who the main character used to know? Maybe?? Inference time, but from what I can tell, the main character was an awful person (or was it Celeste who was the awful person and the intro is the player yelling at Celeste?? or is the white text just Some Guy???) who recalls past experiences before the world ended, with the episode ending in some weird abstract sex scene. I'm not sure. And I don't think I'll ever be sure, given that the mod doesn't seem like it's going to be updated. That's kind of a bummer, honestly. I'm all for really weird mods like this and I feel like if the game got an Episode 2 to clarify some things or get some more footing other than establishing that the world's empty and the only people left are some guy and a girl (I think??? Not sure of anything really) I would've really liked it.
This whole write up kinda sucks. All that just to say it's a good idea and I wish 90% of Source mods didn't die past their first demos.
Such is life.