October 2008 update news - Strider Mountain Mod for Half-Life 2

Strider Mountain

Half-Life 2 mod | Released Sep 12, 2009

AT 30,000 FEET... you are almost 6 miles (9.7 km's) above sea level. The human body is not made for these conditions. Temperatures can plummet to -60F (-51C), the brain is starved for oxygen and each step is a new experience in pure agony. It's difficult to breathe. It's difficult to think. It's difficult to move. And you still have to endure another 444 feet (0.14 km's) to get to the peak. So much for the good news. STORYLINE: SURVIVE the SUMMIT ...The rebels are losing the battle against the strider onslaught that keeps growing. To help turn the tide of war you need to destroy the source of the Striders. That source is at the summit of what the rebels call, StriderMountain. There is only one way to get into the mountain geography and it's extremely dangerous terrain. The danger proves to be too much and you are forced way off target. Now, you must fight your way through the Combine Mountain Base Camp because it's the only entry to the mountain. As Gordon...

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Strider Mountain in PC Gamer! And finally a final map announcement...finally.

Posted by CubeDude89 on Oct 18th, 2008 digg this super bookmark

"...the all-new arctic maps and innovative plot should make the final game more than worth the wait."
Many thanks goes out to columnist Brett Todd at PC GAMER for picking the unreleased StriderMountain as the Mod of the Month. You can get the December 2008 issue and the article HERE.

We have made some updates to stridermountain.com, including the addition of a music player featuring the original music composed exclusively for the mod by the very talented David Mason at StainofMind. Press the play button and Crank up your speaker volume.

And finally a final map announcement...finally. The SM team have made a decision to develop one last map. This decision came about for two reasons: 1) to enhance the overall storyline by adding a twist to a cliff hanger ending (boo, bad pun!) and 2) give the player one last, action packed map to complete the StriderMountain journey. Stayed tuned for screens from the all-new and final map EXIT PORTAL.
The StriderMountain journey is edging ever closer...

Comments

NullSoldier Oct 18 2008, 11:46pm says:

Soooo... whens the release date. :)

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NullSoldier Oct 19 2008, 4:55am replied:

Quick question, in the Strider battle at the End of Episode 2, you see a very large Mountain in the distance. This mountain is the area to which all striders from from in the battle. Is there any chance this is the same mountain from Strider Mountain? They look very similar. That would be really badass if you had planned that.

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TBBiggs Oct 19 2008, 8:13pm replied:

We will announce the official date right here on ModDB. Stay tuned as we will continue media updates, including a final trailer right before release.

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flippedoutkyrii Oct 19 2008, 12:31am says:

YAY!!

This mod looks awesome!

I've been waiting years!

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SPY-maps Oct 19 2008, 8:59am says:

to NullSoldier;

haha, never even realised this!!! but your right, and no, we didn't plan this at all. but its really funny that it turns out this way!!
don't know who exactly came with the idear of a strider MOUNTAIN. we had the idea of a strider factory, and we wanted to place it somewhere were it was hard to get in, what became a mountain, (maybe it had something to do with our PR guy TB, he is mountain climber, but, i really can't remember it anymore. we made so much changes in the story in the beginning that its hard to go back to that. better said, we don't even have all those story lines anymore. at least i just looked for them the other day and could find them anymore, not that that matters, but still...)

Leon (SPY-maps)
mapper SM

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and to Flippedoutkyrii, thanks, we do work indeed 1,5 + year on this latest sp project of ours and i promise you, its worth the wait. were ending the beta testing stage, so, just hang in and you have 14 new large sp-maps to play with!!

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iMoo Oct 19 2008, 11:11am says:

It was so funny when I saw you were the mod of the month :P

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