Review by MaxLebled - Underhell mod for Half-Life 2

Underhell

Half-Life 2 mod | Released 2011

Underhell is a Source Engine game developed by the Underhell Team in collaboration with We Create Stuff. Underhell Chapter 1 requires ONLY Source SDK Base 2007 installed. No Source game is required.

MaxLebled says

10/10 - Mar 13th, 2011 Agree (49) Disagree (3)

That's only the prologue?!

Seriously, just THAT prologue was far better than 90% of the mods out there. The voice acting is great, the level design is excellent and good-looking in all places (there are a few under-detailled areas, though), and the house system is neat.

My only complaint is that it seems to suffer from a lack of optimization, especially in the house... too much overdraw for a weak GPU, I guess?

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Highest Rated (194 agree) 10/10

Underhell is one of those mods that comes along every so often, that makes you look at retail and remember when they used to make good games like this...and saddens you a little that the industry can't turn out gold like this these days. In a world of MMO's, Call of Duty FPS's, we get a classic game with a good story, incredible atmosphere, and depth to boot. Fun gameplay on top of that? This is a lovechild, and that is what makes it amazing. This is the result of someones vision come to life. They…

Mar 6 2011 by Mkilbride