Reviews - angry_bot

They Hunger is an absolute classic and a blast to play, regardless of whether it's the first time or the hundred and first time. It has everything anyone could want from a mod, and in the minds of many, was the standard for all single-player Half-Life TC's.

This is NOT They Hunger.

While I admit that I haven't played very far in, I can't bring myself to put any more effort into this mod than I already have. I tried to enjoy it on its own merit, but realized it had very little. The developers actually lost me at the laughably incomprehensible water pump "puzzle," but I continued on to a fight with multiple zombies in chest deep water before I decided to call it quits. I suppose part of the problem is that the pistol is practically useless, and I can't rightly determine if it even damages certain zombies (after a full clip into the head without any effect, I could only draw this conclusion considering other zombies took three to four shots to the skull on average). Compared to the original TH, in which the pistol provided consistent and reliable results, I threw my hands in the air.

I actually did make it past this fight and had to fight the movement physics to make it into the next area, killed a few zombies, then was interrupted by a single zombie spawning directly behind me and taking me down to 3 health before a headcrab took me out. While I do admit that these "surprise" zombies were also in the original TH, they announced their arrival very effectively. Please understand this, developer: that's how you do it. Use audio cues when you're about to **** someone off to **** them off slightly less than you normally would.

I understand this is an early release (which should not have a 1.x version, because it's far from ready for prime time), but when your list of changes includes a buff to the pistol, I expect much, much more.

And for the love of all that is good in the world, put a gigantic Neil Manke credit before all else and make it stay on the damn screen for a little while. He deserves a hell of a lot more credit than you have given him.