Reviews - smoke_th

Honestly, i am really split on this expandalone.
I mean i really love we getting 'Kane's wrath' of second tiberium war edition.
However, execution is okay. some missions designed to be a save-scumming fest, some music (especially act on instinct remix) sound like they were done by a REALLY ****** DJ. Hell, i think i would've done better job with this music at some places.
Nod helicopters ai/controls suck, ghost unit is utterly useless, goddamn tentacle fields are giant pain in the *** (i like the idea, but their decay time is ridiculous), some missions are designed to be padding and nothing more. (after blowing up globotech storage by Nod next mission is just padding to example)
BUT. On the other hand, some missions are just in line with vanilla tibsun, unit variety is nice, campaign keeps you guessing (although proper rendered briefings would be nice), new voice acting (what there is) is quiet alright.

I score it 6/10. Above average but as it stands - some pieces are really goddamn frustrating.

Really? you push this crap to steam?
I remember when back in the day, "spiritual successor" of half life were fully fleshed out episodes with 15+ maps, done with good level design at hand and tricky (sometimes) puzzles.
And what is this ♥♥♥♥? You run down the ship, you run back, you kill so called "boss". That's all. 8-10 minutes worth of time at max.
And you push this short-♥♥♥ map as "official" steam release, supported by trailer? Like seriously?
Hell even today Doom community has fully fleshed episodes, even with cutscenes, (thanks to Zdoom engines and their deviraives like Zandronum (ex Skulltag)), some with dialogue routine (thanks to Strife dialog system), and modded up the butt with custom graphics, weaponry and sometimes game mechanics. Those worth far more.
Why does those don't get blowed up steam release? Is it perhaps that there's such thing as humble-ness and authors don't want to ♥♥♥♥♥ themselves up by such mediocre means?
Now, don't get me wrong - if something done good and it has it's potential - i'm fine with that - Action Doom 2 was a fantastic total conversion, and it deserved that large fame and spotlights.
This thing does not.
Because Half-Life: before is a short, regular, mediocre and boring half life map which wrapped in stand-alone "build" with loud words like "spiritual successor".
Ha. haha. hahahahahahahahah. Funny.

P.S. come to think of it, i should probably revive my Total conversion idea of turning hl:s into contra force sequel, if steam gives such mediocre projects spotlight - maybe i have a good chance too...or maybe, just maybe I need to think about consequences of such time-waste and concentrate on delivering real entertainment products which have better features standing for them.