Eye of the Storm mod for Half-Life 2

Incredible improvement over the first installment to the point where it doesn't even seem like it's the same author.

Rich environments and engaging progression. Ravenholm had a problem with quantity over quality. Eye of the Storm is a total reversal. I wish there was more, but still, this has renewed my enjoyment of mods after I burned through all the classics.

Voice acting is legit. I can actually turn the subtitles off on a mod and have it be a halfway enjoyable experience. Citizens even had multiple catchphrases and would get ****** at your lollygagging. Just like the real thing. Ahhh.

The administrator was also well done with authentic-sounding speeches that felt believable. Actually feels like it could be a Half-Life game. Great worldbuilding.

Same wacky story, but even improves on that with some more imaginative cutscenes. All around feels more premium and finished than Ravenholm ever did. Ravenholm could be a masterpiece with EOTS's pacing, environments, and mapping. Suffice to say this is nearing masterpiece territory.

Not perfect, but I had a blast, so it gets a 10/10.

Shame this was never finished. Episode 1 was awesome. Good luck to whatever you are doing.

Way better than Ravenholm. A massive improvement, unfinished, but incredible.

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This is a great step up from Ravenholm.

I guess Chapter Two is probably dead in the water right about now, but this Chapter One is all amazing, from its setpiece and much improved storytelling. Those and the custom HUD icon really feels like the creator really improves.

The story is much more coherent and makes more sense. Although, I’m not sure if the Resistance knows about the protagonists’ “power”.

My favorite scene is where I fought the Policemen down the river with a boat. The music compliments everything!

Score: 8/10

I wish its status were "released" instead if "TBD", because it HAD a release and you can't rate it otherwise.

So I'll leave my short review here.

9/10

This mod flew past me back in the day, so I first played it just an hour ago.

It's short (they were aiming for more episodes, it didn't happen) but it's pretty sweet.

Good level design: truthful to Half-Life 2, without excess or some crazy graphical features. Some places can be mediocre but it's often really good and all that Easter Europe atmosphere, classic.

Gameplay is mostly classic (or maybe you should say standard, but it's not bad) with some really fun ideas, like the "Ride" chapter.

Voice acting varies from pretty good to rather medium level. Still, even at its worst it's alright for a mod.

Even includes custom developer commentaries which very few mods have, at all. The commentaries, while somewhat insightful, aren't really super interesting. Still, it's the kind of option you don't have to complain about, if you don't need then just don't use it.

Shame we didn't get to see a continuation. Oh well. This mod from 2009 is still better than a large portion of what came out in the last 5 years.

Wow its awesome mod to see the vision of a citizen from City 17 :D

I just downloaded EOTS and put the steampipe fix in gameinfo.txt.
The opening of the mod runs fine, but when the protagonist drives the car onto the bridge and stops, the headcrab walks near the car, and he just sits in the car, looking right and left, like he's looking in the mirror, but does nothing more.
Is this an issue other people have experienced ?
Thanks for the mod.

I hope someone gets around to continuing this mod because that was really promising from what we got.