Traverse through a Combine raided Kraken base along with Alyx. Mod made by XBLAH and alex_mmc for the Companion Piece competition of Maplabs.
Quite good for the time given.
Seems you two might've been a bit too ambitious though, as some areas, especially the later ones, felt very rushed.
Developer commentary was a nice addition, although you may want to run some more checks on spelling/pronounciation next time. Not much of an issue though.
I liked how you guys used the ichthyosaur, as I barely see it in HL2 maps. It was implemented very well here, although I did find the chase sequence to be too easy because all you have to do is run down the hallways and you'll be fine. Some more obstacles like props blocking you or some zombies might've improved the section.
The combat was imo the weakest part of the map, the areas didn't seem designed for it at all, as the only cover in a lot of areas are corners and that just doesn't work well. Needed more cover so the player has options to move around.
Charming yet Very unfinished and with a broken ending that left a sour taste in my mouth.
It gets a 7 for that Ichthyosaur chase, however!
This mod does EXACTLY what it saught out to do while proving a solid gameplay experience, I would recommend it highly!
Feels a bit rushed and there were some sections that had me scratching my head wondering what the mapper was thinking, but seeing as it was originally made for a mapping competition I guess it's allowed some leeway in that department. Xblah has once again delivered a solid HL2 experience in a neat little package.
BEST KRAKEN MOD SO FAR!!!!!!!
IT HAS THAT BETA FEELING!!!!!
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This, you know, alright. For such a large map for a Map pack, it's pretty solid. I think it would have been a lot better if it was more condensed and polished. There wasn't really anything here that stood out to me as particularly good or bad.
The most stand-out mediocre part was the combat in combination with the level design. The combat itself was HL2 combat. The level design was okay, at least I never got lost. But in combination, they didn't work well together. The areas where you fight the combine were pretty dull and their movements weren't well orchestrated. in the end, most of the fights were you and them standing on either side of the room shooting until one fell over because there wasn't really anywhere to go and the combine weren't given the freedom to move around.
I think the only thing I thought was silly is how, right at the very end, Alyx and Mossman escape and it feels like you're going to have to fight your way out, but then you go through a hole in the wall and up a ladder to win anyway, seemed like a waste of time and effort to me, should have just gotten on the elevator.
Like I said, it's fine, so it gets that middle grade 5.
Is this complete? If so, it needs a patch. Cannot complete game after climbing
stairs in 2 rocket silo's. One of the doors in jail section needs to open, but does not. End up being stuck.