Mistake-1 will let us deeper in Steve's past, why and how did he get to the asylum. Not just the asylum will be the only place, Rick's last workplace and home as well. We'll find out he had a wife and a normal life, which is radically changed due a murder...
Much better and longer than the original one. Each monster took me by complete surprise and the story got better as I played further through. There were some parts that were very hard, such as the annoying final battle. Also, some puzzles took me a while to figure out.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to playing Grey.
Even better than first mod
So, as I said before I started to replay the works of this author as he recently launched his own horror indie game called "Remorse: The List". So my plan is to replay the Mistake mods, then Grey, and finally Remorse: The List.
So well, here with Mistake -1, we have a more complete mod than the original Mistake release. As I said, this one fills the gaps that were left loose in the first mod.
Overall this one feels more complete in story aspects as we find the horrid scene of central and weird infanticide in the middle of the plot.
The textures in this final release of the mod are from the other excellent Paranoia Mod, so overall it feels like a new game. Monsters also are less predictable and challenging.
In conclusion, this is a great and foremost classic HL1 horror mod, any horror lover must already have played. Is for sure a Personal Favorite.
The original Mistake was quite accurate to it's namesake, a mistake. But this was actually pretty decent, if nothing else there was a lot more action and enemies to offset the key hunting. Arguably way too short like the original, but the atmosphere took a pretty huge leap forward to being actually kind of creepy, which is progress. Uses a lot of assets from Paranoia, which I don't like mods built on mods, but I guess it had charm enough to overlook.
At the end of the day though, unfortunately this is one mod that you play once and never look back at. Still, 8/10, it's a cool atmospheric horror mod. The original wouldn't be worth playing if part 2 wasn't better, but it is, so I forgive the flaws of the past.
A slow starter
First 1/3 is just puzzle solving no enemies.
Quite detailed maps overall, but very dark and the flashlight radius is really small.
Combat is weak, until you reach the hospital maps, the final boss fight can be tough however.
From the console you choose difficulty (skill 1 for easy, skill 2 for medium, skill 3 for hard).
If you like puzzle solving and survival horror go for it!
The continuation of the original, Mistake-1 is a solid horror mod that is underrated. The story is not very clear but predictable after some time. There is a good balance of scares and action and the maps are good too. But if someone were to play a horror mod, I would recommend Afraid of Monsters.
A bit more interesting than the first but both are surprisingly well made horror mods.
This was a nice, creepy mod. New skins for NPCs and maps that make it dark and freaky. Combat was usually in tight spaces and weapons are very limited, but not so much as to take away from the mod. My only frustration was the darkness, incredibly enough. I was all-too-often tripping over myself in a pitch-black room with random crap on the floor and a walnut-sized flashlight beam. It's possible for a mod to be scary without being completely engulfed in darkness. Also, sometimes the way forward depended on some very fine detail that could be very, very easily overlooked. Overall, if you like Paranoia or Cry of Fear, this is a good mod.