Archive for 2006

Wivenhoe: The Fall Of Ravenholm

for Half-Life 2

About From the Author: “Basically the idea of Wivenhoe (which is the name of the dam that now houses some nasty cannister-launching Combine hardware) is that the player is part of a civilian uprising trying to stop the bombardment of Ravenholm. They don’t succeed, as seen in Half-Life 2. Wivenhoe is set upriver from City… Read More

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Total Downloads: 019th February 2006
101 Comments and 7 recommendations, most say "Maybe?"

Underground Facility

for Half-Life

Basic Details Title: Underground Facility Filename: hl1-sp-underground-facility.7z Original Filename: underground-facility.zip Size : 230Kb Author: XargoL Date Released: 03 August 2004 PlanetPhillip Download Servers PlanetPhillip.Com Reader Recommendations Avoid It! Think Twice Maybe Play It Later Play It Now! 2 recommendations, average score: 2.5 (out of 5), standard deviation: 0.25 (what's that?)

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Total Downloads: 76317th February 2006
5 Comments and 2 recommendations, 1 say "Maybe?"

Project Quantum Leap

for Half-Life

Introduction Welcome to Project: Quantum Leap, a Half-Life single player episode with a bit of a twist: each map is by a different mapper – 20 maps, 15 authors, one hell of an incoherent map pack! History PQL started with an innocent post on the Valve ERC Half-Life Mapping forum on December 29, 2001. A… Read More

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Total Downloads: 1,88014th February 2006
9 Comments and 5 recommendations with no significant bias

History Can Be Changed

for Half-Life

Story After the catastrophe in Black Mesa, you, the junior adviser to the divisional administrator of the Biodome Complex, are sent back to 1982 in order to change history. Can you do it? Note: This map requires opfor.wad Basic Details Title: History Can Be Changed File Name: hl1-sp-history-can-be-changed.7z Original File Name: hcbc.zip Size : 468Kb… Read More

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Total Downloads: 1,20912th February 2006
13 Comments and 8 recommendations, most haven't enjoyed it

Real Lives

Introduction In a previous post entitled Why I Play FPS Games I posted a response to a comment where I mentioned different types of people who could design levels for games. It got me thinking about designer’s lives outside the gaming world. Career Paths Gaming is still a relatively new industry when compared to movies… Read More

12th February 2006 7 Comments

Cry Shield

for Half-Life 2

About In this Single Player Mod, Gordon is back in a whole new story. In this episode you fight your way through a Combine Prison only to find yourself established into a secret Rebel force called The CryShield. This mod only contains one other mission after your fight through the prison. It’s short but sweet.… Read More

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Total Downloads: 012th February 2006
12 Comments and 2 recommendations, 1 say "Play It Now!"

The Challenge

Introduction I spend a lot of time looking for SP mods and maps for the games I’m interested in. However I’m not perfect and I’m sure that my database is missing lots of files. I do feel that the database is the best resource of Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods available on… Read More

12th February 2006 29 Comments

Why Me? – Mod Story idea

Introduction As with most of my mod stories I will start with the story told in fiction form and then explain the reasoning behind it and also give more details about the gameplay and twists/spoilers. A Rude Awakening All is dark and warm and quite and peaceful. Then suddenly: Noise, heat, light and movement……PAIN……nightmares!

8th February 2006 4 Comments

Amateur Content Delivery

Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3

This post will discuss a possible method for amateur content delivery using Steam that would that improve the replayability of Half-Life 2 and other similar games.

7th February 2006 4 Comments

Blood Reign

for Half-Life

About Bloodreign is another Mod for Half-Life by Ragman, who in past has already developed the Mod “VOLCAN”. This release of Bloodreign contains only 2 levels, taken from somewhere in the story. Bloodreign is a rather difficult Mod, which should not be played by inexperienced players. Its amount of enemies, their skill and behaviour might… Read More

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Total Downloads: 1,2006th February 2006
11 Comments and 5 recommendations, most haven't enjoyed it