Half-Shell

for Half-Life 2: Episode Two

5th August 2023

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Gordon Freeman is tasked to clear out a Combine-controlled oil rig in the middle of the sea. Freeman is offered a lowly, leaking rowboat as a means of transport. It’s just enough to get him to the rig undetected, which is fortunate; rebel reports say there is an armored helicopter stationed on the rig. Undoubtedly, Freeman will have to encounter it sooner or later…

Basic Details
  • Title: Half-Shell
  • Filename: hl2-ep2-sp-halfshell.7z
  • Size: 2.5 MB
  • Author: Firestarter
  • Date Released: 14 September 2022

Download Options

Download to your HD [2.5 MB]

Manual Installation Instructions

If you require more help, please visit the Technical Help page.

  • Copy the maps folder into your …\Steam\SteamApps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ folder.
  • Launch Half-Life 2: Episode Two
  • Open the console and type map half_shell and press ENTER.

Screenshots

WARNING: The screenshots contain spoilers.

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8 recommendations, average score: 4.63 (out of 5), standard deviation: 0.23 (what's that?)
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Meta Review Data
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Installed:
Using Gauge: Users
Manually: 6 Users
Time Taken:
Average: 0 Hours, 20 Mins
Shortest: 0 Hours, 10 Mins by Coralilac
Longest: 0 Hours, 30 Mins by geezer1857
Total Time Played: 2 Hours
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10 Comments

  1. dougjp
    Play It Now!

    I really enjoyed this map. Beautiful graphics, a great gameplay concept perfectly carried out. While sometimes I found the battles a bit easy, at other times there were moments of panic, and times where thinking of where to go under pressure was necessary and slightly confusing. Design placements of everything were right on.

    My only real complaint is it wasn’t long enough! Looking forward to your next map. 🙂

    Reply
  2. Coralilac
    Play It Now!

    A short and sweet map, with an interesting location that I haven’t really seen in a map before. The combat starts off strong and very quickly, which I think is a good thing for its length, but still gives the right amount of down time in between fights. My only problems are that having the helicopter around while you have a lot of enemies to fight can shred your health pretty quickly, and the container you break down with the crane should’ve had different boards- you were able to break those ones with the crowbar a few minutes ago. But overall, a good map that’s worth your time!

    Installed:
    Manually
    Difficulty Played At:
    Medium
    Playtime:
    10 Minutes
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  3. Wibble
    Play It Later

    Short and sweet map with an interesting setting. Nothing incredibly outstanding but its definitely worth playing.

    Installed:
    Manually
    Difficulty Played At:
    Medium
    Playtime:
    10 Minutes
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  4. Commando\--/Booce
    Play It Later

    Finally, an RTSL release after 6 months!
    seriously, this is a pretty enjoyable short map.

    Installed:
    Manually
    Difficulty Played At:
    Medium
    Playtime:
    20 Minutes
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  5. Wesp5

    If you like the oil-rig setting, you need to check out Bloodlines Prelude, if you own Bloodlines ;):

    https://www.moddb.com/mods/vtmb-prelude/downloads/bloodlines-prelude-i-v18

    Reply
  6. Captain Crap
    Play It Now!

    Full review coming soon.

    Reply
  7. geezer1857
    Play It Now!

    Liked it a lot. Well planned out story with plenty of action. Next time, I’ll opt for harder play. GIve it a try. You won’t be disappointed.

    Installed:
    Manually
    Difficulty Played At:
    Easy
    Playtime:
    30 Minutes
    Reply
  8. Anon_1989515

    Short but nice map! Great action and it runs on Linux 🙂

    Reply
  9. Sethy3030
    Play It Now!

    Short, but good. There is no reason not to play it right away.

    Installed:
    Manually
    Difficulty Played At:
    Medium
    Playtime:
    20 Minutes
    Reply
  10. agreenman
    Play It Later

    Small, contained map that chooses to show the player the entire arena early and often. Allows you to ground yourself to gauge progression.

    Good (re)use of space and nice atmosphere, although I was hoping for a little more Lab Practicum when staring out over the ocean. Toss in a long catwalk on the outside of the rig, staring off into the sunset with bridge music playing in the background for best effect.

    Decent little map, but nothing really swayed me to convince you to drop everything to play this right now. Would definitely load it into the queue, though. Good in the same way a half-hour TV show is compared to a full-blown hour episode. Sometimes you just want a little snack and Half-Shell is that appetizer.

    Installed:
    Manually
    Difficulty Played At:
    Medium
    Playtime:
    30 Minutes
    Reply

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