Readers' Recommendations

Releases that readers have recommended others play.

Mission of Mercy

for Half-Life

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

Arriving at a new section of Black Mesa, you work your way through to a test chamber where you are transported to part of the borderworld called Xen.

There, you are asked to help Xen and its lifeforms.

Your job, should you choose to take it, is….well, wait and see.

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Total Downloads: 2,93621st August 2011
35 Comments and 19 recommendations, 8 say "Maybe?"

As I Lay Dying

for Half-Life 2

Play through two beta maps; Tram Ride, which is okay, and Cave, which is pretty cool.

The mod was never finished or released, so this is all we have.

I got an “A.I. Disabled” message when I died in the second map and nothing I tried removed it, so be careful not to die, otherwise you will have to restart the map from the beginning!

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Total Downloads: 1,27322nd August 2018
42 Comments and 9 recommendations with no significant bias

Combine Raid: Get Out Alive

for Half-Life 2: Episode Two

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

“You’re sitting in your bedroom playing some half life when you hear an explosion outside your window.
You look outside and see the entire house surrounded by combine (I guess the RIAA finally tracked your mp3 collection down). You should be able to lose them by escaping into the reserve behind your house.”

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Total Downloads: 1,13310th September 2009
10 Comments and 9 recommendations, most say "Play It Later"

Pyramid

for Half-Life 2: Episode Two

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

Gordon wakes disorientated and finds Gman talking in his usual mysterious way about consequences??? Looks like another mission for the only man who can make a difference. Bring it on……

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Total Downloads: 2,83624th December 2008
100 Comments and 35 recommendations, 15 say "Play It Now!"

The Evil Thing

for Half-Life

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

“You are William Nicholas Alexander Raskolnikov Myshkin Freeman (yes, “Bill Freeman” is really Russian, bet you never knew that) the hardened Communist and pot-head (see Theme Song). You have infiltrated a secret base of the evil capitalist pigs who are trying to take over the world. Your cover job as a research scientist at the Coke-a-cola/McDonalds/USAF joint research centre has given you access to the devastating new technologies being developed to enslave the world.

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Total Downloads: 2,25816th August 2011
17 Comments and 13 recommendations, 5 say "Maybe?"

Northern Petrol Storage Area

for Half-Life 2

Starting in what looks coastal town, you find yourself up against a constant barrage of Combine soldiers.

Often ways looked block but with your trusty crowbar a way can be found through.

Once you beat the APC you are one step closer to freedom. Or are you?

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Total Downloads: 1,91426th August 2018
24 Comments and 17 recommendations, 7 say "Play It Later"

Help Wanted

for Half-Life

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

Sanitation Engineer Required
Immediate Openings for full time position in laboratory setting. Ideal candidate must be able to handle vigorous work schedule, possible overtime, and pass drug screening and background check. Hazardous Environment Suit to be provided to you on site. Please apply to the Human Resources Department, Black Mesa Research Facility.

It’s your first day at work. The job is simple enough, put on your HEV suit and head over to Sector C. If somebody spills something, clean it up. What could be easier?

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Total Downloads: 3,89511th July 2011
39 Comments and 20 recommendations with no significant bias