Readers' Recommendations

Releases that readers have recommended others play.

Forgotten Valley

for Half-Life 2: Episode Two

Whilst escaping from City 17, your find yourself stuck on the road out.

There’s a forcefield blocking your continued escape.

Luckily, there’s a way down into the valley – perhaps there’s a way to turn off the forcefield.

Go find out!

3
9
4

Total Downloads: 3,79813th June 2015
49 Comments and 16 recommendations, most say "Play It Now!"

Anti-Citizen

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

The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world…

Anti-Citizen follows an unnamed agent of the G-man, inserted into the middle of City 17 during the armed uprising against the Combine.

Aid the resistance in repelling Combine forces that are coming down hard on the citizens of City 17.

3
13

Total Downloads: 3,42920th March 2013
16 Comments and 16 recommendations, most say "Play It Now!"

Poke 646

for Half-Life

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

It’s 13 months after the incidents at Black Mesa. The Black Mesa Research Facility has been shut down. The nation never got to know anything about the experiments there. The less you know, the less you worry. The government founded a new organisation to handle “alien related topics”. They hired the best scientists, technicians and military forces worldwide, its name is Poke646.

Some days ago the Poke646 scientists spotted alarming signals from the Xen homeworld. It looks as if the aliens plan to invade Nation City by opening a massive amount of portals. But the Poke646 Tech Labs are already prepared: some months ago the technicians developed a huge generator which is able to close hundreds of portals at once with a bundled energy beam. Four generators are about to be installed at the edges of Nation City. With all four activated they will form a giant beam and hopefully destroy the alien portal technology forever.

1
4
20
12

Total Downloads: 10,15522nd February 2015
104 Comments and 37 recommendations, most say "Play It Now!"

CSS SCI-Fi 3: Hardwired

for Half-Life 2

CSS SCI FI 3: Hardwired is a single-player modification for Half-Life 2. Waking up to find himself an augmented clone of Gordon Freeman, the player must fight time-travelling Combine forces and other enemies across 42 unique and replayable missions.

Missions are set in 18 retail and 24 custom Counter-Strike: Source maps, which are installed intact to the player’s CS:S game folder. The mod edits the entity data for each map as it is loaded, adding and modifying entities to create a seamless single-player experience. The maps remain unchanged and are fully playable in Counter-Strike: Source. Maps have been contributed by established designers, including Bluestrike, Schuzak and d00ds.com. Combat locations range from a snow-covered country church to a dense pine forest to a sun-baked tropical island.

1
1
7
12

Total Downloads: 6,0119th October 2009
165 Comments and 21 recommendations, most say "Personal Favourite"

Radix

for Half-Life

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

You find yourself on a spaceship, which seems to be researching Xen lifeforms.

Follow the clues to a spot on the ship and then ignore the sign.

At this point things turn fun!

Are you fast and smart enough to escape? Only time will tell….

5
14
7

Total Downloads: 6,16923rd June 2011
44 Comments and 26 recommendations, most say "Play It Now!"

Sebastian

for Half-Life 2: Episode One

Where would you be without Barney? That Beer Buddy just keeps coming to your rescue.

You start in a calm city square, but things turn a little more action packed within a few moments.

Listen to Barney, he knows what to do.

2
4
22
12

Total Downloads: 18,70227th December 2010
78 Comments and 40 recommendations, most say "Play It Now!"

Human Error

for Half-Life 2: Episode Two

The death of the Nihilanth threw the Xenian army into disarray, and the subsequent portal storms stranded many on Earth in the wake of Combine occupation.

After once more having to endure existence beneath the totalitarian boot of their cosmic nemesis, they have searched for a way out. Now, buried in the heart of a dilapidated university, they’ve found it.

1
4
19
11

Total Downloads: 14,5468th February 2010
128 Comments and 35 recommendations, most say "Play It Now!"

Liberation

for Half-Life 2: Episode Two

Starting underground, you suddenly find yourself out in the open with a lot Combine soldiers attacking you.

Only smart thinking and quick reflexes will save you.

Dispatch the soldiers and work your way through the prison to…

Well, let’s just say that a few friends could be waiting to help you.

This mod is this month’s Critical Jim Analysis

4
13
3

Total Downloads: 5,32230th May 2015
54 Comments and 20 recommendations, most say "Play It Now!"