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Black Forest Beta

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 begin in a tunnel that starts to collapse, “Run!” shouts Alyx, as she sprints ahead of you. Phew, you seemed to have made it out alive, but Alyx is nowhere to be seen.

This map is apparently based on the Black Forest in Germany. As you might have noticed from the tags it’s still in beta and this map is part of a larger mod.

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Total Downloads: 1,23113th November 2010
8 Comments and 5 recommendations, most haven't enjoyed it

Radar 56

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 citizens of City 21 have been feeling the effects of a psionic ray.

The resistance have finally found the location of the emitter and have sent you, Gordon Freeman, to “deal with it”

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Total Downloads: 1,64025th September 2010
9 Comments and 5 recommendations, most say "Maybe?"

Black Mesa 2007

for Half-Life

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

You play Gordon, who for some strange reason finds himself back at his old haunt.

Work your way through a few areas of BM and kill a few enemies, not rocket science, is it?

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Total Downloads: 1,4222nd March 2010
11 Comments and 5 recommendations, most say "Maybe?"

Escape from Woomera

for Half-Life

Description Your country is in chaos. Death squads and gangs rule the streets. Your nearest relatives have been killed, and you fear you will be next. Selling your last possessions in exchange for passage on an unseaworthy vessel, you risk your life travelling across the world in search of a new beginning. But when you… Read More

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Total Downloads: 51426th March 2006
19 Comments and 5 recommendations, 2 say "Maybe?"

City 14

for Half-Life 2

Life in City 14 is less user-friendly than in City 17. Civilian Protection are more and more oppressive, and civilian beatings are commonplace.

You are teleported into a weird building and you have lost your memory.

Your awakening and arrival will cause some events that you need to deal with.

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Total Downloads: 1,47128th July 2018
34 Comments and 12 recommendations, most haven't enjoyed it