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Poll Question 030 – Do you prefer online distribution systems or normal retail?

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

Steam certainly made aI change the way we think about buying games. Plenty of people, including many PP readers, are not too happy with the concept as it is currently implemented.

To keep the question a little simpler imagine that you want to buy a game and it is the same price vis an online distribution system or through normal retail.

Do you prefer online distribution systems or normal retail?

11th May 2007 30 Comments

Poll Question 029 – Do you prefer having a pre-defined or adaptive difficulty setting?

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

I believe Unreal Tournament featured something called adaptive difficulty (Not sure if that’s the correct name). Instead of setting a difficulty level the game itself would adjust the skill level of the bots to ensure that the player encountered enemies that almost matched his or her skill. So this weeks question is this:

Do you prefer having a pre-defined or adaptive difficulty setting?

4th May 2007 12 Comments

Chase – A New SP Gameplay Mode

About I’m fascinated by chase scenes in movies and real life. My fascination comes from the decision making process. I used to imagine myself as a film director and saying to the actors: “Okay, this is the chase scene. I want you to just flee. The camera will follow you where ever you go. Somebody… Read More

3rd May 2007 8 Comments

Alien

for Half-Life

About This is a single player map for Half-Life (published in Joystick n°128) It was the author’s first finalized and completed map. It is short but interesting, it is not a succession of rooms with monsters in each; moreover there is little combat. It is from this map that the desire to create Mad crabs… Read More

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Total Downloads: 41124th April 2007
11 Comments and 3 recommendations, most haven't enjoyed it

Drainage

for Half-Life 2

About This is a story of a citizen who escapes a few cops. He runs to an alley and finds a hole in the ground that leads to the drainage. The cops doesn’t follow him but now he’s trapped in the drainage and have to find a way out. Reader Recommendations Avoid It! Think Twice… Read More

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Total Downloads: 1,55723rd April 2007
27 Comments and 11 recommendations, most say "Play It Now!"

Day 15

for Half-Life 2

The Story So Far: You’re Gordon Freeman (surprise!). You got captured and the combine imprisoned you in a re-education centre. They have been putting you through reality simulations for the past few weeks. At first these were relatively benign. But on Day 13 things hotted up when you were placed into a violent combat trial,… Read More

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Total Downloads: 1,23419th April 2007
52 Comments and 4 recommendations, most say "Play It Now!"

Krypton

for Half-Life

Intro “Good morning, Agent Freeman. You”ve been ordered here because for days we have received no word from our scientific colleagues. Our company placed 21 top-class physics specialists at the government”s disposal to work on a highly secret research project. For days now, all our efforts to get in contact with them have been blocked.… Read More

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Total Downloads: 2,05615th April 2007
33 Comments and 3 recommendations, say ""