Super

loved this game

It starts out strong and I really wanted to love this one. Ammo in the right places, instead of wherever. Voice-acting and use of AI voicing (which needed to have some pauses, but otherwise interesting). So, there's a story and everything.

Ultimately though, it boils down to enemy management. Some of encounters are such bullshit that it's more or less seeing them, dying, reloading, rinse and repeat until you get lucky enough to save again. That's not a fun game. It's bullshit.

Loved that this map/mod was in black and white...it just FITs! Beautiful "hooks" into the original Havenhurst (the twirling blade device, for instance). Finally, the ending of the horrible monster at the end. What a surprise that was! Many thanks for the work you put into building this map/mod. I really enjoyed playing it.

Hi there! Thank you all so much for playing my map
I have just made a larger update to fix some issues and round it up a bit.
Combine fights should feel more intense, gave it more hints and the card is easier to find.
Enjoy and take it easy

A different cool mod! Found the card, the "Creature" is awesome. Had great fun and sweat on the forehead Thank you for your work

did this really happened to gene???? wow

Hi, I made a video for this here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km3gpUnx1yA

I'll be honest, I never found the keycard. I just stacked boxes until I could jump over the force field and went about my way... which of course made a hilarious adventure on the way back (jumping from covered boxes to gazebo roof to window actually got me inside to turn it off on the way back, and had a combine kick open the door to let me escape, haha).
Hard combat, but gotta give you props for Jeff, even if it came out of nowhere in a somewhat serious story. I really enjoyed it.

Fun map after you found the freaking key.

The combine you cannot see is the one at the top on last room.

Thanks for the map!

Fun time! Felt very atmospheric at the start, the voice acting really helped with this. I also liked the environmental puzzles. the combat was challenging but didn't feel impossible.

I had the same issue as vincent_g where the elevator would go up but not down, had to use dev teleport to finish the map. No issues other than that. Jeff with a minigun is terrifying XD

Seems the elevator is ok this time when I played it.
Maybe a reboot fixed the problem?
The rotating fan blade from Half Life was a nice touch.

Anyway here's my play-through ----> https://youtu.be/H9DnHuJI5Z8

Hi there, made a full playthrough - (where to find the card in description)
https://youtu.be/bLxkisZQsF4

As dbates937 I looked all over the place and didn't found the key!

You mentioned the building with the smashed window, I recall I tried to get inside but I found no way to do so.

:(

Put the crate under the window - break the glass - and now you have a handful of combine to deal with.

Will release a playthrough soon

Ok . no worries... frustrated is all. Thanx

does anyone else know how to pass this section?

Dude I must suck or just stupid... The only smashed window is next to the blade. It has 2 boards on it and they can not be moved. As far as I can see there are no other pre smashed windows. Have to admit I have no idea what to next........

@dbates937
The building with the smashed window, carry something there so you can get to the window.
Remove the glass so you can go through comfortably and very important take your head down

@vincent_g
Thanks for your honest feedback. I really much appreciate that.
The last part, the "Combine facility" is a challenge and it confuses.
Asymmetric architecture, blinding textures, almost no light, sparse cover,
Combine melt in and are almost invisible in black & white
This is absolutely not for the avg. player (tagged it Hardcore)
Well, you are Detective Alyx Vance - The best out there
Thanks again and I am glad you found at least the first part enjoyable.

I can't get passed the first scene! I looked everywhere for the card key and no dice. I can not teleport thru the window at the last building passed the spinning blade!!! Am I doing something wrong? I have about 600 hrs in Alyx

Also having both buttons on same side would have been a better idea as the average person would not have automatically thought to look on the other side.
I just thought it was a oversight and loaded a save.
Up until getting to this room it was fine.
Get the crowbar break the box and jump in.
But it's all downhill from there.
The glass covering the SMG makes it very hard to get the SMG as broken glass covers it and you would have to first remove the glass to pick it up or grab it with gravity gloves.
Getting the extra ammo on the left is also not easy but it's ok.
The case where the smg is seems to allow enemy fire to pass through it as having bent down to try to look at other side it was hit by gun fire. An unpleasant surprise.

Things like this causes players to walk away from it which would be a shame as I found it very good.
I liked the use of the spinning blade from Half Life - very nice touch.

I like it but having that problem has trashed a vid I was making.
It's nice to record a new one cold as you wind up getting my first impressions of it.
How I fell through it the first time is I stepped away from the side with the button thinking i may hit the floor above if I'm too close to the edge.
The second time I again move back and the elevator went up without me while I was standing in the middle of the platform

@vincent_g that's weird - just tested it and it works (continous and teleport movement)
You can bring it down with the button on the other side of the pillar

You need to fix the elevator lift
I wind up falling through it and once it goes up there is no bringing it down