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Cawdor · (This post was last modified: 06-06-2009, 07:37 PM by Cawdor.)

Well ... I've been playing the franchise in a kind of semi active way for the last 10 years now and even though both games are rather awesome single player experiences, the multiplayer is dominated by its modding communities. So what I wanted to do in this thread was sharing some of my oppinions with you guys, give some recommendations and hopefully find a new moddy gem, presented by you.

Here is my personal chart:

1. Natural Selection (hl1)

It simply has everything: First Person Action, Real Time Strategy, Team Play, Extreme Speed and Melee Combat as well as lurking in the Shadows and Massive gun fights. All this in an Alien vs Marines Environment with its own, unique design - The features are too numerous to list. Just ask if you have more questions. Its (as President Eden would say) undoubtedly, unquestionably, inescapably the best Game I've ever played.

2. Insurgency (hl2)

Enough of the Arcade bull****. No more self regenerating super solders with a 1000 bullets on their backs. This one is all for realism - and with it you get one of the best atmospheres a mod can offer. Insurgency puts you into the ranks of the US Army or the Tunnels of the Resistance Cells all over Iraq and Afghanistan. Capturing territory to ensure constant reinforcements (times you are able to spawn) is crucial for victory. Weapon recoil, Iron Sights, no Health Bar, Blur Effects as the bullets fly by and a very mature community (many of them serving them self's) are only a few of its strengths.

3. Eternal Silence (hl2)

Ever thought about spawning in a capital ship, jumping into a fighter or bomber, having some dogfights with the opponents to finally infiltrate the enemy battleship with your mates and hack its shields to have the others blow it up? No? Well Eternal Silence allows it anyway. Its biggest strength is obviously the varying game play. The moment you get bored with the Gun/Machine Gun/Flame Thrower/Rocket launcher/Sniper Rifle/Laser Rifle, it throws you into an Interceptor, Heavy Fighter, Bomber or Gunboat with your Mates. However Its what it depends on as neither the First Person Action nor the Space Combat feel fully developed yet as it still lacks its own sounds. Fighters don't know if they should feel like plains or actual persons running through space (its not as worse as it sound though). It has yet much to accomplish but it's fun none the less.

4. Zombie Master (hl2)

Ever thought about pwning people 1on10? Well in Zombie master, not even 1on20 might be a problem. Since the other 20 are the "Survivors" and you are the Mercyless Hunter, the Zombie Master. Use 5 types of undead minions and scripted traps all over the map to bring death to the survivors. It's utter Grief - and fun. It has many really awesome maps which are really Immersive and do a good job in sucking you in. However, once you are dead (as a survivor), its over. If those bloody brain eaters took you down, you have to wait until the END of the round until you can play again. And that can take up to 20 minutes. Unfortunately, it doesn't let you spawn as a zombie after you have been killed and it never will - since the dev fracked off. However, its fun none the less for a few hours.

Thats it for now

I'll take a look into the empires mod and see how it developed. Its some HL2 mod with maps of the size you would normally find in a Battlefield title and has some RTS with a commander and base building involved. Lets see if its actually fun.

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EverBlue · 06-05-2009, 04:40 AM,

Zombie Panic Source is a good one.

Jamez · 06-05-2009, 08:57 AM,

Zombie Panic! Source and Synergy are worth checking out, they're good enough to get Steamworks support from Valve.

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n1kodemus · 06-05-2009, 09:11 AM,

If you like co-op mods like Synergy, don't hesitate to check Obsidian Conflict out, too.

Altaris · 06-05-2009, 01:22 PM,

I was playing mod called Combine destiny, where you play as Combine soldier. Was nice, but wasnt really long.

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ivr56 · (This post was last modified: 06-06-2009, 10:14 AM by ivr56.)

The Specialists (Half Life 1)

Oh my
I have been playing this mod for the past 6 or so years now. XD
Just recently began to play more. I remember how much fun it was backs then. It doesnt matter if you kill someone its all about how you kil them. Think of The Opera and Action Half Life but alot better. Lots of jumps, kicks, slides, rolls, flips etc. Makes some fun action.
With a large armory of weapons each with different characteristics including damage and recoil.
From Dual Golden Colt 45. Automatics to the AK-47 to the MP5K to Knives and a Katana. Both knives and Katana can be thrown. --Which is very fun to do. And Kung-Fu! To add to all that power ups you can use from double magazine capacity to double re-fire to slow-motion to increased melee power
Plus if you interested The Specialists RP servers. But DM and TDM is where the fun is at. It may not be as popular as before back in 2002 but its still being played quite a bit.
Now all we need is The Specialists Source.
TS 3.0 Gameplay
More TS Gameplay

n1kodemus · 06-06-2009, 01:11 PM,

' Wrote:I was playing mod called Combine destiny, where you play as Combine soldier. Was nice, but wasnt really long.

Was indeed a good mod, but rather short.
I hope they'll make a sequel.:P

Altaris · 06-06-2009, 06:08 PM,

' Wrote:Was indeed a good mod, but rather short.
I hope they'll make a sequel.:P

I've heard that Combine destiny 2 is already on developing status. But never knew if they finished it.

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Cawdor · (This post was last modified: 06-06-2009, 07:52 PM by Cawdor.)

Well, if you are more interested in singleplayer / coop fun, then you might want to wait for this.

1:1 remake. :cool:

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Altaris · 06-07-2009, 10:46 AM,

' Wrote:Well, if you are more interested in singleplayer / coop fun, then you might want to wait for this.

1:1 remake. :cool:

I am waiting for this already 1 year :nyam:

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