Xen Boat

for Half-Life

29th January 2015

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

You are on a boat and the only way is forward.

You must reach the control panel at the front of the boat.

But first, you must open the access door.

Basic Details
  • Title: Xen Boat
  • File Name: hl1-sp-xen-boat.7z
  • Size : 64KB
  • Author: Benjamin Sibbald AKA spaceone
  • Date Released: 29 January 2015
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Manual Installation Instructions
  • Copy the hl_xenboat folder into your Half-Life folder.
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  • Xen Boat should now be listed in your Library tab.

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8 recommendations, average score: 1 (out of 5), standard deviation: 0 (what's that?)
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Manually: 4 Users
Time Taken:
Average: 0 Hours, 6 Mins
Shortest: 0 Hours, 2 Mins by monster_urby
Longest: 0 Hours, 12 Mins by ZZ01
Total Time Played: 0 Hours, 45 Mins
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Phillip says Avoid It!Avoid It!Avoid It!Avoid It!Avoid It!Avoid It!Avoid It!Avoid It!

10 Comments

  1. PlanetPhillip
    Phillip says Avoid It!

    This is a “First Map” release and doesn’t really excite or challenge you. I feel the really issue is the lack of imagination is creating a setting. I understand that it’s hard when you first create something but there is a difference between technical skill in making something and designing something to build.

    Getting help with the first is much easier than the second. I would always recommend releasing something that you have spent more time on and people will enjoy. This is really the sort of thing you start with but never release.

    The final part is very annoying in that you press the button and the whole boat explodes, killing you and the scientist. I feel this is one of those situations where the mapper has learnt to do something and wanted to include it but failed to understand how that makes a player feel.

    If I didn’t run this website, I would be very hesitant to play another of his releases.

    I recommend the mapper keep building things but put more thought and planning into the design. Also, play the great HL1 mods and learn from them. Sure, you won’t be able to build something as good as that immediately, but see what they do well and emulate them.

    Installed:
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    Difficulty Played At:
    Easy
    Playtime:
    10 Minutes
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  2. Urby
    Avoid It!

    As Phillip said, first maps are not for uploading. This is clearly not meant to be played by anyone other than the original author. If I had released every map I ever started, first of all there would be a lot of terrible maps and mods out there and second, my reputation would not be great.

    It has the standard annoyances of first time mappers, namely having the player progress and collect weapons without an HEV suit meaning your health, ammo and weapon loadout remains a mystery, only letting you swap weapons with the mousewheel.

    Also, no lighting has been applied and the skybox doesn’t fit the theme at all.

    My suggestion would be to work a lot longer on maps you intend to release. Playtest them to the point that it starts to annoy you and you’ll know what needs to change. 🙂

    Installed:
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    Difficulty Played At:
    Medium
    Playtime:
    2 Minutes
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  3. Unq
    Avoid It!

    This is right up there with the worst of them. Not sure why this was released unless we’re just being trolled. It’s not even amateurish, that is giving it too much credit. It’s awful and fullbright and not an ounce of thought or care was put into it. And did you notice that all of the buildings are breakable for some reason?

    This was not worth the 3 minutes I spent playing it. Stay far away.

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    Difficulty Played At:
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    Playtime:
    3 Minutes
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    1. Urby

      I believe the reason for the func_breakable everywhere is for the explosion at the end…

      Reply
      1. PlanetPhillip

        Yeah, I meant to say that too.

        Reply
  4. Hec
    Avoid It!

    Yeah I think in this case we all will be agree this is just a horrible piece of crappy first release map.

    Just that; stuttered in my PC as hell it almost gave me headaches, and main of all, it was just bad planned as hell, i didn’t found any HEV suit so difficulty was hard, no gunfire weapons just the crowbar all the time and a very stupid explosion button finale.

    That’s it, sorry about this recom. But don’t play this, I guess there are plenty of 1st releases better than this one.

    Installed:
    Manually
    Difficulty Played At:
    Medium
    Playtime:
    5 Minutes
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  5. El_WaKa
    Avoid It!

    Yup, another one to the list of worst half-life mods, this one at least had a somewhat decent idea and things to do instead of just being a kill box, but the explosion at the end and the biggest sin of Half-life mods, no HEV suit, turns it into an even more unpleasant experience, avoid

    Installed:
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    Difficulty Played At:
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    Playtime:
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  6. skubithebubi
    Avoid It!

    Yet another “First Map”. No HEV suit, no lighting, no guns (that one hits even harder on Hard difficulty), please avoid it for your own sake, as other people said before me, there are many more first releases better then this one.

    Installed:
    Manually
    Difficulty Played At:
    Hard
    Playtime:
    8 Minutes
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  7. Captain Crap
    Avoid It!

    You start without a suit? 0/10

    Reply
  8. ZZ01
    Avoid It!

    Was there an ending to this game? If that explosion was supposed to be the ending, then this is just really lazy. And the fact that there was no HEV Suit, made the game much more harder. Either way, AVOID IT.

    Installed:
    Manually
    Difficulty Played At:
    Hard
    Playtime:
    12 Minutes
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