Maze Gift

for Half-Life 2: Episode Two

9th April 2010

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

Work your way around a maze and find the central waterfall.

Of course, you will find enemies and barriers to your progress, but you didn’t expect it to be easy did you?

Can you reach the center?

Basic Details
  • Title: Maze Gift
  • File Name: hl2-ep2-sp-maze-gift.7z
  • Size : 842kB
  • Author: Joe Albericci AKA ThePengu
  • Date Released: 09 April 2010
Important Notes

This map was sent to me as a gift and I would like to thank Joe for making such a nice gesture. It was never meant for public release, but he kindly agreed. Therefore any bugs etc. are there simply because it was never officially finished.

It should also be noted that it is connected to the Arcadium mod idea.

MapTap Users

Download directly into MapTap [842kB]

You MUST have MapTap installed before using this link.

Download Options

Download to your HDD [842kB]

You can still use it with MapTap once you have downloaded it.

Installation Instructions
  • Copy mazegift.bsp and MazeGift.prtinto your Half-Life 2: Episode Two Maps folder.
  • Launch Half-Life 2: Episode Two
  • Open the console and type map mazegift.
  • Press enter/return or click the Submit button.
  • Play and Enjoy.

If you require more help, please visit the Help page.

Screenshots

Click on the thumbnails below to open a 800 pixel wide image.
WARNING: The screenshots contain spoilers.

Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3
Reader Recommendations
Avoid It!
Think Twice
Maybe
Play It Later
Play It Now!

8 recommendations, average score: 4.25 (out of 5), standard deviation: 0.44 (what's that?)
Total Downloads

Please note: These statistics are valid from December 2010

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  • 2
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  • 7
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Meta Review Data
Statistics based on 2 comment(s) with meta review data.

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Using Gauge: Users
Manually: 2 Users

Time Taken:
Average: 0 Hours, 14 Mins
Shortest: 0 Hours, 14 Mins by ArctixSnowPup
Longest: 0 Hours, 14 Mins by ArctixSnowPup
Total Time Played: 0 Hours, 28 Mins
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12 Comments

  1. Phillip says Play It!

    I enjoyed this little level. As Joe said, it’s not Research and Development, but it was fun to play.

    Readers looking for a story driven, long mod, should be warned that it will only take about 5 to 10 minutes to play.

    The fact that it was made as a gift is all the more appealing to me.

    Enjoy

  2. I’ve just tried to install this and I’m getting

    7-Zip: Diagnostic Messages

    # Message
    1 Data error in “planetphilip.com.readme.txt”.File is broken
    2 Data error in “mazegift.bsp”.File is broken
    3 Data error in “mazegift.prt”.File is broken

    Trying to extract them individually doesn’t work either and I never extract the readme.

    Any ideas ?

    1. I’ve just replaced it twice and had the same problem, although the local copy is fine.

      Anyway, the FileFront one worked for me. I’ll try renaming it or something. Sorry for the trouble.

      1. No apologies needed these thing happen to us all.

  3. Play It Later

    Its quick Its a maze theres a few combine lurking around to kill and something else trying to kill you. short and fun. The melons were sweet and juicy at the end LOL

  4. Play It Now!

    I really enjoyed this little piece quite a bit ! Nice, simple design, yet clever enough to to have some fun with. Go ahead and have a go at it !

  5. Play It Now!

    A fun distraction for about 10 minutes. A great mod idea to build on.

  6. Play It Later

    Nice little mod. I found the waterfall quite quickly, so I went back to see what else I could kill. It would be good to see this as part of a larger map/mod. As it is so short I cant justify a PIN but its definitely one to play when you need a short distraction.

  7. Play It Later

    Finally got back to this.

    The first time I tried to play this, I just wandered around and got killed by the big floating thing that came up behind me.

    This time, I was more cautious and discovered more enemies and the blue grid, then the key, then the melons.

    Nice break from combat even if there are a few enemies for you to kill.

  8. Maybe?

    It’s a map with a simple premise. Bland and boring. The pictures will tell you what your getting into.

  9. This is a very basic maze map. Took me about 14 minutes of aimless wandering to get to the end.

    Score Sheet

    Usage of space and world brushes: 1/10
    It’s a maze with repeating textures.

    Visuals 2/10
    Hardly anything to look at. Bright lights and combine covered in black ink.

    Gameplay: 2/10
    Run around aimlessly shooting combine when you can.

    Final Score: 5/30 – 16%

    Final Comments: It’s fun until I got really lost. My final percentage doesn’t reflect the map rating I gate it this time. I did enjoy it until I thought I was lost forever. Then I found the end a few minutes later. Visual / world scores are independent only for this map. Any other map, rating should reflect score (final % vs stars)

  10. Play It Later

    This is a very basic maze map. Took me about 14 minutes of aimless wandering to get to the end.

    Score Sheet

    Usage of space and world brushes: 1/10
    It’s a maze with repeating textures.

    Visuals 2/10
    Hardly anything to look at. Bright lights and combine covered in black ink.

    Gameplay: 2/10
    Run around aimlessly shooting combine when you can.

    Final Score: 5/30 – 16%

    Final Comments: It’s fun until I got really lost. My final percentage doesn’t reflect the map rating I gave it this time. I did enjoy it until I thought I was lost forever. Then I found the end a few minutes later. Visual / world scores are independent only for this map. Any other map, rating should reflect score (final % vs stars)

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