Readers' Recommendations

Releases that readers have recommended others play.

Chronicles Episode One: Traumatic Experiences

for Half-Life

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

Half-Life: Chronicles once again places you in the boots of scientist Gordon Freeman. Trapped in the Black Mesa Research Facility, and persued by humans and aliens alike, you must use your wits (as well as firepower) to stay alive. However, Chronicles takes place in what could be called an “alternate timeline” wherein certain events in Half-Life unfolded differently.

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Total Downloads: 3,0251st August 2011
31 Comments and 17 recommendations, most say "Play It Now!"

Decay

for Half-Life

Half-Life: Decay is an add-on included in the PlayStation 2 port of the first-person shooter computer game Half-Life, developed by Gearbox Software and published in October of 2001, and has now been released as a mod for PC by independent Ukrainian developers along with the help of other European developers/fans.

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Total Downloads: 3,66224th September 2008
41 Comments and 17 recommendations, most really enjoyed it!

Escape 2

for Half-Life

About Escape 2 continues the story and events started in Escape by DMC Interactive. It’s quite a large mod and contains lots of new levels (Obviously!), new sounds and textures. The homepage is in German Reader Recommendations Avoid It! Think Twice Maybe Play It Later Play It Now! 17 recommendations, average score: 4.47 (out of… Read More

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Total Downloads: 2,04823rd September 2007
26 Comments and 17 recommendations, most say "Play It Now!"

Nuclear Power Plant

for Half-Life

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

You are working in a nuclear power plant when things go a little “wrong”.

Could it have something to do with the Black Mesa Incident? Probably.

The army grunts clearly want to stop you reaching the portal. Don’t let them! Go find it.

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Total Downloads: 3,32716th June 2011
19 Comments and 15 recommendations, most say "Play It Now!"

Awakening

for Half-Life 2

About You are Adrian Shepard, in stasis since the debacle at Black Mesa. But fortunately for you, a situation occurs where you come of use again. And so the G-man comes back to bring you out of stasis. The events in this game happen a bit before Gordon arrives in City 17, the player will… Read More

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Total Downloads: 5,06631st May 2007
112 Comments and 28 recommendations, most say "Play It Now!"

No Escape

for Half-Life 2: Episode Two

“After many wars between the humans and the Combine most of the technology is destroyed so people and Combine join forces against the only unaffected enemy – the undead. Of course not everyone is so happy about having the combine as a friends and you are one of those people.Your goal is to escape the prison you are thrown in and make your way to the freedom.”

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Total Downloads: 5,0314th April 2009
33 Comments and 13 recommendations, most really enjoyed it!

BossVille

for Half-Life 2: Episode Two

When the going gets tough, the tough get going!

You are about to fight against the meanest, smartest and cruelest bosses in Ville history.

Only the strongest will survive. Will you be one of them?

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Total Downloads: 4,43811th August 2018
21 Comments and 11 recommendations, most really enjoyed it!

Ground Zero 2: Fallout

for Opposing Force

In Ground Zero 1 you were Gordon Freeman. On your quest to the Lambda Lab, you find another one of the Black Mesa’s nuclear weapon storage facilities. This one is different though, a rogue group of military has stormed the building, and plans to detonate the weapon to rid the Alien invasion. You, becoming aware of this, must deactivate the nuclear device to save the innocent Scientists, and to prevent the destruction of the Black Mesa’s vast amounts of data, research and information.

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Total Downloads: 4,22116th March 2013
46 Comments and 11 recommendations, most say "Play It Now!"