Readers' Recommendations

Releases that readers have recommended others play.

Mission of Mercy

for Half-Life

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

Arriving at a new section of Black Mesa, you work your way through to a test chamber where you are transported to part of the borderworld called Xen.

There, you are asked to help Xen and its lifeforms.

Your job, should you choose to take it, is….well, wait and see.

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Total Downloads: 2,89221st August 2011
35 Comments and 19 recommendations, 8 say "Maybe?"

As I Lay Dying

for Half-Life 2

Play through two beta maps; Tram Ride, which is okay, and Cave, which is pretty cool.

The mod was never finished or released, so this is all we have.

I got an “A.I. Disabled” message when I died in the second map and nothing I tried removed it, so be careful not to die, otherwise you will have to restart the map from the beginning!

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Total Downloads: 1,23322nd August 2018
42 Comments and 9 recommendations with no significant bias

Combine Raid: Get Out Alive

for Half-Life 2: Episode Two

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

“You’re sitting in your bedroom playing some half life when you hear an explosion outside your window.
You look outside and see the entire house surrounded by combine (I guess the RIAA finally tracked your mp3 collection down). You should be able to lose them by escaping into the reserve behind your house.”

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Total Downloads: 1,10210th September 2009
10 Comments and 9 recommendations, most say "Play It Later"

Pyramid

for Half-Life 2: Episode Two

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

Gordon wakes disorientated and finds Gman talking in his usual mysterious way about consequences??? Looks like another mission for the only man who can make a difference. Bring it on……

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Total Downloads: 2,78324th December 2008
100 Comments and 35 recommendations, 15 say "Play It Now!"

The Evil Thing

for Half-Life

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

“You are William Nicholas Alexander Raskolnikov Myshkin Freeman (yes, “Bill Freeman” is really Russian, bet you never knew that) the hardened Communist and pot-head (see Theme Song). You have infiltrated a secret base of the evil capitalist pigs who are trying to take over the world. Your cover job as a research scientist at the Coke-a-cola/McDonalds/USAF joint research centre has given you access to the devastating new technologies being developed to enslave the world.

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Total Downloads: 2,21516th August 2011
17 Comments and 13 recommendations, 5 say "Maybe?"

Northern Petrol Storage Area

for Half-Life 2

Starting in what looks coastal town, you find yourself up against a constant barrage of Combine soldiers.

Often ways looked block but with your trusty crowbar a way can be found through.

Once you beat the APC you are one step closer to freedom. Or are you?

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Total Downloads: 1,86426th August 2018
23 Comments and 16 recommendations, 6 say "Play It Later"

WaterVille

for Half-Life 2: Episode Two

The Combine have been draining the Earth’s oceans.

Control, storage and filtration of water have become increasing valuable commodities.

If the Combine are not defeated soon, there won’t be anything left saving!

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Total Downloads: 2,8933rd September 2015
48 Comments and 12 recommendations with no significant bias