Readers' Recommendations

Releases that readers have recommended others play.

Dark Intervention

for Half-Life 2: Episode Two

A town close to yours has been shelled a while ago. The Combine have settled there, with a small base. Such a small base doesn’t seem harmful, but you think something else is going on.

Led by curiosity, you make your way into the town…

This is my first map so any feedback is appreciated.

Many thanks to Strontvlieg, Lyren and Spoops for playtesting.

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Total Downloads: 1,5633rd February 2019
25 Comments and 15 recommendations, most say "Play It Later"

The Road to Abyss

for Half-Life 2

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

You find yourself arriving at some sort of Combine facility. You are taken to a room where you are attacked. Next thing you know you wake up in a bin, presumably assumed dead.

Wasting no time, you begin to explore and you find two identical rebel twins who tell you exactly what you need to do, it’s just they tell you in Russian!

As in most mods, you don’t really need to hear what they say, just do what you do best; find and kill Combine. And so, starts your journey to Abyss!

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Total Downloads: 6,30521st January 2010
78 Comments and 15 recommendations with no significant bias

CWCpack Initiative

for Half-Life

About A singleplayer mappack – a whole episode, but almost every map is made by a different mapper (beginners and experienced) without knowing the other maps, with only given entrance and exit areas, so that all the maps could be joined in one big episode. Basic Details Title: CWC Mappack Initiative File Name: hl1-sp-cwc-mappack-initiative.7z Original… Read More

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Total Downloads: 1,67813th August 2015
40 Comments and 10 recommendations, 4 say "Play It Now!"

Lost in Transmission

for Half-Life 2: Episode Two

“Gordon and Alyx are on their way to Eli’s lab.

Something goes wrong while you’re being transported…

Search the ruins to find your way back.”

Author’s Note:” This map is unoptimized and contains quite a few particles. This might not run well on lower-end systems. I apologize for any framerate drop that might occur.”

This map was entered into TWHL’s Competitions 33: Floating Island.

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Total Downloads: 1,1625th April 2015
16 Comments and 10 recommendations with no significant bias

Rescue in Ravenholm

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

Alyx needs your help. She is on the ground floor of a building and you are stuck on the first floor walkway.

You can open doors and power a couple of traps.

Use the resources to guide her through until you can meet up.

Be careful though, you both have to fend off attackers.

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Total Downloads: 2,24514th April 2012
14 Comments and 10 recommendations with no significant bias

Experimental Problems

for Half-Life

Basic Details Title: Experimental Problems File Name: hl1-sp-experimental-problems.7z Original File Name: expermnt.zip Size : 684Kb Author: Peter Lok Date Released: 27 November 1999 PlanetPhillip Download Servers PlanetPhillip.Com Screenshots Click on the thumbnails below to open a 1024 pixel wide image. WARNING: The screenshots contain spoilers. Reader Recommendations Avoid It! Think Twice Maybe Play It Later… Read More

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Total Downloads: 1,4791st January 1998
16 Comments and 10 recommendations, 4 say "Play It Later"

Abstraction – Map Labs Test Tube #3

for Half-Life 2: Episode Two

The latest Map Labs release is another Test Tube – a short challenge that only ran the weekend. The theme was to create an abstract map.

As always, if you’re interested in learning more about Map Labs and maybe even participate in their upcoming challenges, visit the Map Labs Discord!

The challenge recieved a solid 14 entries and 2 bonus maps, here they are!

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Total Downloads: 1,5054th May 2019
10 Comments and 5 recommendations, most say "Play It Later"

Cube

for Half-Life 2: Episode Two

“CUBE is a first-person, single-player puzzle adventure game based on Source Engine and set in a huge and constantly moving maze of different test chambers. The character you play as has been placed inside this cubic labyrinth and now must find a way out. But what is more, he has to remember his past and understand why he ended up as a test subject in this strange place! As you progress into the Cube, you get answers bit by bit with the help of your character’s fragmentary memories and even visions as well as hidden messages from those who had been here before.

The game offers a unique setting and a dark, mysterious story, which bears some connection with Half-Life and Portal universe. Moreover, CUBE can boast of new gameplay elements and almost non-linear, “forked” walkthrough with different options for further events. The result of everything that happens in the cubic complex will be directly influenced by your actions while playing!”

WARNING!

“This project is NOT a full-fledged game based on the original film trilogy Cube, because this series is copyright-protected (as of 2015-2016, all the rights belong to Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation). Only the basic concept of main location is similar; however, it has been modified. The game uses its OWN storyline and content, which do not correspond to the film canon. If you thought this is a game based on CUBE (1997) or CUBE2: Hypercube, that is not the case. We mention these films on the project’s page only to pay tribute to the initial source of our inspiration.”

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Total Downloads: 2,13717th July 2018
11 Comments and 5 recommendations with no significant bias

Half-Life Point Blank – Stackdeath Complex

for Half-Life

Starting with no weapons and no idea where you should go, you need to stay alive long enough to figure what to do.

There is no story and no sense to any of the areas, but that’s that not the point of this mappack.

It’s to use your skill to reach the end.

Only the strong will survive, Spartans would love this challenge.

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Total Downloads: 1,49727th April 2015
9 Comments and 5 recommendations, most say "Play It Later"