The Minerva Half-Life 2 Mod

Via GameSetWatch, an interview with Adam Foster. The creator of the Minerva Half-Life 2 mod talks about the reasons he's putting time and energy into a fan-made labour of love. From the article: "Single-player mapping ...does have quite a tradition, and sadly it often seems to be looked down upon by many gamers. It's somehow regarded as 'easy,' with multiplayer maps being the only true form of expression. I suppose the countless fullbright cubes packed with zombies must put off a lot of people, as do the endless bare BSPs which need to be run from the game console..."

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If you enjoyed Half-Life 2

[Kazzahdrane]

You should play this mod. It's one of a handful of good single-player mods out there which is something I am much more interested than yet another multiplayer mod featuring zombies. It's played over a single map, and it's not very long. Ehh ok some good points, it's a good difficulty, the map is very well designed and feels very professional, and it's been written into the same world as Half-Life 2 is set, a good excuse to use combine grunts and their familiar technology. It's a sort-of followup to "Someplace Else", a mod for Half-Life 1 by the same creator, but having now played the previous mod I can safely say it doesn't really shed any light on this new episode. I personally can't wait for the second episode to be released. Grab Metastasis and some interesting backstory here: http://www.hylobatidae.org/minerva/phosphenes.shtm l

Re:HL:2 Mods

[Collision891]

Ever hear of Dystopia?
Not sure if you would call it MUST-PLAY, but it is very good mod.

A few other fun ones: Hidden Source (fun and unique multiplayer mod), Eclipse was posted on slashdot awhile back - its good but only has an hour or so worth of gameplay, Garry's mod also, but everyones heard of that.

Say Hi to "Ford Prefect" if he shows up here

[Winckle]

The slashdot member "Ford Prefect" is Adam Foster I think, anyway, give him your love, because it's a fantastic level he's made, and I can't wait for the next installment, bring it on Adam!

Re:Say Hi to "Ford Prefect" if he shows up here

[Ford Prefect]

The slashdot member "Ford Prefect" is Adam Foster I think, anyway, give him your love, because it's a fantastic level he's made, and I can't wait for the next installment, bring it on Adam!

Cheers! I'm not sure about the 'love' bit (aaargh! Nerds! Gerroff me!) but the sentiment is definitely appreciated.

I'd be working on the second map right now, but I've been a bit distracted by the awesome, gloriously insane DayHard single-player mod. I'm not sure how best to describe it - it's a very buggy but even funnier take on the Half-Life 2 story, complete with film and game references, lavatory humour and the inexplicable, copyright-busting presence of Jack Carver from Far Cry (may contain quizzical expressions, idiocy, covert television watching and leering at the ladies).

It's kind of like the anti-MINERVA if you like. You'll either love it or you'll hate it, but regardless, I highly recommend reading the walkthrough if you get even slightly stuck. It's a bit confusing to navigate at times - it's like some old point-and-click adventure game with some of the more cryptic puzzles.

But anyway. I've started up Hammer again, and opened metastasis_2.vmf. Back to populating this map with gameplay!