Reviewing Every Half Life 2 Mod on Steam

Maybe this is kinda harsh but it seems this guy is especially bad at platforming and crouch jumping, but I liked the video

I was happy to experience Entroy Zero 2, I somehow finished the game on the harder difficulty with frame drop is critical battles. Guess I'm too used on HL2 combat thanks for my infinite hours of playing around with the npcs.
O even got a trophy for keeping a squad of 5 combines alive, I had to KEEP them inside to avoid conflict while I deal with the jet pack rebels myself just so they stay safe.

"From Earth" is deffiniteky something I never heard of but curious to experience it. In fact, some of these mods I never heard of, guess I have a new list to try t some point in the future........ One day..... For what's left of my other Half-Life.

hunt down the freeman belongs on................. uhhhhhh the trash...

Don't get Snowdrop escape. It's awful

From Earth was such an incredible game, I wish it got the attention it deserved... well worth the time it took to learn it’s unique mechanics.

I played Minerva, and I think one of the messages says that you are a reprogrammed combine soldier. Explaining why all the hate towards ya.

I remember playing the Wilson Chronicles a year-or-so back. If I remember correctly I had to noclip once or twice and one level load trigger didn’t work. During the entire game the HUD was not visible in the slightest because it was stretched off the screen. From what I’ve heard the game has been in development since like 2012 which I find bs. Afterwards I of course wrote a negative review and was ready to move on after giving my criticism. This would all be fine if not for the sole dev getting so angry he wrote 3 separate responses in the comments basically saying that it was my fault and insulting my review. To my knowledge he hasn’t fixed the load trigger bug or any of the others. To this day he responds to reviews blowing off any criticism by saying it’s in beta. Kinda sad ngl, had some good potential.

From earth feels very special

Weel, Amalgam got updated since this video was released, so maybe it is worth another look?

Smod will always be my favourite,shame hl2s downgrade to the orange box engine totally broke it

This video is great, you deserve more subscribers.

To clarify in Minerva you're playing as a Combine Solider who has been reprogrammed (assumedly) through their brainwashing to follow the commands of the AI giving you the transmissions you're seeing not following these orders can result in a kill switch being activated in the HEV suit they shoved said solider in, which I believe is the general background.

Thank you!

From Earth is so underrated. I finished and enjoyed it. I'm glad it was mentioned
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i actually remember playing From Earth, and checking my library apparently i played a bit of it a couple months after it came out, and the entire reason i recognized it was the prompt to fist bump Anthony
also, a mod you missed that i remember enjoying was Transmissions: Element 120

It's so good to finally have someone talk about From Earth, this game has had a special place in my heart ever since I first tried it. I feel like the language system is the most complex of any language based games and really replicates the experience of learning an alien language amazingly. Thanks for talking about it

so entropy zero 1 and 2 is just max payne 4?

How come no one has made a game about 7 hour war, where the HECU fights the Combine, that would be epic!
Edit: i forgot to mention that i kinda disagree on Amalgam, the mod had great atmosphere and soundtrack which fits for the game.

The whole thing about logistique preventing you from using medkits doesnt make alot of since since the rebels carry them and use them

From Earth sounds amazing. Can't believe there aren't more games with that concept, it's so interesting.

from earth is both weird and difficult but unique half-life 2 mod that will never get finished or get a proper dev team for a remake
it basically feels like alien mirrors edge but adventure rather then action
edit: the way that they made full body in source engine feels like similar or same as zeno clash

Amalgam got a new amazing update that definitely makes it worth playing now!

Like a pro

those jumps looked easy

Entropy Zero 2, in my opinion (💀), was way better than the first. The first was buggy, sh*tty, and barely worked. I had to do a full restart 3 times in a row because of ONE thing that refused to work.

Ronald you're cute and deserve more viewers. Great overview

I recently tried out From Earth.

Although it’s a good idea, it’s probs a bit too ambitious and it feels rather too immersive and weighty for my taste.

EDIT: Thought I’d add a little more to it. For some reason, the mod sorta takes me back to 2014-2016, where 2014-2015 wasn’t a god time for me in school, while 2016 was a much better and dream-like experience of sorta, and this game also gave me weird SOMA vibes, I dunno why but perhaps how the game has this in-game futuristic tech and it was also launched back around that time as well, that’s probably why.

Also, what do you think of E.Y.E. Divine Cybermacy, another Source mod? I’m sure a lot of peeps are already familiar with it, but it’s sorta it’s own game that costs about €8 or $10, depending on where you at. It’s mixed, but I’d like to hear your thoughts on it. Personally, it looks interesting, but I’m still on the fence, plus it might be also a bit too immersive and a little too much for me as well.

Most Half-Life mods are simple and chill, even the ones for Half-Life: Alyx (bless the Steam WorkShop) and most RPGs like Cyberpunk 2077, Deus Ex and Fallout are more my taste and just about the right type for me to immerse myself in with ease, whereas some others, well, yeah, I already said.

Anyway, this has been a real great vid, very informative as well.

Personally I like first person platforming. If you're familiar with how movement in Source works it's actually really fun

The Forgotten Ones is an interesting one that you didn't include but it's not that great. It's quite similar to Cry Of Fear (HL1 mod), the typical horror mod with the inventory system like Resident Evil.

Other than that, you did a pretty good job while reviewing all the mods. Surprisingly, I played all of them and the one I disliked the most was either Arctic Adventures or From Earth. The rest were very solid aside from Entropy Zero 1 and 2. The latter two are epic mods.

Excellent review man, you put me on to some hidden gems I skipped over! Thx for giving entropy zero 2 the attention it deserves, that mod is honestly a wonderful game in its own right. You got a new sub bro 👍

Thankfully you didn't add Genry's Great Escape, that mod is so confusing without the hud or checkpoint system that it should have been replaced with Nightmare House 1 & 2. Are you having a GMod review planned, like the maps or game modes like TTT or Prop Hunt?
My bad. Commented before viewing. Still, terrible mod, which shouldn't excuse being put on a now infamous terrible gaming host platform.

you should of played reqium of science its made by the same guy as genry and its way better than that one

logistiques beginning intro sounds like it was recorded by pyrocynical, seeing hes voiced before i think its safe to assume it is him.

Underhell and Black Mesa are actually also mods to the HL2

Entropy zero 2 is not just a yes.

AND DID YOU NOT FKING TAKE WILSON WITH YOU!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I love your videos but one thing i have to note is, after a sentence you pause too long. You don't do it always but when you cut to another sentence just cut the dead space.

From Earth sounds very interesting and unique. I'll have to check it out.

Because EZ1 used some cut metropolice lines, i dont want to use them anymore, because most players will think the mod maker ripped them from EZ.

the trap 2: mindlock is probably one of my most favorite source mods of all time, and there is actually a console command to change the subtitles to english. as the name suggests, it is the second game in the series of two, the first one being on the goldsource engine instead on moddb. i think you missed the story of the mod with this review, and should probably look over it again with a little more research into how the subtitles work to get the full experience

Great video! never been a fan of HL2 modding but now i got some stuff to check out 👍

G-String is also a HL2 mod on steam I believe. Expensive though for a mod.

If you will ever say that I have touched grass, remember that I completed Logistique Act 1 without noclip

I've tried snowdrop and I've personally found it unplayable due to one issue. the audio just doesn't work right. now this might be a problem because i tried it on steam deck but i simply cannot recommend it due to this issue. I've been told to go in the files and fix it myself, however i find the idea that i should go and fix a developers incompetence outrageous. in conclusion i would only really recommend it if they properly fix the audio.

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There is a new evacuation mod that released on steam and it's good

Snow drop escape was probably the Half - Life 2 Beta Leak we all wanted 😭