Mission Improbable

[Zopy]

Well, after a rather long hiatus from the forums, I've deemed it appropriate to give something, and I bring you Mission Improbable.

This is a mod for Episode two. Now normally I'm not keen to mods, and usually find them under-tested and glitch-riddled. However, every now and then I get impressed by a fan-made mod greatly, and such is the case with this mod.

Basically speaking, you're Gordon Freeman. Big surprise, eh? You're tasked with locating and reactivating a resistance listening post that has unexpectedly gone silent. All by itself, it doesn't sound too captivating. The game, however, does a really good job of actually carrying it out, much to my surprise, and came complete with custom voice acting that didn't utterly fail, which is a plus.

The game itself is rather beautiful and full of hidden goodies that you won't notice on your first, second, or even third play through. Such games keep me coming back to see what I missed, its rather fun to tell the truth.

Gameplay-wise its what you would expect from the Half Life series. Hey, I'd settle for nothing less due to the fact this was made by an industry professional. IE: He does this for a living. No parts are too overwhelmingly difficult, and vice versa, no parts are boringly easy. There's one particular moment when you're trapped on a lighthouse, and there's a very ingenious way of getting down. Not what I was expecting, but I won't spoil it, eh.

Being a mod, there are some glitches, granted. There's nothing too bad, and they're all very minor.

Also it is short. But hey, I guess it's a good thing. Doesn't overstay its welcome.


Enough blabbing, time for pics. I must warn you they're rather large.

You can download it here: http://www.filefront.com/13970135/planetphillip/hl2-ep2-sp-mission-improbable.rar/

All in all, its an excellent game, and definitely worth your time. http://www.filefront.com/13970135/planetphillip/hl2-ep2-sp-mission-improbable.rar/

 

[acefredfred]

Looks interesting.
- ace

 

[Allster]

Pictures look appealing, I'll give it a try
Thanks

 

[dormedas]

Downloaded it and played it.

I officially endorse this mod. Despite the fact that Gordon Freeman is sent to go do some hazy objective, this mod does good in telling the player which direction to go. On normal difficulty, there were some really easy parts, and some "OMG OMG OMG" parts, and it seemed to be a perfect balance. While playing, the lowest my health got to was about 43 health.

Getting down the lighthouse was an unorthodox, and IMPROBABLE way to do it.

Now I guess I have to go play through it to see the missing goodies.

All in all: :drool: *ehemm* play it.

 

[Jorzonator]

I just downloaded it and ready to go =) I'll come back with my thoughts of it

Right.
It_was_awesome!! the game had a wonderful mood in it right from the start and I loved the dramatic music in the verry beginning of the game.
Combines were alot harder to bring down, mainly because they allways shot you dead. There was thise part where you ride a mining cart across a large gap.
I had less than 30hp and those man hacks got me under 20. Not only that, I didn't dare to lift my head up, because combines were ganged up on the other side firing at me like madmen.
Cherry on the top was that one of the combines lobbed a grenade into the cart.
The game don't give you your gravity gun, so I had to look directly at it and quickly get rid of it. Took me a couple of tries.
I played in about 15 minutes or so, so it's short. But hey, fan made, forgives all =)

 

[Zopy]

I just downloaded it and ready to go =) I'll come back with my thoughts of it

Right.
It_was_awesome!! the game had a wonderful mood in it right from the start and I loved the dramatic music in the verry beginning of the game.
Combines were alot harder to bring down, mainly because they allways shot you dead. There was thise part where you ride a mining cart across a large gap.
I had less than 30hp and those man hacks got me under 20. Not only that, I didn't dare to lift my head up, because combines were ganged up on the other side firing at me like madmen.
Cherry on the top was that one of the combines lobbed a grenade into the cart.
The game don't give you your gravity gun, so I had to look directly at it and quickly get rid of it. Took me a couple of tries.
I played in about 15 minutes or so, so it's short. But hey, fan made, forgives all =)

Yep, Mission Improbable is full of little goodies like that.

I'm going to do more mod reviews such as this, so be on the lookout for one coming up rather soon.

 

[SotilasSissi]

God... It was just awesome... Really, everyone who reads this TRY IT!!!1!!!11

 

[dormedas]

There was thise part where you ride a mining cart across a large gap.
I had less than 30hp and those man hacks got me under 20. Not only that, I didn't dare to lift my head up, because combines were ganged up on the other side firing at me like madmen.
Cherry on the top was that one of the combines lobbed a grenade into the cart.
The game don't give you your gravity gun, so I had to look directly at it and quickly get rid of it. Took me a couple of tries.
I played in about 15 minutes or so, so it's short. But hey, fan made, forgives all =)

I loved that part of the map. I was down to like 43 health to start, and the manhacks sliced it a little lower. I was crouched deep into the cart as you were, and was scared to pop my head up because of the combine. When the cart reached the other side, and the door opened, I held my shotgun and waited for the combine to walk in front of it. I lived with like 30-ish health left. (I was scared that they'd lob a grenade)

 

[Cut Chem!st]

Sounds/looks awesome. Going to download.