Wivenhoe - SP

tvharti

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get it here:

http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/wivenhoe-the-fall-of-ravenholm-single-player-half-life-2-mod/

From the Author: “Basically the idea of Wivenhoe (which is the name of the dam that now houses some nasty cannister-launching Combine hardware) is that the player is part of a civilian uprising trying to stop the bombardment of Ravenholm. They don’t succeed, as seen in Half-Life 2. Wivenhoe is set upriver from City 17, so the gameplay doesn’t actually take place anywhere near Ravenholm.”

“The mod uses three genres: stealth, action and horror. Playtests show that the horror part actually is scary (it’s not a “blood over every wall and ragdolls everywhere” kinda scary), the stealth part requires actual thought and patience by the player (they have zero weaponry in that part) and the action is actually exciting. So I guess the gameplay part should be fine. But that’s really up to the community to decide, no?”
 
Welcome to like 4 weeks ago...
 
oh thanks - that's so sweet of you!

want to have some candy? :rolleyes:
 
tvharti said:
oh thanks - that's so sweet of you!

want to have some candy? :rolleyes:
No thanks, I've already got a nice cup of STFU.
 
Samon said:
Done. Don't bother, its very poor quality.

Yep. Looked good in the screens, but it sucked :|

“The mod uses three genres: stealth, action and horror. Playtests show that the horror part actually is scary (it’s not a “blood over every wall and ragdolls everywhere” kinda scary), the stealth part requires actual thought and patience by the player (they have zero weaponry in that part) and the action is actually exciting. So I guess the gameplay part should be fine. But that’s really up to the community to decide, no?”

Stealth... right...
 
The stealth part consists of you traversing a dull area surrounded by guards with you having one health and a crowbar.
 
Samon said:
The stealth part consists of you traversing a dull area surrounded by guards with you having one health and a crowbar.

Sounds... fun. :rolleyes:
 
The level design is impressive and there is quite a scary atmosphere. I wouldn't say it's that bad! It's the first time I saw smoke being used as a suspense factor.
 
Crap is too good a word for it. It's a 100mb+ download for about 15 minutes of gameplay. The stealth part is absolutely garbage. Basically, you start off with 1 health on top of a ledge and have no idea whats going on.

The action part puts 6-8 combine in your face before you even gas up on health. The horror part is ... interesting to say the least. The ending is stupid too,
who ever heard of a charge that takes what feels like 20 minutes to plant?
 
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