Prospekt

[h1]Comentario Analítico: "Prospekt" (HL2 Mod)[/h1] En 2016 estrenó a manos de Richard Seabrook este mod de Half-Life 2 distribuido a modo de título standalone y por 6 dólares (Inicialmente a 10 dólares), volviéndose rápidamente sujeto a críticas y siendo tratado como uno de los peores trabajos comunitarios de pago 2 años antes del que ese puesto lo ocupe Hunt Down the Freeman. No estoy muy al tanto de cuándo o cómo pero en algún punto tras su estreno Prospekt fue actualizado y convertido en un producto mucho más competente, los Longplays que pude encontrar en YouTube del 2016 y 2017 incluyen bastantes diferencias más o menos sutiles a lo que hoy acabé jugando. Y remitiéndome al producto que es Prospekt a día de hoy, no puedo darle una valoración negativa. Este proyecto es el trabajo de un solo individuo y que, incluso tras las críticas, continuó actualizándolo para que su obra hoy sea capaz de presumir de unos escenarios que, si bien siguen luciéndose amateur, no están para nada mal. Asumo que en sus versiones originales no hacía un buen trabajo en guiar al jugador, pues es éste uno de sus aspectos más criticados; sin embargo en mi experiencia Prospekt fue de lo más intuitivo y salvo un momento en particular al principio del juego en donde no supe qué hacer, en todo lo demás pude guiarme por medio de pequeñas pistas visuales que muy inteligentemente me indicaban el camino. Más allá de su planteamiento jugable y pese a que encarnamos a Adrian Shephard, Prospekt jamás saca provecho de ésto. Todo lo que acá ocurre podría haberlo hecho Gordon Freeman, Alyx Vance o cualquier ciudadano al azar de la resistencia (Si éste tuviera traje HEV... Aunque Shephard tampoco lo tiene...), no hay mecánica alguna con la que aprovechar la decisión de incluir a Shephard como protagonista más allá de ser nombrado en los diálogos y de tener la interfaz de color verde, y esto es una pena, ya en el '99 Gearbox había logrado con Opposing Force una modalidad de juego con la que diferenciar a su protagonista de Freeman por medio de sus capacidades como Cabo. Otro aspecto por el que fue atacado es por tratarse de un mod de pago; me parece una crítica ridícula, quien quiera comprarlo lo hará y quien no, pues no. Su posición en el mercado no tiene impacto directo en la calidad de cualquiera de sus elementos (y pasar a ser gratis tampoco cambiaría el modo en que este juego hace todo lo que hace); dicho esto, es innegable que Prospekt tampoco tiene mucho qué ofrecer, acá todos son elementos extraidos de Half-Life 2 salvo algunos audios y un par de texturas, hasta Hunt Down the Freeman tenía material original con el que hacerse valer. Es sorprendente que se trate del trabajo de tan solo una persona e incluso si consideramos sus defectos, acá noto bastante pasión y cariño, y respeto eso. [b]¿En conclusión?[/b] Entré esperando cobre y, bueno, no encontré oro pero tampoco diría que es cobre.

Prospekt is a really bad fanmade opposing force sequel mod made by one man and i play this paid mod way back in 2016 and beat it on my first play through and it was awful and 9 years later i play it again with 2020 updates and decided to play it again to give it a chance and boy this mod still haven't age too well and still charging 6 dollars to this day is straight up criminal and it should have been free by now this mod makes hunt down the freeman look like a complete masterpiece and work of art compare to this garbage LMAO! THE GOOD: - the mod was okay regardless - combat and gameplay still same as always no problem - the music is really good and has opposing force feel vibes - Shephard's flashback with his solder buddies was pretty interesting and the marine voice actor did decent job and thank god the white bright light filter was removed after updates because sometimes i have really sensitive eyes and get irritated easily -some good level design like the combine ship THE BAD: - the opening is very slow and Vortigaunt voice acting still needs more work - this mod has no plot and ITS misleading and vortigaunt gave Shephard (after being freed from g man) a mission to help gordon freeman in nova prospekt but he already left with alyx teleports to city 17 till a week later during uprising after nova prospekt destroyed while Shephard went teleport to combines space ship instead like what is the point of this pointless story to begin with and it makes no sense at all - bad cheap level design,bad puzzles and the laser part at the combine ship was so bad and i have to no clip it to skip it and way too many button pushing an entire of story - no new weapons - no new enemies and no xen creatures like houndeyes and bullsquids or race x (if its canon or not) - awful JJ abrams lens flare effects and bloom effects ( yes i turned it off and its still there lol ) THE UGLY: - ugly hud ui design - that mod title should have renamed as oppossing force in space instead of Prospekt since it barley focus on Nova Prospekt and it mostly focused combine space ship. - Shephard gets crowbar instead of wrench but you can mod the wrench to replace the crowbar as a copy and paste - after picking up the crowbar and suddenly pcv power vest came out of nowhere and gets a flashlight instead of nightvision and most of maps are too dark and flash light is not bright enough because of bad filter in this mod - during the beginning of the game when the room was too dark and draw distance is somehow bright (the sun is leaking) - the xen chapter is a huge letdown and disappointing as hell and false advertising and this chapter is super short and lasted 1 min and its really embarrassing and very lazy rushed chapter with less effort and again still no xen creatures - the final chapter and the ending was very bad and theres no final boss fight and have to destroy combines ship by pressing buttons to blow it up the core yes im not kidding lol and after blowing up the ship the vorts saved Shephard until gman shows up killed all the vorts and gman detains Shephard and puts him stasis again without saying word like thats it THE END such a terrible story writing -i know its not canon and valve somehow approve this garbage and it got green lighted on steam lol FINAL VERDICT: my advice you guys to play Entropy: Zero 2 mod since its the closest thing for opposing force sequel what we got and its free

In short, it's okay, I liked it, but nothing more, buy if you are hardcore hl2 fun. The hardest hl2 mod i ever played (on skill 3), it's really hard to beat even if you are experienced hl2 player. There are some issues I would like to be fixed, f. e. missing subtitles, sometimes (not often) combine soldiers behavior seems to be broken (braindead or just standing in a single point). The story doesn't make much sense, causes some questions, why I'm in a black HEV suit or what's the point of the memory moments ? The only in Xen also doesn't make any sense to have, nothing for story and also the only map that looks really bad. Generally would be cook if you ever update it, cuz it looks slightly deprecated in terms of cubemaps and projected textures comparing to modern mods (mapbase is perfect solution). Generally this mod worth your money, nice gameplay, fun fights, some cool moments, liked VA, beautiful maps with level design and lighting.

if you're the kind of person to buy a half life mod, you're the kind of person that owns garry's mod. Load a map (With no cover, preferrably), fill it with combine, and you have all this mod has to offer.

For a paid Source mod game it could do a lot worse than what this game has to offer, at least you're not playing HDTF that's for sure. also this game is super DARK! I can't see sh1t even with flashlight

Okay map pack, awful fan sequel for OpFor. If you can get it for free or for very steep discount (or just dont care what you spend your money on) go for it. There are worse ways to spend an afternoon than blasting some Combine for couple hours even if you do it in glorified map pack with quality of maps ranging from bad to mid.

TBH Not a bad game at all wish it could have been a bit longer but i am not judging but other good game overall

Больше да, чем нет. Поиграл я в этот мод, заплатив свои кровные 154 рубля и готов сказать, что он не так уж и плох по сравнению с модом Aperture Tag, за который тоже нужно заплатить денюжку, но из-за самой механики гелевой пушки, многие испытательные камеры можно пройти многими способами, из-за этого не понимаешь, а решил ты головоломку, как разработчик запланировал или нашел какой-то другой одаренный путь. Благо, что это в моде нету. Да, "коридорная" локация, но приблизительно понимаешь, что нужно делать и куда идти. Да, негоже сравнивать два платных мода для абсолютно разных игр, но они такие единственные во всем Steam! Два платных мода на Half-Life 2 и Portal 2. Мне показалось, что это может быть интересным. Многие критикуют лвл-дизайн, но мне он понравился, честно сказать. Особенность имеется. Некоторые еще говорят, что на уровнях нету комментариев разработчиков. Но они есть, правда во всех главах, кроме девятой. А теперь к минусам, которые я лично затестил на своей шкуре: 1) Субтитры. Русские субтитры тут недоделаны. Из-за этого как раз и рушится весь сюжет, ибо фразы идут прерывисто и непонятно о чем шла вообще речь. 2) Отсутствие достижений. Сама кнопка есть в главном меню, но сделать достижения так и не додумались добавить. Грустно, ведь почти каждый мод предоставляет эту возможность. 3) Финальный уровень с ядром. Он настолько забаганный, что его мне пришлось перепроходить 3-4 раза, из-за того, что комбайны все время кнопки нажимали. Пришлось даже прохождение этого места смотреть на ютубе, благо прошел. Единственный момент, связанный с геймплеем, который меня огорчил. Итог: Я поставлю этому моду 6 из 10 баллов, он не так уж и плох и не так уж и хорош.

I actually really enjoyed this title. as a devoted half life fan. It's a great game for being made by just one developer. i would rec if you really want a sequel to opposing for. this is as close as youre going to get to that. my only real complaint is: Xen. Xen in my opinion was WAY too short, and honestly looked pretty ugly. overall it is an enjoyable experience despite not being on the scale of official half-life titles. Richard deserves respect.

This game was the best game I've ever played I can't believe it was only 6 dollar The maps were well made and not too easy, and there were plenty of scenes where you had to fight the Combine which was great.