New jump-and-blast gravity gun
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“great gameplay with a new gravity gun that lets you rocket jump!”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗
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Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%Shokunin, Thomas M. Visser, Vincent Thiele2016Shooter · Horror · Action
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A free, polished Half-Life 2 mod with a fun rocket-jump gravity gun and strong atmosphere, but only about an hour long with little story. Skip it if you want depth.
Great for
Half-Life 2 fans wanting a free, atmospheric one-hour detour with a novel gravity gun
Main risk
Over in about an hour, underuses its best ideas, and has a frustrating final strider fight
What players love
Atmospheric, detailed visuals and lighting
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“this mod is beautiful, and extended limits on the projected texture entity definitely made the visuals pop a lot more”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗
Excellent level design
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Very short, very good. Top notch level design.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
Darkness mechanic and glow-in-the-dark clues
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“I love how there's paint that glows in the dark if you shine your flashlight long enough and the tidbit about the zombies being unable to see in the dark”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Free and worth the short time
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“I had more fun with my hour and a half playthrough of this free experience, than I have had with 10+ hours from $10-$20 games.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Intense final strider battle
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“that ending battle with the 3 striders was intense!”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Very short, feels like a tech demo
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“This felt like a tech demo or a concept for a game rather than some actual content or even a standalone game.”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
Crashes and poor performance
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The gravity gun in this game is really fun and all BUT this game crashes, crashes a LOT.”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗
Little or no story
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The ambience builds up to some story or "reveal"-moment but there is never anything really like this.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Overpowered gun and underused ideas
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“since almost immediately you're equipped with an absurdly powerful weapon”
Steam review · 2.3 h played ↗
Confusing objectives and unclear progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Unclear where to go, inconsistent new rules, mediocre and largely ignorable puzzles”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Frustrating final strider fight
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the game harshly shifts to fighting striders while looking for ammo. Not fun”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown4 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® 10/8/7 32/64-bit / Vista 32/64 / XP
ProcessorPentium 4 3.0GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsVideo card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better
Storage4 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows® 10/8/7 32/64-bit / Vista 32/64 / XP
ProcessorIntel core 2 duo 2.4GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsVideo Card Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better
Storage4 GB available space
OSWindows® 10/8/7 32/64-bit / Vista 32/64 / XP
ProcessorPentium 4 3.0GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsVideo card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better
Storage4 GB available space
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