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MP5->assault rifle
and
Glock->Beretta
replacement (so them sharing ammo pool no longer makes sense, neither does pistol firing underwater).
Also changing the look and feel of some stuff needlessly (like snark nests).

It's basically an official equivalent of modders gonna mod.

And these days it's not making that much difference IF you really want better looking HL1, because if you do, then BM scratches that itch, and if you want the original experience, then play the original experience with original assets.

 

Oh yeah I was confused why the Assault Rifle and the pistol share the same ammo lol
Why did they even do that

 

Randy gonna randy

 

Because dumb.

In original HL it was 9x19mm Glock and 9x19mm MP5.

 

The M16 doesn't even seem to have the same recoil or damage values, or at least the combat feels very different with it somehow. The MP5 is much more pleasing in terms of its appearance and sound. As for the HD pack as a whole, it's not even that it doesn't fit with the otherwise lower-detail environments, it's just not as good stylistically as Valve's designs.

 

The M16 was in some older images of HL before it was released.

 

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Stop trying to quicksave.

 

nourmom

I cannot help my sense of aesthetics being more demanding than yours, as befits a gentleman (and a scholar)
Even when it comes to platformers:

 

Both Ori games are very beautiful, but second one is just fantastic! And I absolutely love how they made Ori move, so smooth. Only complaint for 2 is some of the overly long escape sections and one or two annoying boss.

 

First one was already fantastic. Second is just hnnng...

My only complaint is some less tight storytelling in 2.

 

Also in original HL you can reload the glock keeping bullet in the chamber which is a nice little touch.

 

Ultimate General: Civil War, the battle of Fredericksburg. Hold the line, boys!

 

They broke it in subsequent patches IIRC.

 

Man, fuck sprites.


At least I got some gold and a couple of gems out of it.
So far I've been mostly going through the respawning monster closets to grind and spend every little bit of gold I can get on training.

 

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Fun fact this game was designed by a total war modder who got fed up with CA.

 

It's also got really cool battles. The AI is decent enough compared to TW games (still exploitable but hey) and battles have proper sizes.

If this guy ever makes a real Total War clone (campaign map buildup + battles between meeting armies) I'd be all over it.

But the historical design of the battles of course guarantees that battles are more epic and more challenging. Especially the way reinforcements arrive through the course of battle is great.

 

By fed up you mean the he threw a tantrum like a real prima-donna modder, when he wasn't invited to some modders convention that CA hosted?
And there is some controversy regarding using other people mods in his own mods.

But to give credit where credit is due, judging their first game (Gettysburg) entirely on it's own merits I must say that the AI was far better than in any recent Total War title, and while still exploitable, could provide a challenge (Darth mods were AI mods).
They're doing good work with the resources they have, I'm keeping tabs on their games, waiting for the moment they leave EA to take a closer look.

 

You know AI can't be modded in recent total war games? I guess that had something to do with him quiting modding total war titles. One example Ai in Total war Warhammer is hardcoded to never leave city walls when its defending during a siege.......

 

Stalker - Gunslinger mod


love find the way, even in the Zone

Tomb Raider 3
Took me some time to beat that one, feels like the longest TR game in the series. Hard but still managable. Except Lud's Gate - museum with underground section that still haunt me some nights.

This scene in particular - saw on someone's PC way back (winter '99) but it took me some time to get there by myself.

Might&Magic VI - The Chaos Conspiracy.
Mod is in 2 parts. First one is altered Mandate of Heaven. Second one... had to check if there was a walkthrough on YT. Found it and that was enough to uninstall that crap. Spoiler - it was just set of massive empty maps (if you ignore enemies) where you have to find something, activate in pyramid and win the game. Yawn.
Late game in part1 wasn't fun thanks to magic immune crap - they even shrug off explosive arrows, something that even hardest gargoyles don't do.
Some notable changes? Getting Air Expertise requires finding secret Fly scroll from bank wall. Access to better spells is restricted - Adept Guilds opens only to folks with Masters levels.

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those guys are immune to almost everything, shrug off Meteors, falling stars and shrapnels

 

Just look at this glorious art.

 

There are wide screen patches for this.