As a first taste, I really enjoyed playing through it and seeing all there is to see. I'd never seen the borealis maps before. And also I enjoyed playing through the demo's, Im not the most dedicated fan of all things halflife, but I was around when the demo videos came out and then the leak, and I remember my dissapointment, when I heard Valve cut alot.
In some ways you are right, I suppose I could say that I was a bit lost in the moment becuse so many things were different, weapons, model's textures, npc's etc. Having said that, I think the maps have great potential, to exsist as a nice story chapter, especially some of the scripted sequences. I would certainly enjoy playing it coop, even as it is, but If you could squeeze some more npc's in the map here and there so the level changes aren't quite so fequent without action. Having said that and no idea what you've planned, I feel these maps can exsist not as gameplay heavy maps but a bit more of a explore and come along for the ride sort of maps. I think the maps are very atmospheric and it's just beg's to be a horror, more zombies/zombines,combine, stalkers, and maybe fast zombies to replace the old stalkers, Whateva, I hope you go through with it.
Whatever you decide, I didn't regret downloading 250 mb to play what I did yesterday. I was impressed and I had fun
Can I add MI to my filefront downloads?
