#HALF LIFE ECHOES REDDIT MOD#

Judging from his run, you might want to stick to the lower difficulty levels.

While he took around three hours to complete it, that's after many quicksaves and loads. While systems-wise it doesn't do much beyond what we saw in the likes of Gearbox's Opposing Force expansion, it's genuinely impressive (at least to me) how good it looks, as you can see in the trailer below.įor those who want a longer peek, streamer and speedrunner DraQu took a stab at Echoes today. Just be warned - this one pulls no punches.Īfter binging on Jazztronauts the other weekend and seeing hundreds of charmingly clunky, boxy environments made with newer software and fewer restrictions, Echoes is a testament to how much more important a craftsman's skill is than their tools. Cue the usual running, gunning, fighting soldiers and weird aliens, all while marvelling at some genuinely impressive architecture that I just hadn't thought possible.

#HALF LIFE ECHOES REDDIT MOD#

Half-Life: Echoes is an impressive mod released last Friday, putting the player in the shoes of a scientist elsewhere in the Black Mesa facility when everything goes to hell. While Black Mesa may be rebuilding Half-Life's world on a slightly more modern foundation, modder James 'MrGnang' Cockburn reckons there's some life in Valve's old GoldSrc engine yet.

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