If I had to nitpick, I would say some of the early cutscenes run a little too long for my taste. Playing through again today to grab screenshots still had me smiling in a couple spots, the sequences are just that damn entertaining. There are some great returns to previously-visited areas and some fantastic tension set up with a couple of enemies throughout the game. The mod is chock full of awesome sequences and setpieces, and all the locations in between don’t just feel like filler material.

There are some truly breathtaking areas in Echoes, and they’re not just for show – you spend a good amount of time in these areas and you’re usually doing something (fighting, running for your life, solving puzzles, etc.).Įchoes stands out for me because of the ‘feel’. Echoes really captures what makes Black Mesa a memorable location for me – the grandness and the scale. The representation of the Black Mesa Research Facility is superb, it’s right up there with Focalpoint for my favorite version of BMRF. At long last the full Echoes has been released, and it’s even better than the quick teaser I got in 2014. I was impressed by the scale and polish of the maps, and all it did was leave me with the taste for a full-blown mod. More than 4 years ago MrGnang shared the opening 1/3 or so of Echoes with me to test. Well, Echoes has been long anticipated – at least by me. Lastly, due to the detail in some areas, I would recommend running this on a more modern computer than what Half-Life was designed for originally. Music is integral to this mod, and the soundtrack may not work if this is played any other way. This mod has been created and tested for the Windows version of Half-Life on Steam, and it is not compatible with Half-Life Source or the old WON version of Half-Life. I never expected it to be as large an undertaking as it turned out to be, and I also could have never anticipated that I would get married and become a father in the time I worked on this project! It has been a long journey, but very much worth it. I initially had just hoped to make a short and simple campaign that I myself would enjoy, working on it sporadically over the years in my spare time. This is my first real modding effort, which I began around 5 years ago. This Half-Life mod will let you experience the Black Mesa incident from a different perspective, with some insights into mysterious events which Gordon Freeman was not present for.

The Replay Experience Experiment aka TREEĪfter 20 years of enjoying everything that the Half-Life community has had to offer, I am incredibly happy to finally release my own contribution to you all.

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