Reviews for Half-Life 2: Route Kanal
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FreesiaPosted this review
Pros:
+ The locations of the last two maps, I guess? I don't think there are other campaigns out there that have vast open spaces.
Cons:
- Underwater sections - Ammunition is scarce - Explosive Barrels - Magnum pistols are rare - Bad item locations - Unforgiving finale - The train that rams you in chapter 1 - Overall unfair campaign
Conclusion:
Played this with 8 survivors, not only because I wanted to, but because I knew I was going to need extra help. This whole campaign makes me wonder... Have you even tried this? No seriously, it's hard to not think you didn't. It's a port, yes. But that's no excuse for not changing the level design. You don't just add guns and ammo, and even then they're placed pretty badly. The train in chapter 1 should just be removed. It doesn't really serve any actual purpose other than annoy you. Explosive Barrels make this campaign unfair. I find myself forced to use my pipe bombs just to remove them from a safe distance, but I don't always have one. And then in some maps, they fall right on you and your teammates and explode. And there's that room in Aquaphobia filled with them. If they all explode, you get incapacitated instantly. I was still in the entrance when that happened. Just remove most of them from the campaign and that will be a major improvement by itself. The underwater sections are too long, and it's very confusing where you need to go the first time you play through. When you create a campaign, you have to make sure that it's not impossible for a lone survivor with just 1 health and only a pistol to make it to the end. The finale is the main thing that ruins this campaign. Sure, in Half-Life 2 you drive through this map which would explain why it's long, but ammo is very scarce; there's only three ammo piles from where the radio is with one of them being in an Easter Egg location that few know about and is easy to miss. If there's more, don't blame me, because where ever they are, I'm pretty certain they're not in good locations. Since it's a gauntlet finale, more pain pills and adrenaline shots should be placed, especially the later due to all the water slowing you down. Also, one time, I faced three tanks in this finale. The horde kept on coming while facing the second Tank, which is hardly fair, especially since the area was nothing but water to drown you when incapacitated. The third one appeared just before the point where the rescue has arrived music starts. As if it wasn't already awfully hard enough. I played on Advanced difficulty. You're supposed to play with only 4 survivors, yet I almost didn't make it with 8, where only two of us escaped. The other one was just a bot who teleported to me right outside the final saferoom. As a small detail, you should've added an SMG spawn and shotgun spawn in it. Compared to Water Hazard, this campaign is the lesser one. It really needs a lot of improvement, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
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I just played this campaign and agree with every single point you made. Great review.
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BillzHerePosted this review
Pros:
What
Cons:
Very lengthy to the point where it's downright boring Terrible placement of panic events The finale is way too difficult Not enough ammo + tier 2 weapons So.Many.Explosive.Barrels.
Conclusion:
These maps in general are an under-cooked mess. Everything about it is just so wrong. You can't take Half-Life, a game that is about the adventure; and plonk it into Left 4 Dead 2. It doesn't work. The levels have barely been altered from their source content. The amount of hordes that are in this campaign are astounding. It's not fun when you fight three hordes in a row in a small choke points. Throughout the entire campaign, tier 2 weapons started showing up at around map 4 - 5. Explosive barrels are another thing. There is so many of them it's not even funny. It's like stepping on a landmine; you shoot one, you're screwed. The finale is just asinine. I had to lower the difficulty all the way to easy, and barely come out alive from that. Overall, if you want a true Half-Life experience, just pick up the actual franchise on Steam.
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Your 'pros' are actually 'cons'.
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darththork99Posted this review
Pros:
Very true to the original HL2 Creative implementations of L4D2 mechanics Surprisingly good bots.
Cons:
Way too hard Finale takes too long Very little health
Conclusion:
It was well done. Perfectly immitating the game it was based on. The flaws have nothing to do with the mapping or glitches. Just imbalance. Definately worth the download if you want a challenge or are a fan of Valve in general.
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andy22022099
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Pros:
HL2 texture pack for all HL2 theme maps
Cons:
Don't you know we can't swim in L4D2??? Spawn glitches Bad panic event placement Somewhere you get stuck Lack of instruction Hunter in the safe room Too many Special infected in the first map The electric sparks(or smokes) particle's texture is missing
Conclusion:
You like diving in L4D2???? Please put more instructions Make it more friendly to who never plays HL2 Don't make too many panic event on 1st map Don't force players to dive in the water because we can't swim in L4D2 Please edit some parts to fit L4D2, OK?
This review was posted before the latest release.
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Gandalf_The_WhitePosted this review
Pros:
Reliving Half Life 2 in Left 4 Dead 2 Brilliant mapping makes it extremely accurate to the source material Great HL2 lighting and atmosphere Lengthy
Cons:
Requires the Half Life 2 Texture Pack Extremely difficult Glitches with the train killing the computer survivors Finale is nearly impossible to beat on any other difficulty besides easy
Conclusion:
This is a must have map for any fan of Half Life 2. Bedides some glitches and the difficult spikes it is one of the best campaigns out there. Looking forward to the next chapter.
This review was posted before the latest release.
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HedgehogselfPosted this review
Pros:
PURE HALF-LIFE 2!!!!
Cons:
Finale very difficult
Conclusion:
Incredible work. I like it a lot. Awaiting for next chapter :-D
This review was posted before the latest release.
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AmpliDUDEPosted this review
Pros:
======== In general ======== + Another round of HL2! + Great visuals. + A lot of explosives. + Very long campaign. + Tons of zombies to kill. + L4D survivors. + Variety of environments.
Cons:
======== Map 1 ======== - Bots get stuck in broken deck boards (house). - AI mates simply ignore the train. ===================== ======== Map 2 ======== - Explosives under water almost killed us all. ===================== ======== Map 4 ======== - Underwater parts are painful with bots. - Loads of explosive barrels, with bots.. well.. ;D ===================== ======== Map 6 ======== - Finale is immensely long. - Tons of hordes and lack of supplies. ===================== ======== Miscellaneous ======== - Sometimes more medkits would've been applicable. ==========================
Conclusion:
Map 4: well water is nice, but these parts were too long. If bots are under water and decide to heal.. well.. then they die. All bots were dying, I was trying to get up that long ladder out of the water, but infected were blocking my way up, furthermore there were also Jockeys and Smoker waiting for me. Had to skip that map, there was no way I would've been able to complete this. The bots are terribly awkward under water. Map 5: Same for map 5. The finale was twice as long as map 1 for example, what actually isn't any con. But there were hundreds of hordes upcoming, us dealing with them at a low level of health, not finding any medkits, or at least too less of them. I somehow reached the end of the dam, but an invisible wall was blocking my way.. well maybe I just went wrong, but there was no chance for me to get back, because I only had pistols with me. Nice try again, longer maps, awesome. Campaign indeed was funny, but map 4 and 6 were changing this. Sorry. I'll change my review as soon as a newer version has been released... for now, just try to fix AI NAV and finale, then everything should be fine. Played the campaign 3 times, SP normal. Campaign is for sure better in MP. Only map 4 and 6 ruined the campaign. If they didn't cause These Problems, the campaign would've been about 9 or even more Points. Update #1 for version 1.0: removed some cons and found con in map 2. Finale still dead end.
This review was posted before the latest release.
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End of results.
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Horrible for SinglePlayer