HL2 EP2: Grey Mod.

[the dark side]

i am really, really sorry if this comes across as seriously Ar**y, but, have you ever done any modding sexbad? i have,. some time ago now, only really texture stuff, but, beleive me, it is very hard work. especially when you have no budget what so ever, and a very antiquated game engine to work with (im talking GLDSRC here!).

perhaps it is just me, but id rather play something that has the gameplay i like, and manages to be real good fun for me, than something i find totally unplayable, Rage was unplayable for me, cry of fear, for all its myriad problems, actually gave me some "good times" quite a lot actually. so, i rank it as better. yes, it is inexcuseable to do something badly, it can be better to not do it at all than to do it badly, but, i personally think they have got there core mechanics correct, there is a lot of promise in the games, something you dont get with the sausaged minced AAA titles.

yes, there lack of budget does mean they get a lot of things wrong, the lack of plot is a severe issue, even with me, as a plot writer myself i do like to have one in a game, i like to know WHY im doing something. and the AI is abysmal, as i said, how hard is it to programme a Logic System that makes them try to avoid getting pwned?. but it gets the CORE things right, the level design is good, the art style is unique, the combat is exactly the kind i love to play and get a real kick out of, and yes, although it IS jumpscare, its good jumpscare because it genuinely has gotten a "AAAAHHHHHHH! WHAT THE F----WAS THAT!" out of me! (someting i only really used to get from Ps1 Resident Evil) wich is more than i can say for 90% of the Mainstream AAA titles made since 2006!

if you dont like the game, thats ok, we all like different things and we all hate different things, after all, you like rage, and i thaught it was "utterpantski", but please, allow those of us who do like these little mods and think the dev team has some real promise, the right to like the game, think they have promise, and suggest them some improvements for the future.