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Black Mesa EPF 
| Author | Mutant |
| Date of release | v1 - December 25, 2011 |
| .bsp filename | BlackMesaEPF |
Introduction
You glance nervously around the lab, and then at the portal. This wasn't like you - you always dive into these situations. As a member of the Sven Co-op team, you were used to dangerous situations in new territories. This was based on home soil, at the Black Mesa labs. The reports received back however, were enough to make your blood run cold. There was something different about this mission.. Something, foreboding.
A while ago a group of scientists had contacted the agency asking for assistance to escape the facility. Reportedly a portal to another world had been opened, and creatures had poured through, killing the security teams and scientists, and turning many into zombified monsters. The U.S. Military had also intervened, but only to fight back the invasion, and permanently silence any that were witness to it.
The potential reward was massive - the scientists were willing to give access to thousands of documents of top secret research that had been conducted at Black Mesa. Technologies such as powerful weapons and portal technology - it would have given a huge edge to the agencies' combative abilities - and the price they could levy on their services. But the first two soldiers through the portal never came back. Their deaths were sudden and shocking. Transmitted over the radio, their screams and cries were a sure warning for any considering following them through.
And yet here you were. The portal flickering and pulsing like a fire of hell, floating in front of you. The Commander had ordered all soldiers to embark on this mission. The risks were high but the rewards worth it. Your mouth dry, you think of the consequences if it all goes wrong.
"Get in." Comes the voice from the Commander, safe behind his bullet proof glass. You swallow, take a mental dose of courage, and step into the portal, as everything turns to blackness…
OBJECTIVES :
» Cleanse Black Mesa Sector EPF of the alien and military forces.
» Forge an escape route to the surface.
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I don't know if this is intentional but it doesn't seem so.
The map ends abruptly upon reaching the door behind the assassins once the bridge is extended (many times ending the map while the assassins are still alive). The osprey that is heard is never seen and a big piece of the map right on the other side of that door is not seen either, so I wondered why would the mapper create a whole room to fight that cant be accessed? So I assumed this is a bug where the brush that triggers the end of the map is misplaced!!
Nope, wrong assumption. Reaching that door always ends the map, doesn't matter how many NPCs are still alive due to intentional, working trigger brush.
It's safer to assume that the map had been intended to be longer, carrying on into that unseen section. The door to it works and can be triggered, but the area (obviously a combat arena) is empty and a hasty black block was placed behind the "map end" door so that when it opened, players wouldn't see the unfinished part of the map - just black and then the fade-out.
Mapper got tired/bored/busy IRL, who knows - but it's better to end it like this and actually release it, than keep it as unfinished WIP forever.
Level design and attention to Detail - Very Good.
Played on non-XP server (and was alone), so expected the initial two scientist to heal or offer medical attention. - Died quite a lot before I cleaned out and got access to the infirmary.
Found a few areas too dark (could not see what I was shooting at/or see ammo on the floor.) Not a major problem once the map layout is remembered or with more players on-line.
One of the dead bodies (yellow/orange suit?) is not illusionary (thought there was some sort of clipping problem when I tried to pass / Body is in main walk area before the small lift.)
regards
Thanks for the review! Yeah, the yellow/orange suit guy is fixed in the next version. In the meantime though, for a bit of fun, you can revive him and watch him walk around. :D