They mostly stand still and motionless, interspersed with moments of shooting or movement between two places, sometimes even popping up with no warning behind you. Likewise, the AI and movement of the mobsters is significantly (yet understandably, given the scope) worse than the Combine solider you’re used to fighting in Alyx. Their lips don’t move at all, but the enemies do have a very limited set of voice lines (taken from Max Payne 2, according to the Steam Workshop description). It’s an impressive switch out visually, but it does come with drawbacks. The biggest change is to enemies, which now appear as 1920s mobster types instead of Combine soldiers. You can check out the first five minutes of gameplay here: It’s Alyx gameplay, but in its rawest, pure shooter form.
The pistol is your only weapon, the multi-tool is nowhere to be seen and niether are the gravity gloves. In terms of gameplay, it’s similar to Alyx with some elements stripped back. You play as a hired gun sent to rescue a woman in a nearby bar. Those mods were riffing off other existing IPs, but Gunman Contracts uses Alyx’s engine and gameplay to essentially create a small map that’s entirely new in setting and story, disconnected from Alyx in all but the basic gameplay.Ĭhapter 1 – The Extraction released this week and is the first part of what will hopefully develop into a series. However, a select few have pushed the boundary further by replacing assets or creating a level set outside the world of Half-Life, such as the Bioshock, Goldeneye and Wolfenstein 3D mods.
We’ve tried out a bunch of Alyx mods and custom maps over the last year, most of which aim to create an experience and setting similar to the game’s main campaign. Gunman Contracts, a new Half-Life: Alyx mod by ANB_Seth, overhauls Alyx’s visuals to turn it into a mobster shooter that is almost unrecognizable from the game it started as.
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