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Action Half-Life Director's Cut 2 (first draft) by Creexul :( 08/10/2005, 3:36am PDT (I would like some other people who played AHL to provide some more thoughts or screenshots for this.) :( Some third party decided to continue the work of the old "A Team" (warning: they are not the actual A Team from the TV show) who made the original Action Half-Life, a lackluster, buggy Half-Life 1 mod that floundered due to the fact that other mods were more fun or interesting. The more successful mods have taken off and changed, while AHL has basically stayed the same in various stages of bugginess and unplayability. There was an entire year where the game did not feature working spawn points, and the "A Team" refused to fix it immediately and refused to take responsibility for it. That pretty much indicates what kind of mod this is, and thousands of potential gamers have come to the same conclusion. Because the team who made this are fucking losers, and the people who attempt to perpetuate this mod are fucking losers too. Action Half-Life is the scientology of video games. Graphics: 0 This brand spankin' (HEH) new version of Action Half-Life features a new stylish splash screen. It's in black and white. Aside from that it's basically the exact same as most Half-Life 1 modifications. Maybe a little rougher around the edges though, especially considering this mod is over 4 years old. But let's face it, even for a third party Half-Life 1 mod made by "enthusiasts" in their free time, the graphics are terrible. You have to fuck up pretty bad when Half-Life 1 still outdoes your graphics and effects even 8 years later. Sound: 0 Quake 2 quality. Nowhere near as satisfying as even the core Half-Life 1 sound effects. It's here that it becomes clear this mod was a waste of time to conceive of. I think some of the sound effects were reused from Quake 2, in fact. After a year they couldn't even remodulate some Half-Life 1 sound effects to improve this? Weapons: 0 Same as they ever were. A couple akimbo combinations, a sawedoff shotgun that for some reason can't hit anything even at point blank range, some interchangable rapid fire weapons, and a laughably unnecessary amount of sniper rifles (two, but even at one a sniper rifle would be unnecessary without the mapping to back it up). Just plain stupid. All the weapons have the same effect, to attempt to point them in the general area of an enemy and then fire. A couple weapons are stronger than the others. Any other differences are negligable. Maps: 0 Really good for Quake 2. They are mainly floors with the occasional elevation. Became dated during one of the early Day of Defeat betas, years ago. I guess all the good mappers are working on, say, good mods. I remember some of the older maps in this game were quaint and had areas to hide or dive out of, or areas you could try to rush in with teammates. It looks like they've abandoned that for plain deathmatch, and not even good deathmatch. Gameplay: 0 "It functions on Steam" is the most you can say about this game. You run around shooting. There is a dive button, but it's basically like a "move faster and come to a sudden stop lower to the floor" button. What function this would have in the game is limited since using it to avoid fire is pointless due to the netcode not being properly optimized. The web of this mod's problems and bugs affects unrelated parts of the game. In the end, this would've been fitting multiplayer for Chemical Existence. Since The Specialists has come out it's become the sort of "official/unofficial" competition for AHL. Unfortunately that hasn't inspired anyone to try changing AHL to one up The Specialists in any way, which shows on Steam's user statistics since The Specialists is just about the biggest HL1 mod currently. This is without even mentioning more modern games like say Battlefield 2, but to compare Action Half-Life with Battlefield 2 would be unfair. Unfair, but helpful. Fags: 10! If you go into the game, the first thing you'll probably see is an AHL fan WHO'S BEEN THERE SINCE THE BEGINNING MAN be in an argument about how The Specialists, a somewhat similar yet infinitely more successful deathmatch mod, sucks, is for newbs, and requires no skill because you just "spam" and that is for skilless newbs. These people will apparently play Action Half-Life after we've all moved on to Team Fortress 2 or whatever crazy multiplayer games the future brings. The people who populate AHL's fanbase believe they are of some kind of refined class of gamer who appreciates the finer points of gaming, and of fine quality action feeeeeeelms. I noticed one player brag that first person shooting requires good hand-eye coordination, and that is why he was so good at games that he competed in game playing competitions and even won money (OOOOOOOO), and he made sure to throw in that The Specialists did not require the same level of skill as Action Half-Life. I'm surprised he didn't mention he was doing all this to achieve a state of clear, but I guess bragging to about 3 total strangers at 3 in the morning was good enough for him or for any typical AHL fan seeing as most of them have had this kind of behavior since the mod began. As he was yapping I was lining an enemy up in my crosshairs and firing, to no effect because the aiming offset is completely random, even for the sawedoff shotgun. Don't believe the giant wall decal that implies you peppered a 5 square foot area, I guess. Why that would ever be in a game I have no clue, but it's retarded. I think I already said this, but the people who made this mode can't code for shit, and never could. Again, it pales in comparison to something like Battlefield 2, where I can actually hit what I aim at. Overall: You might as well play this mod's supposed "competition," The Specialists. It might not take any skill, but it's way more fun.

Action Half-Life Director's Cut 2 (first draft) by Creexul :( 08/10/2005, 3:36am PDT     The most fun that AHL ever was by Weyoun Voidbringer 08/10/2005, 3:48am PDT         This part could go in the gameplay catagory. ^_^ by Creexul :( 08/10/2005, 3:55am PDT         Re: The most fun that AHL ever was by WTF.. 08/10/2005, 5:42am PDT             Re: The most fun that AHL ever was by Fullofkittens 08/10/2005, 7:57am PDT             Re: The most fun that AHL ever was by Stickdeth 08/11/2005, 11:40pm PDT                 YOU HAVE VALUE by [CrUTT]D4NZ4 08/12/2005, 1:51am PDT         Re: The most fun that AHL ever was by mark 08/10/2005, 10:04am PDT             Re: The most fun that AHL ever was by Creexul :( 08/10/2005, 11:07pm PDT             M4? by A fag 08/11/2005, 10:40am PDT                 Here's a Beta 1 era blast from the past from the wayback machine. by mark 08/11/2005, 11:17am PDT                     Well, I guess it's official. I could SHIT a better mod. NT by Creexul :( 08/11/2005, 11:19am PDT                     O holy fuck, AHLs devs are fucking idiots by Weyoun Voidbringer 08/11/2005, 11:47am PDT         Early versions and HL1.1 fiasco by A fag 08/10/2005, 6:11pm PDT             Re: Early versions and HL1.1 fiasco by Creexul :( 08/11/2005, 12:47am PDT                 Re: Early versions and HL1.1 fiasco by A fag 08/11/2005, 4:45am PDT                     Re: Early versions and HL1.1 fiasco by Creexul :( 08/11/2005, 8:34am PDT                         Who's fault? by A fag 08/11/2005, 10:08am PDT                             It's AHL's fault because they are incompetent. by Creexul :( 08/11/2005, 10:35am PDT                                 Pointless by A fag 08/11/2005, 10:42am PDT                                     Bold, italics and all caps is better than the storied history of AHL at least. by Worm 08/11/2005, 11:07am PDT                                     just having a pleasant conversation when creexul started going nuts how ODD by bombMexico 08/11/2005, 12:58pm PDT                                         bombmexico presents: how to project NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 08/11/2005, 1:36pm PDT                                         Someone is still crying in their pussy over sasy's feelings being hurt. :( NT by Creexul :( 08/11/2005, 1:40pm PDT                                             Vicious and unexpected creexul, creexul2 combo attack! by bombMexico 08/11/2005, 6:41pm PDT                                                 Re: Vicious and unexpected creexul, creexul2 combo attack! by Creexul :( 08/12/2005, 3:14am PDT                                             Sassy who? by KVK 08/12/2005, 1:48am PDT                                 Re: It's AHL's fault because they are incompetent. by No shit dude! 11/14/2005, 6:59am PST                                     Re: It's AHL's fault because they are incompetent. by Mysterio 11/14/2005, 11:04am PST                                     Re: It's AHL's fault because they are incompetent. by Quentin Beck 11/14/2005, 2:13pm PST                                         He LITERALLY ripped his head off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NT by David Cross 11/14/2005, 2:28pm PST                                             no shit dude : months upon months late. Caltrops : a few weeks behind slate.com NT by casual observer 11/14/2005, 4:19pm PST                                                 That doesn't sound too bad. :) NT by Creexul :( 11/14/2005, 4:41pm PST                                         Re: It's AHL's fault because they are incompetent. by Creexul :( 11/14/2005, 4:42pm PST                             Re: Who's fault? by Rafiki 08/12/2005, 9:33am PDT                                 Re: Who's fault? by Creexul :( 08/12/2005, 3:06pm PDT         Re: The most fun that AHL ever was by Someone 08/28/2005, 2:18pm PDT             Re: The most fun that AHL ever was by Mysterio 08/28/2005, 4:25pm PDT     Re: Action Half-Life Director's Cut 2 (first draft) by Quentin Beck 08/10/2005, 5:51am PDT     Re: Action Half-Life Director's Cut 2 (first draft) by Raven[aMp] 08/10/2005, 6:03am PDT         Isn't it a mod for a *1* year old game? NT by Fullofkittens 08/10/2005, 7:51am PDT             Half-Life? :( NT by Creexul :( 08/10/2005, 8:47am PDT                 I thought this was a HL2 mod. by Fullofkittens 08/10/2005, 1:07pm PDT                     No, it's it was in development for a longer period of time. NT by mark[¡aMARiKkka!] 08/10/2005, 2:10pm PDT         Re: Action Half-Life Director's Cut 2 (first draft) by Creexul :( 08/10/2005, 9:03am PDT     Re: Action Half-Life Director's Cut 2 (first draft) by Who Are You? 08/10/2005, 6:29am PDT         Dude, who are YOU? NT by OH SNAP 08/10/2005, 6:58am PDT             Not some pussy review writer NT by Thats who 08/10/2005, 7:07am PDT                 Re: Not some pussy review writer by [McVickerTaLON]SmatterBomb 08/10/2005, 1:31pm PDT                     Re: Not some pussy review writer by So where were they earlier?! :) 08/10/2005, 5:51pm PDT         this is a gaming site? O_o NT by Fullofkittens 08/10/2005, 7:53am PDT             Whatever this place is, HE'S OUT OF LINE! NT by Worm 08/10/2005, 8:28am PDT             Caltrops is a web site about videogames. NT by GamingSitePehaps? 08/10/2005, 4:14pm PDT                 We really need to update the "About" page. NT by mark 08/10/2005, 4:30pm PDT                     Provide a forum for spirited discussion - with stimulating content. NT by Yeah, I Agree ;) 08/10/2005, 5:42pm PDT                     Our intended readership—outgoing, soulful people. NT by So where were they earlier?! :) 08/10/2005, 5:46pm PDT                         I'm glad to see the clan tags traded in for emoticons. That's vision. NT by mark 08/10/2005, 6:37pm PDT                         Ask us who the fuck Pinback is. NT by [ShePArD]MoOnP1E 08/11/2005, 7:52am PDT                     Re: We really need to update the "About" page. NT by You want me to take a stab at it? 08/12/2005, 11:32am PDT                         Hmm, I guess I'm a little skeptical that you'd do a good job. So no. NT by laudablepuss 08/12/2005, 12:34pm PDT                             New "About" page: by motherfuckerfoodeater 08/12/2005, 2:23pm PDT                                 Take out the superfluous 2nd sentence and I think it's pretty good. by Fullofkittens 08/15/2005, 9:47pm PDT     Re: Action Half-Life Director's Cut 2 (first draft) NT by Maverick 08/10/2005, 6:33am PDT         Maverick brings up some good points. Any response to this, Creex? NT by I need clarification 08/10/2005, 9:06am PDT             I am stumped. I guess this is the AHL community showing politeness. NT by Creexul :( 08/10/2005, 9:07am PDT                 You don't need words, if you're position is strong enough NT by Ray of Light 08/11/2005, 11:03am PDT                     It's "your," dummy. NT by INC 08/11/2005, 2:57pm PDT                         These mysterios sure get their feelings hurt easily. by I need clarification 08/11/2005, 4:29pm PDT     Re: Action Half-Life Director's Cut 2 (first draft) by [DAMN]Hawky 08/10/2005, 6:41am PDT         Why do you fags all have your clan tags in your nicknames? NT by Fussbett 08/10/2005, 10:55am PDT             They're playing Action Caltrops (and losing). NT by I need clarification 08/10/2005, 12:18pm PDT         Okay by mark[=teamMArK=] 08/10/2005, 2:04pm PDT     So it only took 3 hours for AHL fangirls to show up out of nowhere and go insane NT by Creexul :( 08/10/2005, 6:52am PDT         Re: So it only took 3 hours for AHL fangirls to show up out of nowhere and go in by [DAMN]Hawky 08/10/2005, 7:02am PDT             Looks like there are more readers here than people playing AHL. NT by Creexul :( 08/10/2005, 7:39am PDT                 You should put that guy's post in the 'Fags' section of your review. NT by motherfuckerfoodeater 08/10/2005, 11:52am PDT                     Here's another classic fag moment from AHL history. by Creexul :( 08/11/2005, 1:46pm PDT     That was funny by A fag 08/10/2005, 3:40pm PDT         Real purists point to The Opera. NT by Worm 08/10/2005, 4:08pm PDT         Re: That was funny by Creexul :( 08/10/2005, 11:23pm PDT             Re: That was funny by A fag 08/11/2005, 4:19am PDT                 AHL fans: whinier than Xenosaga fans. NT by motherfuckerfoodeater 08/11/2005, 4:42am PDT     Re: Action Half-Life Director's Cut 2 (first draft) by Another Lurker 08/10/2005, 8:52pm PDT         Re: Action Half-Life Director's Cut 2 (first draft) by Creexul :( 08/10/2005, 11:18pm PDT             Re: Action Half-Life Director's Cut 2 (first draft) by Bill Dungsroman 08/10/2005, 11:29pm PDT                 Re: Action Half-Life Director's Cut 2 (first draft) by Unbitter 08/11/2005, 1:48pm PDT                     A fringe group of lurkers called linkers now prowl Caltrops! NT by Worm 08/11/2005, 2:24pm PDT                         Alert the media and start making T-shirts. I'll take a large. NT by laudablepuss 08/11/2005, 3:12pm PDT                             BDR will have that Webby yet! NT by Worm 08/11/2005, 3:15pm PDT                                 I really want a webbie. by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/11/2005, 9:08pm PDT                                     Is that what he meant? I don't speak Wromg. NT by Bill Dungsroman 08/11/2005, 9:38pm PDT                                         You're making a post about Webbie vs. Webby? by Worm 08/11/2005, 9:56pm PDT                                             Re: You're making a post about Webbie vs. Webby? by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/11/2005, 10:41pm PDT                                             Re: You're making a post about Webbie vs. Webby? by Bill Dungsroman 08/12/2005, 1:50am PDT                                                 Hey, the bitches, cocaine, and video games don't need me to know the date. NT by Worm 08/12/2005, 7:50am PDT                                     Is this YOUR site, Ice Cream? by Fussbett 08/12/2005, 10:38pm PDT                                         Go go gadget ejector hand! NT by Ray of Light 08/14/2005, 12:37am PDT                                         <3 NT by Bill Dungsroman 08/14/2005, 11:09pm PDT                                         Re: Is this YOUR site, Ice Cream? by I need clarification 08/14/2005, 11:50pm PDT                                             I thought it was a bolt he'd unscrewed from his neck. by laudablepuss 08/15/2005, 12:20pm PDT                                                 How's that lavender shirt working for you, studs? by [McVickerTaLON]SmatterBomb 08/15/2005, 3:25pm PDT                                                     Great, thanks! Are you my friend? :) :) :) :) NT by laudablepuss 08/15/2005, 4:28pm PDT                                                 17271 NT by 34150 05/13/2008, 11:57am PDT                                                     It's becoming self-aware NT by E. L. Koba 05/13/2008, 12:24pm PDT                                             Re: Is this YOUR site, Ice Cream? by Bill Dungsroman 08/15/2005, 9:30pm PDT     The Jhoh "Creexul" Cable Show by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/11/2005, 7:38pm PDT     Re: Action Half-Life Director's Cut 2 (first draft) by Sky 08/12/2005, 9:09am PDT         Caution, Jhoh. He's trying to homoeroticize you. NT by Ray of Light 08/12/2005, 11:42am PDT         Re: Action Half-Life Director's Cut 2 (first draft) by Creexul :( 08/12/2005, 3:02pm PDT     You know what was really fun? Action Quake 2 by MC Such and Such 08/12/2005, 11:56am PDT         Re: You know what was really fun? Action Quake 2 by Creexul :( 08/12/2005, 3:04pm PDT             Re: You know what was really fun? Action Quake 2 by MC Such and Such 08/12/2005, 10:34pm PDT