It was a nice, fun experience, I did a modded playthrough with extra difficulty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2RoHJgR-uw

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Really enjoyed this map. Thank you for making it.

I liked the combat more than the story. I was following the blue cable after getting the power battery, wondering where it goes lol. I spose just taking the force-field down WAS the point (which is why u can't pocket the battery, as kinda a clue you don't need it!)
Nicely done. Took me 3 playthroughs to figure that out, my duh.

Good works, thanks.

Very enjoyable with good Combat
My playthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fub7vlmHlz8

Great map, challenging rooftop battle on hard mode. The long range suppressor gunner isn't too difficult to pick off from behind cover once you've dealt with the rest.

This environment is just wow. It feels very real world and i wish the half-life alyx story had more of that. Seeing the citadel, and seeing the size of the wall feels way better than all of valves alyx environments.

My Play-through ----> https://youtu.be/yfXyOpp3y_U

That map is an absolute highlight. Great Atmo, puzzles, combine, the light, - fantastic. A mustplay. The only thing I hate is the puzzle on the gun-upgrade-machine, thats sth i never get into how to control that little thing. But one of the best mods, really.

I absolutely recommend you play this map. This map was made back in 2020 but its still incredibly good in my opinion. Very well spaced enemies, a good variety of enemies (all of them except Jeff) and combat segments are extremely fun! Now I'm gonna give a review with slight spoilers so don't read ahead if you don't want spoilers.


I wish there was more resin and an upgrade machine farther ahead but there both isn't any more time to upgrade once you get past the first upgrade point. Isn't enough space for the're to be more resin, so same problem with the upgrade point. Where you get the battery to open of the door leading to the upgrade point there's no way to get to the door with a piece of wood on it so you just have to shoot it, which also just lets you skip a small portion of the map if you shoot it from the start. But otherwise I really enjoyed this map and suggest you play it if you haven't. Though for those wondering I loved the rooftop fight.

Basically, if you brought ALL enemies at the same area/direction but different elevation/distance + LOTS of ammo on the rooftop, this would be Perfect and a lot of fun. The problem with the manhack combine who's far away could be solved with more magazines of SMG located right at the vent where you take cover. That way you wont be running around looking for ammo while combine soldiers and manhacks attack and you make a choice to SAVE the SMG ammo specifically to kill the far-away combine soldier.

I hope all this makes sense, I am not a HL Modder yet but have played tons of mods.

Finally, I've seen Steven live in concert 3 times and would go for a 4th. All the Best!

Hello again! Glad you're interested in feedback. Honestly, the rooftop was the most annoying part, I like how it started out horror and underground but its jarring when it takes a 180 turn into shoot near the end.

MORE FEEDBACK: I tried using the TF2 grenade launcher in the rooftop to kill the far away enemy. The issue with his is that he also deploys manhacks? So if you don't kill him fast with the limited ammo, you waste all ammo on the manhacks and then you're done. Also there is a blind spot for the combine coming from below. It's either too dark or you don't see them until they shoot at you.

Sorry you had a bad time Darth Dio - I made and tested the map on a Samsung Odyssey+ which has decent clarity and my other tester had an original Vive, but didn't have access to any other headsets to try. I also wanted it to be a tough ending but didn't have many tools to react to how well the player was doing and try to ease off, which I think could help.

It sounds like the rooftop battle at the end was the main issue, but is there anything else that stuck out to you? Were there any other areas that were hard to see due to distances? What difficulty setting were you playing on?

(Also thanks for noticing - Steven's the best )

Also, now I noticed the modders profile pic is Steven Wilson (one of my favorites) and I feel bad, but yeah sorry the map is annoying and has too many enemy encounters from all sides and too little ammo.

A big thumbs down from me. I had to stop playing near the end and restart from the beginning. The segment starts off with an underground horror vibe and ends up with a frustrating rooftop gunfight with limited ammo and enemies firing from 4-5 different directions, some of them so far away that most VR headsets can't even see.

It took me 10 minutes to realize that I had to open the manhole cover XD
Other than that, it was smooth.
Fighting on the roof of a gas station was a lot of fun.

I loved the pacing of this map my only issue is that last combine gunner at the end, he was a bit far away for the amount of ammo I ended up with at the end. Great map!

@ Zoarial Thrower: You need to use the light switches across from the ladder.

Absolutely amazing and the first one rated 10/10 on my review list after playing the first 150 maps released. Definitely one of the maps that set the bar early on. https://youtu.be/gGIg0dgG1zg

Cannot get the ladder to drop? what am i doing wrong.

Nicely done and very enjoyable! I just wish it was longer.

I can definitely tell why this got 2nd place.
The map is short but well made and would love to see more of "this map" in other maps.
The whole experience for me was made better because I found Gnome Chompsky from the back of the car in the very start and played like he was my partner. The end battle was a bit weird for me because I died once and then I fucked around a bit and threw all of the fire extinguishers where the enemies spawned so I pretty much had to shoot 10 bullets at most but it was fun nonetheless.
I do recommend this if you're looking to waste about 1 hour.

the last fight is.. frustrating to say the least. if there wasnt a gunner 50 ft away it would be significantly better.

Thoroughly enjoyed this. So much detail, great open level design. Nice to play more out door sections, and as others have said the final section was epic. Felt especially moody at night. The game crashed when I got to the end trigger though? Still, 100% recommended.

All good, except long range combat in the end

Just finished it, this was good. The main campaign definitely could have used more battles like the gas station Valve!

Awesome map!

Fighting Combines over a long distance sucks. I disliked the end where you had to remove the power core. First I tried to shoot the guards with my pistol until I ran out of bullets (hard difficulty) and had to restart from save about 10 times. That sucked.

great map! the last fight was epic!

This was a very cool map. Great combat. Locations might be a bit too big for a vr game though. Enviroments would feel much richer if it were condensed a bit.

Just played through your map Quickstop. Thoroughly enjoyed it, although that final fight was pretty tough. Definitely deserving of a Top 3 finish in the contest so I'm glad it got second place. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIy9AxCmIck&feature=youtu.be

10/10 made me break a window

Very cool map, definitely one of the best I've played. The underground sections had such a cool atmosphere, and the gas station fight was amazing! ...well, if I didn't screw myself over by alerting the combine while standing in the apartment doorway. Overall, great level design, enemy placement, lighting, item placement, atmosphere, oh it was all so good. Highly recommend.

This is much better than Overcharge imo. I'm surprised you didn't get first place. This map isn't as long but has some way more interesting environments and setpieces, which makes it far more memorable. That gas station sequence is one of my favorites of any map I've played so far. I especially enjoyed sneaking around to grab some extra ammo before the fight. Great stuff my dude.

Gas Station part is so hard without any health syringe. I can't step forward.

Was good until the gas station. This game doesn't handle long range engagements well and that gunner especially was the worst. I had to pump all my pistol rounds into him and he still didn't die.

4/5
Nice one :)

Trevor Packer (College Board) I disagree with you, I played on hard and there's a lot of ammo i had at the end of the level. Very glad that there's much more shotgun ammo than in original game

I found it. It's laying in the cabinet in the room at foward right corner if someone will have the trouble. I even didn't notice that room at the first time

Can't find second bug for medical station. Is there any?
Best map I have tried yet btw.

Great level! Would you be interested in doing a commissioned design? Hit me up.

In fact, maybe you could even place a second empty health refill on the roof as a reward for players who didn't take much damage, and so decide to save the grub-canister for later. And you could even add a second combine encounter when you're returning from the roof, where they surround the building. It'd force the player to make a choice: Do you heal before the roof segment or after? Do you place the canister in the roof health-station or place it in the bottom floor for easy healing during the second encounter?

I think the ending could be improved by moving the combine fabricator to the diner/kitchen just before the last little bit, and cramming a ton more Resin throughout the entire level. The player would have the chance to actually get some good upgrades for their weapons like the laser-sight, which would make the chain-gun combine on the walk-way across the street from the gas-station roof feel more fair. Also, you should give the player slightly more cover on top of the gas-station, since the chain-gun combine can very easily hit your legs.

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A great portion of the map is done quite well, but the last segment's difficulty curve went so high it just became unfun. Trying to snipe tanky enemies that were programmed to be realistically very accurate with minimal efficient cover and health with grenades and manhacks flying about quickly became frustrating. So either a slowdown in the pacing of the encounter or a cache of supplies I believe would make this section much more enjoyable.

cool map but the last part of it is garbage. too many heavy combine not enough cover or ammo

That was my first custom map, it was great :D
nice and clean and simple and nice!

Excellent work! One of the best for whole workshop maps. Waiting for more :)

What a great map!!! It was the scariest map I've ever played. Especially, the sound design is amazing, I couldn't stop looking around through whole time. To me, it was a bit challenging to find the right path. If it gives some hint it would be easier to players like me (like.... a head crab or some kind of bright light placed to the right path)