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Half-Quake Amen Coop - Dunkelschwamm

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       Half-Quake Amen is a rather famous mod with a focus on save scumming and nasty traps. I haven't played the standalone mod but from what I hear it's really focused on messing with the player. Now it is available for Sven Co-op at the expense of some of its features. SCMapDB page Original mod authors: Muddasheep Conversion authors: Royal-soldier Date of original mod release: 2002 Date of final Sven Map release: 2009 Maps in package: 26 Map review of Half-Quake Amen Coop (originally posted on SCMapDB)  by dunkelschwamm | December 1, 2021 | 3027 characters      Half-Quake Amen is one of my personal favorite Half-Life mods. It's funny, tricky, and does a lot of weird gonzo shit that pokes fun at the concepts of "intuitive gameplay" and "rule of fun" which were all the craze when Half-Life had come out. Often the player is comedically punished for relying on intuition, and the mod reminds you from beginning to end that this is Half-Quake and you ...

Half-Quake Amen Coop - GrandmasterJ

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      Half-Quake Amen is a rather famous mod with a focus on save scumming and nasty traps. I haven't played the standalone mod but from what I hear it's really focused on messing with the player. Now it is available for Sven Co-op at the expense of some of its features. SCMapDB page Original mod authors: Muddasheep Conversion authors: Royal-soldier Date of original mod release: 2002 Date of final Sven Map release: 2009 Maps in package: 26 Map review of Half-Quake Amen Coop (originally posted on SCMapDB)  by GrandmasterJ | December 1, 2021 | 3283 characters      I remember when the original Half Quake came out and my friend absolutely raved about it. He kept trying to get me to play and but I wasn't all that into the modding scene at that point. So when we got back into Sven and saw that Half Quake was converted we finally got to playing it.      I had fun. I love the concept of the creators themselves having a conversation with the play...