Sven Co-op Map Reviews

      With a name like Alien Sex Fiend this map sounds like it would be a wild ride. It certainly does look weird and interesting but it's far less of a ride, much less a wild one, that you would think. SCMapDB page Author: Robootto Date of final release: 2004 Maps in package: 1 Map review of Alien Sex Fiend (originally posted on SCMapDB)  by dunkelschwamm | December 11, 2021 | 1953 characters      From the screenshots I get the impression we didn't see all that this map has to offer. Frankly, it's kind of a hostile slog and I don't think we'll be playing to the end. Spoilers for the review, I'm not recommending this map.      This isn't the most pointless map I've ever played, I'll say that for sure. It is very tedious, however. It begins with a sloped brush which can only be overcome by approaching it a very particular way and taking quite a bit of time every single time to climb over. It's annoying and, thanks to the way the map plays for the

      With a name like Alien Sex Fiend this map sounds like it would be a wild ride. It certainly does look weird and interesting but it's far less of a ride, much less a wild one, that you would think. SCMapDB page Author: Robootto Date of final release: 2004 Maps in package: 1 Map review of Alien Sex Fiend (originally posted on SCMapDB)  by GrandmasterJ | December 11, 2021 | 1607 characters      I'm going to level with you, I hate the ramp at the very beginning of the level so much that it is the sole reason I will not try to complete this map.      The map started and I was already getting attacked, not fun and not a good sign of level quality. It picked up considerably when I killed a bunch of bullsquids with snarks. But then the bullsquids were dead and I had to walk up a ramp to the next area. The ramp is just barely steep enough to climb, albeit very slowly. I kept thinking I had to take a running start or jumping, this is wrong. Just walk forward, as straight as you can

       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 are her

      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 player, not in a self-insert cringy kind