Sorry about the host.

If it's bad for you - use this one:-

http://timmeh.me.uk/mirrors/The%20Citizen.rar

Great!

I'll try it tomorrow then, and then I'll try to make you guys a decent review.

DO WANT.

Have to wait until tomorrow though.

Host seems to be back. :)

edit: Ignore me. I just checked the readme.

I forgot to mention. I think text prompt is overused at times, especially in the beginning.

For example, once the guy told you to get his TV for him, I don't think it's necessary to spell out it again. And many of the text prompts, like "Follow her" and such, are not needed, in my opinion.

Some earlier parts would be better if the lighting is brighter, because the player doesn't have the HEV suit yet, so there's no flash light to illuminate certain dark areas of the map.

There are occasional radioactive slime puddles that force me to keep the air boat.

One more thing, the detonator for the explosives (where there are two rappelling Combines plus a sniper) was very difficult to trigger. Most of the times when I "used" it, I ended up picking up the entire device instead of triggering the detonator.

Link has died again, but should be back soonish. For now, go to planetphillip to download.

Pretty good mod, worth the wait. The mapping looked realistic in pretty much every area, and looked very hl2 like. The only problem i had with the mod mainly was that sometimes it was unclear where to go. As stated earlier it is not needed to have text prompts repeat what people have already said, but i scrambled around in the begining for about 20 minutes before i realized to talk to the girl in the basement, i was expecting to look for a key, and having the player go up to someone and talk to them usually isnt in the HL2 style, so it was something i didnt expect. Voice acting could have been alot better in a few points where you would expect that person to have a higher tense voice, or just talk louder in certian situations. However this mod is too good to be spoiled by these few things :)

I knew there were some occluder issues in the church but I didn't realise they could obscure soldiers. I'll look into it. Thanks!

Well done, worthy <b><a href="http://www.twhl.co.za/motm.php?id=5">MotM</
a></b> winner. :)

Overall, it's a nice mod, but there were some moments that really annoyed me.

Anyway, visually it ranges from ok-ish (too narrow, cramped and linear parts, such as the flooded city part) to pretty good (other city parts - great backgrounds!, the convention center).
Technically, it also fluctuates: some parts were neatly done, others were buggy and easily broken (convention center - elite mask was pitch black? tv show room shields didn't open, nothing happened?).
The same goes gameplay-wise. Some parts were fun and had good combat and puzzles. Other parts were horrible (strider + sniper + assault afterwards, without even pointing at the RPG?!).

There's some points I'd definitely change:
- Leeches in sewers? That water is fairly shallow, while HL2 learned us that leeches only inhabit deep water. Don't break HL2 'rules', or if you do, make it obvious that you do.
- Instantly killing the player when he steps out of the shop early in the game is not fun nor necessary (just put a sniper somewhere, or a raid car with machinegun or such, that'll get the message across to stay inside without the frustration of an unforseen instant-kill).
- Providing endless supplies of manhacks can be extremely frustrating, especially when combatting soldiers and trying to find some sort of button or whatever else will open a door. That's when I see cheating as justified, heh. Kudos to ent_remove. Stupid manhack spawner. ;)
- Provide more sense of direction. Some parts are just guesswork for a newcomer. Various area's don't focus on where to go next. With lighting, architecture and scripted events, a player can be 'guided' to a next area.

All in all, a fair mod, but some points just hold it down. Some fixes and tweaks here and there and I'd really enjoy it, but for now, I'm sorry, it doesn't really do it for me.

PS: Is the elite suit supposed to blind you? ...

Ah, ok. I'll give it another go after the update. Good luck with it! :)

link is broken =[