Recent reviews by Sneaky Emλ

First hours: Confused by mechanics, story & broken stuff, parcially thrown away due to enormous difficulty curve
Some hours later..
Above 48 hours: Loadsabrouzouf, legs OK & Cyber Legs max, PSI spam, hacking Interceptors (choppers), Kitchen gunning stuff (BK 444), Fatal Injuries erradicated, True Ending reached, played Coop & checked more maps.

Absolutely hostile, big, incomprensible & insane at the start, but you already have most of the tools in the beginning, you just don't know it yet, and even more when pushing foward

Janky & competent at the same time.

Before anything, remember that HL:AZ isn't finished. I encourage you to play with developer 1 / sv_cheats 1 *to be able to noclip, give weapons when you HAVE to manually change level*
As of how it was left, it's very playable, it rarely crashes and it is fun.

¡IMPORTANT AS FK!
Here I'll list some bugs & needed noclip/changelevel areas to inform players.

-Barney rarely dying standing up
-Chumtoad can crash your game if seen HUMAN enemy, not killed & picked up
-Gate not opening on a1a4f & funnily broken valve - Noclip (Where 92% of players get stuck)
-Nextmap from a1a4f-->a2a1 broken, use changelevel <mapname>
-a2a1 can be skipped *remember, not finished everything* but don't do it.
-On a Rail *a2a2* chapter, missile not firing / an elevator will kill u, needed changelevel, other brings you to semi-completed areas. To proceed, go to the big gate in original HL, Noclip through
-a2a3a, noclip through rusty door with 2 "windows"
-a2a3b, sexy & angry gman not dissapearing
-a2a4, not a bug but crowbar may not be seen by everyone, search a bit.
-a2a4d, not a bug but confusing, press first button on side before small bridge, next button doesn't open broken door, don't noclip that like I did on my first time.
-a2a5, showing incorrectly the chapter name.
-a2a5d, when reaching black door guarded by hgrunt, changelvl to a3a1
-a3a1c, barney should open the door but rekt by zombie, noclip it.
-a3a2, scientist stuck on worldspawn while trying to get out *Egon area* / Changelevel to a3a2a & noclip out to original area. There are walls with "Missing Feature"

And remember, don't M2+M1 with developer 1!

Note: give item_suit / weapon_shotgun *or impulse 101..* give item_radiation / item_adrenaline / item_antidote

Simple to learn, hard to master.
Ikaruga doesn't have any reason to treat you well, you'll have to endure the pain.
Don't worry, there isn't any kind of cheap design choice here, you just have to LEARN.
Not a lot of people can beat it, but that doesn't mean it doesn't deserve the praise it always had and still does.
And it actually feels rewarding to properly beat a stage without continues, so...

Enduring, Painful, Rewarding, No regrets.

An amazing shrump, short but sweet, completely polished and on top of all, friendly!
Most people when they hear Shrumps / Danmaku Shooters / Shoot'em ups, they think stuff like Ikaruga, Ketsui, Touhou on Lunatic, etcetera. And no, not all shrumps are like that, and here is a good example.
Shrumps aren't for everybody, but this game, among others, is friendly for everyone who is afraid of touching this genre.

The first AvP is one of the last entries of the real Old School formula, alongside with others like Half-Life & Quake lll Arena and other 90's games before it got reeplaced with modern standards.
You can choose between 3 factions: Alien, Predator & Marine, all with their own mechanics, weapons & tools.
Simply put, playing as the Alien, is mainly stealth; As Predator, pure action; As Marine, survival horror & action.
The game is VERY violently fast paced, and as old school games, if you die, is your own fault. Having some skill is key in this.
I still haven't tried MP, since is half dead for what I know, but I know there's people who play this religiously.
The only BIG problem with this game, is that it crashes A LOT, specially if you use Windows 7, like me. I have to restart my PC since it completely freezes when it happens, and setting compatibility to Win98 will only minimize some crashes.

But taking that away, is still a very good game and one of the last examples of the Old School era, before it's reincarnation in modern times.

CS 1.6 was ported to Valve's new engine, Source, back in 2004. Later it recieved a facelift when the Orange Box came out back in 2008 I believe, and countless contributions by the community followed, and "finished" the game.
The original CS could let you have lots of custom stuff, CSS also lets you do that, not like CS:GO.. *Sprays, skins, sounds, more..*
Also, I believe that CS 1.6 *CS:CZ is literally the same thing, but they are somewhat shared sometimes by AMXX* and CS:S are more moddeable than CS:GO.. For example, I saw a Quake 3 Arena style mod for CS 1.6, and the fabulous cooperative Trikz mod for CS:S..
Another thing, could be the superior movement. In CS 1.6, I don't need to speak the ammount of Bhop / KZ, etc maps it has.. and CS:S since it has increased limits by very far.. CS:GO has most badly ported maps from CS:S and the bhoping there isn't very good. For something, tons of players who bhopped/KZ'eed, moved to CS:S, for it's superior movement and fully properly made maps.
And for finishing, CS 1.6 is a good game, but remember that it has Steam AND Nosteam servers, which.. it can be a patience eater sometimes, and tons of servers have it's problems with the people and the lack of func_vehicle.
CS:GO... I don't need to talk about the community.. you need to dig a lot to find a server to stay pacifically
CS:S is the middle point between CS 1.6 and CSGO, most people have fun and there aren't that "much" problems, for something it costs more than CSGO..

All of this characters add extra personality to the game. People may prefer other characters than most of the ones here. I personally really like using Aldridge and Agent Wikes, which they can be enhanced with this little workshop sumbission https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=421096147
That reeplaces their already heard voices from other characters to unused voices from KF, which is always welcome. Scully is nice and Gary adds more character to the game, remember how Zeds were created, back in the old KFMOD.

As any KF DLC, they are overpriced, wait 'till sale.

If you have or want this character and a are a men of culture, you MUST use this from the workshop, is a must.
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=457252685&searchtext=






Why are you reading here? KILL THEM WITH DO$H, and yes, he drops a little bit of money as a character's trail, like the Chickenator's feathers.

The weapons in this pack are very useful:

Tommy gun is a weapon for Commando. It deals a bit more damage than the M4, less than the AK47, but it's cheap. And remember, use Semi-Auto, because you may miss with Full Auto unless there is a Siren.

Buzzsaw Saw is a weapon for Berzerker. Is a crossbow but instead of arrows, you shoot high velocity spinning blades that will bounce around and can recollect, saving you ammo and money. Parcially useful when shooting around corners. Extremely useful against raging Fleshpound or raged Scrakes if you don't have a weapon to stun them or there are more then one.

Scythe is another weapon for Berzerker. It deals the highest damage of all melee weapons, and has more of radius & range than the Claymore sword, is a must use for a berzerker main.

Flare Revolver is a weapon mainly for the Firebug. I absolutely love this weapon. It can burn zeds to death or if you have good aim, shoot at the ground and it's little splash damage can burn them too. I recomend this weapon mainly for Firebug, but it can be also used for Medics, Berzerkers, Commandos and Support Specialists. I'll teach you some tactics with this.
-If you are a Firebug and have a Scrake, use your flamethrower and burn it, and wait for it to rage *depending of player count, more players = more HP*, then unload your Flare Revolvers POINTBLANK at him, if timed properly, you will not get hit by it's chainsaw or a little bit. This doesn't work for Fleshpounds, don't try.
-If you are a Berzerker and have a Katana and a Flare Revolver, you can switch between light and heavy attacks to properly mini flinch a Scrake while backpedaling and don't recieve damage. Or you can shoot it ONCE with the revolvers, then wait for it to burn and probably turn around, THEN you attack it from behind using your secondary katana attack, rendering him powerless.
-Always use this on sirens, you may block their scream temporally
-If Firebug and having Flamethrower & F.R, don't use your flamethrower on husks, you don't damage them, use the revolvers!
-If you have a group of crawlers, shoot around them, you may burn three or two of them at once with one shot.

As every KF DLC, they are overpriced, wait for sale, kids.

This DLC is somewhat hit and miss but it can work for you.

-Dr.T Lead Delivery System is a very nice custom Thompson. If you don't have Rising Storm for that other thompson, this is a must have weapon for Commando, Deals more damage than the M4, not as much as the AK47 but it's recoil makes it very manageable, and remember, use Semi-Auto.

-Multichambered Zed Thrower.... personally, is worse than the Seeker Six: It weights 10 blocks and it does little damage, sure you can push zeds forever, since it doesn't eat any ammo, but it can be a troll weapon to annoy people.

-Orca Bomb Propeller is a interesting weapon, it deals slightly less damage than the M79, if you miss your target, it will bounce and explode a short time later or after hitting some other enemy. It's very useful for shooting through corners, but sadly it doesn't cost a little bit less than the M79

-Single Piston Long Musket. The only problem I have with this gun, is the sight. DON'T guide yourself with the pointed part of the triangle, use the empty zone of the triangle'ish crosshair. But taking that out, is an upgraded LAR that you can fully reload, and deals more damage than the previously mentioned LAR.

As always, buy on Sale, cuz overpriced KF DLC's.