HL2 Modded - Mistake of Pythagoras

This is one of those things that at first seems terribly frustrating, but then you start appreciating once you get the gist of it. Like I can understand why some people have such a fondness for this campaign, especially true when you take into account that this was one of the earlier mods released for HL2. The creativity the mapper did with the physics is astounding, and it's something I feel most people even today don't really incorporate this type of imagination into their mods. Most of the time they treat HL2 as simply an intense shooter or even an amalgamation of the base game, rather than push it in ways that we never seen before (not even my beloved Minerva is immune to this). The only other mod I can think of that even comes close for taking the physics to a whole new level is Garry's Mod.

With all that said, I did say it can be frustrating and its most likely why so many people are turned off by this. There's a LOT of jank to be found here, the physics puzzle where you have to stack the barrels in the weird gravity defying pit can be wonky. The boss fight where you have Alyx with you is problematic as shit because you have to solve a puzzle while also dealing with an infinite amount of respawning enemies. If you take too long, you'll have to deal with a MASSIVE HORDE of enemies (which includes poison headcrabs btw), which is a problem because Alyx needs to live or the game will be over. And even if you were to somehow manage to go through all that, the game will crash once you load to a new level because of all the dead bodies in the map. There's also the occasional glitch where scripts can break like doors not opening properly, thus softlocking your progress.

I do have to call out on Bolloxed and Lucia though because despite on what they said or did, the final boss fight is not utterly broken at all and can actually be defeated without the use of cheats. Either the version they were playing on was bugged (I played this on the Workshop), or they were just full of shit. Although to be a little fair, it can still be rather janky because the Combine wall that you need to use can stop spinning because a manhack got in the way.

Unlike my other playthroughs where I tend to play it casually or even blind, I decided to make this a proper walkthrough which even includes the secrets. I'll even show the link to the ultimate secret, but I'm not gonna put it in the description. You have to type it in on your own, just remember to not include the "~" key.

If you want to experience the imagination of the modding community during HL2's early days or even are a fan of liminal space types of environments, I highly recommend giving this mod a shot.

Link to the campaign:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...