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Reviewer: Cobra HFX International Org.
Mod: Invasion Beta v1.0
Author: Manutoo
Website: ???????
Well I must be in luck... My second review and the second mod that I enjoyed to the maximum. Now, where do I start on this review? I would love to just sit here and say it rocks ass, but I think I need to go into some more detail than that, so away I go...
Well I sat here playing this mod for only about an hour and have to say I truly enjoyed it. It is some thing like CTF but not. *although it uses the CTF maps* You have two teams. Marines & Aliens, either team are selectable for you to play on. Well I think I better describe each team separately, save me getting confused... hehe.
Okay lets start with the Marines:
When you select to be on the Marines team you are confronted with a few options to make your game more fun. The first menu displays a list of weapons, which have Chain Gun, Shotgun, RG, BFG and 2 defaults. Then on the second menu, it displays armor for you to select, which consist of, Kevlar, Titanium, Composite, Magnetic and again 2 defaults... just remember the heavier the armor the slower your marine moves. In other words choosing Composite which gives you 600 armor basically means you may aswell be chained to a sherman tank and have to drag that around. Although I did like that added sound effect for the jump. I thought that was very nice. Anyway moving on... Your task as a marine is to capture the enemy flag and get it back to your base... Pretty much the same as CTF. If you get killed on your quest its game over and you have to spectate for the rest of the game. But I have to say I was selecting the Chain Gun and the Composite armor pretty much the whole time. I was having so much fun with that baby. I was getting so carried away with it, that I started fraging my own team mates when there was no Aliens in sight. So there I am sitting in my lill look out tower guarding my base like a true marine armed with my Chain Gun and 600 Armour... Just about to zoom in on my enemy to frag him from a distance with my new fancy toy, and then .. click .. click click .. NO ZOOM!!! .. To say I was pretty cheesed off was an understatement. My question to the author is simple... WHY ?? But other than that, getting down into the thick of it with the Chain Gun is great.
Now moving slowly on to the Aliens:
Okay as before when you select to be on the Aliens team you are confronted with some pretty shoddy choices. Trooper, Bloomy, Bones, Xenomorph and the 2 defaults. Now I aint gunna explain all the selections to you, but compared to the Marines your choice are very slack. But for good reason, as an alien if you are killed you respawn, not like the marines when you get fragged its game over. But aliens have normal armor (ie. 100) and some even have less than that, like 75. Also there are a few other additions to the Aliens team such as Speed *and i do mean speed* the Gauntlet is believe it or not smaller than the original and then there is the Machine gun. So if you like a challenge, this is your team and if you do join this team your task is to frag all the Marines. If the Aliens manage to kill all the marines before the Marines capture and return the Aliens flag, then the aliens are classed the winners. ermm.. but all I will say is good luck. Because that is not going to be an easy task.
So now you know a little bit about each team and what there tasks are, I think maybe I should tell you a little bit about what I didn't like about this mod and also what i thought should have been added.
To start with, the task of the aliens team is a little bit to much of a challenge. You are basically just setting yourself up for the slaughter house, so I think maybe some different weapons for the Aliens. Or even if the aliens can steal the dead marines weapons that would work. Also I thought that a map designed specifically for this mod would have gone down a treat and also a few models. But as far as I gather I have no fear, because in the next release there are maps and models planned... so I have to say that is a mod I will be waiting for to d/l.
Well now the overall verdict... is it a hit or a miss? This one is a definite hit, a must download for all. Highly enjoyable, although don't get to carried away like me and frag yer own team, because you will need them in the end.
So go download already!!!!!
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