Half-Life 2 gets all tactical and stuff

by James Ransom-Wiley { Oct 3rd 2006 at 3:05PM }

Primotech has posted a rundown of the new Half-Life 2 mod, SMOD: Tactical. This mod-of-a-mod transforms geeky Gordon Freeman into a Counter-Terrorist super-soldier, who can slow time and put down baddies with a few well-placed shots.

Tactical's most striking elements are the remodeled weapon set and hip visual effects. You'll blast through City 17 with new toys like the 1911 .45 caliber pistol, M4 carbine with EOTech Holographic Weapon Sights, and Artic Warfare Magnum sniper rifle. The experience is heightened by depth-of-field and screen-blur effects and the aforementioned "bullet time" feature.

Download the alpha version (191.55 MB .rar file) here.

[Thanks, Alex]

Tags: Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Half-life2, mod, SMOD, Valve

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Highpower @ Oct 3rd 2006 3:16PM

so....Fear basically

HaloBreaker @ Oct 3rd 2006 3:20PM

I really wish people would add other weapons to games, or at least customized ones. There are so many cool weapons in the world; but yet in any modern shooter I can name at least 95% of the weapons.

Usedtabe @ Oct 3rd 2006 3:46PM

I agree HaloBreaker, which is why I steer clear from any modern shooter. I can't stand the weapons or the sense of "realism" applied to a video-game. If I wanted to do this for real, I'd join the military. I like my M6D's and needler's and rail-guns lol

benjamin @ Oct 3rd 2006 3:51PM

SMOD is pretty cool (killing Combine with a shovel FTW), and this sounds pretty cool. Can't wait to go home and check it out.

Phatcat : creator of Tactical @ Oct 3rd 2006 4:22PM

This is the Author of "Tactical"
Thanks for the new post :)
I'm a big fan of Joystiq!

If you want to see updates check here :
http://phatcat-online.com/tactical/index.html

If you have questions about the mod check out the facepunch thread here :
http://forums.facepunchstudios.com/showthread.php?t=197247

And If you could, can you please credit "the Author" of SMOD? (that's what he goes by, "the author") If it wasn't for him and his awesome mod, there would be no SMOD.

Thanks again!

Wedge @ Oct 3rd 2006 4:37PM

Go look up the Metal Gear Solid mod for HL2. It has everything this does, and about 10x more. You can play as Liquid, Solid, Big Boss, or a modified Gordan Freeman, with a totally revamped difficulty level, and unique playstyles and weaponry for each character. Plus it opens Gray Fox if you beat it. It was a very impressive and well executed mod.

tehWabbit @ Oct 3rd 2006 4:42PM

@2

Check this game out it has ton's of weapons, its being called the Gran Turismo of FPSs

http://pc.ign.com/objects/823/823977.html

Phatcat : creator of Tactical @ Oct 3rd 2006 4:47PM

Thanks "tehWabbit" I forgot what the name of that game was!

Also if you could please link the current version :
http://files.filefront.com/SMOD_Tactical_Delta2_Fullrar/;5519151;;/fileinfo.html

Noga @ Oct 3rd 2006 5:15PM

SMOD is fucking amazing. Hopefully this is as good.

faithinchaos @ Oct 3rd 2006 5:16PM

I'd have to say the "Gran Turismo of FPSs" is badge that belongs solely to Infiltration. It was a mod for the original Unreal Tournament, and is still most certainly worth looking up despite being dead. Nothing i've EVER played (except the aformentioned Gran Turismo) has more hardcore dedication to realism. Guns number in the dozens, not hundreds like Alliance, but each one was programmed based on field-firing tests. Accuracy descrepencies accounted for, recoil varies appropriately according to gun, etc. Almost a creepy level of military fetishism, but I'd be playing today if peeps were still online with it.

Billol @ Oct 3rd 2006 5:30PM

the picture reminded me of the PS3 lol

Alex P @ Oct 3rd 2006 5:32PM

@10

Alliance has all that (with regards to realistic weapon stats) and then some. You can even use a browsable in-game menu and do searches for weapons based on projecticle distance, magazine capacity, size of the round, etc. It's pretty badass.

And glad you liked the article Phatcat. I'll be sure to make the changes you requested.

-Alex P