Point of View

released on May 02, 2003

A mod for Half-Life

You have been Gordon Freeman, Adrian Shepard and Barney. And what did you did during all that time? You killed all those poor Xen aliens! Have you ever thought about their Point of View? POV-Point of View is a new single player Half-Life MOD where you will play as a Alien Slave named Xonxt.


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I think most people's issue with this mod will be the combat, but actually, I would say the combat is my favorite part of this mod. I liked mastering the gameplay loop of ducking behind cover, charging your attack, and then popping out of cover to deal damage and recover health. It's challenging in a way that I actually like. The problem with this mod is the level design - there are so, so many times where the game does not communicate what you're meant to do at all. And the new sphere enemies are just not fun to fight, they suck.

ENG: Already having cinematics and a diary tells us everything we need to know about this mod: it doesn't know how to communicate an idea and story the way Half-Life does.

But even if we overlook this, in certain parts of the game there are areas that are laughable: totally implausible corridors that are very difficult to navigate. But then again, in more open spaces it doesn't get much better either.

Another thing that ruins the experience is that playing as a vortigaunt is soporific and in all situations you end up using the default attack. There are other xenian weapons. But they are very few and pale before the effectiveness of our main weapon.

In short, this game is a nonsense. It doesn't understand Half-Life, has a lousy level design, and it was already very difficult for them to make something good.

ESP: Ya con tener cinemáticas y un diario nos dice todo lo que tenemos que saber sobre este mod: que no sabe como comunicar una idea e historia al modo que lo hace Half-Life.

Pero incluso si pasamos por alto esto, en ciertas partes del juego hay zonas que son irrisorias: pasillos totalmente inverosímiles incomodísimos de navegar. Aunque de todas formas en espacios más abiertos la cosa tampoco mejora mucho.

Otra cosa que arruina la experiencia es que el hecho de jugar como un vortigaunt es soporífero y en todas las situaciones uno termina usando el ataque por defecto. Hay otras armas xenianas. Pero son poquísimas y palidecen ante la efectividad de nuestra arma principal.

En resumidas cuentas, este juego es un despropósito. No entiende Half-Life, tiene un diseño de niveles pésimo, y ya por planteo era muy difícil que hagan algo bueno.

You'd probably think that you could get some mileage out of putting such a different spin on the Half-Life formula, but the problem is, playing as a Vortigaunt is boring. With only one or two weapons at your disposal, the way you approach combat scenarios starts to become repetitive. Couple that with enemies that won't even try to put up an offensive and will continue to stand still and wait for you to shoot them, and you can see why I didn't even bother finishing this mod.