Brutal Half-Life can be way easier than the base game, nonetheless, it completes Half-Life's over-the-top slapstick experience and the modification is an absolute fever dream of gore, excessive weaponry, and turns Half-Life into an 80s Stallone action flick. It's not as mauvais goût as Brutal DOOM however, many of the core aspects of the game remains the same and aren't made crowded by the new mechanics in place.
There is a new level selection inspired by Quake and new maps including The Splitgate Complex and Outerbase from their respective Quake game (E1M1 and Base1), as well as the DOOM E1M1 maps from the first two titular games.
The modification has been on hiatus since the release of Beta 2 and the third Beta seems nowhere to be found, with total radio silence from the development team. Still, what has been presented so far is more than competent and fully playable and did make Half-Life more enjoyable to replay. Our only complaint is how the mod adds iron sights, but those are still only optional and welcome "additions".
There is a new level selection inspired by Quake and new maps including The Splitgate Complex and Outerbase from their respective Quake game (E1M1 and Base1), as well as the DOOM E1M1 maps from the first two titular games.
The modification has been on hiatus since the release of Beta 2 and the third Beta seems nowhere to be found, with total radio silence from the development team. Still, what has been presented so far is more than competent and fully playable and did make Half-Life more enjoyable to replay. Our only complaint is how the mod adds iron sights, but those are still only optional and welcome "additions".