Minerva: Metastasis Created 18 years ago2005-09-15 01:11:23 UTC by satchmo

Some of you may have already played this map, but for the ones who haven't, you should not miss it.

It's one of the greatest Source gaming experience since the official release of Half-Life 2.

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/MINERVA

I haven't checked the entire forum, but I don't think it's been posted before.

I've downloaded the first part. Not had time to play it yet, though.

Played it, and liked it. Definitely a recommendation to any Source mapper.

Were do I put the folder to play?

I forgot

Were do I put the folder to play?

Read the README.TXT, but if I remember correctly, it's under the Sourcemod directory. It'll appear in the Steam menu as "Third-Party Mods".

Ah worked, thanks

Dare I say this, but the gameplay may actually be better than the official Half-Life 2.

The underground bunker is so vast that I feel like I can run forever in the corridors and rooms.

Wow. You don't have to dare to say the play is better than HL2, satch.

It is!

Impressive. If new HL2 mappers are looking for some design guidelines, they should look at this map. Not necessarily the terrain, but the overall design of the map. Reusing parts of the map several times is very good design.

The consistency of the Combine atmosphere is really good.

I give it a 9 for play, just to leave myself some room in case the next map in this series is better.