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Half-Life: Zheptics
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Addon Type: Maps
Gameplay Genre: HL:A Campaign-like, Action, Puzzle
Environment Types: Urban, Xenfestation, Combine Structures, Nature, Industrial, Underground, Exotic
Theme: Valve Games
Enemy & NPC Types: Combine Soldiers, Headcrabs, Zombies, Antlions, Jeff
Length: Campaign (2 hours or more)
Difficulty: Hardcore
Tags: Alyx Addon, Other Enemies
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1.770 GB
28 Nov, 2023 @ 9:20am
16 Dec, 2023 @ 5:23am
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Half-Life: Zheptics

Description
Half-Life: Zheptics

You are Alyx, who was sent on a mission with her brother for the resistance. As you explore the forgotten research facility 'Zheptics' from Black Mesa, things start to spiral out of control, culminating in a finale with everything at stake.

Expect classic campaign gameplay of about 5 hours playtime with new ideas, mechanics and environments coming with custom models, materials und particles.

!!! You need to download and activate all related workshop entries (see REQUIRED ITEMS) before you start the map 'intro' !!!

The intended difficulty to play is "normal". You can play it on "hard", but it will be siginficantly more difficult than the base game.

If you would like to support me and have more content like this you can support me at:
https://ko-fi.com/brainstorm_00

You can also support me by rating this workshop entry and giving feedback.

Credits - Playtester:
maddin-6616
Spirit Boi
λrokh
Sibbo
martinsan
Seafoam
leegofilms

Credits - Special Thanks
Crowbar Collective - for using some assets used in 'Black Mesa'
Half-Life 2: Remade Assets Team - for using various assets released on the Workshop
Harry101UK - for importing 'TheMask' Asset Pack
Adesi - for providing a collection of soundevents to suppress Russel's voice

Credits - Sounds
Joyh97 - Voice Acting [www.fiverr.com]
Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio - Music Track 'Conspirator'
Senn - 'Half-Life - Full Audio Remaster'
Crooner - 'Helicopter turbine' [freesound.org]
Department64 - 'Underwater FX' [freesound.org]
N1ghthawk - 'ALIEN__TELEPORT_OVERLOAD01a' [freesound.org]
Alxy - 'missile lock on sound' Acting [freesound.org]
Dan_AudioFile - 'FR- Car engine, start, stop, engine' [freesound.org]
NewlockNew - 'NATDVolc_Cascading Explosion During The Eruption.With Rumble.Designed_EM' [freesound.org]

Resin
If you are a collector, I have attached a table of all maps and their amount of resin below.
As the level names in the list contain spoilers it is written behind the spoiler tag.
There is no reward in collecting them all.
Map
Resin
Intro
5
Train_Station
35
Downwards
15
Elevator
30
Front
15
Labs
35
Teleport_1
5
Hexagon
10
Teleport_2
5
Outer_Rim
15
Sum
170
Popular Discussions View All (8)
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I need to be told exactly how to synchronise the shafts.
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338 Comments
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B the Hammer 9 Jul @ 5:38pm 
Who has the time to create an awesome mod? Brainstorm, that's who. This mod is nearly as big as the original Half Life: Alyx. No seriously. The absolute most time I ever spent playing a mod is 3 hours. Half-Life: Zheptics took me 3 weekends. It is the longest mod. A mod with the most carefully thought out puzzles. Combat is difficult but not too difficult. Jump scares at a reasonable minimum. music is off the chart. ambiance is perfect. story and story mechanics that are the best I have ever seen. This mod is an absolute MUST for any fan of VR
Brainstorm  [author] 9 Jul @ 7:21am 
Both are not, but something very similar to the gnome
finnaz 8 Jul @ 7:51pm 
is the purple hat or gnome in?
Wakamala 9 Jun @ 5:59pm 
Esto literalmente podria llegar a ser un juego aparte del half life o un dlc, es espectacular, la mejor campaña de half life alyx que jugue
Bob Loblaw 3 Jun @ 11:01pm 
Best mod ever!
PlushTheFox 19 May @ 12:42pm 
Really fun map! The puzzles are interesting, the voice work is great and the set design is amazing. This also contains what might be the most clever use of Jeff in the entire workshop.
Acrophobics beware: you're gonna suffer.
The bomb corridors are a bit aggravating, tho.
Perplexer 13 May @ 6:53am 
Bravo! I might have enjoyed Zheptics more than the base game itself! So cool with entirely new game mechanics and models. Neat to see new things and figure out how they worked the first time! Creative, engaging and fun puzzles (had a LOT of fun in the Labs), and boy was some of that combat hard! Sweaty palms on the final level for sure! I liked this so much, I played through twice (for the also very hard but very neat bonus level!) I have been recommending this mod to everyone who has HLA in their Steam library! I need more please! Had a couple glitches that required a reload of an earlier game save but I think it was because I was saving overly often. 10/10 for sure!
GG_75_FR 11 May @ 7:52am 
Brilliant, inventive, intelligent, monumental! Thank you!
QueefKing of Ramadan 6 May @ 11:38pm 
Absolutely phenomenal levels. Lots of creative and fun puzzles and interesting gameplay! Admittedly a bit stingy on ammo after fights. Not the most fun to go through a tough battle that used all of my ammo, and my reward is another fight before I had time to reset. But despite that I loved going through and experiencing the unique maps and concepts. Jeff especially was one of the best uses of him in an addon I've seen ever! This mod took the mechanics of Alyx, and branches them off into some really smart paths. Jeff did so many clever puzzles I wasn't expecting. And I almost like it more than the actual Jeff chapter in some ways!
NuevTurn 21 Apr @ 10:11am 
I just finished playing your campain and I wanted to say i didn't expect it, how much I enjoyed it! The puzzles were extremely clever and engaging, and the art direction was stunning. it all came together to create a truly unique experience. It’s impressive how much thought and creativity went into this.