Originally posted by Painevan:

Really really good for a mod of Entropy Zero 2. I have some criticisms and highlights however that I want to point out as I experienced them throughout the duration of the mod.

-Firstly, the VA was great. It wasn't overboard and generally the protagonist Shadow-8 was silent most of the time which was nice, almost refreshing from how much Bad Cop talks during EZ:2. I also liked the subtle character traits of Shadow-8, often exasperated and or sarcastic when dealing with intense situations but otherwise calm and almost robotic. Very little does he talk when not reporting something to Overwatch or his squadmates. Speaking of, Overwatch and the Advisors sounded on point which is expecting since Trivvy also voiced them in EZ:2 (as far as I know).

-Map design was fantastic, at no point was I ever stuck or had to double back because I missed something. All the visuals were beautiful especially the ending segment. At points I just took a breather just to admire how well the setting was done, Nova Prospekt felt even more rundown and in ruins compared to EZ:2.

-Combat was mostly monotonous. Sure it well well done and balanced, however the constant encounters with Antlions left a lot to be desired. Every combat encounter mostly felt reused over and over again, with Antlions coming from the roof as well as one or two spawners which you had to use a grenade to clear. I would've liked to see some more variety as well, maybe combat revolving around Antlions near water created by broken pipes or some traps to use against them. The highlights were of course the boss fights, specifically the first Antlion Guard and the Gonome fight since both felt very tense.

-I really didn't get the tiny horror section with the reused creepy voices from EZ:1 and the nightvision going out. It really didn't build to anything besides one encounter with a Poison Zombie which was really disapointing. There was a lot more that could've been done.

-There really weren't any puzzles or breaks inbetween combat encounters which could've been nice in order to create pacing. The closest to a puzzle was finding a generator to power a lever to open a gate, but it ended up essentially just being walking around with nothing happening before hitting a switch. I could understand though that not being the aim of this mod and isn't a serious critique.

-Team AI was handled very well, and was extremely useful during encounters. I feel a bit issue with most EZ:2 mods is that your squad usually gets killed instantly or ends up not really contributing much which was avoided here. I also love that you could bring the squad fully through the game, it made it felt it wasn't pointless trying to keep them alive.

-At certain times there were some crashes, not many only like one or two so it wasn't too big of an issue.

-The story was minimal, essentially just following a containment team trying to prevent a total collapse of Nova Prospekt. That wasn't really made clear during the mod though, nor really was there any direction of *why* we are progressing through Nova Prospekt. It's never really made clear what Shadow-8's objective is besides generally just killing Antlions. If there was actual guidance, maybe Overwatch just ordering Shadow-8 around the facility in order to activate some containment measures that maybe fail when activated, it could've made it more cohesive.

Overall for a free short EZ:2 mod, I'd give it a 7/10. Definite improvements could've been made, but I'm only being harsh since this mod seems to be a pretty serious attempt at replicating the feel of Entropy Zero and being it's own thing. I think the dev team should be proud they got the project completed and I'm interested in what comes next!