Poke646
| Poke646 | |
|---|---|
| Game / Engine : | Half-Life / GoldSrc |
| Type : | Total conversion |
| Genre : | Ego shooter |
| Developer : | Marc Schröder |
| Game modes: | Single player |
| Current version : | 1.1 (Anniversary Edition) |
| First published : | December 20, 2001 |
| Project status : | Development completed |
| Size : | 113 MB |
| Language (s) : | English |
| poke646.com | |
Poke646 is a mod for the computer game Half-Life . It was written by a team led by the German Marc Schröder and received a gaming fun rating of 84% from the computer game magazine GameStar .
The name Poke646 is part of a Commodore 64 basic command that changes the text color (and the color of the cursor).
action
13 months after the storyline of Half-Life, the player takes on the role of laboratory employee Damien Reeves in the research facility Poke646 (successor to the Black Mesa facility from the original game), whose task is to ward off alien attacks. When the scientists discover that such an attack on the city of Nation City by the Xen alien race is imminent, the city is evacuated. The player's task is to destroy the portals through which the aliens come to earth. To do this, four special generators must be activated.
Gameplay
With new weapons, such as a nail gun , the player has to fight his way through enemy aliens and soldiers like in the original game. In contrast to Half-Life , the player relies on a tactical and well-considered approach. The graphics have been improved, so the weapons consist of more polygons and the textures have a higher resolution. In terms of the structure of the game world ("level design"), the mod is very different from Half-Life , as the player rarely stays in sterile research laboratories. Instead, a world was chosen that is based on classic models of the first-person shooter genre: abandoned residential areas, a subway station, paths on the roofs of buildings, etc.
development
For the 15th anniversary of the mod, the Poke646: Anniversary Edition was released on December 21, 2016 . With the update, consisting of Poke646 and the successor Poke646: Vendetta , the functionality of the mod is ensured under the latest version of Steam and Half-Life .
Poke646: Vendetta
| Poke646: Vendetta (P: V) | |
|---|---|
| Game / Engine : | Half-Life / GoldSrc |
| Type : | Total conversion |
| Genre : | Ego shooter |
| Developer : | Marc Schröder |
| Game modes: | Single player |
| Current version : | 1.1 (Anniversary Edition) |
| First published : | December 21, 2006 |
| Project status : | Development completed |
| Size : | 142 MB |
| Language (s) : | English |
| poke646.com | |
The successor, Poke646: Vendetta (P: V) , was announced for 2003 and was released on December 21, 2006 on the fifth birthday of the modification. In addition to 14 new levels, which are divided into three chapters, the mod offers a new weapon, the PAR-21 Assault Rifle , new textures and a new soundtrack .
action
The player takes on the role of the laboratory worker Damien Reeves again , whose task is initially to escape from the planet Xen . After reactivating the teleporter, he returns to Earth, where his goal is to get revenge on his previous employers.
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Info, pictures and downloads for Poke646 on the Half-Life website Half-Life Portal
- Information, pictures and downloads for Poke646: Vendetta on the Half-Life website Half-Life Portal
- Poke646 Vendetta Gameplay Video # 1
- Poke646 Vendetta Gameplay Video # 2
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gamestar edition 03/2002, page 84
- ↑ Action of the Mod [http://www.poke646.de/poke646/about.htm] (Link not available)
- ↑ Poke646 - Downloads. In: poke646.com. Retrieved April 21, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Half-Life Portal | Mods | Poke646: Vendetta . Hlportal.de. Retrieved July 14, 2010.