Estranged: Act I

[Ross Scott]

Genre: Horror

Year released: 2014

Ross's rating: Unrated

Link to game: http://store.steampowered.com/app/261820/Estranged_Act_I/

Free to play: Yes

GaaS: Unknown

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[JohnRDVSMarston]

Great atmosphere, nice ambient, good music, well-made gameplay; one of my favorites HL2 mods.

[DieselDizzel]

Act 2 for this game is out now and it's using the Unreal 4 Engine. It looks pretty cool.

[Doggomancer]

Great horror experience that reflects the golden age of Half Life modding.

Story's a little cliche, but the design of everything has a great immersive feel to it which makes it worth the play.

 

Sadly I can't say the same about Act 2 which does not use the Source engine and loses its charm early on.

[jaid]

On 8/7/2019 at 1:35 PM, DieselDizzel said:

Act 2 for this game is out now and it's using the Unreal 4 Engine. It looks pretty cool.

it has really bad voice acting.

[Erasmus Roterodamnsus]

The closest thing we'll get to They Hunger: Lost Souls (barring the leak). The atmosphere was that palpable for me. Like They Hunger, you begin wrecked in a small mysterious town at night, seemingly devoid of life, until you discover... what else? I really took a liking to the level design with the minor puzzles for pacing, and many small hidden areas that reward exploration. It's less linear than Half-Life, there are often multiple pathways to take to get to your destination, but never to the point of frustration, just thoughtful navigation. The minor negatives are it losing the punch of its atmosphere closer to the end, and being stuck in the darkness with a dead flashlight, being forced to repeatedly press f to get any kind of light.

Edited 10 hours ago by Erasmus Roterodamnsus (see edit history)