ABOUT

The Battle of Philadelphia is a Half - Life 2 modification set in the Half - Life universe. The story chronicles the city of Philadelphia, USA in the weeks following the events of city 17. This project will be distributed for free and released incrementally in chapters, though the first release will contain the first 2 or 3 chapters. Only owners of Half - Life 2 will be able to play it (an instillation of Steam and HL2 is required).

INTRO

...As you step out through the strange curtain of luminescent energy, a strange looking camera snaps a few blinding flashes in your face, further adding to the confusion. Everyone in the city is wearing uniforms reminiscent of prison outfits. The last thing you can remember is... well.. you can't remember anything, and every time you ask one of the locals what's going on they just tell you not to drink anymore of the water. What the hell is going on. As you round the corner, your heart skips a beat when you notice the monolithic nightmare towering above the city, a black spire of pain and oppression stretching high up into the clouds. People are being executed in the streets, strange metal walls are devouring buildings and some guy that you recognize from the senate is blurting out nonsense from some kind of high tech T.V. screen. This place isn't safe. You move on in search of answers...

FEATURES

It is the feeling of both team leads of this project that Half-Life 2 was done incredibly well, and in our views revolutionized what a good first person shooter should be. It has been our decision, however to change a few things around, to fit our mod better. Not that we think we are improving on Half - Life 2, but we feel that the settings and situations that we are planning for this unofficial expansion call for a few minor changes and some additions to the core Half - Life 2 content. We are currently finishing a few of the main additions concerning the first release. these include a couple of monsters & weapons, as well as one new major gameplay feature.

No main characters from Half - Life 2 will be featured in The Battle of Philadelphia, as it is our wish to coincide in story with the Half - Life 2 universe. We do however have a good understanding of what makes a good (or bad) character come to life, and have plans for at least a few new main characters. In addition, our plans for combat between the player and friendly npcs vs enemy npcs is to give the feel of real fighting and survival tactics being carried out by the npcs on both sides. This will come through rigorous testing of the implemented AI, assaults, and hints utilized in hammer, or, failing that, a tweaking of the AI code.