Serious Immersion: Half-Life 2

Release date: 2020-08-17

This is a mod for Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter that tries to create an atmosphere of playing Half-Life 2 on Serious Engine 1 with ported weapons, enemies, effects and a bunch of other features that mimic Half-Life 2 as closely as possible!

Features

• The main arsenal from Half-Life 2
  • Crowbar, Gravity Gun, USP, .357 Magnum, MP7, Pulse Rifle, SPAS-12, Crossbow, Grenade, RPG
  • Also an extra temporary weapon from Counter-Strike: Source - G3SG1 auto-sniper
• HUD & crosshair remade from scratch to imitate Half-Life 2 as closely as possible
• Reskins for some Serious Sam enemies with new attacks & health adjustments (Beta)
  • Civil Protection, Manhack, Overwatch Soldier, Overwatch Elite, Standard Headcrab, Fast Zombie, Antlion Soldier, Antlion Guard
  • A bonus boss from Team Fortress 2 - the one and only Merasmus!
  • Black Mesa Science Team - "Hello, Gordon!"
• Configs that implement newly introduced surface materials such as Metal and Glass on existing levels
• Various effects, such as bullet holes and step sounds
• Flashlight and suit zoom
• Captions similar to Half-Life 2 that also (temporarily) display picked items
• Several fun features:
  • Bunnyhopping (continuous hopping with horizontal acceleration)
  • Speed & jump multipliers
  • Enemy drops (weapons, ammo etc.)

• A brand new realistic physics engine powered by ODE
  

• A few experimental gamemodes:

  • Arms Race: The primary weapon cycles between 10 different weapons every 3 kills
    

  • Dissolvent: The only available weapon is the Pulse Rifle with unlimited energy balls
    

  • Bunny Hunt: Increased movement speed with auto bunnyhopping; the only weapon is G3SG1
    

  • Minekill: The only weapon is Gravity Gun with rollermines instead of items

  • Flying Rocketmen: The only weapon is RPG with faster rockets and the gravity is significantly lowered

Notes

• All new console commands have an "hl2" prefix.
• If you lack new controls, reload default controls preset for the player.
• To play multiplayer with realistic physics enabled, it should either be disabled in game options or during the game via the HEV HAX menu in order to allow other players to join. After that, the physics can be re-enabled via the same menu.