A mod which has finally entered Alpha status after two years turns Half-Life into a Spyro the Dragon title. The mod, called “Year of the Dragon,” won ModDB’s “Mod of the Year” awards in 2018 and 2019. According to the mod page, an Uplink Demo Release is scheduled for November.
Playing Half-Life as Spyro may not seem like the most natural thing in the world, but videos of the demo show very natural Spyro-esque gameplay. Gordan Freeman’s glock has been replaced by Spyro‘s flame, which can roast head-crabs and other terrifying Half-Life creatures, no problem. He can head-butt vortigaunts and scientists alike, then collect the gems they drop.
Note, this mod is for the original Half-Life, not the Black Mesa remake. The developer has confirmed that Spyro will be able to squeeze into an HEV suit eventually, but right now most of the work is focused on making the full Half-Life campaign available in the new play style and refining Spyro‘s controls. Right now, Spyro pays gems to use the healing and HEV charging stations, but the developer has indicated that this will most likely change to something involving Sparx instead.
Some may enjoy the minor detail that, due to the fact that Spyro has none of Freeman’s weapons, trip mines have been removed from the game in this mod. This is because the trip mines placed by soldiers in Half-Life are, as far as the game code is concerned, the same as the ones Freeman can pick up and use.
The mod also comes with a “Spyro Development Toolkit” which will allow map creators to make their own Spyro levels in the Half-Life engine. That opens the door for new campaigns for Spyro the Dragon.
He may not ever reach Gordan Freeman’s impressive kill count, but brave young Spyro is certainly willing and able to help the scientists at Black Mesa.
Half-Life is now available for PC and PlayStation 2.
Source: ModDB
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