Lights flicker and tremors shudder through the earth, while the scientists and security guards speculate on what’s going on. When the cascade occurs, it does so at a distance, unfolding as a gradual infrastructural collapse rather than an instant demolition. Even the very first area you spawn in, an underground car park, impresses with its cavernous scale and moody lighting.Īs with the original Half-Life, Echoes commences with a peaceful tour of its own segment of the Black Mesa facility, though smartly it lets you explore on foot rather than confining you inside a train. To begin with, the mod’s 20-odd maps are enormous and stunningly detailed.
What make Half-Life: Echoes stand out from other Black Mesa retellings is the sheer level of craft and ambition that has gone into it.
