Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D.

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Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D.
Singleplayer

Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D. (also stylized as Half-Life: Caged) is a

game modification of Half-Life by Cayle George and Future Games Select released on September 21, 2017.[1][2] Made using the GoldSrc engine, the mod includes a single-player campaign in which the player must escape from a closely guarded prison.[3]

The mod was released on

OS X and Linux in December 2017.[5][6][7][8]

Development

The mod was made by Cayle George, an ex-Valve employee who previously worked on Team Fortress 2 and Portal 2.[9][10] On August 17, Future Games Select released a trailer of the mod,[11] with George announcing the release of the mod on the forum The Whole Half Life on September 1.[12] The music was made by Garrett "Lazerhawk" Hays, a synthwave producer.[13]

Gameplay

The gameplay is similar to the gameplay of the

crowbar, the player is given a plunger.[14] The enemies only include guards and has a runtime of half an hour to an hour.[15]

Plot

The game begins with the player in a cell with other prisoners inside the Correctional & Automatic Guardhouse Electronic Detention. The player has to get out of the cell and escape by using the pressure of the pipe to blow it up, leading into a sewer.

speedboat.[16]

Critical reception

The mod received positive reception from critics and fans.

Rock, Paper, Shotgun praised the game's visuals and atmosphere while criticizing the weapons and their lack of damage.[20]

The mod was made a Classic of the Month on the Run Think Shoot Live blog in June 2020,[1] and was the Editor's Choice for Mod DB's Mod of The Year 2017.[21]

References

  1. ^ a b "Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D." Run Think Shoot Live.
  2. ^ Brown, Fraser (September 24, 2017). "Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D. is a free mod from a Valve alumnus". PC Gamer.
  3. ^ "Pakene vankilasta Valven entisen työntekijän kehittämässä Half-Life: Caged -modissa". Muropaketti. September 23, 2017.
  4. ^ Hegevall, Peter (September 25, 2017). "Half-Life: Caged disponible maintenant sur Steam". Gamereactor (in French).
  5. ^ "Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D." IDGB.
  6. ^ Dawe, Liam (September 22, 2017). "Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D. from former Valve worker should hopefully come to Linux". GamingOnLinux.
  7. ^ "Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D. - LINUX and OSX Launch!". Steam. December 22, 2017.
  8. ^ "El mod 'Half-Life :Caged' ya ha sido lanzado para Linux". LinuxAdictos (in Spanish). 27 December 2017.
  9. ^ Donnell, Peter (2017). "Half-Life C.A.G.E.D. Mod from Ex Valve Employee". eTeknix.
  10. ^ Bär, Philipp (September 3, 2017). "Half-Life C.A.G.E.D. Mod von Ex Valve Mitarbeiter" (in German).
  11. ^ "Half Life: Caged je mod od bývalého dizajnéra z Valve". Sector (in Polish). September 24, 2017.
  12. ^ Cayle George (as "Dallas") (September 1, 2017). "Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D." The Whole Half-Life.
  13. ^ Madejski, Darek (September 23, 2017). "Były pracownik Valve wydaje za darmo Half-Life: Caged". PlanetaGracza.
  14. ^ a b "HALF-LIFE CAGED". PC Gamer. November 14, 2019 – via PressReader.
  15. ^ Tarason, Dominic (September 23, 2017). "An ex-Valve developer drags us back to the 90s for a prison break in free mod Half-Life: Caged". PCGamesN.
  16. ^ a b Alexandra, Heather (September 27, 2017). "Ex-Valve Employee's New Mod Is Some Of The Best Half-Life Ever". Kotaku.
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  18. ^ Mythos (September 29, 2017). "Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D. Review". Metrocop. Archived from the original on July 1, 2021.
  19. ^ SilverWolf (December 11, 2017). "Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D." The Daily SPUF.
  20. Rock, Paper, Shotgun
    .
  21. ^ "Editors Choice - Mod of the Year 2017". Mod DB. December 22, 2017.
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