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legacyzero · Aug 11, 2013

http://www.moddb.com/mods/alchemilla-mod/news/alchemilla-demo-is-out

Alchemilla Mod its attempt to recreate original atmosphere of cult game Silent Hill on the Source Engine. It is not rebuild to one of games of series, its own history on its reasons. Above all things a project is developed for fanaticisms original game.

I just played through it, and it was quite nice. It's Silent Hill alright. Same sounds and environment that SH fans are used to. But this is more of first person point-and-click adventure, so far. And DAT ENDING. Damn demo ended JUST as it was getting good!

Pics:

To install:
1. Install Steam (if you dont have it)
2. While in Steam choose "Tools" tab and install Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer. (it is very important!)
3. Unpack mod to your steamapps\sourcemods folder.
4. Restart Steam.
5. Play the game!

Full playthrough:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmfAqBfJsLE

Lasthope106 · Aug 11, 2013

No way I'm playing this.

I don't want to shit my pants.

CheesecakeRecipe · Aug 11, 2013

Silent Hill and the Source Engine? Two of my favorite things? Don't mind if I doooooooooooo

Krappadizzle · Aug 11, 2013

Damn, I found out what I'm doing with my Saturday if my friends don't jump on to play ARMA III DayZ.

Also, this pic get's it.

kunonabi · Aug 11, 2013

i really wish i liked first-person horror games.

Mr. Enigma · Aug 11, 2013

Probably puts anything in the Tomm Hulett era of Silent Hill to shame.

legacyzero · Aug 11, 2013

Mr. Enigma said:
Probably puts anything in the Tomm Hulett era of Silent Hill to shame.

It's sad when a Source mod can do Silent Hill better than Silent Hill has lately IMO.

indigo-cyclops · Aug 11, 2013

Shit thanks for the heads up on this...

we.are.the.armada · Aug 11, 2013

Whoa this looks amazing, will definitely check it out! Good find legacyzero

legacyzero · Aug 11, 2013

kunonabi said:
i really wish i liked fps horror games.

This demo has no combat at all, but I'm not sure if the final product will or not.

we.are.the.armada said:
Whoa this looks amazing, will definitely check it out! Good find legacyzero

pa22word · Aug 11, 2013

Cool, will try it out when I get the chance.

legacyzero said:
It's sad when a Source mod can do Silent Hill better than Silent Hill has lately IMO.

Source mods don't have to report to marketing, nor have studio higher ups wondering why the main character doesn't have a gun in his hands 24/7.

JBourne · Aug 11, 2013

Do I need to own Half-Life 2 to download Source mod games?

kuYuri · Aug 11, 2013

Gonna check this out. Thanks for bringing it up!

legacyzero · Aug 11, 2013

JBourne said:
Do I need to own Half-Life 2 to download Source mod games?

Hmmm I dont believe so.. Check your "Tools" section of Steam and see if "Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer" is there to download?

ThatsMytrunks · Aug 11, 2013

Hm, Source eh? Oculus Rift support?

ThatsMytrunks · Aug 11, 2013

Oh shit, it does.

Walking down the hallway I could see a guy floating. When I moved forward, he moved backward.

I opened a door, the screen went black, and then when it came to, I was in another room.

Fuck, the Oculus Rift makes horror games a MILLION TIMES SCARIER.

kuYuri · Aug 11, 2013

Fuuuuck, I want to try this with Oculus now.

JBourne · Aug 11, 2013

legacyzero said:
Hmmm I dont believe so.. Check your "Tools" section of Steam and see if "Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer" is there to download?

Thanks, man. Got it installing now.

I should play through SH2 again now that I have it on PC.

Wiktor · Aug 11, 2013

CheesecakeRecipe said:
Silent Hill and the Source Engine? Two of my favorite things? Don't mind if I doooooooooooo

Did you play Korsakovia? If not, you should

CheesecakeRecipe · Aug 11, 2013

AdrianWerner said:
Did you play Korsakovia? If not, you should

Oh yes! It was one of the most unsettling things I've played in a long time and I keep hoping that maybe TheChineseRoom will come back to it and give it that Dear Esther remake love. With a few of the bugs squashed and a fresher coat of paint than a bunch of half life 2 assets reused over and over I think it would catch a lot of positive attention.

Just thinking about the noises the shadow mists made as they crept by and then later spotted me gets my hairs standing on end.

Anyone who hasn't checked it out yet really should. Just be careful with how loud your headphones are when you play. Check the comments for a mod to un-break it, since one of the Source updates broke the mod.

brandonh83 · Aug 11, 2013

Mr. Enigma said:
Probably puts anything in the Tomm Hulett era of Silent Hill to shame.

I have my doubts.

HomerSimpson-Man · Aug 11, 2013

ThatsMytrunks said:
Oh shit, it does.

Walking down the hallway I could see a guy floating. When I moved forward, he moved backward.

I opened a door, the screen went black, and then when it came to, I was in another room.

Fuck, the Oculus Rift makes horror games a MILLION TIMES SCARIER.

Now this is just silly.

How does me shitting my pants benefit anyone.

Somnium986 · Aug 11, 2013

Was wondering when a thread about this would pop up. Finished it a couple of nights ago. Really enjoyed it overall. The only thing I was disappointed with were the puzzles, they were a little on the easy side. I'm sure the difficulty will ramp up in the full mod though. Would be nice to have a map too. It definitely has that Silent Hill feel. :]

Looking forward to playing the whole thing, and revisiting old SH locations. The screenshots look for this mod look so good!

Persona7 · Aug 11, 2013

Mr. Enigma said:
Probably puts anything in the Tomm Hulett era of Silent Hill to shame.

Don't utter that name three times in front of a mirror.

BigDaddyFatSack · Aug 11, 2013

Not all source mods are Oculus Rift ready. Only the ones that use SDK 2013 and this one isn't bad. Thanks for the heads up!

legacyzero · Aug 11, 2013

ThatsMytrunks said:
Oh shit, it does.

Walking down the hallway I could see a guy floating. When I moved forward, he moved backward.

I opened a door, the screen went black, and then when it came to, I was in another room.

Fuck, the Oculus Rift makes horror games a MILLION TIMES SCARIER.

OH GOD.

I should get an Rift at some point :/

Bookoo · Aug 11, 2013

HomerSimpson-Man said:
Now this is just silly.

How does me shitting my pants benefit anyone.

Horror game devs must be getting money from Hanes and Fruit of Loom.

Hofmann · Aug 11, 2013

legacyzero said:
This demo has no combat at all, but I'm not sure if the final product will or not.

Now that's great to hear, gonna try it later.

kunonabi · Aug 11, 2013

legacyzero said:
This demo has no combat at all, but I'm not sure if the final product will or not.

sorry, i meant to say first-person. the perspective just takes me out of horror games. regardless of it being action-focused. it was one of the main reasons amnesia didn't have much of an effect on me.

being better than the hulett-era of sh games isn't really much of a feat. as long as it stays away from the usual sh fanfic garbage or copying the sh2 protagonist template for the 100th time it should be fine.

UrbanRats · Aug 11, 2013

ThatsMytrunks said:
Oh shit, it does.

Walking down the hallway I could see a guy floating. When I moved forward, he moved backward.

I opened a door, the screen went black, and then when it came to, I was in another room.

Fuck, the Oculus Rift makes horror games a MILLION TIMES SCARIER.

This is where i wish i had an OR dev kit.

Haint · Aug 11, 2013

I didn't even realize this was a thing, where you just DL Source on Steam and drop games in a folder. Is there any more good free stuff out there or sites dedicated to it?

Haunted · Aug 11, 2013

Oculus Rift will crash and burn once the first couple people die of heart attacks while playing horror games.

FinKL · Aug 11, 2013

I know what im doing later today o_0

JBourne · Aug 11, 2013

Reallink said:
I didn't even realize this was a thing, where you just DL Source on Steam and drop games in a folder. Is there any more good free stuff out there or sites dedicated to it?

A lot of them are on ModDB. Grey looks good. I can't find a Youtube video with someone talking over the entire thing. Grey is a nicer version of Slender: The Eight Pages.

There are a few nice mods for Amnesia as well. Amnesia Hill is alright, although it does have some lame combat.

Somnium986 · Aug 11, 2013

Found this vid of the alpha build.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUYAA2Y1MHU

Know it's an early bulid, but still combat looks iffy. Kinda like the textures they used in this alpha more.

indigo-cyclops · Aug 11, 2013

Somnium986 said:
Found this vid of the alpha build.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUYAA2Y1MHU

Know it's an early bulid, but still combat looks iffy. Kinda like the textures they used in this alpha more.

I'm assuming this build is "older" than the demo? If so, they could have decided to drop combat. Wouldn't mind that one bit. Either way, it definitely felt like a Silent Hill game, and I loved that. Only thing, get rid of that HUD [re: the demo HUD] ugh. I know it's very minimal, but it's prominent and doesn't really fit.

legacyzero · Aug 11, 2013

Somnium986 said:
Found this vid of the alpha build.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUYAA2Y1MHU

Know it's an early bulid, but still combat looks iffy. Kinda like the textures they used in this alpha more.

This was awesome. I was kinda hoping this mod would have some sort of monsters and combat. It would just be strange without it. And it looks pretty good.

OMG at the nightmare hospital portion at the end!

Somnium986 · Aug 12, 2013

The monsters in that build are not the final ones fortunately. Here's what they have on the mod page.

lordchompy · Aug 12, 2013

Somnium986 said:
The monsters in that build are not the final ones fortunately. Here's what they have on the mod page.

Walking without any feet would be difficult, wouldn't you say? Also, this mod feels more like Amnesia than Silent Hill, which might not be a bad thing if you enjoy the former more than the latter.

legacyzero · Aug 12, 2013

Somnium986 said:
The monsters in that build are not the final ones fortunately. Here's what they have on the mod page.

http://i.imgur.com/yI07u05.jpg[/IM][/QUOTE]
Oh wow, at that nurse model. Scary as fuck. You're not supposed to see her face, but I can make an exception if they're going the Siren route.

Somnium986 · Aug 12, 2013

Was hoping that they would have gone the SH1 route in terms of design for the nurses.

Would much rather have something similar to this....

than another variant of the SH2 nurse.

indigo-cyclops · Aug 12, 2013

legacyzero said:
Oh wow, at that nurse model. Scary as fuck. You're not supposed to see her face, but I can make an exception if they're going the Siren route.

I'm just not a fan of the big-breasted look. Unnecessary, unless they are working with it thematically. But if they are then hello SH2.

lordchompy · Aug 12, 2013

INDIGO_CYCLOPS said:
I'm just not a fan of the big-breasted look. Unnecessary, unless they are working with it thematically. But if they are then hello SH2.

There are no psychological themes with the monsters in Silent Hill anymore, at least not at a meaningful level. Just look at the two films. Did the nurses and pyramid head have anything to do with Rose and Heather?

NewGame · Aug 12, 2013

It doesn't look right to me. Might just be the whole first person issue coupled with the lack of a filter over the top to make the darkness look more grainy and the fog being replaced with absolute clarity.

AxelLund · Aug 12, 2013

Not bad...

toddhunter · Aug 12, 2013

ThatsMytrunks said:
Fuck, the Oculus Rift makes horror games a MILLION TIMES SCARIER.

Especially if you have a cat.

I'm just waiting for the first "lap jump" induced death.

JBourne · Aug 12, 2013

lordchompy said:
There are no psychological themes with the monsters in Silent Hill anymore, at least not at a meaningful level. Just look at the two films. Did the nurses and pyramid head have anything to do with Rose and Heather?

Let's not talk about the movies.

Revelations legitimately pissed me off. I've never been mad at a movie like that.

indigo-cyclops · Aug 12, 2013

lordchompy said:
There are no psychological themes with the monsters in Silent Hill anymore, at least not at a meaningful level. Just look at the two films. Did the nurses and pyramid head have anything to do with Rose and Heather?

But the developers are most likely not using the movies for inspiration. As they implicitly say.

Chance Hale · Aug 12, 2013

ThatsMytrunks said:
Oh shit, it does.

Walking down the hallway I could see a guy floating. When I moved forward, he moved backward.

I opened a door, the screen went black, and then when it came to, I was in another room.

Fuck, the Oculus Rift makes horror games a MILLION TIMES SCARIER.

My rift is coming in tomorrow or Tuesday, very exciting! Are there any horror games besides this which support the system currently? Would love Amnesia but it's not supported yet and the developers originally spoke poorly of the Rift but actually got a unit and changed their minds so we'll see.

xrayregime · Aug 12, 2013

It pretty much felt like any apartment level from Silent Hill. Very cool, would love to see how it ends up. I was glad I didn't know that

there aren't any monsters in it.

I probably would not have been nearly as creeped out the whole time.

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