Half-Life: Urbicide
Mod for Half-Life (1998) | Category: Custom Campaign
Author: Forsete | Curator: Modbadger
Mod for Half-Life (1998) | Category: Custom Campaign
Author: Forsete | Curator: Modbadger
Half-Life: Urbicide is a mod with 11 atmospheric maps for single-player gameplay. The events take place during the Xen invasion of Earth. You take on the role of Bruce, a warehouse manager trapped inside a building with a colleague, while his fiancée Rebecca attempts to rescue him.
Localizations:
Localizations:
The mod is localized into 1 language
(You don’t need to download anything extra to play in these languages)
As you may have already understood from the screenshots and videos, the coolest thing about Half-Life: Urbicide is the atmosphere. The locations are very detailed, you can literally feel the alien-occupied city where every street and every corner is saturated with tension. Sometimes it seems like the map is alive — sounds, lighting, small details create a real sense of presence.
The gameplay is not for the faint of heart. There are almost no health kits, Combine Grunt ambushes lurk at every step, and combat encounters can be very intense. But this is exactly what makes the mod captivating — you constantly keep yourself on edge, think through every step, and monitor your resources. Sometimes puzzles can be strange or non-obvious, and controls require attention, but this adds an additional layer of tension.
The story is delivered through on-screen text rather than voice acting, which may seem a bit old-fashioned, but works well with the overall atmosphere. The music and sounds perfectly complement the mood, making the city even more disturbing and dangerous.
In the end, Urbicide is a mix of survival, action, and tense atmosphere that will appeal to both fans of the original Half-Life and those who love challenges. The mod is difficult, but very impressive — every fight, every ambush, and every detail of the maps makes you dive into the game completely.
How to install a mod Half-Life: Urbicide
Extract the hl_urbicide folder and place it into the root directory of the game.
Launch the game, go to the Change game menu, and select the mod.
Play!
To avoid entering the "Change game" menu every time you start the mod, you can:
Option 1: Launch via shortcut
Go to the properties of hl.exe and in the Target field (for example: "D:\Games\Half-Life\hl.exe") add a space and then write -game followed by the name of the mod folder in the game root directory. It should look like this: "D:\Games\Half-Life\hl.exe" -game mod_folder_name
Apply the changes.
Launch the mod using this shortcut.
Option 2: Launch via Steam
Open Steam, click on the "Games" menu > "Add a Non-Steam Game".
Browse to the game folder and select hl.exe.
A shortcut will appear in your library.
Right-click on it, select Properties, and in the "Launch Options" field write the full path to hl.exe (for example: "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life\hl.exe") and add -game plus the mod folder name after a space. It should look like this: "D:\Games\Half-Life\hl.exe" -game mod_folder
