USS Darkstar
Mod for Half-Life (1998) | Category: Custom Campaign
Author: Black Widow Games | Curator: Modbadger
Mod for Half-Life (1998) | Category: Custom Campaign
Author: Black Widow Games | Curator: Modbadger
USS Darkstar is a cult mod for Half-Life where you find yourself aboard a "Zoological Research Vessel" studying alien creatures. It all starts as a routine scientific mission, but eventually escalates into a tense adventure in the confined space of a spaceship full of unexpected threats.
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Localizations:
The mod is localized into 1 language
(You don’t need to download anything extra to play in these languages)
Narrow corridors, strange laboratories, glass aquariums with humanoid creatures... The atmosphere is captivating - you immediately feel like a passenger on an alien ship where something has gone terribly wrong. The maps are well-designed but sometimes confusing - you might need to pause for a moment to figure out where to go next. But once you do - it's pure enjoyment.
The story doesn't aim for deep drama; rather, it's a fun, slightly parodic homage to other sci-fi works. The levels constantly change - one moment you're quietly exploring a cabin, the next an aquarium suddenly shatters and water floods everything around. Sometimes you can tell the script is simplistic, NPCs behave a bit oddly, and some locations look rough around the edges, but this is more than compensated by that Half-Life spirit - fresh ideas and genuine enjoyment from playing through it.
USS Darkstar is a classic old-school mod, without shiny HD textures, but with soul. It's not a masterpiece by today's standards, but it really deserves attention: atmospheric, slightly crazy, with original touches (like working showers or toilets, strange little details that stick with you). And most importantly - it still feels fresh even after decades.
If you enjoy unusual Half-Life mods that offer more atmosphere and surprises than graphical sophistication - USS Darkstar is definitely for you.
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