Riot Act
Riot Act is a Half-Life 2 modification created by Germano uoz Guerrini, Marco omega Capone, Flavio black dog Mauri, with music from Michele Visìer De Luca and voice acting by Daniel Rodrigues. It is set during the assault of Nova Prospekt by Dr. Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance, with the Antlions but from the perspective of one of the prisoners Jamil Lee, who has to fight her way out of the Combine prison with help from other Resistance members and the Antlion forces.
Story
Numbness and rage.
Fright and anger.
I open my eyes. Oh, well. My cell is pitch dark anyhow.
Block E. I heard their inhuman voices.
Lying on this cold metal bed, I stretch my arms along my sides.
This must be the right posture to fit in a pod.
I do not tolerate the idea of not being ready.
Yes, but ready for what?
No, I won't give way to grief.
A squeaky sound...No, no way. It can't be true.
The door opens, light replaces darkness.
I will ask for a reason later. Now I have a choice to take. An easy one.
I will run the *** out of here, whatever it takes.
It's time to get a little revenge.
It's time to start my own riot act.
Set inside Nova Prospekt, at some undetermined time after Freeman assaults the Combine Prison, Jamil Lee is released from her cell and must fight her way out of Nova Prospekt. Along the way she encounters other members of the Resistance who are also fighting for freedom and also the Antlion hordes who are destroying the complex from within. The Combine are scattered and everywhere, in a desperate attempt to regain control of the prison. Turrets have been put up to combat escaping prisoners and the Antlion infestation but Lee and her companions fight on. She explores previously unseen areas of Nova Prospekt, travels through the collapsing Old sections of the prison and also its newer sections briefly in order to escape the complex. After fighting tirelessly against the Combine, she finally finds a way out across a bridge and leaves the complex via a small fishing boat before Nova Prospekt is destroyed by Freeman and Alyx's use of the Dark Energy teleporter within the prison. It is unknown what happens to her beyond this point.
With Half-Life 2
Riot Act is one of the few mods that are based within the Half-Life 2 storyline and from an unknown and unseen characters perspective. The sections explored are entirely new and created by the developers but draw obviously heavy influence from the Nova Prospekt chapters of the game, it is unknown at what point Jamil and the Resistance members break out of Nova Prospekt, but it is clearly before its destruction. Freeman is referenced once within the game, by one of the first members of the Resistance you meet within the game where he states he has seen 'Freeman with Vance's daughter', clearly when Freeman arrived in the newer sections of Nova Prospekt and helped her rescue her father from Combine imprisonment.
The Antlions have taken over full-force in the older areas of Nova Prospekt as witnessed in Riot Act, at one point Jamil is able to gain the power to control the Antlions as Freeman did within Half-Life 2 and uses this to her advantage to further spread the hordes through the base and wipe out the Combine guard. Jamil also briefly encounters the G-Man from a window above a large bathroom. The G-Man pays no attention to her and moves away (one can assume this was the developers intentions to make sure the player knew that the G-Man was only there for Freeman's purpose and, like Barney in Blue Shift, Lee is unimportant to the G-Man's plans). However this sighting does not co-inside with the sighting of the G-Man seen within Nova Prospekt in Half-Life 2.
Gameplay
To truly authenticate the feeling of playing from another person's perspective, the developers redesigned Gordon's hand to Jamil's hand, with the sleeve of a typical civilian's clothing. A tattoo is also seen on her hand which is the symbol of Riot Act. The interface, while exactly the same in design, is a different colour, a pale turquoise (similar to the change in interface colour for Opposing Force and Blue Shift). There are no new weapons, and Jamil does not encounter the USP Match, .357 Magnum, the Crossbow or the Gravity Gun. Weapons used are:
- Crowbar
- H&K MP-7 PDW
- Overwatch Rifle
- SPAS-12
- HE Grenade
- RPG
- Alien Pheromones
At two points within the game, a Combine mounted turret can be used.
Enemies encountered within the game are:
Team
Germano uoz Guerrini
Game and Levels Design, Textures, Models, Coding, Site Design and Code, AOB
Marco omega Capone
Hands Model, Animations and Skin
Flavio black dog Mauri
Additional Game Design and Lead Beta Testing
Michele Visìer De Luca
Music
Daniel Rodrigues
Voice Acting
Ben Hundley
Trailer
Website
Further details, screenshots and downloads can be found on http://uoz.multiplayer.it/ra/index.php, the Riot Act website. It includes exclusive media and also developers screenshots on the design of Riot Act as well as a walkthrough guide.
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