History VideoGame / SweetHalfLife

* AffectionateParody[=/=]GenreThrowback: Of '50s/'60s sci-fi films, mixed in with some anime[=/=]manga elements.

* BadassBookworm: In sharp contrast to the, normally, NonActionGuy status for the scientists, those sporting HEV suits will fight alongside Gordon. Some will even carry powerful weapons such as the Tau Cannon.
* TheBigGuy[=/=]ScaryBlackMan: The minigun-wielding HECU sergeant.

* {{Animesque}}: All over the place. See also ActionGirl.

* BadassBookworm: The Hevsuit wearing Scientists.

* ClimaxBoss[=/=]FinalBoss: [[spoiler:The Kingpin in Xen and a giant probe in the Greys' mothership]].

* EnergyWeapon : TheGreys are fond of these.

-->[[AC:You Die]]
-->[[AC:Die]]
-->[[AC:Fool]]
-->[[AC:[[ComeOutComeOutWhereverYouAre Come Out]]]]
-->[[AC:You Cannot Defeat Us All]]
-->[[AC:You Cannot Win]]
* GameBreakingBug: The mod crashes whenever the HD pack was installed. This doesn't seem to occur when played on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} or [=Xash3D=] versions. Also, if the mod is played on [=Xash3D=], some scripts involving Gargantuas will not be activated, rendering it {{unwinnable}}.

* MultipleEndings: [[spoiler:[=McGinley=] can either board one of the [=UFOs=], taking him to Greys' mothership, rescuing the HECU troops there ([[EnemyMine who in turn aid him]]), destroying it (and therefore the Grey invasion force and rescuing Shephard), or he can be abducted by one of the active [=UFOs=] which takes him to Xen where he fights the Kingpin (allowing the Greys to invade the Earth). Either way, [=McGinley=] will always end up on top of the tram boarded by both the G-Man and Freeman]].

* DifficultySpike: Especially [[spoiler:once you're inside the mothership]].

* MoreDakka: The plasma rifle and the minigun, which packs ''[[UpToEleven even more]]'' dakka than the [=MP5=] or the [=F2000=].

* RuleOfCool: Taken UpToEleven if you've installed [=R1chard=]'s UD pack.

* NonIndicativeName: Nope, this mod is in no way "[[TastesLikeDiabetes sweet]]" whatsoever.

* UnwinnableByMistake: [[spoiler:Missing just one of the tubes in the mothership denies you access to the reactor core. Worse yet, once you've activated an elevator, you can't go back.]]

* MenAreGenericWomenAreSpecial: The [=HEV=]-clad scientist are treated fairly mundane. However the token ActionGirl in [=HEV=] suit is [[AllThereInTheManual immediately]][[WordOfGod branded]] as ''[[MysticalWaif mysterious]]'', just because she is ... well, [[CaptainObvious a girl]].

* MenAreGenericWomenAreSpecial: The [=HEV=]-clad scientist are treated fairly mundane. However the token ActionGirl in [=HEV=] suit is [[AllThereInTheManual immediately]][[WordOfGod branded]] as ''[[Mystical Waif mysterious]]'', just because she is ... well, [[CaptainObvious a girl]].

* FrickinLaserBeams: TheGreys are fond of this trope.

* CrateExpectations

* EscortMission

* MusicSoothestheSavageBeast
* NintendoHard

* ShortRangeShotgun

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: In the garage, you'll encounter an HECU team and later, a Gargantua. A security guard will open a door for you. If you manage to keep him alive throughout the level, which ends in a subway station, you won't be able to bring him with you to the train because an invisible AI barrier is keeping him from doing so.
** Later in one path of the game you have to work with some scientists to destroy another Gargantua with a giant particle gun. The ray is designed that, when scripted right, it knocks the Gargantua through multiple walls before destroying it. There are a rare few cases where it fails. The Scientists have a different answer depending on if it works not.

* GameBreakingBug: The mod crashes whenever the HD pack was installed. This doesn't seem to occur when played on {{Steam}} or [=Xash3D=] versions. Also, if the mod is played on [=Xash3D=], some scripts involving Gargantuas will not be activated, rendering it {{unwinnable}}.

** Later in one path of the game you have to work with some scientists to destroy another Gargantua with a giant particle gun. The ray is designed that, when scripted right, it knocks the Gargantua through multiple walls before destroying it. There are a rare few cases where it fails. The Scientists answer differently depending on if it works not.

* PlotArmor: The Bradley [=McGinley=] fights near the heliport cannot be damaged by anything. [[spoiler:It was only destroyed after a Xen formation teleports and grew beneath it]].

* YouAllLookFamiliar: The Black Mesa HEV-wearing scientists, due to its reuse of the vanilla scientist head models. Slightly subverted with the HECU marines, who now have 6 different heads.

* HeroicMime: [=McGinley=], the aforementioned ActionGirl, [[spoiler:and Shephard]].

* HeroicMime
* MadLibsDialogue

* AffectionateParody / GenreThrowback: Of '50s/'60s sci-fi films, mixed in with some anime[=/=]manga elements.

* TheBigGuy / ScaryBlackMan: The minigun-wielding HECU sergeant.
* ClimaxBoss / FinalBoss: [[spoiler:The Kingpin in Xen and a giant probe in the Greys' mothership]].

** A [[WhatCouldHaveBeen scrapped]] UD pack turns TheGreys into the Martians from ''Film/MarsAttacks''

* TanksForNothing: A destroyed HECU Abrams can be seen in Xen [[spoiler:towards the end of the game]] along with its dead crew. [[spoiler:The Abrams aside, all of the Bradleys were destroyed by Xen lifeforms. Firing a rocket at them does nothing but annoy them]].