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[Tain]

The secret in ahl_5am is probably one of the coolest things I've seen in a game.

It's massive, disturbing, frustrating, and requires a crapload of teamwork.

ahl_5am is a map made for Action Half-Life, by a guy known as Hondo. Hondo has a thing for long secrets in his maps, but 5am takes the cake. It's a pretty fun map on its own, focusing on a city street and a hotel.

Poke around the hotel for a bit, and you just might stumble accross this out-of-place room...

Even more searching, and the secret truly begins.

Players enter a giant clock.

Each hour of the clock is its own challenge, and all must be completed before getting to 5 AM. You'll be dodging turrets, riding a crystal car, and avoiding being smashed by a giant pear, among other things.

Nobody has progressed past 5 AM, and it certainly looks like its own puzzle more than an ending. I couldn't figure it out, even after looking at the map sources Hondo released.

If you'd like to try it, grab Action Half-Life. The latest version of the game doesn't include 5am, though older versions did.

http://tc.paing.com/downloads.php <- You can find 5am here. Yeah, it's on a TFC site, but it's still the original map, working with AHL.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Cool. Had no idea about the secret in that map, but I did enjoy playing the map for big team LMS.

 

[Tain]

There are some other maps, too, not all by Hondo.

I'm trying to solve the Battle Royale one now, but I'm not having much luck.

 

[Tain]

Alright, I'm changing the thread a bit. What other games have massive, drawn-out easter eggs?

(meh, I can't edit the thread title?)

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

Not terribly drawn out, but:

Sin had that bit in map mansion1 where you have to find two secret areas and a key to find the video monitor showing Elexis Sinclair masturbating in her hot tub.

Sin is filled with smaller examples of stuff like that; it was made back when the amount of extras you could pack into a map was a measure of quality.