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https://www.moddb.com/mods/diffusion

DON'T CAST THAT GOTY VOTE JUST YET

10+ years in the making, Diffusion is finally here. Bugs are fixed. Game is complete. This is one of those vaporware mods that looked too good to be true over the years. From all impressions it seems like the madmen pulled it off. This is video gaming.

This is basically a full fat single player AAA FPS from 1998. If you like Half-Life, FEAR and Doom 3, you really want to check this out. It's a standalone release built on the Xash 3D engine. Runs great on my rig. Downscaling from 4k, it's got Half Life 1.5ish asset quality with modern lighting. Makes for some really pretty moments. This would have gone toe to toe with a lot of the giants if it released in that era. It is very good.

This will run on non-gaming computers just fine. Hell, I bet even most VAIO laptops can play it. Game has a great opening and it will hook you if you try it.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/diffusion

10 years in the making, this total conversion based on Half-Life is every bit as ambitious as Black Mesa

Diffusion is a fantastically fun shooter, albeit with one big caveat.

www.pcgamer.com

There was a specific moment while playing Diffusion where it shifted from being merely a highly capable Half-Life mod to one of the most remarkable conversions of Valve's classic FPS I've ever played. It's a moment reminiscent of Xen's reveal in Crowbar Collective's remake of Black Mesa, a sense of wonder imbued in equal parts by the sci-fi vista placed before you and the fact you know that it's running on the technical equivalent of a restored 1930s sedan.

 

[Guilty_AI]

The power of autism never ceases to amaze me

 

[Bry0]

Downloaded. Looks awesome.

 

[wisozp]

Downloading, can I run this on steamdeck?
Glad to see projects like this still happening!

 

[March Climber]

Downloading, can I run this on steamdeck?

Seconded for this question.

 

[wisozp]

Seconded for this question.

Yep it runs, extract the 2 gig Diffusion.2.7z to a folder then
chmod +x Diffusion-x86_64.AppImage
./Diffusion-x86_64.AppImage