History VideoGame / SvenCoop

Released all the way back in 1999, Sven Co-op is a modification of ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' that's been in development for well over a decade, constantly updated and improved.

* MookMedic: Remember the friendly medic NPCs from ''Opposing Force''? They can be enemies now. If you haven't guessed already; ShootTheMedicFirst.

* TitleAntagonist: One of the most famous, classic maps is "Osprey", where you have to destroy the MookMaker Osprey.

* MsFanservice: Two default playermodels, Barniel and Kate, are shapely female security guards. The female assassins also qualify due to their athletic physique and SensualSpandex.

** Interestingly, the SMG's grenade launcher was replaced with a zoomable scope and given to the M16 assault rifle instead. It differs from the SMG by only firing in 3-round bursts and has its own ammo pool.

* ActionGirl: Players can choose to play as male or female characters and still kick ass either way.

* ArtEvolution: The heads in ''VideoGame/TheyHunger'' were given new models so as to look less like [[PaletteSwap a retextured]] version of their source enemy, the Headcrabs, having spider-like legs with a head on top of it, rather than a face with legs.

* FacelessGoons / GasMaskMooks: As in the original Half-Life, some enemy grunts spawn wearing gas-masks.

** Interestingly, the SMG's grenade launcher was replaced with a zoomable scope and given to the M16 assault rifle instead. It differs from the SMG by only firing in 3-round bursts and has its own ammo pool.
* ThatOneBoss: The newly introduced boss from 4.9 which is Kingpin from the DummiedOut beta of ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'', he is a total nightmare in small closed spaces (Such as Sectore.) Or at times the newly updated Tetris which the final area is open space, (While being pounced on by roided up Panthereyes.), they have an passive shield that resists most to all types of damage, a lightning attack that can 1-2 shot you if you have full armor or not, a charged AOE homing attack that can kill your teammates in large quantities, all stacked neatly on a good chunk of HP which ensures it`s survival.

* LostForever: While some people can still get their hands on the ''VideoGame/AfraidOfMonsters'' files, the refined and expanded ''VideoGame/AfraidOfMonsters: Director's Cut'' files were nearly impossible to obtain after Cocyx shut down his server. Fortunately, they were eventually salvaged and recreated by Zorbos in 2015. It still took 3 years, however.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Ledges that would normally require people hopping on each other to access can be accessed alone due to the ledge mounting system.

* CrowbarCombatant: Duh.

* DarkerAndEdgier: In comparison to the vivid and action-packed feel of ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' and most custom campaigns, the ''Afraid of Monsters'' port is utterly terrifying, full of the horrific monsters and eye-wrenching darkness of the original ''Afraid of Monsters''.

* DummiedOut: Inverted. Some of the enemies from ''Half-Life'' that were dummied out in the original game were reintegrated as enemies for the mod.

* GatlingGood: Players can wield handheld chainguns for MoreDakka and so can the AI-controlled enemies; see the entry below.

* ImplacableMan: David Leatherhoff of the Afraid of Monsters port is, by every meaning of the word, ''utterly invincible''.
* KnifeNut: Subverted. In the Afraid of Monsters port, your primary melee weapon is a kitchen knife, as in the original, where it is encouraged to use it as much as possible to save on ammo, which is dangerously scarce. However, due to Sven Co-op being much more easier and generous with ammo due to the multiplayer elements, the knife is completely useless and should only be used to destroy breakable objects like boards and vent covers.
* LostForever: While some people can still get their hands on the Afraid of Monsters files, the refined and expanded Afraid of Monsters: Director's Cut files were nearly impossible to obtain after Cocyx shut down his server. Fortunately, they were eventually salvaged and recreated by Zorbos in 2015. It still took 3 years, however.
* MechaMooks: Some maps have robo-grunts (humanoid robot drones armed with assault rifles) as enemies. These grunts first originated from foreign versions of Half-Life where the humans were replaced with robo-grunts as a censorship method.

* MookMedic: Remember the friendly medic NPCs from ''Opposing Force''? They can be enemies now.

* ThatOneBoss: The newly introduced boss from 4.9 which is Kingpin from the DummiedOut beta of Half-Life, he is a total nightmare in small closed spaces (Such as Sectore.) Or at times the newly updated Tetris which the final area is open space, (While being pounced on by roided up Panthereyes.), they have an passive shield that resists most to all types of damage, a lightning attack that can 1-2 shot you if you have full armor or not, a charged AOE homing attack that can kill your teammates in large quantities, all stacked neatly on a good chunk of HP which ensures it`s survival.

In Early 2016, it was announced that Sven Co-op would be released on {{UsefulNotes/Steam}} for free (complete with the original ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' campaign), and was released on January 22, 2016.

It follows a team of, er, people, armed to the teeth, going about several missions across the universe, from Black Mesa and Xen to Hell and back, gunning down aliens and military grunts alike. Each of these missions are contributed by random mappers and are limitless in different scenarios and creativity, and each follow simple plots.

* DarkerAndEdgier: In comparison to the vivid and action-packed feel of HalfLife1 and most custom campaigns, the AfraidofMonsters port is utterly terrifying, full of the horrific monsters and eye-wrenching darkness of the original Afraid of Monsters.

* ElaborateUndergroundBase / AbandonedLaboratory / AbandonedWarehouse: Due to being a HalfLife1 mod, a large chunk of the aforementioned custom campaigns take place in the clinical halls/storage rooms of Black Mesa, or a research/military facility extremely similar to it.

* GunsAkimbo: Sven Co-op adds an Uzi to the default Half-Life formula. It can be dual-wielded for extra firepower.

** Interestingly, the SMG's grenade launcher was replaced with a zoomable scope and given to the M16 assault rifle instead. It differs from the SMG by only firing in 3-round bursts and has its own ammo pool.

* DarkActionGirl: Female Assassin make an appearance in many campaigns, and are much the same as past appearances.

* GatlingGood: Players can wield handheld chainguns for {{MoreDakka}}, and so can the AI-controlled enemies; see the entry below.

* MsFanservice: Two default playermodels, Barniel and Kate, are shapely female security guards. The female assassins also qualify due to their athletic physique and {{SensualSpandex}}.

* GiantMook: Those goddamn heavy grunts, with the huge gatling guns.

** Interestingly, the SMG's grenade launcher was replaced with a zoomable scope and given to the M16 assault rifle instead. It differs from the SMG by only firing in 3-round bursts and has it's own ammo pool.

In Early 2016, it was announced that Sven Co-op would be released on {{UsefulNotes/Steam}} for free (complete with the original ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' campaign), to be released on January 22, 2016.

* MechaMooks: Some maps have robo-grunts (humanoid robot drones armed with assault rifles) as enemies. Interestingly, these grunts are from foreign versions of Half-Life where the humans were replaced with robo-grunts as a censorship method.
* MookMedic: Remember the friendly medic NPCs from ''Opposing Force''? They're enemies now.
* StandardFPSGuns: Being a HalfLife1 mod. Alien weapons are especially scarce, so your armory is almost always a melee weapon, pistol, shotgun, assault rifle/SMG (sometimes grenade-launcher-equipped), some grenades, a sniper/crossbow, and a rocket launcher.
* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Cocyx, creator of the AoM port and host of David Leatherhoff himself, permanently shut down his servers after they were flooded with clueless newcomers endlessly demanding him to play as David, thanks to the LetsPlay/SpikeAndBarleyPlay playthrough.

In Early 2016, it was announced that Sven Co-op would be released on UsefulNotes/Steam for free (complete with the original ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' campaign), although with no release date as of current.

* ColbertBump: Cocyx's Afraid of Monsters port was quite infamous from 2008 to 2010, but it utterly exploded into fame in 2011 thanks to SpikeAndBarleyPlay's playthrough of it. Unfortunately, this fame explosion actually [[FanDumb led to the server's permanent shut-down]].

* OlderThanTheyThink: Many newcomers would be surprised Sven Co-op was first released all the way back in 1999, only one year before HalfLife1's launch.
* StandardFPSGuns: Being a HalfLife1 game. Alien weapons are especially scarce, so your armory is almost always a melee weapon, pistol, shotgun, assault rifle/SMG (sometimes grenade-launcher-equipped), some grenades, a sniper/crossbow, and a rocket launcher.
* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Cocyx, creator of the AoM port and host of David Leatherhoff himself, permanently shut down his servers after they were flooded with clueless newcomers endlessly demanding him to play as David, thanks to the SpikeAndBarleyPlay playthrough.

Along with the hundreds of custom campaigns, Sven Co-op comes equipped with full co-op recreations of the original ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'', its expansions, ''VideoGame/TheyHunger'', and ''VideoGame/AfraidofMonsters''.

Released all the way back in 1999, Sven Co-op is a modification of HalfLife1 that's been in development for well over a decade, constantly updated and improved.

Along with the hundreds of custom campaigns, Sven Co-op comes equipped with full co-op recreations of the original HalfLife1, its expansions, TheyHunger, and AfraidofMonsters.