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Half-Life
Released On: Nov 19, 1998
9.1
All Platforms
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
96
100% Positive
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
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0% Negative
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0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
96
100% Positive
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
A fantastic single player experience, with reliable and customizable multiplayer support...what more could a FPS fan ask for.
It features a fully interactive environment that's a blast to play through. It's really like an interactive movie because it's so immersive. It's easily the most revolutionary shooter since "System Shock."
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 4,725 User Ratings
9.1
90% Positive
4242 Ratings
4242 Ratings
7% Mixed
346 Ratings
346 Ratings
3% Negative
137 Ratings
137 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 4,725 User Ratings
9.1
90% Positive
4242 Ratings
4242 Ratings
7% Mixed
346 Ratings
346 Ratings
3% Negative
137 Ratings
137 Ratings
It isn't everyday that you come across a game that totally revolutionizes an entire genre, but Half-Life has done just that.
Everything in this game is perfect, including the excellent characters and graphics, and the realistic sound effects. Half-Life is not a game, it is an adventure.
It constantly presents you with variety, surprises, and new challenges to keep you hooked. It is a tour de force in game design, the definitive single player game in a first person shooter.
Call in sick at work, unplug the phone, cancel all your plans, and prepare yourself for one of the most intense, exciting, and downright brilliant gaming experiences of your life.
Unfortunately, Half-Life’s puzzle-oriented play leads to some problems. On several occasions, you’ll be forced to make almost impossible jumps. The difficulty of such maneuvers finds you making 10, sometimes 15 attempts. The frustration distances you from a story that should have you absorbed.
Love the game, got it for free thanks to the 25th anniversary. The graphics, even though old, have their own beauty and the story is amazing.
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the world feels really real for such an old gameplay the story is good but other then gman not very unique. the gameplay can be fun but a lot of the time very frustrating
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I have learned something while playing Half-Life, I don't like First Person Shooters. As much as I like Metroid Prime and shooters like Resident Evil 4, there is just something about Half-Life's platforming and shooting that doesn't resonate with me nearly as well. The story is interesting for a bit, but just kinda ends up going from horror themed adventure to action adventure that, while realistic, didn't really pull me in. I will agree that I probably just **** at this game, but there is a number of difficulty spikes throughout and a lot of the puzzles can feel very obtuse and make you wonder if you're going the right way. More often than not I was either getting killed a lot for the rapid gunfire from enemies or from platforming around trying to figure out where to go to next, sometimes both. A lot of the soundtrack just tended to blend into sound effects, and I had to actually look up to make sure the game indeed had a soundtrack, and while it is there, I'd argue it's not very remember-able. Add all this together with a very annoying final boss fight and outdated graphics really makes me wonder how anyone saw this game as a classic. I'll agree that a lot of the charm is lost through time, but largely I feel very apathetic with my time with Half-Life.
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this is better than 2 everyone like this because of popular cultuer but i play the game and that was boring mostly people like bc this is childhood game i guess
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Summary Half-Life combines great storytelling in the tradition of Stephen King with intense action and advanced technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players need to think smart to survive. Half-Life has won more than 50 Game of the Year awards from publications around the world, and was named 'Best PC Game Ever' in PC Gamer...
Rated M
for Mature
Platforms:
- Dreamcast
- PC
- PlayStation 2
Initial Release Date: Nov 19, 1998
Developer:
- Valve Software
Publisher: Sierra Entertainment
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