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Summary: but not the greatest
Review: after reading the praise for this game, i expected it to be the greatest, but found it not to be, though good enough to do three times as a single player, the last on expert. several things bothered me. first, this was a pure shooter with only 2 exceptional levels ("blast pit" and "surface tension"). blast pit was the only level with a hint of a puzzle. second, it was very easy. about halfway through, you get a glove that shoots bugs around corners. this can be used to kill everything except gonarch and the baby (the two big bosses). also, ammo is plentiful, especially since you dont need it, and you can get through this game taking very few hits. third, after having a reasonable story for the whole game, the last levels become ridiculous and implausible, the old islands in space routine, with octabrains derived from duke nukem. fourth, even at this late date, there were bugs; gordon stuck to elevators when they reached the top unless he was moving at the time.positively, this games graphics still hold up very well after years. the AI is tough. half life's story and variety of weapons causes it to be eminently replayable (try to do the whole game with the crowbar). this game was also a milestone, with features that have been copied extensively (system shocks boss and deus ex crowbar, for example). i would rate this game as better than unreal, but not as good as system shock (hard and scary), nolf, undying, or deus ex. nonetheless, the bugs are surmountable, and, at the price now being asked, half life, regardless of age, is still great fun and a great buy.
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Summary: This game is the BEST!!
Review: This is a classic shoot 'em up game. ive had it for about 4 years, mabye more. its ALWAYS been fun for me. recently ive been more into internet gaming (with my new cable modem to thank for that)! the counterstrike mod is SPECTACULAR, and so is 'The Specialists'. it is fun all around!
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Summary: A GOOD FPS BEATS DOOM AND DUKE NUKEM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: this game is mind blowing. the story is awesome and the aliens actually have alien like features. Unlike other games, the arsenal is realistic and the setting is realistic. you can use your surroundings to help you kill the aliens. Warning: this game is very addicting. The only minor flaw was the graphics. don't get me wrong. the graphics were great but not up to my standards. After playing games like Morrowind, Splinter Cell, and the Unreal series, the graphics weren't that great. Another thing that bugged me was some of the wierd things you have to do. Sometimes you have to go back to where you started because you got lost. It happened to me once. The bottom line is if you like first person shooters (fps) then get this game.
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Summary: One of the Greatest Games of All Time
Review: Half-Life is an extrodinary game. The graphics are so-so, but you can upgrade them if you get Half-Life: Blue Shift (I recommend that as well) and then they'll be quite a bit better. Anyways, the gameplay makes up for the graphics by far. The game puts you as Gordon Freeman, a young scientist testing a teleportation machine. That's when things go terribly wrong; the machine malfunctions and countless hordes of hostile aliens are sent to the Black Mesa underground lab. Eventually things get even more chaotic when the military gets involved. Now you must escape from the huge labrotory and get to the surface in one piece. The game has action, danger, and a hell of a lot of aliens. If you're a parent looking at this I don't suggest getting the game for your little 8 year-old. The game is very violent and there is no penalty for killing anyone, even your allies. There's lots of blood and gore, but no language or sexual content. Half-Life is awesome, get it, you won't be disapointed.
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Summary: Don't Buy
Review: This edition (and no edition of Half-Life) allows you to play online multiplayer. You'll be forced to download Valve's Steam client (211 MB for HL alone), then the latest game patch (64 MB). That's a total of at least 265 MB of download! Valve offers NO texh support, either by contacting them or through message boards. If you someohow screw up your registration, you will not be able to play online. Valve will not help you fix your registration problem, nor any other problem. Also, cheaters abound in multiplayer and Valve has done nothing to address this. Valve is not a company to do business with. Lastly, this game gets old fast. You'll be bored with it in less than 2 weeks! You'd be better off buying Quake III Arena from ID software, which has none of these problems.
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Summary: F**KING GREAT
Review: this is one of the best game i have ever played. the wepons are good and it is fun to shoot the monsters. it is a good game you should buy it. you should buy every half life game that is out and that comes out
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Summary: Don't Buy This Game
Review: Quite possibly the worst game I have played in my life! I think Oregon Trail was better. To start out the graphics look like about 64 colored blocks on your screen. The weapons and enemys suck as well as the game play. There is almost no action, its not difficult, the controls are horrible, and its easy. I will never buy another Sierra game in my life. This game cost me $40 and wasnt even worth a quarter. Do not buy this game, you will be very dissappointed. And this goes for other versions of half life as well.
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Summary: This game sucks!!!
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Summary: Gordon Freeman is the Terminator
Review: Pro's: Awsome Graphics, phenomonal multiplayer, good music, scary as hell when ur playing it alone in the dark. Good expansion packs.
Con's: If you don't have a 3d accelerator card dont' get this game cause u'll ruin it.
I'd rather play this than unreal tournament or unreal2k3.
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Summary: Why Play any other Shooter?!
Review: This is definelty the best game in the FPS genre. It has brought so much to the table. The mindless blastfests ala quake and doom were fun, but this...wow! There was shooting and an actually story! An accidental portal to the alien planet Xen opening. Trying to survive the aliens was hard enough. Then the military is sent to help. And by help i mean cleanse the aliens as well as the scientists. So you are up against aliens, marines, *and* the black ops for a few levels. The gameplay is fun, the puzzles range from easy to difficult (the blackops levels, and the part with the lasers and the missle...that took me forever). And i love throwing snarks at marines. The single player game itself was a lot of fun. But even more came afterwords. All the mods that people have made. My favorite was the "they hunger" trillogy. Night of the Living Dead meets Half life? Pure genious! TFC and all the other online games are awesome (i haven't personal;ly played them much, not much of an online gamer). But I know that they would be lots of fun. Opposing force was awesome (although the horrendously horrible Blue Shi(f)t is a waste of cash). You owe it to yourself to buy and play this revolutionary FPS game. I am happily awaiting its sequal!
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