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The Best Action Going
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 03, 2000
Author: Amazon User
If you liked Quake (I, II or III), this game will blow you away. It has strategy and a *real* evolving story-line... and it's funny too but none of that gets in the way of non-stop action, great AI and good effects. After the game, you can log onto Team Fortress DM play and that is the best.
Why Don't You Own This Game Yet?
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User
I bought this game about a year and a half ago, and I must say I still play it a lot. The single player is a lot of fun(especially the first half), and if you're ever bored, get online and start killing stuff. Multiplayer mods like Team Fortress Classic and Counterstrike will keep you occupied for hours, and keep the replay value high(even on my 56k modem). Believe the hype, this is one of the best games ever concieved.
Half-Life is a Full Winner
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User
There is no mistake that Half-Life is the best game ever. Great graphics, superb action, and challenging worlds make this a 6 out of 5 stars game. Both Black Mesa (the lab) and Xen (the alien world) are crafted well. It just proves that Sierra Studios has become a big winner. Heck, even the Houston Chronacle (sorry for not spelling it right), my newspaper. loved this game. It is also very addicting. Is must warn people about two things: this is not for the faint of heart or for dumb people becuase this game requires smarts. Otherwise, blow yourself away with this game!
The best game ever
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User
Half life isn't a game, it's a way of life. The most involving and enjoyable game ever produced for the PC it pulls you into the world of Gordon Freeman and his escape from the Black Mesa Research Facility.
Essential a First Person Shooter with style, Half Life has incredible graphics and attention to detail, the helicopters being a fine example.
Be warned, this game is HUGE, it goes on for ages and never gets boring. The slight downside is that there's a section at the end on Xen, the alien planet which changes tack too much and can be frustrating to complete.
Simply put this game is the business, from the introduction sequence, the alien AI, the graphics and the smooth gameplay there is nothing better. Buy it.
Best Adventure Game of All Time
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User
That is simply how to put it. This game had me jump, stiffle screams, yelp, and yes, even get adrenaline rushes. Your paranoid, only three rounds left in the chamber as you scale the ladder above the toxic waste pit. As you reach the zenith, you find a corcodile like alien, that isn't excited to see you. Your three shots do plenty of damage, yet it's still alive and kicking, so you resort to your crowbar...
All of this and more in stunning 3D graphics, a must for any serious gamer.
Greteast Shooter Ever
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User
I own half life and is is great! There are some games out there like doom and quake where it is violence for the sake of violence, Half Life still has violence but it has a great storyline. You start out as Gordon Freeman at a normal day at work at the Black Mesa Research complex, and then during an experiment all hell goes loose and thousands of aleins teleport to the facility. You then become the complex's last hope to save everybody. You can get scientist to follow you and deactivate security systems or security guards to follow you to help you kill aleins. Later in the game you find out that soldiers have come to help save scientists. Really they came to kill all the aleins and all people who works at Black Mesa. Well saving people you get teleported to the alein planet to kill the main alein and save Earth. The game is great with plenty of stuff to shoot, a cool arsenal of powerful weapons, and a great stroy line. You have to get it, don't let the rating stop you from getting it. I liked it so much I plan to buy the sequel very soon. Full honors to the Half Life team at Valve!
Half-Life = Great entertainment
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User
Ever since 1999 I've been hearing about this game. So, this year, I picked it up and started playing. Problem is, I didn't stop playing. It's addictive, fun, and new (not literally, the gameplay is).
If you like first person shooters, please do yourself a favor and play this game somehow. It's incredibly fun. I can't wait for the second one.
Pros: Surround sound (great on headphones). Awesome AI for sprites. Interactive people. Cool weapons. Gordan Freeman is the man! Even though he doesn't speak.
Cons: The ending was a bit weak (open-ended). But that's what the second one is for!
Get it, play it, live it.
A legendary FPS that would change all other FPS's
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User
Half-Life came out for PC in 1998. People played it people loved
it. It recieved over 50 game of the year awardes. 1999 Half-Life:
Opposing force comes out. It gets very good reviews.
Then, Counter-Strike comes out, that gets a best multiplayer
online game award. Then Blue Shift comes out, gets good scores.
It also includes a Half-Life HD package which uppon installing
makes the graphics look good. Then Half-Life is ported to the
ps2 with even fancier graphics. After almost 6 years, Half-Life
still is the greatest. It starts out simple. You are a Scientist
named Gordon Freeman who is working a tipical day at the
Black Mesa Research Facility. But, suddenly a teleportation
experiment goes wrong spawning aliens and destroying the
facility. All the doors are shut, and the tram system destroyed
so you must find a way to make it to the surface. The military
are supposed to rescue you, but you find out that they just
want to silence you and your co-workers and make sure that all
evidence of the alien outbreak is concieled. THIS GAME IS
THE PERFECT FIRST PERSION SHOOTER. PERIOD.
Good, but the multiplayer is iffy now
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User
If it weren't for sierra shutting down WON and their in-game multiplayer support, this would be 5 stars. Unfortunately, they now make you use Steam, which is possibly the worst utility ever to grace any Hard Drive in history. It will seemingly sit for up to 15 minutes, then tell you that you need to update your Half life- except it does this almost every time you run the game. Also, I ahve had some issues with 3rd party mods and Steam compatability. But enough bad stuff. Half life is possibly the best shooter ever made, and even if you're not into single player gameplay, this is most likely the most modded game in history. paintball? it's there. Matrix style stunts and slo-mo stuff? they've got it out there. then there's what is the most over-rated, over-played game ever, counterstrike. Not my cuppa tea, but if it floats your boat, fine. Half life is an awesome FPS that actually has plot. This is also the only game i've ever played that has me leaning away from my monitor, and sometimes even cringing to brace myself for what happens next. It's an awesome mix of shooting, puzzle, strategy, and pure terror that it's simply amazing to play. The Game of the year is all you need, the platinum edition is not necessary. you can download almost all of the other games legally, and Blue-Shift is not worth it's time, which is, quite literally, only about 3 hours. That's how long it took me to beat it the first time, no cheats/strategy guide. So get this one. you save money, and if you don't have half-life already, get it. it's worth it.
This game has so many ways to have a blast!
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 08, 2000
Author: Amazon User
The script to this game comes from a movie screenplay writer, and the plot is actually interesting in this game and it really set standards for what first person shooters have to be in the future to be any good. Its VERY easy to get addicted to Team Fortress Classic, part of this game's release, and one of the most challenging computer games I've ever played online is Counterstrike, a very detailed version of Team Fort, which is a downloadable MOD for the Half-Life engine. Whether playing Half-Life alone, or playing the multi-player online versions, this game shines through as a definite must have for any action computer gamer.
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