Half-Life 1 is AMAZING

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sc94597 said:

Chrizum said:

LunarFlame17 said:
Now, I wholeheartedly agree that Half-Life 2 is the greatest game ever, but frankly I think the first game royally sucks. I've tried to play it several times, and every time I come to that same conclusion. I'm not sure what it is about the game, but I have to honestly say that Half-Life is one of the worst games I've ever played.

While I obviously disagree with you, I do understand where you're coming from.

Half-Life 1 isn't particulary pretty, varied or innovative. It has lots of frustrating moments, like bad platforming bits and spotty balance (numerous healths packs lying around in one place, but not one of them before a big fight).

Frankly, when it comes to pure gameplay and graphics, the game is average. But there is something about the game that makes it brilliant, but just for those that "get" it. When there's no click, it's not that difficult to dislike the game.

All in my opinion, of course.

 For it's time this game was the best. 

 

Absolutely. It's easy to forget that just two years prior, gamers were happy just to get the ability to look up and down in video games, and that the "stories" were universally about collecting guns, killing bad guys, grabbing keys, and moving to the next level. In 1997, Goldeneye started to change the face of the FPS by adding story-based objectives, and then Half-Life finished the overhaul by making a truly immersive story with no levels, no cutscenes - I think it's the first non-RPG I ever played in which the story actually seemed to matter. I loved the fact that guns, armor, ammo and health weren't just randomly dropped here and there - usually there was a logical reason for it to be there. Hell, I even liked the puzzles.

Was it perfect? Not quite. Some play mechanics are now quite dated, and some of the pacing was off, but for what you could get 10 years ago it was phenomenal. Even today it would be pretty damn good.