Video Game Reviews: PC
Half-Life
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Half-Life
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Games First!
In Half-Life you take the role of Dr. Gordon Freeman, a scientist at the Black-Mesa Research Facility. One of the great joys of Half-Life is that you play Just A Regular Guy. No Dukes or Blades here, just a geek with a gun and whatever wits you can
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Just Adventure
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
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Science Fiction Weekly
Freeman, securely encased in his Hazardous Environment Suit, escapes unscathed. But he and the rest of the survivors find themselves trapped deep below ground. Worse still, the explosion seems to have created at least one portal into another world, and
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Game Vortex
This is one of the most visually enthralling games you'll ever play, I assure you. Based on a heavily modified version of id's Quake engine, Half-Life features strikingly crisp graphics and some incredible light-sourcing effects. The sky textures and
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All Game Guide
AllGame
As if the protagonist of the story, Gordon Freeman, doesn't have enough on his hands with the varying cadre of foes, he's being hunted by marines and government assassins as well. As Freeman, you need to find weapons to survive. The arsenal includes a
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Adrenaline Vault
If you want an incredible 3D experience that will cause you to lose sleep, meals, PTA meetings, and romantic rendezvous, this is the game.
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Game Revolution
A fantastic single player experience, with reliable and customizable multiplayer support...what more could a FPS fan ask for.
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GamePro
Half-Life is a masterpiece of epic proportions, the Saving Private Ryan of first-person shooters. You know you're in for something special right from the beginning, when the opening tram ride through the Black Mesa Research Facility immediately
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TotalGames.net
GamingExcellence
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.
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Armchair Empire
It combines a balance of tense action, puzzle solving, story, and fun that has yet to be equaled on in the FPS arena.
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IGN
Nothing half-assed about it--this has to be the finest shooter ever crafted.
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GameSpot
The plot of the game is typical (in fact, it's little more than an elaborate version of Doom). You are Gordon Freeman, scientist at the Black Mesa Research Facility, involved in some mysterious experiments. These experiments go awry, and foul
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My Gamer
The storyline runs in perfect harmony with the action and acts as a conduit not a stopgap, or a padding device. Each gaming element compliments the next and the entire presentation is nothing short of, well…dare we say it…revolutionary.
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Game Over Online
It's atmosphere and unique style have changed the face of PC gaming.
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Games Radar UK
Games Xtreme
Those of you who like Internet gaming will be glad to hear that Half-Life looks after you well. There is a whole section of the game options menu that opens up a chat-room program and even searches for all the active Half-Life servers complete with
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Cincinnati Enquirer
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
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Electric Playground
I have never had a more immersive and engaging entertainment experience than I had with the first half of Half-Life...[but] the game peaks too soon.
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Just RPG
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Those were the times in which Half-Life was released and its impact was pretty close to apocalyptic. Here was a game in which the action almost never stopped (there is scarcely a cut scene in the entire game), with brilliant
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