With the release of Half Life 2 nearing I thought I'd attempt to write a short review of one of the best first person shooters ever. Its hard trying to describe why Half Life is so good, so long after you first played it. But the main reasons I believe why it is possibly the best FPS of all time are these: It introduced us to FPS that could have story, gameplay that envolved more than shooting demons and variety. It introduced us to truely succesful mods and modding communities - Counter Strike, Day of Defeat, Natural Selection to name but a few and 100s more smaller fan projects. It introduced me to online shooters and I've never looked back =) It set the standard for first person shooters to come And its lead to Half Life 2 so it can happen all over again =)
Gameplay: 10 Graphics: 9 Storyline: 10 Sounds: 10 Multiplayer: - Impression: 10 Score: 9.8 GS Score: 10 *Because I played only a bit of its multiplayer, I won't be bothering giving a score for the multiplayer... Read Full Review
These days, first person shooters clutter the gaming world with unoriginal gameplay and very thin storylines. The announcement or release of a FPS is generally met with the words "Ugh... Not again!" by the gaming commun... Read Full Review
