In the late 1990s, the Doom and Quake series of games ruled the roost. Then along came the upstart Valve with Half-life, which in short time became the standard all games hence forth where compared too. Valve's Haf-life used the same Quake Engine as ID softwares games. Although the gameplay is similar to any standard FPS such as the Doom series. HL has a superior story, more intense intelligent gameplay, and a new character that would evolve into a ledgend. At the time this game had great graphics, sound, AI and animations. I recently replayed HL with the updated Source version. Though the Source engine gives the game some new life, with added lighting and detailed water, it does create some minor problems with the older physics in the game. Otherwise it stays the same as the original. LIke HL2, the story is the heart of the game. Nothing beat this story at the time. It created a whole series that only know is coming to a climax. Though compared to new games the animations and graphics are quite antiquated the game is still very playable. The firearms are satifactory with realistics actions and sound. The enemies are are varied, and unique to themselves. Suprisingly the AI is very aggressive and harder to kill than in Hl2. The game is also quite long compared to newer games. I believe it lasted about 20hrs on the hard level. I enjoyed playing this game again. Please note that I am comparing HL to other games of that time period and not to modern FPS.
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