Reviews from

in the past


Good to have this back with the 25th anniversary of Half Life. Good demo showcasing what the game is all about.

Eh, it's fine I guess. Pretty much just a demo that uses some new content that may or may not have been cut from the final game, so its neat for that.

Played via the 25th Anniversary Update for Half-Life, which added Uplink as a playable chapter without the use of mods.

Not a lot to say about Half-Life: Uplink, that doesn't mean that it's bad but simply put, it's an abridged version of the action you see in the actual game, and for a demo it works marvels. As I said about the later on demo of the same style for Half-Life 2, I like that these demos ultimately gave you a fully-fledged piece of the GoldSrc engine to mess around with, and since there's no actual cut content you can experience what Half-Life has to offer but in a bite-sized more enclosed manner as a nice little treat to get accustomed to how the movement, gunplay and enemies work before jumping into the actual game.

Feels like it had a deeper influence on the GoldSrc mod scene than the full game did.


About a chapter's worth of new content. Not amazing, but it scratches that little Half-Life itch

cute little demo content. short and sweet, definitely got me in the half-life itch again

yeah i really hate half life 1 mechanics, this was horrible

Kinda neat ig
I should probably be studying

Edit: I passed the exam :D

Прикольное демо, которое добавили в обновлении на юбилей оригинальной игры.

Good demo. Finished in 30 minutes though.

Valve's vertical slice demo plays to all the strengths of Half-Life, without spoiling any of that game's surprises, and leaves you needing more. Even their cut content runs circles around their contemporaries.

A great short demo of Half Life.

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