I wanted to play through this game, along with the rest of the Half Life franchise, before I played Half Life Alyx. I've heard great things from every game in the series, but I wasn't expecting much from the first game. The graphics looked pretty dated from the few screenshots that I've seen, and I don't normally expect much from the first game in series this old. It felt great to be wrong.
Half Life is a gaming classic, one which has aged surprisingly well over the years. It still feels great to play, with satisfying movement and good gunplay, along with rather interesting locals, from the crumbling command center of the black mesa labs to the red mountains of New Mexico. The game manages to keep things mostly fresh with good pacing and steady supply of new enemies and weapons, though the final area of the game falls flat on this in my opinion. Regardless, its merits are still impressive for being one of the progenitors of the 3D FPS. With being such a great introduction to the Half Life franchise, and a fascinating look into gaming history, there's no reason to pass this up.
Half Life is a gaming classic, one which has aged surprisingly well over the years. It still feels great to play, with satisfying movement and good gunplay, along with rather interesting locals, from the crumbling command center of the black mesa labs to the red mountains of New Mexico. The game manages to keep things mostly fresh with good pacing and steady supply of new enemies and weapons, though the final area of the game falls flat on this in my opinion. Regardless, its merits are still impressive for being one of the progenitors of the 3D FPS. With being such a great introduction to the Half Life franchise, and a fascinating look into gaming history, there's no reason to pass this up.